The Courier
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News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
September 18, 2024
Vol 48 Num 38
Lost N Lava Cowboy Gathering Idaho's Trespassing Laws
The 2024 Lost N Lava Cowboy Gathering is this Friday & Saturday (9/20 & 9/21) at the Lincoln County Community Center in Shoshone. For more information or to buy tickets, call 208-886-7787, or goto lostnlavagathering.com Along with the evening shows, Cowboy Poet Entertainers will be performing free Day Shows throughout the weekend inside the Community Center. You will get to see Tony Argento, Bryan Dilworth, Ted Hoffman and Karen Stockett. Day Shows start at 11:00 a.m. each day. On Saturday, September 21st, the Southern Idaho Muzzleloaders Association will hold their monthly muzzleloader shoot in Shoshone starting at 9:00 a.m. The public is encouraged to participate and learn about preservation and skills of the fur trade era. The Cowboy Gathering is a celebration of the West. Through poetry, music and stories, ranch people express the beauty and challenges of everyday life. It's been called the down to earth festival, but it is also a darned good time! Discover cowboy cultures from around the world, learn a traditional skill, dance the two-step, meet new friends, listen to tall tales, and be inspired.
25th Annual Hagerman Car Show
The “Blast on the Grass” Car Show in Hagerman will rev it's engine this Saturday, September 21st. Breakfast will be served at the Senior Center from 7 to 10. Registration starts at 8 a.m. in the city park. At 10:00, the public can begin admiring vehicles of all ages, as well as enjoying great fun and entertainment. A Poker Fun Run through the Hagerman Valley will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. with great prizes for the participants. The awards ceremony and raffle draw will be held at 4 p.m. followed by a BBQ at the Wilsons Club. Contact Kris at 208-590-1839 for more information or goto hagermanvalleychamber.com
Hunters, anglers, and other sportsmen and women should be aware of Idaho trespass laws before they head into the field. Trespass laws changed in 2018, and even though that feels like forever ago, it's still worthy of a reminder. Here are some basic things to remember: ● You need permission to be on private land. ● It’s the responsibility of the hunter/angler to know if they’re on private land. ● The laws affecting how landowners must post their property changed in recent years. ● Fines have been stiffened for trespass violations.
“Trespass laws changed in 2018, but the core philosophies have not,” said Chief Greg Wooten, Idaho Fish and Game’s Enforcement Bureau. “It’s still the sportsman’s responsibility to know when they’re on private property and obtain permission to be there.” Hunters, anglers, trappers and other people should know that land is private, and they are not allowed without permission if:
● The property is associated with a residence or business; ● Or cultivated; ● Or fenced or enclosed in a way that delineates the private property; ● Or unfenced and uncultivated but is posted with conspicuous “no trespassing" signs or bright orange/fluorescent paint at all property corners and boundaries where the property intersects navigable streams, roads, gates and rights-of-way entering the land and posted in a way that people can see the postings.
Deer Jumping Fence Note: If private property adjoins or is contained within public lands, the fence line adjacent to public land should be posted with “no trespassing signs” or bright orange or fluorescent paint at the corners of the fence adjoining public land and at all navigable streams, roads, gates and rights-of-way entering the private land from public land and posted in a way that people can see the postings. People can use a variety of tools to determine whether they’re on public or private lands, including maps, GPS software (some of which also shows private land ownership), smart phone apps, continued on page 3... and more.