Slab: Here is a brief blurb on the current roadless areas in Idaho. There are in fact several new proposal to develop this area for energy exploration. Please see my original post. The proposal to allow energy exploration and extraction were the reason for my post. Also please see the link I provided above.

I have photos as well and will psot some ASAP.

"Approximately seven percent of Idaho is protected by the 1964 Wilderness Act. That’s a little more than 4 million acres of wilderness. But nearly 9 million acres of Inventoried Roadless Area exists in Idaho’s National Forests along with another four million acres of roadless lands under the management of the Bureau of Land Management - nearly all 13 million acres has excellent wilderness potential. No other state, outside of Alaska, has that much remaining unroaded and undeveloped land just sitting virtually unprotected in the public trust."