1. Geology of Idaho Cities and Industries

2. Idaho – vast forests, rolling plains, soaring peaks, and surging rivers

3. Idaho – land of active towns/cities where businesses and industries thrive

4. Some of the important towns and cities of the state of Idaho www.netstate.com/ states/maps/id_maps.htm

5. Historic Big 4 Industries

6. Gold dots indicate early mining claims Dark shading indicates areas of current impact

7. Coeur d’Alene Mining District (Silver Valley)

8. Currently mining silver, lead, zinc Silver profitable when >$5/oz (currently $12)

9. Currently mining molybdenum

10. Currently mining phosphate for fertilizers, explosives, etc.

11. Idaho – the most forested state in the Western U.S. Timber has been one of the major industries for Idaho

13. Idaho is growing money!

14. An old logging train with roughneck loggers

15. Idaho agriculture is concentrated in two major zones. It is important statewide, however, just on a smaller scale.

16. The agricultural processing industry shadows agricultural areas for obvious reasons

17. Bluegrass seed in the panhandle Wheat in the Palouse Orchards in the SW “Spuds” and in the SE

18. Grasses/hay on the Camas Prairie Livestock throughout the State Sugar beets in the South Truck farms in the SW

19. “Here We Have Idaho…..” • Recreation and Tourism are rapidly becoming the biggest, most important, (economically) industry in the state • The problem is that they pay much lower wages than mining and timber have historically provided

20. Idaho’s scenic beauty draws a variety of people for different reasons The out-of-doors in North Idaho

21. Sun Valley Native American Casinos The River of No Return

22. The major population centers are located in two particular regions:

23. Snake River Plain

25. Boise River Greenbelt

27. Boise – the capital of Idaho and business/financial/education/entertainment center of Southern Idaho/Northern Nevada/Northern Utah/Eastern Oregon

28. Also a major transportation crossroads for the region

29. Major irrigation centers

30. Turning the desert into productive ground through irrigation

31. Processing of ag products is a big business, too!

32. Some of Idaho’s main brands

33. And, of course…………

34. livestock Sugar beets Alfalfa hay Potatoes

35. Food processing • Twin Falls • Pocatello • Idaho Falls (incl. stockyards) • Rexburg (Sugar City)

36. Many towns grew up on the plain to support the various forms of agriculture there

38. Light Manufacturing and Related Industries • Water resources from Snake River • Electrical power • Growing workforce • Resulted in a new type of industry

39. Light Manufacturing

40. Mining –sometimes in unusual forms- is found in Idaho Phosphate mining near Soda Springs

41. Rail yards in Pocatello

42. Atomic energy at the Idaho National Laboratory

43. On February 1, 2005 the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory-West became the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

44. A military presence

45. Farming is important up north as well

46. The Camas Prairie

47. The Palouse Hills

48. The educational center of North Idaho

49. Lewiston – Idaho’s Seaport

50. Industry in Lewiston