Portal:Idaho
The Idaho Portal
Idaho (/ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ EYE-də-hoh) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the United States. It shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north, with the province of British Columbia. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km2), Idaho is the 14th largest state by land area. With a population of approximately 1.8 million, it ranks as the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.
For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho has been inhabited by native peoples. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area of dispute between the U.S. and the British Empire. It officially became a U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. Idaho was eventually admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, becoming the 43rd state.
Forming part of the Pacific Northwest (and the associated Cascadia bioregion), Idaho is divided into several distinct geographic and climatic regions. The state's north, the relatively isolated Idaho Panhandle, is closely linked with Eastern Washington, with which it shares the Pacific Time Zone—the rest of the state uses the Mountain Time Zone. The state's south includes the Snake River Plain (which has most of the population and agricultural land), and the southeast incorporates part of the Great Basin. Idaho is quite mountainous and contains several stretches of the Rocky Mountains. The United States Forest Service holds about 38% of Idaho's land, the highest proportion of any state. (Full article...)
Selected article -
Boise National Forest is a National Forest covering 2,203,703 acres (8,918.07 km2) of the U.S. state of Idaho. Created on July 1, 1908, from part of Sawtooth National Forest, it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service as five units: the Cascade, Emmett, Idaho City, Lowman, and Mountain Home ranger districts.
The Idaho Batholith underlies most of Boise National Forest, forming the forest's Boise, Salmon River, and West mountain ranges; the forest reaches a maximum elevation of 9,730 feet (2,970 m) on Steel Mountain. Common land cover includes sagebrush steppe and spruce-fir forests; there are 9,600 miles (15,400 km) of streams and rivers and 15,400 acres (62 km2) of lakes and reservoirs. Boise National Forest contains 75 percent of the known populations of Sacajawea's bitterroot, a flowering plant endemic to Idaho. (Full article...)Did you know
- ... that 76 beavers parachuted into Central Idaho in 1948?
- ... that American football linebacker Segun Olubi grew up in New Jersey, Minnesota, Arizona, England, and California, and attended four different colleges in Idaho, California, and Arkansas?
- ... that after serving as the speaker of the Oregon Territory House of Representatives, Lafayette Cartee moved to the Idaho Territory where he became a well-known horticulturalist?
- ... that the second half of the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl broke the record for the highest-scoring half in bowl game history?
- ... that Eastern Michigan's only bowl-game victory before defeating San Jose State in the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was against San Jose State in the 1987 California Bowl?
- ... that in its first full month on the air, an Idaho TV station had the highest prime-time viewing share of any independent station in the United States?
News
Recognized content
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Idaho articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
2008 Humanitarian Bowl • Boise National Forest • William Borah • Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve • Cutthroat trout • Ernest Hemingway • Harmon Killebrew • Sawtooth National Forest
Featured lists
List of governors of Idaho • List of longest streams of Idaho
Good articles
1970 Idaho gubernatorial election • 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl • Beulah Ream Allen • Leonard J. Arrington • Beaver drop • David B. Bleak • Burke Canyon • Burke, Idaho • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • Bill Haywood • USS Idaho (BB-42) • Interstate 86 (Idaho) • Kootenay River • H. Rex Lee • The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) • The Oregon Trail (1985 video game) • Potlatch River • Jane Severance • Snake River • Twin Falls saucer hoax • U.S. Route 195 • Brad White (defensive lineman)
General images
Selected picture
Categories
Topics
New articles
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-05-17 20:22 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- 2012 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Habst (talk · contribs · new pages (227)) started on 2024-05-16, score: 28
- Isaac Jones (basketball) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by GPL93 (talk · contribs · new pages (20)) started on 2024-05-14, score: 36
- Richard Cheatum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-12, score: 40
- Dan Garner (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-12, score: 40
- Gregory Lanting (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-12, score: 40
- Chenele Dixon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-12, score: 40
- Ray Newman (American football) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jweiss11 (talk · contribs · new pages (154)) started on 2024-05-11, score: 46
- Tina Lambert (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Melissa Durrant (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Jeff Ehlers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Todd Achilles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Josh Wheeler (politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Ted Hill (politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Dori Healey (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Kenny Wroten (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
- Chris Allgood (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (58)) started on 2024-05-05, score: 40
Related portals
WikiProjects
- What are WikiProjects?
- Idaho
- U.S. states
- United States regions
- United States
- Bordering States
- Geography
- Energy
Wikimedia
The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
-
Commons
Free media repository -
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals -
Wikidata
Free knowledge base -
Wikinews
Free-content news -
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations -
Wikisource
Free-content library -
Wikiversity
Free learning tools -
Wikivoyage
Free travel guide -
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus