The Alpine Examiner

SIHA is Hiring!

SIHA IS HIRING! We are now accepting applications for our summer Historic Specialist and Naturalist positions. We are also accepting applications for volunteers to assist with daily operations at the Stanley Museum and Redfish Visitor Center (one full-time individual position or 20 hours each for a couple.) For a general overview and details on each […]

2024 Annual Newsletter

SIHA News and Events It has been an eventful year! Each fall we take time to share some of the season highlights with you in our annual newsletter. You can read a letter from our board president, learn the impact we made thanks to our donors in 2024, enjoy a team highlight, and get excited […]

Take a Dip with the American Dipper!

The Alpine Examiner November 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Take a Dip with the American Dipper! The American Dipper, North America’s only aquatic songbird. Photo credit: “American Dipper – Lou Ann Harris” by Sacajawea Audubon Society is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.   My husband and […]

Announcing the Center for the Sawtooths

SIHA News and Events The Sawtooth Association accepts a generous land donation in the Sawtooth Valley! The Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association (Sawtooth Association) is thrilled to announce we have accepted a donation of the old “Sessions Lodge” property, located in Obsidian, from Smiley Creek Bears, LLC. The mid-valley hub will be called the Center […]

Oral History Series Begins

The Alpine Examiner July 3, 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Oral History Series Begins! During the quiet season, SIHA partners with the Stanley Community Library to share recordings from our Oral History archive. The first program in our 2024/2025 Oral History Series will be […]

What is a National Recreation Area Anyway?

The Alpine Examiner October 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area What is a National Recreation Area Anyway? Photo Credit: SIHA staff Upon driving into Stanley, visitors pass beside a large roadside sign that welcomes them into town, the self-proclaimed gateway to 2.9 million acres of […]

Hot Topic – Fire Education Series Recap

The Alpine Examiner September 29, 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Hot Topic – Fire Education Series Recap This blog is a collection of the different fire education posts SIHA published this summer on our social media. With how fire has affected the SNRA this […]

The Mountains That Made a Governor (Part 2)

The Alpine Examiner September 22, 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area The Mountains that Made a Governor: Cecil Andrus and the White Clouds (Part 2) The foremost issue of the 1971 race for Idaho governor had become the proposed ASARCO mine in the White Clouds. […]

The Mountains That Made a Governor (Part 1)

The Alpine Examiner September 15, 2024 Naturalist Blog Getting to the heart of what matters in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area The Mountains that Made a Governor: Cecil Andrus and the White Clouds (Part I) The White Cloud Mountain skyline. Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management Spanning nearly 91,000 acres, the Cecil D. Andrus White […]