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Partnerships
What is a Partnership?
For purposes within the Forest Service, “partnerships” are often broadly defined as relationships between the people, organizations, agencies, and communities that work together and share interests. The Forest Service regularly works in partnership with other entities, including: tribes, states, federal agencies, non-profits, businesses and communities. Learn more here.
Private Lands
The 750,000-acre Sawtooth National Recreation Area (Sawtooth NRA) includes more than 20,000 acres of privately owned land within its boundaries. Congress’ effort to protect the Sawtooth NRA was in part aimed at preventing inappropriate development that would detract from the area’s natural, scenic, historic, pastoral, and fish and wildlife values. As part of Public Law 92-400 that created the Sawtooth NRA, Congress authorized the Forest Service to acquire land and development rights in the form of scenic and conservation easements where needed to protect those values. There are currently 92 scenic/conservation easement that limit development on approximately 17,000 acres of private land within the Sawtooth NRA. In addition, Public Law 92-400 directed the agency to publish regulations setting standards for the use, subdivision, and development of all privately owned property within the boundaries of the Sawtooth NRA. The 2018 publication Private Land in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area: A Handbook for Landowners provides details on this history, provides a text of both Public Law 92-400 and the private land regulations codified in 36 Code of Federal Regulations, and provides specific information, steps, and guidelines for developing private land in this area. It’s a handy reference for:
- Landowners who wish to develop their property within the Congressionally-designated boundaries of the Sawtooth NRA
- Realtors, brokers, and others involved in the transfer of real property
- Anyone interested in the history of the Sawtooth NRA
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Private Lands Handbook
Are you a landowner, realtor, broker, or others involved in the transfer of real property, or just interested in learning more about the history of the Sawtooth NRA? Check out the Private Lands Handbook for more information.