{"id":10247,"date":"2024-12-19T09:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:08","slug":"blm-expands-recreational-opportunities-in-the-boise-foothills-of-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=10247","title":{"rendered":"BLM expands recreational opportunities in the Boise Foothills"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heather Appelhof\u00a0\u00a0happelhof@blm.gov<\/a><\/div>\n
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BOISE, Idaho<\/b>\u2014With support from local partners and organizations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has acquired the 320-acre South Fork Willow Creek area to connect, consolidate, and protect public lands in the\u00a0Boise Foothills<\/a>\u00a0and Smoky-Boise Complex big game priority area with winter range for elk, mule deer, sage-grouse, and black bear.<\/p>\n

The acquired lands add several miles of existing non-motorized trails accessible from the Avimor residential development for hiking, mountain biking, or horseback riding<\/strong>, as well as public access to Idaho\u2019s most popular big game hunting area,\u00a0Game Management Unit 39<\/a>. This area also provides close and convenient access to open spaces for the public to encounter both wildlife and dynamic city views framed by the Owyhee Mountain Range.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited that the public will now have access to these additional acres,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0BLM Four Rivers Field Manager Brent Ralston<\/b>. \u201cOur partnership with the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley to acquire this parcel provides recreational opportunities and the outdoor lifestyle that people desire to have in a popular area like the Boise Foothills.\u201d<\/p>\n

The area is\u00a0approximately 12 miles north of downtown Boise and provides continued public access<\/strong> near ongoing residential developments.\u00a0The BLM purchased the land from the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, a non-profit organization, using money from the\u00a0Land and Water Conservation Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heather Appelhof\u00a0\u00a0happelhof@blm.gov 208-384-3388\u00a0\u00a0 March 13, 2024 BOISE, Idaho\u2014With support from local partners and organizations, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has acquired the 320-acre South Fork Willow Creek area to connect, consolidate, and protect public lands in the\u00a0Boise Foothills\u00a0and Smoky-Boise Complex big game priority area with winter range for elk, mule deer, sage-grouse, and black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-public-lands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10284,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10247\/revisions\/10284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}