The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population ...

In a rare bipartisan letter, Idaho state legislators celebrated the death of a federal proposal that would have allowed the ...

Idaho’s public lands aren’t for sale. Stop the reconciliation bill | Opinion. Idaho Statesman. Sun, June 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC. 5 min read. The north face of Mount Baird, left, is shown ...

Our public lands are our legacy; they are not for sale. Jameson Hohbein, Bellingham. End oil and gas subsidies. Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and James Risch face an important decision regarding Idaho’s ...

The provision in the Senate version of “One Big Beautiful Bill” would allow the sale of up to 3.2 million acres of public ...

Cattle graze on public lands in southwestern Idaho early in the summer of 2019. ... Idaho public lands at risk under new federal sale proposal. ABBY DAVIS KTVB; Jun 13, 2025 Jun 13, 2025; ...

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.

Castle Peak and Merriam Peak in the White Clouds, part of the wilderness area that Rep. Mike Simpson pushed to create. Simpson cosponsored a bill to prevent the sale of public lands to fund the ...

Even though the public land sale proposal was defeated, experts say federal lands face other threats from President Trump’s administration.

A proposal to sell millions of acres of public land to develop housing was dropped from President Trump’s tax and spending bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

An Idaho Republican congressman is breaking with the rest of the state’s delegation — and much of his party — to support a bill that would prevent the sale of large tracts of public land as a means of ...

In Idaho, public lands support 78,000 jobs and generate $2.5 billion in wages. This week, our own Rep. Mike Simpson, R-ID, took a powerful stand for public lands. Rep.