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Written in 1937, this memorandum is a day-by-day account of a Show Me Trip conducted in the Nezperce, Clearwater, Lolo, and Bitterroot Forests. The purpose of the trip was to assess the condition of the wildlife in these forests, but as in most early forest service documents, the issue of access and whether or not to improve it is the most pressing. Here, the author of the document relates a conversation about a primitive road developed by an early railroad survey party, and the party asks themselves the question, better to wipe the trail off the map and call this a real wilderness where only the hardiest lovers of the mountains could hope to enjoy a trip, or to reconstruct the trail to a good standard so that people who were only moderately adventurous might ride a horse without fear and enjoy the rugged scenery which nature has provided for those with eyes to see. This same issue continues to be central to both wildlife and forest management.

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Title:
Fish & Game, Bitterroot, Cooperative Show-Me Trip
Creator:
Longsteig, I. J.; Case, George W.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1937-07-26
Description:
Written in 1937, this memorandum is a day-by-day account of a Show Me Trip conducted in the Nezperce, Clearwater, Lolo, and Bitterroot Forests. The purpose of the trip was to assess the condition of the wildlife in these forests, but as in most early forest service documents, the issue of access and whether or not to improve it is the most pressing. Here, the author of the document relates a conversation about a primitive road developed by an early railroad survey party, and the party asks themselves the question, better to wipe the trail off the map and call this a real wilderness where only the hardiest lovers of the mountains could hope to enjoy a trip, or to reconstruct the trail to a good standard so that people who were only moderately adventurous might ride a horse without fear and enjoy the rugged scenery which nature has provided for those with eyes to see. This same issue continues to be central to both wildlife and forest management.
Subjects:
Wildlife
Location:
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (Idaho and Mont.)
Latitude:
46.116667
Longitude:
-114.933333
Publisher:
Unpublished
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Source:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Bitterroot_Coop_Show_Me_Trip_07-26-37
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf

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"Fish & Game, Bitterroot, Cooperative Show-Me Trip", The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness History Project, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/sbw/items/sbw154.html
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