| Idaho is important as an agricultural state, producing | | | | become a center for ski resorts, starting with the |
| potatoes, barley and other crops. It has also become | | | | internationally known Sun Valley. |
| a center of hi-tech and computer production in the | | | | Boise has been recognized as an environmentally |
| United States, good things to know if you are | | | | friendly city, which in the month of May has a week |
| attempting to start your Idaho Incorporation. There | | | | of activities celebrating bike week. These events will |
| is still a good deal of food processing and processing | | | | culminate in a pedal power parade. Boise is located in |
| of lumber and wood products as well as other | | | | Southwestern Idaho, and has a population of almost |
| traditional industries. In addition, since the 1950s, | | | | 200,000. It has long been a center of timber and |
| eastern Idaho has been home of the Idaho National | | | | other raw materials industries. Now, it is also a center |
| Laboratory, a facility for nuclear energy research. The | | | | of hi-tech industry, with large manufacturing and |
| state is not as cold as it might be supposed to be, | | | | office complexes of Micron, makers of computer |
| since a good deal of its weather is moderated by the | | | | chips and Hewlett-Packard, a maker of scanners and |
| Pacific Ocean several hundred miles a way. Idaho is a | | | | printers. The city is located on the Boise River, a |
| paradise for outdoor activities including skiing and | | | | center of fishing, swimming and boating. |
| hunting, with several National Parks in and around the | | | | Further up in Central Idaho is the world famous ski |
| state, including Yellowstone National Park. Grizzly | | | | resort, Sun Valley. Bald Mountain, going up over 9000 |
| bears and wolves are some of the wildlife of the | | | | feet is a world renowned site for alpine skiing, and |
| region along with moose, deer, goats and sheep. If | | | | the whole area is a hang-out for the rich and |
| you plan to do any hunting you have to get a state | | | | powerful from across the United States. |
| hunting permit for the various hunting seasons. | | | | Coeur D'Alene in the northern part of Idaho is a |
| Idaho's industrial economy is growing, with high-tech | | | | picturesque city known for its excellent golf courses. |
| products leading the way. Since the late 1970s, Boise | | | | Lewiston, on the northwest border of Idaho is |
| has emerged as a center for semiconductor | | | | connected to the Snake River system, and can |
| manufacturing. Boise is the home of Micron | | | | receive ocean-going vessels, making it Idaho's only |
| Technology Inc., the only U.S. manufacturer of | | | | port connected to the ocean. Idaho Falls, in the |
| dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. | | | | southeastern portion of the state, is home to the |
| Hewlett-Packard has operated a large plant in Boise, | | | | Nation Reactor Testing Station, a facility run by the |
| in southwestern Idaho and Dell, Inc. operates a major | | | | Atomic Energy Commission, also known as the Idaho |
| customer support call center in Twin Falls. There is a | | | | National Laboratory. In this region of Idaho, there is |
| state sales tax and income tax, and higher taxes on | | | | one of the world's largest concentrations of potato |
| hotel and other tourist accommodation. Idaho has | | | | production and also of barley for beer. |