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douglas9

(4,474 posts)
Sun May 24, 2020, 04:08 PM May 2020

Idaho: Images of the Gem State

Idaho is one of the most sparsely populated states in the union, with fewer than 1.8 million residents living on about 83,500 square miles, or about 21 people per square mile. Much of the land is protected protected wilderness area, or held by the U.S. Forest Service. Here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Idaho and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/05/idaho-photos/611965/

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Idaho: Images of the Gem State (Original Post) douglas9 May 2020 OP
It's a beautiful State montanacowboy May 2020 #1
I lived there 2naSalit May 2020 #3
Shuhhhhh. The secret's getting out. yonder May 2020 #2
Never tell out of staters 2naSalit May 2020 #4
Does that acronym have Refuge or Wildlife Reserve in it? yonder May 2020 #5
Nope 2naSalit May 2020 #6
What a dumbhead -- I must be getting old. yonder May 2020 #7
You're welcome! 2naSalit May 2020 #8

montanacowboy

(6,300 posts)
1. It's a beautiful State
Sun May 24, 2020, 04:18 PM
May 2020

I have traveled every inch of it and skied from Sun Valley to Schweitzer Mountain. Showed horses all across the state and my lifelong best friend lives in Post Falls. It's a shame the politics are so rotten.

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
3. I lived there
Sun May 24, 2020, 06:35 PM
May 2020

for quite a spell but a spat with senator wide-stance kind of ended mt desire to live there... it seems it was a mutual agreement when I left. So I jumped the state line and have been happy in Montana for nearly two decades now.

Beautiful real estate, shitty social climate.

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
4. Never tell out of staters
Sun May 24, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

about the FCWRONR. I made that promise after I spent a summer working there.

yonder

(10,002 posts)
5. Does that acronym have Refuge or Wildlife Reserve in it?
Mon May 25, 2020, 02:57 PM
May 2020

No need to say what exactly, I'm just trying to get close.

I agree with your other comment: Great landscape and recreational values, dreary red-state politics.

Someday I hope business interests might have to equally share the statehouse with enviromental/recreational interests.

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
6. Nope
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:25 PM
May 2020

but there's one or two of each of those near it. There is a derivative of one of those words in it though, I'm sure you can guess.

The summer I spent there was so divine that I cried all the way home because I didn't want to leave, ever.

yonder

(10,002 posts)
7. What a dumbhead -- I must be getting old.
Tue May 26, 2020, 09:48 AM
May 2020

I couldn't come up with the name yesterday but it popped right into the noggin this morning. Thanks for the puzzle.

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