"The
Gem State"
Land
of Sage and Pine
Official State Symbols
Gem Stone : Idaho Star Garnet
Tree : Western White Pine
(Pinus Monticola pinaceae)
Fish : Cutthroat Trout
Bird : Mountain Bluebird (Sialia
arctcia)
Flower : Syringa (Philadelphus
lewisii)
Insect : Monarch Butterfly
(Danaus plexippus)
Information and above photos
from
Official
Idaho State Government Website
Scenes from around my home state
Galena Summit in the Sawtooth Mountains
Little Redfish Lake and the Sawtooths
The above photos were taken
by me on an
old Nikon EM with a Sigma
Macro Zoom.
This
next group of photos were taken and
contributed
by Becky, a co-worker.
Stanley Basin and Sawtooth Mountains
Stanley Lake, Sawtooth Mtns.
Custer, Idaho
Facts and Figures about Idaho
Capitol City : Boise
Motto : Esto Perpetua (Let
it be Perpetual)
Organized as a Territory:
March 4, 1863
Entered the Union: July 3,
1890 (43rd)
Population : 1,189,251 (July
1996 estimate)
Size : 83,574 square miles
(13th largest state)
Land Use
Range : 41.1%
Forest : 38.6% Agricultural : 14.5%
Barren : 3.8%
Water : 1% Wetland : 0.5%
Urban : 0.4%
Tundra : 0.1%
Federally Owned Land : 63.7%
State Owned Land : 5.1%
City/County Owned Land : 0.2%
Privately Owned Land : 31%
Statistics from
Official
Idaho State Government Website
Basalt Columns near Boise from ancient lava flows
Small Valley between Boise and Idaho City
Industries
North - Logging & Mining
South - Agriculture &
Electronics (Micron, Hewlett Packard)
Both : Tourism (Skiing, Fishing,
Hunting, Backpacking, Boating)
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