Possible Clues:

• "The Big Potato"
• Capital nicknamed 'City of Trees'
• Northwestern U.S. capital
• State capital whose name comes from the French for 'wooded area'
• Capital in the Northwest
• Capital south of Coeur d'Alene
• __ State Broncos: Western Athletic Conf. team
• The state capital of Idaho
• Snake feeder
• Capital city whose name means "wooded" in French