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# Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands

Preserving Idaho's Tomorrow Today

## Sitemaps

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## Pages

- [Home](https://idaholands.org/) - Our volunteer-led organization preserves and protects open spaces for public benefit throughout Idaho as a nonprofit land trust and community partner.
- [What We Do](https://idaholands.org/what-we-do/) - Learn more about the properties that the IFPL protects today, and read about our rich history of land conservation, wildlife preservation, and park creation.
- [How To Help](https://idaholands.org/how-to-help/) - Help us today to protect Idaho’s tomorrow Idaho’s open spaces and the wildlife that occupy them cannot advocate for themselves, and it’s up to us to prioritize and preserve them. Read below to learn how you can partner with us to better protect natural environments throughout Idaho. Contact Us Donate Money Idaho is one of
- [Directors](https://idaholands.org/directors/) - Meet the directors who work behind the scenes of Idaho's largest land trust to protect private land throughout Idaho.
- [History](https://idaholands.org/history-2/)
- [Barber Pool](https://idaholands.org/barber-pool/) - 425 acre wildlife preserve in Boise, Idaho. Home to hundreds of species of wildlife, fish and birds and bald eagles.
- [Donations](https://idaholands.org/donations/) - Please send a check Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands 5657 Warm Springs Ave Boise, Idaho 83716
- [Who We Are](https://idaholands.org/who-we-are/) - We are the oldest land trust in Idaho Since its beginning in 1972, the Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands, a private nonprofit 501(c)(3)corporation, has worked to protect beautiful and critically important properties. IFPL has handled more than $20,000,000 in real estate assets and our administrative budget has never been more than one percent of
- [Reinheimer Ranch Preservation Fund](https://idaholands.org/rrpf/) - Reinheimer Ranch Preservation Fund The Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands has sustainably managed Reinheimer Ranch for nearly 50 years. Now, the time has come for our community to take its commitment to conservation a step further and ensure it thrives for generations financially, and also implement a better irrigation system that will both save
- [Carpentier Ranch](https://idaholands.org/carpentier-ranch/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Carpentier Ranch Donated in 2009 by Ron and Bev Carpentier, this Conservation Easement of 66.98 acres is located along the South Fork of the Payette River containing 10 acres of residential area. This ranch has been in the family since it was patented in 1863
- [Boise Cascade Old Mill Emmett](https://idaholands.org/boise-cascade-old-mill-emmett/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Boise Cascade Resulting in a merger of the Barber Lumber Company and the Payette River Lumber Company, the new company Boise Payette Company, the Emmett mill opened in 1913. Eventually the Boise Payette Company became the Boise Cascade Company (1957). The Boise Cascade Sawmill in
- [Volunteer](https://idaholands.org/volunteer/) - Volunteer Give the gift of time as a steward of Idaho’s natural spaces. As a volunteer-led organization, the Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands relies heavily on our Idahoan community to fulfill our mission to protect Idaho’s open spaces. We have volunteer opportunities that range from a one-time clean-up of the Barber Pool
- [Executive Director Position Search](https://idaholands.org/job/) - Job Announcement: Executive Director – Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands Are you a dynamic and visionary leader with a passion for making a positive impact on your community? The Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands is excited to announce an opportunity for an exceptional individual to join us as the Executive Director. As the
- [Contact](https://idaholands.org/contact/) - Do you have a land prospect (donation or easement) for us? Do you want to join us in protecting land in Idaho? Do you have a question? Reach out today!
- [Reinheimer Ranch](https://idaholands.org/reinheimer-ranch/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Reinheimer Ranch Preservation Fund The Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands has sustainably managed Reinheimer Ranch for nearly 50 years. Now, the time has come for our community to take its commitment to conservation a step further and ensure it thrives for generations financially, and
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://idaholands.org/faq/) - What is a land trust? What is a conservation easement? How do I work with the Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands? View our Frequently Asked Questions here.
- [Elliot Creek](https://idaholands.org/elliot-creek/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Elliot Creek Elliot Creek Conservation Easement property comprising some 191.09 acres, located in Teton County, Idaho. The property provides relatively natural habitat for native plants, fish and wildlife, including open water, riparian wetlands and associated uplands providing habitat for a diversity of wildlife species found
- [Our History](https://idaholands.org/historical-projects/) - Our Historical Impact in Idaho Preservation begins with people. Pick a spot, any spot in the State of Idaho. Give it a special effect—exciting geology, beautiful scenery, fine fishing, farm or ranch land, parkland or open space. If possible, give it some breathing space and not too many buildings or crowded areas. These settings represent
- [History of Plantation Island](https://idaholands.org/history-of-plantation-island/) - Menu What We Do Video Flyover Plantation Island Fundraising for Plantation Island History of Plantation Island The Plantation Golf Course developers originally owned the Islands behind the Western Idaho Fair Grounds. Greg Jackson, a broadcasting executive of New York City purchased the Plantation Golf Course in 1989 after the previous owners went bankrupt. The Plantation
- [50 Years of Conservation](https://idaholands.org/50th/) - Fifty years ago, in December 1972, the late Governor Cecil Andrus appointed a group of 10 prominent citizens to serve on the board of a new statewide foundation that would have the ability to receive donations of valuable lands that would become state parks. Since then, the Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands has evolved
- [Newsletters](https://idaholands.org/newsletters/) - Newsletters and Documents for Idaho Foundation Parks and Lands
- [18 Mile Ranch](https://idaholands.org/18mr/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties 18 Mile Ranch 2022- Gifted 18 Mile Ranch in Kilgore, Idaho by TR Shelby. TR donated the 18 Mile Ranch in memory of his late wife, Emily Stone. The generous gift of lands comes with TR’s wish t preserve the 7,180-acre property as a working
- [Barber Pool Master Planning](https://idaholands.org/barber-pool-master-planning/) - Menu What We Do Barber Pool Barber Pool History Tired of Tires Exciting News on Efforts to Protect and Restore the Barber Pool Conservation Area! Barber Pool Conservation Area Master Plan The Barber Pool Master Plan includes goals, objectives, and key management strategies for managing and enhancing wildlife habitat, providing appropriate sites for human use
