Christmas Celebration
On Thursday, Boise staff employees joined Dustin Miller for a little Christmas cheer. As has become tradition, everyone gathers in the lobby for our tree lighting, with new employees encouraged to bring an ornament that is expressive of them. Christmas carols are sung and then everyone shares a buffet of finger-foods.
Those less fortunate are not forgotten. Each year the fiscal bureau leads the Cold Hands & Warm Hearts campaign, collecting donations of new winter hats, gloves/mittens, socks and scarves. A gift wrapped donation box is under the Christmas tree ready to accept these gifts for our fellow neighbors in the Treasure Valley.
A special thanks to Julia Lauch, Jay Hein, and Rick Finis for delivering a fresh cut tree for all to enjoy.
Robbie Johnson Assists Moscow Police
After twenty straight days of long, difficult hours, Idaho State Police providing public information assistance for the King Road Homicide investigation needed spelled. That's when the Governor's office called IDL and asked if Robbie Johnson, a senior public information officer out of the Boise staff office, could help by leading communications for the incident.
Bringing her unique blend of real-world newsroom experience and wildfire communication skills, Robbie has helped the Moscow PD advance their investigation, provided critical information to the community, and hopefully brought a degree of comfort to the families who lost their loved ones in this tragedy.
This is just another example of when a community is in need, IDL is there.
Holiday celebration for Land Board
This coming Tuesday the Land Board will celebrate Christmas and encourage local IDL and Land Board staff to participate. The high school choir, Capital Singers, will perform a variety of Christmas songs at 8:30 a.m. on December 20th in the Capitol Rotunda.
Land Board members will symbolically present the giant check to the high school students, representing the FY23 endowment distributions to public schools.
The IDL Year In Review video will be shown during the first of the Land Board meeting.
Director Miller attended IOGA Meeting in Boise, Discussed Recreation Impacts on Public Land
Last week Director Miller joined a panel discussion at the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association Meeting in Boise. Along with representatives from BLM Idaho and U.S. Forest Service Regions 1 and 4, he discussed outfitting in the age of increased recreation, answering a myriad of questions from the audience.
Following the panel, he joined IOGA president Jeff Britton in leading a roundtable discussion about IDL's efforts to address recreational impacts on endowment land, and efforts to standardize permitting processes for outfitters and guides who utilize endowment land.
Director Miller attended IRRC Meeting in Jerome
Last week Director Miller attended the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission meeting in Jerome. He serves as a board member for the commission.
Among the many topics covered, the RFPA program was featured in a Life on the Range video titled "RFPAs Celebrate 10 Years of Success in Idaho." The video featured the surplus equipment provided to the RFPAs by IDL and Federal Agencies through federal excess property programs, along with the work of ranchers/landowners, and cooperative activities to install fuel breaks and fuel reduction programs in several areas of the state. Several segments of Director Miller's interview were used in the video.
Information Technology Update
This month's edition of IDL's Information Technology Newsletter outlines the agency's efforts to build a strong, stable IT infrastructure that's designed to help prevent outages, and explains why IT staff has been realigned under a single scrum team. It also provides product updates for:
Staff Leaving IDL
We wish these people the very best in their new endeavors.
- Alex Beauchman, St. Joe Supervisory Area
- Kelsey Jacobs, Maggie Creek Supervisory Area
- Dyan Eason, Kootenai Valley Forest Protective District
- Chelsey Sanders, Jerome Field Office
In Case You Missed It
Here's a recap of other recent IDL newsletters you may find interesting:
One Team One Voice Newsletter Archive
Did you miss some important news? Are you curious about knowing what's happening across IDL? Our One Team, One Voice webpage contains an archive of IDL's newsletters covering:
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