Assume that entry will be through voluntary permission
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:31 am
IDWR representatives answered questions on IDWR's presumed right to legally trespass on private property by citing Idaho Code 42-237a, Section d., which states, “(IDWR) is empowered to go upon all lands, both public and private, for the purpose of inspecting wells, pumps, casings, pipes, and fittings, including wells used, or claimed to be used, for domestic purposes.”
A kinder, gentler IDWR
When the public present expressed dissatisfaction phone number list with the fact that IDWR agents had entered their lands without so much as even asking permission, IDWR Administrative Director Norm Young explained that new guidelines were being issued. He then used a PowerPoint presentation to show a skeptical audience a 10-point set of property access guidelines which he said would be issued agency wide.
Young could not say when his agency would adopt its proposed policy. Young also explained that if property owners adamantly refused IDWR access to their private property, they would turn the case over to the attorney general's office and obtain a court order to gain access to the property in question.
A kinder, gentler IDWR
When the public present expressed dissatisfaction phone number list with the fact that IDWR agents had entered their lands without so much as even asking permission, IDWR Administrative Director Norm Young explained that new guidelines were being issued. He then used a PowerPoint presentation to show a skeptical audience a 10-point set of property access guidelines which he said would be issued agency wide.
Young could not say when his agency would adopt its proposed policy. Young also explained that if property owners adamantly refused IDWR access to their private property, they would turn the case over to the attorney general's office and obtain a court order to gain access to the property in question.