Idaho Department Of Lands

Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) is the state forestry agency for Idaho, responsible for managing forest resources and implementing collaborative forest, rangeland, and watershed management initiatives across the state. The department serves as a prime awardee for federal contracts and grants, leveraging its expertise in land management, conservation, and wildfire mitigation to support both state and national priorities. Through its federal award portfolio, IDL provides a comprehensive range of administrative services, land use support, and forest management solutions that enhance forest health, reduce wildfire risk, and support sustainable resource management on federal, non-federal, and tribal lands throughout Idaho and the Intermountain Region.

IDL has received federal contract awards from the U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Region (Region 4), specifically for land rental services. The department has been awarded multiple purchase order contracts with no set-aside designations, including a firm-fixed-price contract for $11,750.00 covering land rental services with a performance period from August 23, 2024 to October 3, 2024 (WAPITI project), and another purchase order for $6,750.00 with a completion date of August 7, 2024 (BENCH LAKE project). Additional contract awards include a $7,500.00 purchase order for land and facility use services (ROSS FORK project, completed September 30, 2022) and a $22,440.00 purchase order for the Warren Wagon Road project funded by the Federal Highway Administration (completed September 18, 2021). These contracts demonstrate IDL's capability to provide specialized land management and facility use services that support federal agency operations in forest management and transportation infrastructure.

IDL has been a prolific recipient of federal grants, particularly from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, with awards totaling over $130 million across multiple grant programs and funding mechanisms. The department's grant portfolio encompasses diverse programs including the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program (CFDA 10.664), State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance (CFDA 10.698), Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.676), Good Neighbor Authority (CFDA 10.691), Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CFDA 10.720), and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act programs (CFDA 10.717, 10.718, 10.720, 10.727, and 10.731). Recent major awards include a $7,500,000 Community Wildfire Defense Grant (December 18, 2025 to November 30, 2030) focused on hazardous fuels reduction along private lands and critical transportation routes adjacent to Interstate 90, a $2,945,225.00 Good Neighbor Authority Cooperative Agreement (September 17, 2025 to September 30, 2029) for forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services, and a $53,333,333.33 Inflation Reduction Act Forest Legacy grant (January 6, 2025 to November 30, 2029) for the Stimson Timberland Legacy Project. Additional significant awards include an $8,360,414 Cooperative Forestry Assistance grant supporting comprehensive forest management and conservation activities, a $10,666,666.66 Forest Legacy Program grant for the Spirit of Mount Spokane Project Phase 2A to protect 6,504 acres of forestlands, and a $5,000,000 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration grant providing cost-sharing and technical assistance to private forest landowners. Grant activities span forest health improvement, hazardous fuels treatment through hand treatments, mechanical thinning, and prescribed fire, community wildfire protection planning, fire prevention and suppression capabilities, tree seed and seedling production and distribution, urban and community forestry initiatives, conservation easement acquisition, interagency firefighter training and equipping, and watershed restoration. These grants are funded primarily by the Forest Service Northern Region (Region 1) and Intermountain Region (Region 4), with additional support from the Rocky Mountain Research Station, and support IDL's delivery of critical forest management and fire mitigation services across Idaho's priority landscapes, shared stewardship areas, and nationally designated wildfire crisis zones.