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 others in production
Geology Determines Destiny ... what the geology of Idaho has meant to the state and to OI
The Show That Almost Ended it... when we realized we might be in the wrong business
Poet, Professor, Prankster... the ones who have held the record for most appearances in a show... right now this chapter consists of poet Bill Studebaker, Professor John Freemuth, Prankster and writer Cort Conley.
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
The Muse and an Angel Named Trixie... something about writing in general and scripts in particular
An Agency Much Maligned... (We did a few shows on the Forest Service, plus we put together a fairly lengthy piece with the former Chief of the Forest Service and other F.S. leaders, but only used part of it in the 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.
The Best Historical Corner of the State...Working offline for now... but it will include the hour long Special, "Assassination: Trial of the Century," as well as several Outdoor Idaho shows on the Silver Valley.
Serendipity and Screw-ups... what the name implies... things that fell in our lap, things that fell apart... will this be subsumed into another chapter or spread out into several chapters?
He Always Made Me Smile (a profile of Morley Nelson. Also work in "The Vertical Environment" with Lynn Redgrave.)
The Fish That Got Away...(Mike Simpson's big plan and our show "Salmon Reckoning")
Old Man River... we did a lot of rafting... maybe we put desert rivers in here, as well as Salmon, Selway, etc.
What exactly is Outdoor Idaho?... (maybe how it's 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 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 We Have Known (and I think there were a few... Wilderness... Lewis&Clark ... Salmon ... maybe we put Rafting here (or maybe there's enough 'rafting' to give it a 'chapter'...shows on old folks... Llamas...the recurring one is Public Lands, etc. We concentrate on several that don't already have a chapter devoted to them.) It's possible this chapter will disappear and/or be tossed into other chapters
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.)
The Importance of Place. (the wrap-up with some general thoughts from me, and a strong push for public lands)
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