Grazing, Farming and Conservation Leasing
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Updates
Grazing Lease Program
The Department manages more than 1,200 grazing leases that cover almost 300,000 acres of timberland and 1.5 million acres of rangeland located primarily across the southern two third of Idaho. These leases contribute approximately 260,000 AUMs of forage to livestock operations each year.
State Land Board Grazing Subcommittee Information
> Notice of Public Hearings for Temporary and Proposed Rulemaking
Temporary/Proposed Grazing Rules and Notice of Public Hearings
> Temporary/Proposed Grazing Rules
> Revision of IDAPA 20.03.14, Grazing Leases and Cropland Leases - Information presented to the State Land Board at its June 16, 2009 regular meeting held in McCall, Idaho
> Grazing Lease Subcommittee Recommendation Memo – May 19, 2009 Land Board Meeting
> Idaho State Controller's Office Grazing Income Analysis
> Public Comments with IDL responses from March 26, 2009 Public Meeting
> Public Comments from August 11-13, 2008 Public Meetings
> Summary Overview of Land Board Subcommittee Recommendations
> Revised "Grazing" Lease Application/Conflict Auction Process Summary (2/19/09)
> Public Meeting Notice - Idaho Endowment Land Lease Application/Conflict Auction Process
> Grazing on Idaho's Endowment Lands - An Overview of the Grazing Land Asset - August 2008(2.05 MB PDF)
> Summary of Public Comments from the May 2008 Grazing Subcommittee Request
> View and Print the Asset Management Plan
Farming Lease Program
Most of the original farming land owned by the endowments was sold during the early portion of the 1900s. What remains is a small portfolio of farming leases that total approximately 20,000 acres. Crops currently grown on state endowment trust lands include sugar beets, corn, onions, potatoes, barley, hops, dry beans and wheat.
Conservation Lease Program
Until the adoption of the State Board of Land Commissioners' Asset Management Plan in 2007, the "conservation" asset type was not formally recognized by the Department. Since that time, and based on recent administrative rule changes, the Department does accept applications for conservation use and continues to manage a small portfolio of conservation leases.
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