Fort Boise Land Use: 1975-2000 After Fort Boise’s initial transition from military to civilian use, the park continued to grow in order to meet the needs of the community and the environment. The park had become increasingly popular to Boiseans participating in city league and public school sports, and the open field and picnic areas…

 Barber Park Harris Ranch 1975-2000 People and nature have been a core concept of what we have been researching and reading about. What is nature in the city, is it the parks scattered across the city, the stream in someone’s backyard, or is it the nature that borders on the outside of the city? These…

Jace Parker April 3 2015 Environmental Studies 221 Barber Park-Harris Ranch Barber Park- Harris Ranch The land of Barber Park and Harris Ranch experienced a great number of changes between the times of 1950 to 1975. There where problems with the people of Barber Park and Harris Ranch with the development of the Lucky Peak…

Jace Parker 2/25/2015 Environmental Studies 221 Jennifer Stevens Barber Park and Harris Ranch 1900-1950s Nature and the city are two polar opposites that are constantly at war with each other. The ever-expanding needs of humans are growing and what all humans need are land and resources. Yet what are the environmental impacts of developing land,…

In 1973, the Idaho State Penitentiary officially closed and sent its last prisoners to a newer facility. This opened up the possibility for other uses of the surrounding land. Keeping in step with the recreational use, Quarry View Park was built in 1983 on land leased to the city by the state. Quarry View Park…

During the time period of 1975-2000 there was an increase in general knowledge about the environment.  Larger amounts of information were made available to the public and allowed citizens to make educated choices about issues pertinent to the environment they live in.  Similar to cities all across the nation, Boise residents took measures needed to…

Johnny Whittemore Blog 4 23 April 2015 By now, the parcel of land resting on the Central Bench overlooking downtown Boise between Emerald and Alpine, Roosevelt to Garden, has been nearly entirely settled. A century of technological innovation, immense home building and infrastructure updates has left this area of Boise with its own unique identity.…

Castle Rock Reserve 1975-2000             Castle Rock Parcel is a unique and resilient piece of land tucked at the base of the northeast Boise foothills. The parcel has existed on the periphery of town for decades until urban expansion and the inevitable development of the foothills completely altered the ecology of the hill slope and…

Johnny Whittemore 1 March 2015 Environmental Studies 221 Blog 2 My group’s parcel, located on the Bench from Emerald to Alpine, Roosevelt to Garden is an interesting plot of land, largely unlike the rest of Boise. It is made up of nearly entirely residential units. Although most of Boise has experienced tremendous growth insisting of…

Johnny Whittemore Blog 3 4.5.2015 The parcel of land lying between Emerald and Alpine, Roosevelt to Garden saw immense growth in the period between the years 1950-1975. Development increased rapidly as new buildings and establishments started to occupy the land en masse. Since this initial period of growth, the same buildings have continued to be…

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