6 Can't hurt to ask.

• Position: STATELINE - Public land turnover - Brief article

Idaho lawmakers are asking the federal government to turn over 16 million acres of public land inside its borders now managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. Supporters of the formal resolution argued the state could create jobs and protect the land better from wildfires and pine beetles. Senator Michelle Stennett (D), an opponent, questioned whether the state could afford to police so much land. But Senator Jeff Siddoway (R) said...