Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Representatives from the SNRA will discuss their Outfitter and Guide Management Plan. 

50 Years of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area

Join us for a panel conversation on the history and future of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA), 756,000 acres of central Idaho that includes the Sawtooth Wilderness, Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness, and the Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness areas. The SNRA was established on August 22, 1972, and we are taking this moment to recognize its impact on our community as we step into the next 50 years.

Panelists will include Kathryn Grohusky, Executive Director of the Sawtooth Society; Lin Gray, Executive Director of the Sawtooth Interpretive & Historical Association; Kirk Flannigan, Area Ranger at the SNRA Headquarters north of Ketchum; and Paul Ries, former SNRA Area Ranger.

This program will be outdoors. Bring a camp chair or blanket and join us! The event will also be livestreamed on Vimeo and available to view later. Click here to watch online.

The 2022 Community Speaker Series presented by The Community Library and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference invites all to join for three free lectures in Ketchum’s Forest Service Park.

More here.

with Dr. Scott Rozelle

Join us for the annual Judith and Marshall Meyer Lecture on China with Dr. Scott Rozelle.

China’s growth has relied heavily on unskilled labor. Most of these workers have never been to high school. While this national growth strategy has been effective for three decades, employment in manufacturing and construction is now falling. Drawing on national datasets and the author’s own surveys, the talk will show that the labor force’s low levels of human capital is making it impossible for many unable to find work in the formal workplace. The presentation also will demonstrate that the labor market is now experiencing a reversal in the unskilled wage which could portend the start of economy-wide polarization. Coupled with low levels of social protection, the fact that around 900 million people in China are low income means that the nation’s strategy to stimulate demand may be challenging.

Register to join us in person, or watch live or later on Vimeo. Click here to watch online. A book signing with Iconoclast Books will follow the presentation.

Scott Rozelle holds the Helen Farnsworth Endowed Professorship at Stanford University and is Senior Fellow in the Food Security and Environment Program and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies. He is also the author, with Natalie Hell, of Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise. His research focuses on agricultural economics, development economics and the economics of poverty—with an emphasis on the economics of education, health and early childhood development (ECD). Rozelle is the co-founder aand co-director of the newest Center at Stanford University, the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI). He also is the founder and director of one of SCCEI’s main initiatives, the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), an organization at Stanford University that seeks to evaluate China’s new education, health and ECD programs and have an impact on policy. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program of nearly 40 years in which he has close working ties with Chinese collaborators and policy makers. 

with Scott Marchant

Join local guidebook author, Scott Marchant, for a presentation and slideshow highlighting his newest release—The Hiker’s Guide Sun Valley & Ketchum. Discover the spectacular wildflower blooms in the Smoky Mountains, the majestic peaks and canyons in the Boulder Mountains, or the old-growth forests and alpine lakes of the Pioneer Mountains. Scott will discuss day hikes and backpacks including best hikes for wildflower blooms, solitude, views, and hikes to experience with the family.

Register to save your seat. This program will also be livestreamed on the Library’s Vimeo and available to watch later. Click here to watch online.

Books will be available for sale and a signing with Scott will follow his presentation.

Scott Marchant is a Boise-based hiking guidebook author and landscape photographer. He has been trekking through the woods and desert of Idaho for over twenty years. He has published seven Idaho hiking guidebooks, in addition to an annual wilderness calendar, Idaho greeting cards and other products. On Saturdays, look for Scott’s booth at the Capital City Public Market in downtown Boise. To see his work, visit www.hikingidaho.com.

Join us for a “Toast to Summer” at J. McLaughlin in Sun Valley with sips and shopping. 

Friday, July 1, noon-4pm.

15% of sales benefit The Community Library.

J. McLaughlin offers a “collection of women`s and men`s clothing and accessories reflects their casual, classic style peppered with a dose of wit.”

More about J. McLaughlin here.