Taylor Ranch Log Book Collection

Summary

This Taylor Ranch log book takes place from June 1st, 2001 to May 21st, 2002. This is one of the shorter log books written by Jim & Holly Akenson. The log book continues to detail day-to-day life at the Taylor Ranch. The Akenson's wildlife biology work continues as well with predation reports, pregnancy reports, and migration patterns. Weather patterns also continue as Holly writes out yearly NWS weather reports for the area. There is also a new caretaker that arrives to relieve the Akenson's for a break. This caretaker, Ken Hobson, was a senior at University of Idaho and spent two summers prior as an intern. Hobson relieves the Akenson's in December so they might go on vacation and there is a new perspective in the log book of somebody who has already spent time with the Taylor Ranch community and is now trusted with taking care of the Taylor Ranch. As many will remember, the year 2001 was a pivotal year in contemporary United States history because of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Holly Akenson recounts the backcountry radio alerting her to turn on her TV and find out about the attacks of 9/11. What follows is Holly's own perspective and insights into how the nation handled the attacks and the media as well. Aside from the current events of 2001, the Akenson's also confront the one year anniversary of the massive wildfires from the previous year which riddled the backcountry of Idaho. The log book also contains an interesting finding of spear points in the backcountry and a couple of finals given to visiting students of the Taylor Ranch.

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