As this graph shows, Federal Land Ownership, includes acreages and percentages of land managed by federal agencies.   76.19% percent of land in the area is federally owned and administered by seven agencies. The Forest Service controls the biggest block of federally owned land, followed by the Bureau of Land Management. The rest of federal land is divided among the US Department of Energy INEEL, US Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service and Agricultural Research Service.  Unless an area is specially designated, most federal land is used for multiple purposes.

The State of Idaho owns about 406,717 acres (3.3% of the Area). Land is managed by  three state agencies:  State Endowment Lands managed by Idaho Department of Lands (86.56% , 352,067 acres), Idaho Fish and Game ( 10.52% of state owned land, 42,802 acres) and Idaho Parks and Recreation (2.91% of state owned land, 11,848 acres). Generally these lands are leased out to private individuals for field crop production, cattle and sheep grazing allotments, and logging. Some State lands are used strictly for wildlife production, while other land is suitable for recreation.

A small amount of land is owned and used by municipalities and counties. 1,974 acres (.016 % of all land in the Area) is owned by municipalities. They use it for recreation and other purposes such as roads, building, etc. Counties own 15,321 acres (.124 % of all land in the Area).

 Private land represents 20.37% of the Area.

 

The Land Use graph shows current land use within the Area. Rangeland represents the largest sector (41.8%)  followed by forest (37.74%).  Irrigated and dry  cropland, combined make up the next largest sector with 6% each.  Urban land in the area is .15%.  The remaining land uses are: water ( .53%), wetland (1.3 %),and Barren land (6%).

On Private land the land use is:   31.29% irrigated crop land and 31.69% dry cropland, making the majority (63%) of private land usage cropland.