IDL in the News and on Social Media - December 9, 2022 Edition

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IDL in the News and on Social Media

December 9, 2022

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IDL tracks and monitors news coverage of our activities and significant events that may impact our operations, recapping the coverage in this newsletter.

This publication also details IDL's social media posts for the week, keeping stakeholders and our front-line customer service staff apprised of our public-facing communications.

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Recent IDL News Releases
Current News Coverage
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Recent IDL News Releases

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Current News Coverage

Legislative group still mulling school funding talks

Lewiston Tribune, 12-9-22

A legislative working group appears to be coalescing around a proposal to tap state endowment land revenues to pay for public school constructions costs in Idaho.

The Funding Construction of Public Schools Working Group has met a handful of times this fall to look for ways to help school districts pay for new facilities.

School construction bonds and supplemental levies are major components of the local property tax burden across the state, so finding alternative funding mechanisms could provide some property tax relief.

Lewiston’s Parks and Recreation Department plans to hire a part-time urban forester in January to help fill a void that has been vacant for months.

Tim Barker, director of the parks department, said Tuesday it has been difficult to find someone with the background to care for Lewiston’s vast parks system and its 7,000 to 8,000 trees.

“We are doing a modified role,” Barker explained. “We will be bringing somebody on in January that will take care of a lot of hazard concerns in the parks and city property. That will be the initial focus, and then we’ll do more with getting back onto schedule with tree pruning.”

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In the meantime, the new forester will be working with Idaho Department of Lands personnel who have offered to help the city update its urban management plan and get things back in line. Barker said the department will also help train people who are interested in obtaining an arborist license.

Forest Health Program registration deadline nearing

Bonner County Daily Bee, 12-6-22

Forest health will take the center stage at the annual Current Topics in Forest Health seminar set for later this month.

The deadline to register is Dec. 9.

Animals, plants, insects, and diseases can sometimes impede reforestation, wildlife habitat, or other forest stewardship goals. Current Topics in Forest Health is an annual program that updates forest owners, foresters, and others on methods to improve forest health.

Idaho Fish and Game Director announces retirement

KIFI, 12-5-22

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever recently announced his retirement effective in February after spending his entire 39-year career.

Schriever was hired as director in January 2019.

In summation of his career, Schriever made reference to the quote, “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

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During Schriever’s tenure as director, he oversaw a major shift in nonresident deer and elk hunting by limiting the number of nonresidents in each elk zone and deer hunting units in an effort to reduce congestion in popular hunting areas.

He also oversaw a major expansion of hunter access, which included lease agreements with major timber companies who own hundreds of thousands of acres of land and continue to allow public hunting and fishing. He also helped create a long-term lease agreement with the Idaho Department of Lands to ensure continued recreation on nearly all state endowment lands.

Idaho’s rancher-led Rangeland Fire Protection Associations work to stop wildfires early

Idaho Capital Sun, 11-29-22

When black storm clouds gather on a hot summer night, Mountain Home rancher Charlie Lyons drives up to a high-point where he can watch for lightning strikes in the desert.

“When there’s lightning, we’re all out, and I go right up there to the towers is one of my spots, to sit and watch,” Lyons says.

Back in 2013, the Pony and Elk complex fires roared over the Mountain Home foothills and burned deep into Boise National Forest. Ranchers lost more than 100 cattle to the twin blazes, cabins burned in Featherville, and 281,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land were charred in a matter of days.

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We harvest and plant trees to support Idaho’s public schools and other beneficiaries. On 1/10/23 we’ll sell at auction 6.445 million board feet of timber at our Mica Supervisory Area office. Learn more about the Lower Spring timber sale at https://loom.ly/buf4ljM

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