The Owyhee
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brother dan
New member
Great write up! The Owyhee's is one of my favorite places to wander around. Did you guys hit the hot springs at 3 Forks? Great soak.. in the spring/summer months anyhow. Not quite hot enough for cold weather soaking.
Dan
Dan
chris snell
Adventurer
Very good news about the Owyhee this week:
http://www.opb.org/news/article/malheur-county-votes-no-owyhee-monument/
http://www.opb.org/news/article/malheur-county-votes-no-owyhee-monument/
A nice gesture
Gauging local support, or absence thereof, unfortunately has zero to do with the exercise of Executive powers under the Antiquities Act. Presidents tend to engage in a flurry of unpopular acts in their lame duck year. I would not expect the "advisory vote" of Malheur County's citizens to have any effect on what this President, or any President, does or does not do in regards to National Monument status for the Owyhee. The citizens of Custer and Fremont Counties in Idaho voted 93% "no" to National Monument status for Boulder-White Clouds in November 2014. In August 2015, Wilderness designation was expanded in the area, and many believe NM status is just around the corner.
I'm not suggesting this is either good or bad, only that what "the locals want" is essentially irrelevant.
C'est la vie.
Foy
Gauging local support, or absence thereof, unfortunately has zero to do with the exercise of Executive powers under the Antiquities Act. Presidents tend to engage in a flurry of unpopular acts in their lame duck year. I would not expect the "advisory vote" of Malheur County's citizens to have any effect on what this President, or any President, does or does not do in regards to National Monument status for the Owyhee. The citizens of Custer and Fremont Counties in Idaho voted 93% "no" to National Monument status for Boulder-White Clouds in November 2014. In August 2015, Wilderness designation was expanded in the area, and many believe NM status is just around the corner.
I'm not suggesting this is either good or bad, only that what "the locals want" is essentially irrelevant.
C'est la vie.
Foy
This was a good trip report but I cringe every time I hear or read the name "Owyhee." The best that anyone can do for this area is to leave it alone. I know it's selfish to not want anyone to visit but it's so remote that you have to be going there to get there. I'm rambling. I need to spend more time there other than floating the river......
photogdave
Adventurer
Since you were drinking Macallan and Glenlivet, it's whisky!
Anyway, great trip report! Thanks for posting and looking forward to the conclusion.
pmatusov
AK6PM
We weren't neglecting bourbon, eitherSince you were drinking Macallan and Glenlivet, it's whisky!
Anyway, great trip report! Thanks for posting and looking forward to the conclusion.
Idaho_Pakeha
Occasional Archaeologist
Nice trip report. I have been to many of those places and enjoyed following along with the tale. Jarbidge is a fantastic place! I worked in that area for two summers and enjoyed many a beer in the old Outdoor Inn (which had an amazing historic bar, supposedly brought in on wagons from San Francisco), unfortunately the old place burned down. Thanks for the memories!
Cedo Nulli
Observer
I miss the Treasure Valley. Idaho truly is one of America's hidden gems. Loved living there, many nice places to get the Jeep back into and camp...loved driving the countless trails throughout the Owyhees and up into the Central mountains around McCall.
Great report!
Great report!
cellularsteve2
Adventurer
Great report. Thanks for sharing!!
doug720
Expedition Leader
Great trip and story!
Back in the late 60's to about 74', I spent a couple of weeks each year in the area with my dad and grandpa. I was between 8-14 at the time, and wish I could say I had been back, but I have not since grandpa passed. One of grandpa's Army buddies families owned a large ranch near 6 Creeks off Flint Creek Road. We would stay in an old bunkhouse and drove a early GMC PU with a Napco 4X4 conversion all around the area, spectacular, but I did not appreciate how much so until much later. Unfortunately, the family borrowed some money and lost the ranch in the early 80's. It was, and appears still to be, a remote and special area.
I was in SE Oregon earlier this year, and looked longingly at a map of what lay to the East...Someday...Someday soon!
Back in the late 60's to about 74', I spent a couple of weeks each year in the area with my dad and grandpa. I was between 8-14 at the time, and wish I could say I had been back, but I have not since grandpa passed. One of grandpa's Army buddies families owned a large ranch near 6 Creeks off Flint Creek Road. We would stay in an old bunkhouse and drove a early GMC PU with a Napco 4X4 conversion all around the area, spectacular, but I did not appreciate how much so until much later. Unfortunately, the family borrowed some money and lost the ranch in the early 80's. It was, and appears still to be, a remote and special area.
I was in SE Oregon earlier this year, and looked longingly at a map of what lay to the East...Someday...Someday soon!
