There is nothing final here. These are tentative chapters, subject to change in text and even order. The ones that are mostly complete are near the top. The goal right now is to get something on paper for each chapter and then spend time re-writing and refining. Some of these chapters may disappear completely or become subsumed into other chapters. 

My goal is to have photos for each chapter. Color would be nice. Photos would mostly be from others.

This website is just for internal use... for a select few... it will disappear one day, once the chapters are finished. But now it's helping to keep things together and allows me to easily move things around... and to let people offer suggestions and criticisms... which I do encourage. But I'm not sharing it with everyone and hope you don't share it either.  

I'm still looking for a title... although "My Own Private Outdoor Idaho" is a decent suggestion. I also like "An Outdoor Idaho State of Mind."

 

Finding My Way... Home in Idaho City... Where's My Hat?   (these are more autobiographical than the others)

Holding it Together (or Keeping it Together)...  fighting to keep the show afloat, and other things

The Glory Years ... favorite shows of mine and of others in production (Or Glory Days)

Poet, Professor, Prankster... a few we went to for advice and inspiration:  poet Bill Studebaker, Professor John Freemuth, and writer and prankster Cort Conley.

The Show That Almost Ended it... when we realized we might be in the wrong business

Geology Determines Destiny ... what the geology of Idaho has meant to the state and to OI

 

The Elvis Version: it's now or never...  the long and winding road to White Clouds wilderness, using Outdoor Idaho interviews over several decades.

Taking on Big Brother our fight with the Forest Service over cameras in the woods

Happy Trails to You ... the importance of Trails to Idaho. Without them,  much of Idaho would be diminished. The fight in the White Clouds over mountain bikes, Margaret Fuller, a climb up Ryan Peak in the Hemingway-Boulder wilderness. Some duplication with The Elvis Version. Will check.  

A Wise and Humble Man ... a profile of Bud Moore, USFS. One of my favorites.

Wolves: As Real as it Gets... the only show that generated an unfavorable petition. Our "Wolves in Idaho" show.

The Mule Speaks ,,,   Musings by Terry Lee, our extraordinary Volunteer.

Idaho's Enduring Riddle... the Silver Valley and Idaho's trial of the century, behind the scenes.

The Muse and an Angel Named Trixie...  something about writing in general and scripts in particular

The shows still in the planning stages

The Fish That Got Away...(Mike Simpson's big plan and our show "Salmon Reckoning")

An Agency Much Maligned... (A look at the Forest Service from the inside out, with the former Chief of the Forest Service and other F.S. leaders, from our 2022 "The Next Chapter." I told them if they were open and honest, and were willing to talk about mistakes, it would just be them talking and not the other side.
Old Man River... we did a lot of rafting, maybe too much? Do we put desert rivers in here, as well as Salmon, Selway, Snake, Payette, etc.

He Always Made Me Smile... a profile of Morley Nelson, along with "The Vertical Environment" with Lynn Redgrave.

Serendipity and Screw-ups... things that fell into our lap and things that fell apart... (will this be subsumed into another chapter or spread out into several chapters? Yet to know.)

 

What exactly is Outdoor Idaho?... this one is doubtful but might include how the show has evolved while staying true to some things; evolved because new people would move in and provide a different dimension or way to view things; how teachers used the show, students and jurors who had to watch it; people who went on shoots; mainly other people's perceptions. (It's possible this one will disappear or be subsumed into various other chapters)

Obsessions... and we've had em, like Lewis & Clark and Wilderness and llamas and Old Folks and Public Lands.  

 

Is Collaboration a Lost Art? (have we lost the desire to collaborate? Some examples of where it worked and why, like the Owyhee and White Cloud wildernesses and Roadless area, etc.)

Up, Up, and Away... thinking of using the words to our hour-long pledge special, "Idaho, An Aerial Tapestry" as  a chapter. Not sure yet about this one.

 

You Actually Wore That?... this is just an idea after seeing a slide show that my talented niece Rachel put together the other day of all the clothes I wore for the Standups. I'm assuming Hats will make an appearance also. Believe me, this is not my idea, and I'm guessing it will only work if Rachel works on it. But the slide show made me laugh. Did I really wear that?

 

The Importance of Place... the last chapter, with some general thoughts from me, and a strong push for public lands and fewer billionaires.

 

Others? Make suggestions.