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We're driven to responsibly manage Idaho's endowment lands for lasting returns to public schools and other beneficiaries, and to help Idahoans use and sustain their natural resources.

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Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) facilitates land transactions, appraisals, rights-of-way, and land records. We manage land exchanges and land transactions involving endowment lands. An appraiser oversees contracts with third party appraisers to determine the market value. Agents secure rights of way and easements to improve access to endowment lands statewide/

Sell your Land to IDL

State endowment trust lands provide ongoing, ever-increasing financial support to Idaho’s public school system and a number of other State of Idaho institutions.

State Land for Sale

IDL is the agency that carries out auctions for state endowment trust lands as well as surplus state property managed by other State of Idaho agencies.

Cottage Site Sales

State endowment trust land has been leased for use as residential sites, known as cottage sites, since the early 1900s. Learn more about these auctions.

Right-of-Way

IDL issues ROW authorization documents for the use of a ROW over, upon, under, or through endowment lands.

Investments and Asset Management

IDL considers strategic acquisitions of timberland and farmland.

Historic Real Estate Transactions

More information on lands recently acquired or sold and commercial property sales.

Payette Endowment Land

Find information about the plan approved by the State Board of Land Commissioners in March 2021 for endowment lands in and around McCall.

Potential Payette Lake Land Exchange

Idaho Department of Lands is evaluating a potential exchange of endowment lands around Payette Lake for federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

Contact

Real Estate Bureau
Boise Staff Office
(208) 334-0200

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