IDL timber sales help fund vital public institutions and services. Our timber sales generate millions for beneficiaries like Idaho’s public schools, veterans’ homes, and colleges and universities.
Idaho’s forest products industry is the largest contributor to the endowments’ annual revenue. The trees we sell account for 25% of all timber harvested in Idaho. IDL foresters protect the endowments’ renewable timber resources by managing the land, selling the timber, planting new trees, and repeating the process.
Recent Timber Sale Notifications
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Timber Sale Notification - St. Joe Supervisory Area - Rogue One Cedar
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Timber Sale Notification - Clearwater Supervisory Area - Caldwell Cedar
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Timber Sale Notification - Eastern Supervisory Area - Thompson Creek Ton
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Timber Sale Notification - St. Joe Supervisory Area - Spiked Out
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Timber Sale Notification - Southwest Supervisory Area - Bannock Pine Ton
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Timber Sale Notification - Idaho Panhandle National Forest - Black Pine GNA Ton
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Timber Sale Notification - St. Joe Supervisory Area - Leberite 40
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Sale Document Link Fixed--Flat Fire GNA Salvage Ton
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Timber Sale Notification - Clearwater Supervisory Area - Big Creek OSR
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Timber Sale Notification - Payette Lakes Supervisory Area - North Skern Ton
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Timber Sale Notification -Boise NF - Flat Fire GNA Salvage Ton
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Timber Sale Notification - Pend Oreille Lake Supervisory Area - Bodie Lookout Cedar
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*Rescheduled* Timber Sale Notification (Delivered Product Sort Sale) - Priest Lake Supervisory Area - NOSR DP
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Timber Sale Notification (Delivered Product Sort Sale) - Priest Lake Supervisory Area - NOSR DP
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Timber Sale Notification - Priest Lake Supervisory Area - Peakabou Pulp
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Timber Sale Notification - Pend Oreille Lake Supervisory Area - Forgotten Fox Cedar
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IDL Timber Program Information - Settlement System Update
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Delivered Product Sale - Intent to Bid - BMDP - Mica Supervisory Area
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Timber Sale Notification - Ponderosa Supervisory Area - Moose Stew
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Timber Sale Notification - Ponderosa Supervisory Area - Purdue High Cedar
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Timber Sale Notification - Priest Lake Supervisory Area - Feline
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Timber Sale Notification - St. Joe Supervisory Area - Phone Home Cedar
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*New Date* Timber Sale Notification - Mica Supervisory Area - Lower Eagle Cedar
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Timber Sale Notification - Maggie Creek Supervisory Area - Cool Hand Lew
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Timber Sale Notification - Payette Lakes Supervisory Area - Lakey Ton
Learn More About Endowment Land
Managed by Statewide Elected Officials
Idaho's constitution charges the State Board of Land Commissioners with managing endowment lands for the beneficiaries. The Board delegates its stewardship and daily management responsibilities to the Idaho Department of Lands.
Located Near Every Idaho Community
At statehood Idaho received sections 16 and 36 of each thirty-six square mile township to support public schools, plus additional sections for the other beneficiaries. This resulted in the ownership pattern initially being scattered across a checkerboard pattern. You can see the exact locations of all endowment lands on our interactive GIS maps.
Providing Vital Funding for Beneficiaries
We generate revenue from endowment lands by selling timber and leasing the land for grazing, farming, conservation, communication sites, recreation, residential/commercial use, minerals, and more.
Serving the Beneficiaries Financial Needs First
Endowment lands impact all of us in one way or another. But it’s the beneficiaries that have our undivided loyalty. This loyalty is core to the constitutional purpose of endowment lands. No matter how desirable a competing interests may be, we are constitutionally bound not to be swayed by anything that is not in the best financial interest of the beneficiaries.
Nine Beneficiaries Receive the Funding
Idaho’s public schools, Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind, University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State College, state hospitals for the mentally ill, state veterans homes, Capitol Commission, and state correctional system
Sole Mission to Produce Maximum Revenue
Endowment lands differ from other public lands. They are managed solely to generate revenue for the beneficiaries. Other public land managers have different missions. For endowment land, any use besides generating revenue is secondary because the Land Board, in its capacity as a trustee, must act with undivided loyalty in the interest of the beneficiaries.