The land where miracles grow.

The dedicated staff of the Idaho Department of Lands function in 10 Supervisory Areas throughout the state as well as staff offices in Boise and Coeur d'Alene.

We manage more than 2.4 million acres of State Endowment Trust Land under a Constitutional mandate to maximize long-term financial returns to a number of beneficiaries, mainly public schools. We operate under the management directives of the Land Board.

The Idaho Department of Lands also provides services to Idahoans through regulatory and assistance programs.

The Idaho Department of Lands, having been assigned additional duties over the years by the State Legislature, also now serves as the host agency to the Idaho Board of Scaling Practices, the Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protective Association and the Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association. The department also is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

Programs

› Lands, Minerals, Range (LMR) Division (Director's Office/Boise)

LMR Endowment Leasing Programs:

  • Cottage Site Leasing
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Grazing, Farming, Conservation Leasing
  • Mineral Leasing

    • LMR Regulatory Programs:

  • Oil and Gas Regulatory Program
  • Navigable Waters Regulatory Program
  • Mining Regulatory Program
  • Abandoned Mine Lands Program

    • › Forest Management (Coeur d'Alene Staff Office)

    › Fire Management (Coeur d'Alene Staff Office)

    › Forestry Assistance (Coeur d'Alene Staff Office)

  • Community Forestry (Coeur d'Alene Staff Office - part of the Forestry Assistance Bureau)
  • Forest Legacy

    • › Geographic Information Systems [GIS] / Mapping (Boise and Coeur d'Alene Staff Offices)

    › Information Technology (Boise and Coeur d'Alene Staff Offices)

    The Information Technology (IT) Bureau supports agency missions through implementation and maintenance of enterprise transaction processing and decision support systems. The principal focus of IT is on delivering integrated solutions to meet internal and external customer needs. Internal-facing systems include financial, land management permitting applications. External-facing systems include public information and self-service applications such as the Online Timber Sale and Burn Permit applications.

    IT provides infrastructure support for agency operations, including local and wide area computer networking, desktop and mobile devices, telephony, web conferencing, and Intranet . In addition, IT manages a cross-functional agency Help Desk system that integrates traditional IT support elements with Human Resources and Fiscal.

    Our Vision

      The Idaho Department of Lands: Trusted stewards of Idaho’s resources, from main street to mountain top.

      The Idaho Department of Lands will be the premier organization for trust management, service, and regulatory oversight in the western United States.

      We will invest in Idaho’s resources to maximize financial returns to the endowment trust beneficiaries and enhance the health and resilience of Idaho’s natural resources for the benefit of all Idahoans.

      We will deliver programs with professionalism and integrity, providing exemplary service to the citizens of Idaho.

      We will invest in our employees and have an organizational culture and framework that equips, entrusts, and expects employees to make decisions.

      The Idaho Department of Lands will be a unified and vibrant organization in which all employees participate in constructive communication to fully meet our missions.

    Our Mission

      To professionally and prudently manage Idaho's endowment assets to maximize long-term financial returns to public schools and other trust beneficiaries and to provide professional assistance to the citizens of Idaho to use, protect and sustain their natural resources.

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