{"id":20088,"date":"2026-07-19T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=20088"},"modified":"2026-07-19T21:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:31:37","slug":"fulcher-issues-federal-land-management-survey-encourages-idahoans-to-participate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/fulcher-issues-federal-land-management-survey-encourages-idahoans-to-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulcher Issues Federal Land Management Survey, Encourages Idahoans to Participate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0<\/strong>July 14, 2026<br><strong>CONTACT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u202f<\/strong>\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released a survey seeking input from Idahoans&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the management and use of federal lands within the state of Idaho and the role of local communities in responsible stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFeedback from this survey is intended\u202fto ensure Idahoans have a voice and\u202fseat at the table as policy in Washington, D.C., on federal lands is evaluated,\u201d\u202f<strong>said Congressman Fulcher.\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApproximately 62 percent of the land within Idaho\u2019s borders is owned and managed by the federal government, and from 2020 to 2025, nearly 2.7 million of those acres experienced some sort of closure to the public. This extensive federal footprint restricts our access, poses challenges to economic stability, and has exacerbated wildfire devastation due to inadequate stewardship,\u201d <strong>Fulcher added<\/strong>. \u201cI am actively working on identifying policy solutions that ensure Idahoans have more say in our land management practices. Together, we can ensure Idaho\u2019s public lands remain accessible, safe, and sustainably managed for generations to come.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The survey is available on Congressman Fulcher\u2019s website at\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/protectourlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/ProtectOurLands\/<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personally identifiable information will remain confidential.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this Congress, Congressman Fulcher\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/fulcher.house.gov\/2025\/12\/08\/id-a0953b31-f38b-43c1-a8fa-8c6f067f2947\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>issued a letter<\/u><\/a>\u202fto Idaho\u2019s Constitutional Officers, State Legislators, and County Commissioners on the importance of encouraging local resource management, convening&nbsp;discussions on effective land-management practices moving forward, and safeguarding Idaho\u2019s public lands for future generations of Idahoans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\u00a0July 14, 2026CONTACT:\u00a0Christianne.Allen@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON, D.C.\u202f\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher (Idaho-01) released a survey seeking input from Idahoans&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the management and use of federal lands within the state of Idaho and the role of local communities in responsible stewardship. \u201cFeedback from this survey is intended\u202fto ensure Idahoans have a voice and\u202fseat at the table [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[285,348],"class_list":["post-20088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-congress","tag-idaho","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20089,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088\/revisions\/20089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}