Welcome
The Payette National Forest spans over 2.3 million
acres of some of west-central Idaho's most beautiful
and diverse country. In one day you can travel from
hot desert grasslands through cool conifer forests
to snow-capped peaks. ![More.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090305041323im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/global-websites/images/buttons/more.gif)
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act assigns the Forest Service a key role in creating thousands of private sector jobs for Americans with "shovel ready" projects to reduce fire hazards, restore watersheds, repair trails, bridges and roads, and make fish passage improvements. We will also update facilities to increase their efficiency in the use of energy and water. Private sector jobs on these projects are available immediately and will be focused in the areas where they are needed most. We anticipate receiving, under the provisions of the Recovery Act, over a billion dollars this year. Using that money, we expect to create almost 25,000 new private sector jobs over the next two years. The Forest Service has established a web page to help address questions from the public and to provide transparency to this process. Go to http://fs.usda.gov/economicrecovery.
Links to High Interest Items
Picture the Payette
Dreaming of summer plans? Want a picture
view before choosing your campground destination this season?
Not only will you get an idea of what the campground offers, these
photo pages will provide you with photos of some of the interest
points in the area. Nearby trailheads, views from the trails,
and favorite spots on each of the Payette's diverse Ranger Districts.
Please remember that the photo pages will take longer to download,
but we promise a picture is worth a thousand words.
Frank Church -- River Of No Return Wilderness
The Payette National Forest manages approximately 1 million acres of the Frank Church -- River Of No Return Wilderness, a diverse and wild landscape that sees few visitors. Please click this link for more information.
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For a quick oversight of the type of information
that you will discover on the pages within this web visit the QuickView
page. It provides the visitor a brief description to all the major
pages and a quick link to access it.
Where is that Arch? ![Rainbow Rock, a natural rock.](local-resources/images/about/rainbow_rock-mod.jpg)
Pictured at right is Rainbow Rock,
a natural arch located on the Krassel District, about seven miles northwest of the town of Yellow Pine. You can
click on the photo, or follow
this link for a larger view.
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