Uncovering USFS vs. Idaho Miner Story

I was surrounded by Wilderness but I was seeing evidence of people that once lived in the Frank Church Wilderness in the past. I began asking myself the question, "where did all these people go?" Is there another side of the Wilderness story that hasn't been told? Those simple questions brought me on another journey outside of my traverse across the Frank Church River of no Return Wilderness to discover for myself who lived in the Frank before it was designated as Wilderness, and where did those people go. In Episode 2, Jim Collord is introduced, a backcountry prospector, who had multiple encounters and struggles with the Forest Service and how the establishment of the Wilderness altered his way of life. This series has followed the guidelines of the Forest Service for filming in the Wilderness. These videos are not for commercial use for any product or service. Ghosts of the Frank is a 5 episode docuseries created by Dan Noakes which highlights Noakes' solo winter traverse across the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho while also exploring the drama of the people who once lived, worked, and died there. Ghosts of the Frank takes viewers on an emotional experience as Dan Noakes goes beyond skiing by examining the controversy of the Forest Service’s efforts of burning down cabins as it acquired private land in the name of preservation. It leaves the audience to answer for themselves if the mainstream Wilderness narrative has silenced the whisperings of the ghosts that still roam in the Frank Church today. #frankchurchwilderness #frankchurchtraverse #wilderness