In winter, supplies and mail are flown in on planes equipped with special ski-like landing equipment. Warren did not have electricity until very recently. The solar-powered telephone links were installed in 1995. Warren is located fifty miles as the crow flies from the resort town of McCall, Idaho. It is in the center of the Payette National Forest.
Access is via four-wheel drive dirt road for the last thirty miles.
The road winds through the mountains and across two summits before dropping into the Warren Meadows. The 1997 crew hard at work. Click on the image to view some of the artifacts excavated in 97'. In addition to the physical dig, visits will be made to other relevant sites in the historic Payette National Forest, the Salmon River country and the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. A few pictures of sites in the project area appear below.