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The Boise NF is located in west central Idaho, north and east of the capitol city of Boise. The Forest administers an estimated 2.27 million acres of federal lands,including approximately 64,400 acres of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness that is jointly administered with the Salmon-Challis NF. Elevations vary greatly across the Forest, from 2,800 feet in the North Fork Payette River Canyon to nearly 10,000 feet atop Steel Mountain.
Watersheds on the Forest provide a continuous supply of water to the Snake and Salmon River Basins. The wide range of landforms, elevation, and climate across the Forest has produced a wide variety of vegetative conditions.
The Forest provides habitat for close to 300 terrestrial species of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as 28 species of fish.
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