Idaho’s fourth member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, did not receive a letter and voted to oppose the Public Lands in Public Hands Act, the Utah News Dispatch previously reported.

After having provided unwavering support to programs that will prove harmful to our state and nation, Idaho’s top elected ...

At first, the lands were used mainly for their resources, to build railroads and for settlement. Starting in the 1860s and ...

Teton County, Idaho, commissioners on Monday showed interest in objecting to a state trust land sale in Tetonia, citing community opposition to the sale.

A new version of a controversial public land sales proposal in Congress cuts back on the land that could be sold in Idaho and 10 other states. But opponents have said the changes aren’t enough.

Idaho’s identity is inseparable from our public lands. They support our cherished traditions of hunting, fishing and grazing, and they are the backbone of our outdoor economy.

Response to Sen. Lee's removal of public land sales from the bill has been generally positive, albeit skeptical. Public lands are safe under the current bill's provision, but many fear that Sen. Lee ...

A group of five House Republicans says it will vote against the GOP’s tax and spending bill over provisions in the Senate version that would mandate the sale of land owned by the federal ...

"Public lands belong in public hands. This provision is being driven by Senator Lee from Utah. The land sales do not fit Idaho; they do not fit the west," said John Robison, director of public ...

While the mandatory sale of public lands in the West — potentially including the Gifford Pinchot National Forest — didn’t make it into the final congressional reconciliation bill, an increase ...

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