Idaho Watersheds Project v. State Board of Land Commissioners

This is an original proceeding challenging the constitutionality of House Joint Resolution No. 6 (H.J.R.6) which proposed amendments to Article 9, § 4 and § 8 of the Idaho Constitution.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Idaho Watersheds Project (IWP) is a nonprofit organization which states that its purpose is improving the financial returns and ecological conditions on school endowment lands. Since 1993, IWP has submitted applications to the State Land Board and Department of Lands for leases on state endowment lands, 1 and IWP has sought to compete at auction over contested leases. The…