The Owyhee Initiative, One Year On
Read about the Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act and ongoing work by Sen. Mike Crapo.
It’s been nearly one year since the President signed the Omnibus Public Lands Act of 2009, which contained the Owyhee Initiative Implementation Act. In that year, we have already seen the fruit of the collaborative process and the successes that made this effort well worth the many years it took to craft agreement.
The Owyhee Initiative (OI) started in 2001 when the Owyhee County Commissioners tackled the decades-old land management issues in their county. They put together a broad representation of interests and worked tirelessly toward passage of this act. Since the enactment of the OI into law, all of us are actively involved in implementing its many provisions. We are as committed now to its ultimate success as we were hopeful in its beginning, almost nine years ago.
