Appeals Court Rules In Favor of Idaho Roadless Rule
Idaho leaders are hailing Monday’s decision by a federal appeals court to uphold the state's strategy for managing millions of acres of roadless wilderness. Idaho’s roadless rule provides the framework...
View ArticleIdaho May Be Next State For Lands Fight With Feds
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho could be the next western state to engage in a public lands fight with the federal government.Last year, Utah and Arizona passed legislation demanding the federal government...
View ArticleWestern States' Public Lands Fight Comes To Idaho
A fight between western states and the federal government over control of public lands has surfaced in the Northwest. Last year Utah and Arizona lawmakers passed bills requiring the feds to sign public...
View ArticleResolutions To Transfer Public Lands To State Control Clear Committee Hurdle
The Senate State Affairs committee approved two resolutions that would seek to transfer public lands from the federal government to the state. Rep. Lawerence Denney (R- Midvale) asked the committee to...
View ArticleFederal Land Transfer Clears Another Hurdle In Idaho Statehouse
Idaho is following other western states including Utah that have taken on the issue of transferring federal lands to state control. Utah’s governor last year signed off on a measure supporting this....
View ArticleIdaho And Other Western States Gear Up to Debate Public Land Management
For some, public land in the west is a place to camp and recreate. For all of us, these lands are a source of water and the air we breath. That’s especially true in Idaho - where more than half of the...
View ArticleCommunity Conversation: Idaho's Public Lands
More than half of Idaho’s land is considered public. These are lands that are managed by federal agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. We ride horses, hike,...
View ArticleAndrus Criticizes Public Lands Resolutions, Says Risch Is "Obstructionist"
Yesterday marked the 200th speech given at the Idaho Environmental Forum in Boise. The non-partisan association has been around since 1989, when its first speaker was Governor Cecil Andrus. To...
View ArticleWill Federal Lands Be Transferred to Idaho? Legislative Committee Explores...
A group of Idaho lawmakers gathers tomorrow at the Statehouse to begin weighing whether the federal government should transfer public lands to the state to manage. The all-day meeting will include...
View ArticleReport: Feds Spent $392M To Manage Idaho's Public Land
Three federal agencies spent $392 million in 2012 to manage 32 million acres of Idaho public land, according to a report illustrating costs Idaho would face by assuming oversight of a substantial swath...
View ArticleCentral Idaho Commissioners Support Boulder-White Clouds Monument Idea
Blaine County commissioners in central Idaho have agreed to draft a resolution describing what they'd like to see in a presidential proclamation designating a Boulder-White Clouds National...
View ArticleWildfire Rehab Closes Some Public Areas In Southern Idaho
The Bureau of Land Management has closed about 54,000 acres northeast of Mountain Home in southern Idaho to all entry until April 30 in an effort to rehabilitate areas scorched by two wildfires.The...
View ArticleRecreators And Environmentalists Reach Boulder-White Clouds Deal
Environmentalists and mountain bikers have reached agreement on a proposal for protecting the Boulder-White Clouds as a national monument.The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday that the agreement creates...
View ArticleWestern Republicans: Let States Manage Public Land
Some Western Republican officials say their states are missing out on revenues and opportunities to prevent wildfires because they don't have enough control over public lands.The group on Friday...
View ArticleIdaho's Federal Lands Panel Hires Private Attorney
The Legislature's Federal Lands Interim Committee has hired outside legal counsel even though the state attorney general's office has questioned the legality of Idaho being able to take control of...
View Article50th Anniversary Of The Wilderness Act Sparks Conversation, Idaho Lecture Series
Fifty years ago, the Wilderness Act was signed into law, setting aside large areas of land in their natural state. Today, almost 110 million acres have been designated as wilderness by the U.S....
View ArticleIdaho Lawmakers To Examine Endowment Land Investments
An interim committee of Idaho lawmakers tasked with determining if Idaho endowment lands are being managed properly to generate revenue is scheduled to meet for the first time Thursday.Republican Rep....
View ArticleIdaho Attorney General Says Transferring Public Land Faces Many Hurdles
Around 60 percent of the land in Idaho is controlled by the federal government. And some people would like those national forests and rangelands transferred to state control.
View ArticleIdaho Legal Fees To Look At Public Lands Takeover Total $61,000
Idaho's bill for outside legal work to find a way take over federal public lands is up to about $61,000.Documents obtained by The Spokesman-Review in a story on Tuesday show Holland & Hart charged...
View ArticleStudy: Utah Could Manage Federally Controlled Land
A report released Monday shows Utah could afford to manage more than 30 million acres of public land within its borders if the state somehow took control of those acres from federal agencies.State...
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