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Taylor Ranch Log Book, June 2001-May 2002 Item Info
- Title:
- Taylor Ranch Log Book, June 2001-May 2002
- Date Created:
- June 2001-May 2002
- Description:
- A notebook with a label on the front reading "Taylor Ranch Field Station Daily Log Book 6-2001 to 5-2002."
- Summary:
- This Taylor Ranch log book takes place from June 1st, 2001 to May 21st, 2002. This is one of the shorter log books written by Jim & Holly Akenson. The log book continues to detail day-to-day life at the Taylor Ranch. The Akenson's wildlife biology work continues as well with predation reports, pregnancy reports, and migration patterns. Weather patterns also continue as Holly writes out yearly NWS weather reports for the area. There is also a new caretaker that arrives to relieve the Akenson's for a break. This caretaker, Ken Hobson, was a senior at University of Idaho and spent two summers prior as an intern. Hobson relieves the Akenson's in December so they might go on vacation and there is a new perspective in the log book of somebody who has already spent time with the Taylor Ranch community and is now trusted with taking care of the Taylor Ranch. As many will remember, the year 2001 was a pivotal year in contemporary United States history because of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Holly Akenson recounts the backcountry radio alerting her to turn on her TV and find out about the attacks of 9/11. What follows is Holly's own perspective and insights into how the nation handled the attacks and the media as well. Aside from the current events of 2001, the Akenson's also confront the one year anniversary of the massive wildfires from the previous year which riddled the backcountry of Idaho. The log book also contains an interesting finding of spear points in the backcountry and a couple of finals given to visiting students of the Taylor Ranch.
- Subjects:
- wilderness areas local history anecdotes wilderness management research
- Location:
- Taylor Wilderness Research Station, Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness Area
- Latitude:
- 45.1019
- Longitude:
- -114.8517
- Resource Type:
- log
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Taylor Ranch Log Book, June 2001-May 2002", Taylor Wilderness Research Station Archive, University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/taylor-archive/items/taylor_ranch_04.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial use of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.