Id Watersheds Proj. v. Bd. of Land Com'Rs

This case involves two competing applications to lease 640 acres of public land owned by the State of Idaho and located in Custer County. The public land in controversy is a section of land that was granted to the State of Idaho by the United States for the support of the common schools. The State Board of Land Commissioners (Board) was created by article IX, section 7 of the Idaho Constitution, for the purpose of directing, controlling, and disposing of such public lands of the State of Idaho. The appellant, the Idaho Watersheds Project, Inc. (IWP), is an Idaho non-profit corporation. IWP's purpose is to lease lands to protect and restore watersheds and riparian areas. I.