Bureau of Surface and Mineral Resources
Range and Cropland Program - Visit the Range and Cropland Program Web Page
The Range and Cropland Program provides technical guidance for the management of agricultural leasing activities, including cropland and grazing leases.
Commercial and Surface Leasing Program
- Visit the Commercial and Surface Leasing Program Web Page
The Commercial and Surface Leasing Program provides technical guidance for the management and commercial development of endowment land through the Request for Proposal process, leasing of office space and other surface leases, surface communication sites, Outfitters and Guides, state and federal land leases and any other miscellaneous endowment land lease needs.
Navigable Waters and Cottage Site Program
- Click here to visit the Navigable Waters Web Page
- Click here to visit the Cottage Site Program Web Page
The Navigable Waters and Cottage Site Program provides technical guidance for the management of residential/cottage site leasing and Public Trust lands. Public trust lands are the submerged lands lying below the natural ordinary high water line of navigable streams and rivers within the state. Title to these lands is held in trust and is managed for the public good rather than for a specific beneficiary. Reference: Idaho Code Title 58 Public Lands, Chapter 13 [Navigational Encroachments]
- Navigable Waters Program Procedures Manual
- Navigable Waters - F O R M S
- Dock Permit - F O R M S
- For a list of Navigable Lakes and Rivers in Idaho, refer to the Navigable Waters web page.
- Contact - COTTAGE SITES: Refer to Cottage Site Web Page for CONTACTS
Minerals Program - Visit the Minerals Program Web Page
The Minerals Program offers and administers leases of all state lands for oil and gas, geothermal, phosphate minerals, materials (sand, gravel, etc.) and commercial or recreational riverbed leases. In addition, the Program regulates all surface mining and dredge/placer mining within the state.
Department of Lands Supervisory Area Offices point and click map
Minerals Leasing Contact
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Contact one of our Area Offices:
- Minerals Leasing Information
- Bonds (Information, Instructions, Forms)
- Exploration Locations
- Gemstone Guide
Minerals Regulatory Contact:
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Contact one of our Area Offices:
- Surface Mining
- Dredge and Placer Mining
- Best Management Practices
- Abandoned Mines
- Reclamation Projects
- Interagency Programs
Oil and Gas
- AUCTION RESULTS - Oil & Gas Auctions
- June 17, 2008 - A public auction for Oil and Gas Leases and Auction Tract List (Twin Falls County) was held on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at the Department of Lands, 300 North 6th Street, Suite 103, Boise. Trinity Exploration, Inc., was the successful bidder on all 12 tracts offered. The leases were offered for the minimum annual rent of $1.00 per acre per year. Click here for the NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL AND GAS LEASES AND AUCTION TRACT LIST (Twin Falls County)
- October 10, 2007 - 24 tracts were offered containing 9872 acres more or less. 24 tracts were sold. The high bidder on 11 tracts was CTD, Inc. The high bidder on the remaining 13 tracts was Fitzsimmons, Inc. Bonus bids totaled $231,782.52. First years annual rental was $9,872.00.
- March 27, 2007 - 14 tracts in Jefferson County, including tracts 6-12, 15-20 and 35 were leased for the minimum bid at the recent oil and gas auction. The remaining tracts will be available for over-the-counter leasing on a first-come, first-serve basis for six months commencing April 2, 2007.
- September 19, 2006 - 39 tracts offered; 38 tracts leased; minimum bid $0.25 per acre; first year's rent $1.00 per acre;
- Oil and Gas FORMS
- Application for State of Idaho Oil and Gas Lease with instructions (rev. 11-26-07)
- Bond (Form P-2)
- Application for Permit to Drill, Deepen or Plug Back (Form P-1; rev. 08-14-07)
- Well Completion or Recompletion Report and Well Log (Form P-7; Authorized by Order No. 2) - 2 pages
- Organization Report (Form No. O-1)
- Plugging Record (Form No. P-15)
- Bond of Oil and Gas Lessee (Form No. 1830[(3])
Oil and Gas Commission - The State Board of Land Commissioners acts as the Oil and Gas Commission and regulates the exploration, drilling and production of oil and gas resources. Wellhead activities are monitored to ensure that environmental damage does not occur during drilling and operation states.
Reference: Idaho Code Title 47-317 - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Created
Leasing Endowment Lands for Wind Energy Production
There is a great opportunity to generate revenue for endowment beneficiaries through the leasing of trust lands for wind energy production. IDL has drafted a wind lease and a Request for Proposal for wind energy development to facilitate the leasing of endowment lands for this purpose. Both the draft lease and the draft RFP were reviewed by potential lessees in October 2008. Comments received from that review, and IDL’s answers to those comments, are included in the Q & A which, in most cases, ties back to specific sections of the lease or the RFP.
The IDL comment period on the wind lease and the RFP closed on February 1, 2009.
Please address any questions, comments or suggestions you may have to Sharon Murray, Minerals Program Manager,
(208) 334-0231, email smurray@idl.idaho.gov.
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