ID SJM103

Idaho opposes any new federal national monument designations or further wilderness designations in the state without approval from the U.S. Congress and the Idaho Legislature.

Nearly 62 percent of Idaho land is federally owned, and the state's economy depends heavily on agriculture ($7.6 billion), recreation ($7.6 billion), forestry ($2 billion), and mining ($1.3 billion) annually, all of which could be substantially impacted by federal land management changes.

The Idaho Roadless Rule, a 2006 collaborative plan protecting over 9 million acres of federal backcountry, could be overturned by unilateral Antiquities Act monument designations or congressional wilderness designations made without consensus-building coordination.

Idaho's congressional delegation is urged to introduce and support legislation opposing new federal monument or wilderness designations in the state without joint congressional and state legislative approval.

Any federal decisions regarding Idaho lands must use lawful coordination processes required by the National Environmental Policy Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and National Forest Management Act, rather than unilateral administrative processes.