Archive for December, 2009

Interim Committee Requests Draft Legislation

The Idaho Working Lands Coalition presented a concept paper to the Natural Resources Interim Committee on December 15th.  The paper proposes a Working Lands and Wild Life Trust Account, dedicated to retaining private working lands and wildlife habitat.  Following the presentation and discussion, the Committee requested draft language of the enabling legislation for their review [...]


Idaho’s Disappearing Farmland

The Working Lands Coalition and The Land Trust for the Treasure Valley collaborated on a session, Idaho’s Disappearing Farm Land, at the American Planning Association conference in Boise. Over 30 planners from around the state attended the October conference.
The Coalition initiated the session with a  presentation about working lands in Idaho; the pressure from [...]


Natural Resources Interim Commitee

[ December 15, 2009; 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm. ] The Committee will meet on December 15th.

Read more (Agenda as PDF)>>


Idaho Farm Bureau

[ December 1, 2009 to December 3, 2009. ]

The annual meeting of the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation will convene in Idaho Falls at the Shiloh Inn.

The agenda is available.  Read more(PDF)>>