- [Home Copy](https://idaholands.org/home-copy/) - Idaho Land Trust working to save the Barber Pool Conservation Area, one of the largest wildlife refuges in an American City.
- [Tired of Tires](https://idaholands.org/tiredoftires/) - Menu What We Do Barber Pool Barber Pool History Master Planning YOU KNOW HOW THE WORLD IS ALL MESSED UP? Well, it doesn’t have to be that way. At least not here. Not in our little corner of Idaho. The Idaho Foundation is cleaning up the recently acquired Gregerson property, the last large privately owned
- [Barber Pool History](https://idaholands.org/barber-pool-history/) - Menu What We Do Barber Pool Master Planning Tired of Tires Barber Pool History For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers in the mid-19th century, the Barber Pool area was inhabited by the indigenous Shoshone and Bannock peoples. At the time, the Boise river ran freely through a braided channel. Its banks
- [Newsletters and Documents  Copy](https://idaholands.org/newsletters-and-documents-copy/) - Newsletters and Documents for Idaho Foundation Parks and Lands
- [River's Edge](https://idaholands.org/rivers-edge/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties River's Edge River’s Edge property, located near the Ketchum/Sun Valley area, consists of a 55 acre nature preserve along the Big Wood River donated by Helen M. Fassett, and an 11 acre adjoining nature preserve purchased from the Thomas D. Hormel Trust.
- [Fundraising for the Bridge Project](https://idaholands.org/fundraising-for-the-bridge-project/) - Menu What We Do Video Flyover Plantation Island History Overall Project: The overall project is expected to cost between $160,000 and $200,000 for grouting abutments, restoring the island, rip-rap protection of the embankment, repairing the pathway and restoring the bridge. FEMA has issued a reimbursement grant to the Idaho Foundation, through the Idaho Office of
- [Plantation Island](https://idaholands.org/plantation-island-bridge/) - Repairing the Plantation Island Greenbelt bridge
- [Mission & Objectives](https://idaholands.org/mission-objectives/) - Mission Statement The Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands is a statewide public benefit privately-funded organization whose mission is to preserve and protect open space lands and unique natural, scenic settings for public benefit through various flexible conservation methods. General Objectives Assist in setting aside quality lands for future generations including acquisition and management of
- [12 Acre Property Included in Barber Pool](https://idaholands.org/12-acre-property-included-in-barber-pool/) - What It Was: Beautiful land full of bio-solids and other contaminations
- [Soda Creek Wetlands](https://idaholands.org/soda-creek-wetlands/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Soda Creek Soda Creek Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Wetland Mitigation Site consists of 32.23 acres, wetland mitigation co-managed with ITD as stipulated in deed located at entrance to city of Soda Springs.
- [Bear & Challis Creek Ranch (Axline)](https://idaholands.org/bear-challis-creek-ranch-axline/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Axline Axline is a Conservation Easement consisting of 49.04 acres crosscut by Challis and Bear Creeks; donated by Keith Patricia Axline in 1994.
- [Smith Ranch](https://idaholands.org/smith-ranch/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Smith Ranch In 1981 Smith Ranch, 10.75 acres, became a scenic easement buffer to the Barber Pool Conservation Area.
- [Poison Creek - Tamarack](https://idaholands.org/poison-creek-tamarack/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Poison Creek Poison Creek CE includes the protection and preservation of Poison Creek and Rock Creek ecology riparian values as they relate to the greater integrity of the Lake Cascade watershed. The cart path for golf carts meanders along the periphery of the Conservation Area
- [Little Bolder Creek Ranch (Insinger)](https://idaholands.org/little-bolder-creek-ranch-insinger/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Insinger Property Insinger property was acquired in December of 1990. The property, comprising some 321 acres is located at the confluence of the East Fork of the Salmon River and Little Boulder Creek in Custer County and provides significant relatively natural habitat for fish, wildlife
- [Prometierra](https://idaholands.org/prometierra/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Prometierra Donated by Richard and Susan Jacobsen Family Trust, in 2008, this Conservation Easement known as Sky Mountain Ranch consists of 155 acres one mile east of Victor, Idaho on S.H. 31. Another 207.6 acres was donated by the trust in 2009. This property is
- [Peter Link](https://idaholands.org/peter-link/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Peter Link The Peter Link property is located south of Hansen, ID in Twin Falls County. It consists of 140.55 acres entirely on agricultural land possessing the “cadillac” of pivot systems.
- [Kackley Family Ranch](https://idaholands.org/kackley-family-ranch/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Kackley Family Ranch This property is located in Caribou County near Soda Springs, ID. Consisting of 920 acres, this conservation easement was donated by the Kackley family in 2006.
- [Railroad R-O-W](https://idaholands.org/railroad-r-o-w/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Union Pacific Railroad The UPR 100’ right-of-way, 5.68 acres, is adjacent to the Reinheimer Ranch. A portion of the right-of-way is a trail easement with Blaine County Recreation District (1994) serving as a bike path for public use. Spur John Grade’s sculpture “Spur” installed on
- [Lake Fork Creek](https://idaholands.org/lake-fork-creek/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Lake Fork Creek The Lake Fork Creek property was donated by Nelle Tobias to provide a permanent niche for flora and fauna. The property is adjacent to Lake Fork Creek near McCall. Nelle Tobias donated 51.5 acres in 1982 and 2.62 acres in 1996. Idaho
- [Jarvis](https://idaholands.org/jarvis/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Jarvis Property Jarvis property is located on Heinrich Lane, a county road a quarter of a mile east of the junction with State Highway 55. The property consists of 47.68 acres and is used for grazing purposes. Mud Creek runs through the property.
- [Dollar Mountain](https://idaholands.org/dollar-mountain/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Buy an Inch - Save an Acre Located in Sun Valley, this one-acre parcel was purchased in 1980 and is located on the top of Dollar Mountain on the Elkhorn side between ski lifts. The Foundation began its “Buy An Inch- Save An Acre” program,
- [Crosstimber Ranch and Historic 1900 Barn](https://idaholands.org/crosstimber-ranch-and-historic-1900-barn/) - Menu What We Do Fee Simple Properties Conservation Easement Properties Crosstimber Ranch Located in Garden Valley, the Crosstimber Ranch property has a history of agricultural use, being located in a part of Boise County characterized by available water, good grassland and fertile soil. The vast majority of the surrounding properties have been ranches and farms
- [Press Release](https://idaholands.org/press-release/)
- [Forms & Documents](https://idaholands.org/forms-documents/)
- [Protect Land](https://idaholands.org/protect-land/)
- [Give Support](https://idaholands.org/give-support/)

