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Navigable Waters Program

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.


Program Procedures Manual and Attachments

Detailed information on the Procedures Manual for the Navigable Waters Program, including attachments and forms, is available HERE.

Navigable Lakes and Rivers

• List of Idaho Navigable Lakes and Rivers

The list of navigable lakes and rivers in Idaho is not exclusive. At a later time, the State of Idaho may determine through court action or some other means that additional lakes and rivers will be declared navigable for title purposes.

Department employees are not authorized to make a determination of navigability. The authority rests with the State Board of Land Commissioners. However, Department employees may determine the location of the ordinary high water mark along existing navigable waters.

Navigable Waters Program Contacts

 
NAME SUPERVISORY AREA CONTACT INFORMATION
 
Carl Ritchie Priest Lake Area
4053 Cavanaugh Bay Rd.
Coolin, ID 83821		 critchie@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 443-2516
fax: (208) 443-2162
 
 
Jamie Brunner Pend Oreille Area
2550 Hwy. 2 West
Sandpoint, ID 83864		 jbrunner@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 263-5104
fax: (208) 263-0724
 
 
Jim Bennett St. Joe Area
1806 Main Ave.
St. Maries, ID 83861		 jbennett@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 245-4551
fax: (208) 245-4867
 
 
Jim Brady Mica Area
3258 W. Industrial Loop
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815		 jbrady@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 769-1577
fax: (208) 769-1597
 
 
Scott Corkill Payette Lakes Area
555 Deinhard Ln.
McCall, ID 83838		 scorkill@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 634-7125
fax: (208) 634-5117
 
 
Sid Anderson Director's Office
300 N. 6th St., Ste. 103
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0050		 asanderson@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 334-0200
fax: (208) 334-3698
 
 
Dean Johnson Southwest Area
8355 W. State St.
Boise, ID 83714 		djohnson@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 334-3488
fax: (208) 853-6372
 
 
Meribeth Lomkin Jerome Field Office
324 South 417 East, Ste. 2
Jerome, ID 83338		 mlomkin@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 324-2561
fax: (208) 324-2917
 
 
Heath Hancock Eastern Idaho Area
3563 Ririe Hwy.
Idaho Falls, ID 83401		 hhancock@idl.idaho.gov
tele: (208) 525-7167
fax: (208) 525-7178
 

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Forms

Dock Permits

Other Information

  • Disclaimers of Interest - The process for Disclaimers of Interest is coordinated through IDL Supervisory Area Offices statewide. View contact information for the Area Offices HERE.
  • Stream Channel Alteration Permits - Dock permits on free-flowing rivers are handled by the Idaho Department of Water Resources through its Stream Channel Alteration Permit program. Visit the IDWR Web site for additional information.
  • Priest Lake Management Plan - The use of arsenic-treated, creosote-treated or Penta-treated lumber in or over the surface waters of the Priest Lake Watershed is prohibited. View the plan here [pdf].