Frank Church Wilderness increases in size by nearly 100 acres

Clark Corbin

(Idaho Capital Sun) Central Idaho’s Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness got a little bit bigger this fall thanks to a partnership between two land trust organizations.

The Payette Land Trust and The Wilderness Land Trust announced this month that they partnered to purchase a 94-acre private land inholding within the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness last year.

In the days before the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1, the land trusts were able to transfer the land to public ownership and officially add it to the designated wilderness area, The Wilderness Land Trust Director of Marketing and Communications Margosia Jadkowski said.

That means that the Annie Creek property, which includes wetlands, gentle slopes and creeks, is in public hands