## Timeline

- [Harriman East](https://idaholands.org/timeline/harriman-east/) - 1000 acres adjoining the Railroad Ranch in Island Park, known as Harriman East; home of the trumpeter swan and the blue-ribbon Henry’s Fork fishery; held by the foundation until 1994.
- [Re-Open the section of the Greenbelt](https://idaholands.org/timeline/re-open-the-section-of-the-green-belt/)
- [$75,000 Fundraising Goal Reached](https://idaholands.org/timeline/goal-to-reach-75000/)
- [Construction bids to repair the land and restore the bridge](https://idaholands.org/timeline/construction-bids-to-repair-the-land-and-restore-the-bridge/)
- [Fundraising begins for $75,000 needed to resore the bridge](https://idaholands.org/timeline/fundraising-begins-for-75000-needed-to-resore-the-bridge/)
- [FEMA Grant Award](https://idaholands.org/timeline/fema-grant-award/)
- [Bridge was removed for safety](https://idaholands.org/timeline/bridge-was-removed-for-safety/)
- [Major Flooding of the Boise River](https://idaholands.org/timeline/major-flooding-of-the-boise-river/)

## Category

- [Historical Projects](https://idaholands.org/timeline-category/history/) - A chronological summary of our work as the largest land trust in Idaho to date.