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Getting to the heart of matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Yankee Fork Dredge, Idaho

Love history? Must see sites in the Sawtooths!

April 4, 2025

Planning Ahead After Fires on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area

January 14, 2025

American Dipper bird standing on a rock in a river.

Take a Dip with the American Dipper!

November 7, 2024

Map of recreation areas in the US.

What is a National Recreation Area Anyway?

October 9, 2024

Wildfire flames at night with text "What is Fire?"

Hot Topic – Fire Education Series Recap

September 29, 2024

Cecil Andrus (right) was an avid outdoorsman. Here, he is seen hunting turkey with Jerry Conley, Idaho Fish and Game director. Photo Credit: Cecil D. Andrus Papers, Boise State University Archives.

The Mountains That Made a Governor (Part 2)

September 22, 2024

Cecil Andrus (right) was an avid outdoorsman. Here, he is seen hunting turkey with Jerry Conley, Idaho Fish and Game director. Photo Credit: Cecil D. Andrus Papers, Boise State University Archives.

The Mountains That Made a Governor (Part 1)

September 15, 2024

Aspen leaves turning gold.

Can You Feel It?

September 8, 2024

Ground Squirrel standing on hind legs.

An Ode to Ground Squirrels

September 1, 2024

Sawtooth Tales book.

Sawtooth Tales and Mountain Myths

August 25, 2024

Photo of children with school teacher, black and white, circa 1951.

A Brief History of Schooling in the Stanley Basin.

August 18, 2024

Roadside view from trail creek in Idaho.

Remember Trail Creek!

August 11, 2024

Redfish Lake

Sawtooth Salmon Scoop

August 4, 2024

Quagga Mussel

What’s the Big Deal About a Little Mussel?

July 28, 2024

Wildflowers in yellow, purple, and orange.

Mountain Meadows

July 21, 2024

USFS uniform patch

U.S. National Forest Service & Their Core Values

July 14, 2024

President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson sitting in a field of flowers.

Protecting our National Treasures: The Wilderness Act of 1964

July 7, 2024

The 2024 Summer Series

July 3, 2024

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Summer Locations:

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The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association is located in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Agaidika, Dukudeka, and other bands of today’s Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. SIHA also provides services in Ranger Stations on the Salmon-Challis and Caribou-Targhee National Forests, the traditional territory of the Shoshone-Bannock, Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapaho, Northern Cheyenne, Apsáalooke (Crow), and Oceti Sakowin (Lakota) people. Learn more and read our full land acknowledgement here.