Selkirk-Priest Basin Ass'n, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Andrus

McDEVITT, Chief Justice.

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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Selkirk-Priest Basin Association and Idaho Environmental Council (collectively referred to herein as the environmental groups) filed an action against the State Board of Land Commissioners and the Idaho Department of Lands (collectively referred to herein as the Land Board) seeking to challenge the Land Board’s decision to sell timber on school endowment trust lands in the Trapper Creek watershed in Bonner and Boundary Counties. The timber sale at issue is known as the Lower Green Bonnet Timber Sale. The environmental groups allege that…