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Committee removes contested grazing‑rule change after ranchers warn 180‑day cancelation would upend operations
Summary
The House Research and Conservation Committee voted to strike a final rule provision that would have permitted the Idaho Department of Lands to cancel grazing leases on 180 days’ notice when a higher‑return land use is proposed.
The committee struck a contested rule provision after ranchers and members of the Idaho Farm Bureau warned that an administrative change would leave long‑term grazing lessees vulnerable to sudden displacement.
Adi Faust, natural resource leasing program manager for the Idaho Department of Lands, summarized the department's negotiated rulemaking for the grazing, farming and conservation lease chapter. Faust said the department held two negotiated meetings in 2024 and mailed notices to 904 lessees; representatives from industry and conservation groups participated. She told the committee the department’s proposed rewrite decreased total word count by 10% and restrictive words by 38% and that the department retained an existing 180‑day notice provision for ‘‘change in land use.’’
Russ Hendricks of the Idaho Farm Bureau told the committee his membership ‘‘has a serious…
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