GOP Solon: Idaho ♥’s Public Lands

Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, co-chair of the joint legislative interim committee that spent two years studying how the state could take over federal lands, said at a news conference today that lawmakers concluded they don’t want to do that. “We found that pursuing any type of litigation at this time would not be beneficial, and that we should wait and see what other states are doing,” Winder said. He said the panel came up with two major findings: That there’s dissatisfaction about how federal lands in Idaho are managed, and that “no one wants to lose their access to these lands”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

Question: Do you suppose some of our Teapublican legislators from Kootenai County will continue to push for the takeover of federal lands? Or will the findings of the interim committee cause them to put a cork in it?