The Owyhee Desert Idaho Journey Landscape Photography by Kaylyn Franks
by Kaylyn Franks
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The Owyhee Desert Idaho Journey Landscape Photography by Kaylyn Franks
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Kaylyn Franks
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The Owyhee Desert
Idaho Journey Landscape Photography by Kaylyn Franks
The Owyhees are a vital part of America's heritage and the history of southern Idaho. Unique arrays of fossils are found here, from Saber-toothed Salmon to Pleistocene Wolverines and Scimitar-toothed Cats. The unique geology of the region includes deep gorges carved by the Owyhee, Bruneau and Jarbidge Rivers, creating one of the largest concentrations of exposed rhyolite canyons in the world.
In this high, lonely desert, homesteaders scratched out a living or went bust while Native Americans clashed with the westward push of settlement along the Oregon Trail. Their stories are tied to this landscape. With nearly 3,000 cultural and historic sites, Owyhee County contains the richest concentration of archeological sites in Idaho.
The river canyons in Owyhee County have been called the largest concentration of sheer-walled volcanic rhyolite and basalt canyons in the western United States. Many of the canyons are more than 1000 feet deep, nearly twice as deep as the Washington Monument is tall. River enthusiasts come from around the country to challenge the famous white water rapids of these rivers.
"The Owyhee's have been the focal point of the unpresedented "Owyhee Initiative (OI)" which is a consensus agreement reached by a number of national, regional, and local stakeholders to promote the ecological and economic health within Idaho�s Owyhee County. The agreement was crafted by local ranchers, county representatives, conservationists, outfitters, the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe and others to address longstanding public lands issues in southwestern Idaho. http://www.owyheeinitiative.org/history.htm
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July 6th, 2016
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