Salmon-Challis National Forest Videos

Artist Emily Damstra and Medallic Artist Renata Gordon discuss their work on the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter, the final release in the 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.

Wildland Firefighters on rappel capable crews, come from all over the nation each spring to train at the National Rappel Program’s Rappel Academy at Salmon in Salmon, Idaho.

Drones are dangerous if flown near wildfires and can interfere with wildland fire air traffic. If drones are spotted near a wildfire, firefighting aircraft may have to land due to safety concerns.

Not all fire is bad. There are important benefits that smaller and more frequent fires offer to the environment. Learn about the natural and important role of fire in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.

Fuels are both the living and dead vegetation in a forest that can potentially burn in a wildfire. Learn how reducing fuels helps to reduce the intensity of wildfires.

Hang gliders enjoy public lands during the Solar Eclipse at King Mountain in Salmon-Challis National Forest in Moore, ID.

The Middle Fork of the Salmon flows through the heart of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. This is the home of the Tuka-Deka Sheep Eaters Native American Tribes.

Slash piles of unused material after a timber harvest can be made into wood pellets that can be used in a variety of wood heating systems including for homes and schools.

The Yankee Fork Gold Dredge provided economic opportunity for westerners in the 1940s and 1950s, but it had a dramatic effect on the Yankee Fork a tributary of the Salmon River.

Learn how a large collaborative group has been working to restore the habitat of the Yankee Fork’s declining salmon, steelhead, and native fish populations.

The West Fork Yankee Fork Phase II chinook and steelhead habitat improvement project.

Restoring the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River to natural levels of large wood to improve fish habitat for Chinook salmon, and steelhead, cutthroat, and bull trout. Project implemented during in 2014 and 2015.

This video shows a fish habitat restoration project on the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River. Several partners cooperated on this project to improve the habitat for salmon, steelhead, bull trout, and cutthroat trout.

Timber harvest in the late 1800's removed trees from along and within the water of the Yankee Fork which is vital for fish habitat. Learn how several partners cooperated on implementing a restoration project to save native fish populations.