Last week in response to Sen. Mike Lee’s relentless attempts to sell off our public lands, the Idaho chapter rapidly organized three pint nights across the state in concert with “Flood the Lines Day”. These events activated over 200 public land owners between Boise, Lewiston, and Moscow, ID to call, email, and snail mail their elected officials while gathering at local watering holes Payette Brewing, Groundwork Brewing, Hunga Dunga Brewing. These efforts complimented 1944 Idaho based actions ...

In December of 2021, a scoping letter was sent from the BLM Challis Field Office (CFO) to BHA, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Idaho Wildlife Federation, Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Mule Deer Initiative for the Elkhorn Riparian Exclosure Fences project. The project proposal includes construction of exclosure fences to protect two primary riparian areas, including spring complexes, a pond, and an aspen stand on the Pines-Elkhorn cattle and horse allotment in the ...

The Idaho Legislature officially adjourned on March 31, 2022, capping off an 81-day session. As in every year, multiple bills were introduced in the legislature during this session that impact our public lands, waters, and wildlife, and Idaho BHA tracked a number of them closely. Likely the most controversial bill of the year was House Bill 507, which was designed to declare mechanical broadheads and lighted nocks as legal tools for use during Idaho’s archery seasons. Due to our belief ...

  The Bureau of Land Management recently held a comment period for the potential acquisition of a 275-acre ranch in the Treasure Valley. The ranch was offered for sale to the BLM by the Alta Harris Family Foundation, and the BLM proposes to use Land and Water Conservation Funds to make the purchase. Idaho BHA submitted a comment letter to the BLM to indicate our strong support for this acquisition. The ranch is immediately adjacent to existing BLM and Idaho State land, the latter portion of ...

    Update – Endowment Lands, and the formation of United Payette Ever since real estate developer Trident Holdings, LLC submitted a proposal to the Idaho Department of Lands in 2019 to acquire state endowment lands around Payette Lake near McCall, Idaho (see a previous blog post, linked here, for background) the Idaho BHA chapter has been collaborating with other stakeholder groups on developing a solution to conserve these lands and prevent the habitat degradation and loss off public ...