Idaho's Impossible Rainforest

Explore how any news story is framed across the globe and political spectrum at https://ground.news/aidin. Use my link to get 40% off the Vantage Subscription for unlimited access! The past and future of the world's strangest rainforest. Further Reading: Dominick A. DellaSala - Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: https://islandpress.org/books/temperate-and-boreal-rainforests-world#desc Susan K. Stevenson, Harold M. Armleder, André Arsenault, Darwyn Coxson, S. Craig DeLong, and Michael Jull - British Columbia’s Inland Rainforest: https://www.ubcpress.ca/british-columbias-inland-rainforest David Moskowitz - Caribou Rainforest: https://davidmoskowitz.net/caribou-rainforest-from-heartbreak-to-hope ISU - National Forests in Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/geog/forestry/hist.htm ISU - Lumbermen in Idaho: https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/geog/forestry/lmbermn.htm Fahey, John. “Big Lumber in the Inland Empire: The Early Years, 1900-1930.” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 76, no. 3, 1985, pp. 95–103: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40490392 University of Idaho - Priest Lake History: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestlake/about.html#:~:text=The%20logging%20industry%20that%20began,known%20as%20a%20logging%20town Spokane Historical - Logging in the Early Years: https://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/586 City of Sandpoint - History: https://www.sandpointidaho.gov/our-community/page/history Spokane Historical - River Pigs: https://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/587?tour=20&index=11 David Thompson's Narrative: https://ia600504.us.archive.org/24/items/davidthompsonsna12thom/davidthompsonsna12thom.pdf NPS - David Thompson: https://www.nps.gov/laro/learn/historyculture/david-thompson.htm The Narwhal - South Selkirk Herd Extinction: https://thenarwhal.ca/a-sad-day-two-more-b-c-mountain-caribou-herds-now-locally-extinct/ CBC - BC Rainforest Protected: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-valley-ancient-trees-rare-animals-preserved-1.6726100 DellaSala DA, Strittholt JR, Degagne R, Mackey B, Werner JR, Connolly M, Coxson D, Couturier A, Keith H. Red-Listed Ecosystem Status of Interior Wetbelt and Inland Temperate Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada. Land. 2021; 10(8):775. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10080775 FWS - Mountain Caribou: https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-09/southern-mountain-caribou-make-comeback Center for Biological Diversity - Mountain Caribou Action Timeline: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/woodland_caribou/action_timeline.html Lamb, Clayton T., Sara Williams, Stan Boutin, Michael Bridger, Deborah Cichowski, Kristina Cornhill, Craig DeMars, et al. 2024. “ Effectiveness of Population-Based Recovery Actions for Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou.” Ecological Applications 34(4): e2965. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2965 Maps: Golden BC Museum - David Thompson's Maps: https://goldenbcmuseums.com/david-thompsons-travels/ Seattle Times - Guide to the evergreen playground of western Washington: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~278943~90052002:FRASER-RIVER?annotIds=451647464%2C451647493 LOC - Railroad Maps: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4126p.rr004990/?r=0.098,0.298,0.475,0.396,0 https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701p.ct001841/?r=-0.08,-0.15,1.182,0.985,0 US National Forests: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148720396 Idaho National Forests: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/353144306 Illustrations: Mountain Lion: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cougar_(Felis_concolor)_from_the_viviparous_quadrupeds_of_North_America_(1845)_illustrated_by_John_Woodhouse_Audubon_(1812-1862).jpg Mountain Goat: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_Goat_(PSF).png Grizzly Bear: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_royal_natural_history_(Page_15)_(6103905620).jpg Popular Science Monthly: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V22_D042_Extraordinary_growth_of_pines_in_a_bohemian_forest.jpg Matt Strieby - Western Hemlock: https://mstrieby.myportfolio.com/western-hemlock Julie Gomez - Western Redcedar Photos: University of Idaho: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/treesgrewtall/timeline.html https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/phs/timeline.html https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plcphotos/timeline.html https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestlake/items/priestlake289.html Footage: British Pathé - Logging in Idaho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_aOUegv4b4&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9 Archival Articles: Inland Empire Lumber Reaches Entire World: https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/163025881/ Grand Coulee Dam Will Be Largest: https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal/163025960/ BC Establishes Wells Gray Park: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun/163025759/ National Park on Mt Revelstoke: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/163025817/ 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - The Forest 7:30 - Sponsor 9:20 - The History 13:55 - The Result 17:07 - The Future 19:40 - Outro