We are ‘Iceyéeyenim mamáy’ac – “children of the Coyote.”
We are Cuupn’itpel’uu – “the people who walked out of the mountains.”
We are Nimi’ipuu – “the people.”

While people here hold varying points of view on what activities should or shouldn’t be allowed on these lands entrusted to all Americans, all of them told me how important the rivers, mountains, and forests are to their way of life.

For years, there has been an ongoing struggle here between wilderness conservationists and timber corporations, between backpackers and the off-road vehicle recreation industry, between divergent interests of local communities.

In her second blog from our Clearwater Basin Photographic Expedition, Krista Schlyer brings us one of nature’s most incredible spectacles, the salmon spawn.

iLCP Fellow Krista Schlyer reports from the field, from our Clearwater Basin Photographic Expedition in Idaho.