JUN
20
3pm - The American Wilderness: Past, Present, and FutureDr. Roderick Nash
Location: Stanley Museum
Welcome to the Summer Lecture Series.
JUN 27
3pm - Mining in Idaho Today and YesterdayTom Blanchard
Location: Stanley Museum
JUL 4
2pm - “Them Were the Days” by the Oldest Man in Idaho*Clark Heglar
Location: Stanley Museum
JUL 11
3pm - Idaho’s First Residents and Flintknapping Demonstration*Will Reed and Randy Thompson
Location: Stanley Museum
JUL 18
Mountain Mamas’ Arts and Crafts Show Weekend
3pm - Raptors of Idaho: Biology and Management (with real birds!) *Barb Forderhase, Education Specialist, BLM
Location: Stanley Museum
JUL 25
Sawtooth Music Festival Weekend
3pm - Historically-Based Songs of the Salmon River Region* P. Gary Eller
Location: Stanley Museum
AUG 1
3pm - Our Public Lands: An American LegacyDr. Alfred Runte
Location: Stanley Museum
AUG 8
3pm - How Fires Have Shaped Central Idaho Tim Sexton
Location: Stanley Museum
AUG 15
3pm - The Evermann Journals: A Naturalist in Sawtooth Valley, 1895Mark Moulton
Location: Alturas Lake Day-Use Area
AUG 22
Salmon Festival Weekend
3pm - Salmon Stories Through the Generations*Jack Lavin, Tom Kovalicky, et al.
Location: Stanley Museum
AUG 29
3pm - Coming Home to Sawtooth Valley: An Idaho Author’s PerspectiveJohn Rember
Location: Stanley Museum
* indicates presentations with special appeal to children
About The Lecture Series
Friday afternoons will be special in Stanley this summer. The Idaho Humanities Council, the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded a grant to the Sawtooth Interpretive and Historical Association (SIHA) to support the Sawtooth Forum and Lecture Series.
Beginning on June 20 and continuing through August 29, on Friday afternoons, SIHA will host speakers, lecturers, authors, and performers from around the West. The range of expertise and talent of the presenters is broad, but the focus of presentations will be on the western landscape and the human and natural history of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Authors Roderick Nash, Alfred Runte, and John Rember are among the Series presenters. Specific presentations will explore the significance of public lands, salmon, mining, raptors, and wildfire to local communities and the environment over past generations. The history of the Salmon River region will be explored through its songs and stories told by the “oldest man in Idaho”. Several of the presentations will appeal especially to children. Participation is free.
“We’re excited to be able to host this Series to enrich the Sawtooth community, to provide more information about the rigors of life in this not-so-gentle landscape, and to generate more excitement and advocacy for this beautiful and fragile environment.”
— SIHA President, Gary Gadwa
In addition to the Idaho Humanities Council, partners helping to bring the Series to Stanley include the City of Stanley, US Forest Service, Stanley Chamber of Commerce, Stanley Community Library, the Sawtooth Society, and Idaho Rivers United. The Series schedule and details will be available on partners’ websites beginning in May.