The Backcountry Aviation Defibrillator Project is positioning automated external defibrillators at high-traffic remote airstrips in Idaho.

Idaho has more backcountry airstrips and wilderness pilots than any state other than Alaska. Many airstrips were incorporated into protected wilderness but now conservationists are challenging them.

There are some significant benefits to maintaining Hoodoo and designating it as a backcountry airstrip available to the public.

New Backcountry Airstrip Opens in Idaho Jim Richmond Backcountry Aviation Foundation's remote public-use facility sits in the southwest corner of state.

Aircraft are only allowed in designated wilderness areas if they can be “grandfathered in” – which a lawsuit says is not the case for four airstrips in Idaho’s largest wilderness.

Idaho author: Book subject ‘fell in my lap’ Holm first heard about Flight 148Z while working on a book about the history of Idaho’s backcountry airstrips.