Archive for November, 2008
Idaho’s economic malaise puts damper on 2009 bills
AP journalist John Miller summarizes the impact of economic conditions on state budgets and proposed bills to the Idaho Legislature.
Lunquist Family Ranch
Lundquist Family
“Put a house on it,and it’s done. You don’t take the house off and farm it.”
Mark Lundquist, Swan Valley.
The family’s 1200 acre ranch on the South Fork of the Snake River in Swan Valley is located on the gateway to the canyon stretch of the river. The South Fork is the largest native Yellowstone cutthroat trout [...]
2008 Farm Bill – Workshop
The Farm Service Agency reviewed the 2008 Farm Bill for a group of landowners in Nez Perce County (November 25, 2008). Several programs addressing private working lands were highlighted:
Farm Protection Program: Provides $743 million to help purchase easements that would preclude conversion of productive farm (and forest) lands to non-farm uses. Funding is for FY [...]
Idaho Cattle Association Annual Meeting – Notes
Idaho Fish & Game
The annual meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho included a discussion of the status of the sage grouse, and protection for landowners managing habitat for the species. The members approved a resolution supporting the process for CCAA - Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances. This type of agreement protects a rancher who voluntarily enters [...]
Let’s Collaborate to Save Idaho’s Working Lands
An opinion column in the Idaho Statesman describes the economic and ecological benefits of private working lands in the state of Idaho (April, 2008).
Woolgrower’s Association Annual Meeting – Notes
This is the time of the year when many agricultural groups hold their annual meetings. The Idaho Woolgrowers Association and the Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association held their annual meetings at Sun Valley, November 7-9.
One of the speakers, Saturday morning, talked at some length about the importance of keeping private lands with high development value [...]
Fish & Game Quarterly Meeting
[ May 13, 2009 to May 15, 2009. ]
Location: Pocatello, ID
Public Hearing: May 13
Routine Agenda Items: Season setting: chinook salmon; FY11 budget approval; Nonbiological rules briefing for game animals; Season setting: sandhill cranes.
Fish & Game Special Meeting
[ March 23, 2009 6:00 pm to March 24, 2009 6:00 pm. ]
Location: Boise, ID
Public Hearing: March 23
Routine Agenda Items: Legislative update; Season setting: deer, elk, pronghorn, bear, mountain lion; FY11 budget direction.
Fish & Game Quarterly Meeting
[ July 22, 2009 to July 24, 2009. ] Location: McCall, ID
Public Hearing: July 22
Routine Agenda Items: Rules: nonbiological for all game animals; Rules: nonresident deer and elk tag quotas; nonresident deer and elk tag outfitter set-aside; Rules: nonbiological for 2010-2011 fishing seasons; Consider release of bighorn sheep tags for auction and lottery; Commission direction on the expenditure of Animal Damage Control funds; legislative [...]
Fish & Game Quarterly Meeting
[ November 18, 2009 to November 20, 2009. ] Location: Coeur d’Alene, ID
Public Hearing: November 18
Routine Agenda Items: Season setting: 2010-2011 Fishing Seasons; Appoint Commission representative to WAFWA; Election of Commission chair, vice-chair.
