Idaho’s school lands are working lands, but are still open to public use

By: Jerry Evans, Lawrence Wasden, Ben Ysursa, Jim Jones, J.D. Williams

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 908

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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When U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah began calling for the sale of public lands in the Western states last year, it raised a firestorm amongst Westerners across the political spectrum. And, rightly so. Westerners don’t particularly love the federal agencies that manage those lands, but they like even less the idea of turning them over to private interests that will fence them off and exclude hunters, fishermen and others from accessing what Westerners …

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