• United Payette to seek Shellworth lease – Island would be second recreational lease

    Published by the Star-News on Thusday, Feb. 8th, 2024. Republished here with permission

  • Conservation Groups Clean Up

    Coverage of United Payette’s Public Lands Clean Up. Published by the Star-News in McCall on Sept. 13th. Republished here w/ permission.

  • Valley County Commissioners protect Shellworth Island in Payette Lake

    By the Idaho Conservation League. Sept. 7th, 2023

  • Some of land in failed McCall land swap now being leased for public recreation

    Published by and photo by BoiseDev on May 30th, 2023.

  • Investment firm proposed buying this state land near McCall. Now it has a recreation lease

    Published by the Idaho Statesman on May 30th, 2023.

  • Recreational lease of public lands established around Payette Lake

    Published by Boise State Public Radio on May 31st, 2023.

  • Valley County and Idaho Department of Lands agree to lease terms on over 1,200 acres of Payette Endowment Lands

  • State asks judge to throw out lingering Trident Holdings lawsuit over McCall land swap

    Written by Don Day. Published in BoiseDev on Monday, February 27th, 2023. Photo: Don Day/BoiseDev

  • Bellevue Man Closes On Cougar Island

    This article was originally published in the Star-News in mcCall on Thursday, Dec. 15th, 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • Payette Land Trust Helps Close Cougar Island sale

    This article was originally published in the Star-News in McCall on Thursday, Dec. 15th, 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • Valley: Payette L. quality, state lands linked

    This article was originally published in the Star-News in McCAll on Thursday, October 20th. It is republished here with permission.

  • State Sets Cougar Island Auction For Sept-14

    This article was originally published in the Star-News in McCall on Thursday, August 18th. It is republished here with permission.

  • LTE: Cougar Island Auction-Buyer Beware

    This Letter to the Editor was originally published in the Star-News in McCall on Thursday, August 18th. It is republished here with permission.

  • Opinion: McCall parries to IDL’s thrust on Cougar Island

    This story was originally published in The Star-News in McCall on Thursday, July 21st, 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • State of Idaho Looking to Sell Exclusive Resort Island at Public Auction

    This story was originally published in the Idaho Capital Sun on Thursday, June 30th.

  • Land board rebuffs Valley County request to postpone auction

    This story was originally published in The Star-News in McCall on Thursday, June 23 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • Idaho to sell ‘high-end’ island in Payette Lake near McCall

    Written by Keith Ridler for the Associated Press. Published on Tuesday, June 21st, 2022.

  • On the block: Land Board says it will auction McCall’s Cougar Island

    Written by Don Day. Published in BoiseDev on Tuesday, June 21st.

  • Valley Commissioners Oppose Cougar Island Sale

    This story was originally published in The Star-News in McCall on Thursday, May 12th 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • Valley Co. Commission comes out against auction of Cougar Island in Payette Lake

    Written by Don Day, Published in BoiseDev on Tuesday, May 3rd

  • State looks to auction island in Payette Lake near McCall

    By Don Day, BoiseDev

  • Payette Lake Island to be Put on Auction Block: Cougar Island to be sold later this year by state

    This story was originally published in The Star-News in McCall on Thursday, April 28, 2022. It is republished here with permission.

  • United Payette continues effort to conserve McCall Endowment Lands

    KIVI Channel 6 kivitv.com

  • Watch 1.11.22 Webinar

    Learn the latest about the Payette endowment lands, the outlook for 2022 and the importance of working on short-term, conservation-based safeguards for these lands while long-term, permanent solutions are explored. Photo credit: Angie Smith

  • Press Release: Valley County and United Payette Sign MOU

    Press Release about the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Valley County and United Payette

  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

    Signed MOU between Valley County and United Payette

  • Valley County and United Payette come together to conserve endowment lands

    Boisedev.com

    Photo credit: Autum Robertson, BoiseDev

  • New proposal for McCall endowment lands submitted

    BoiseDev.com

  • United Payette submits proposal for future of McCall endowment land

    KIVI Channel 6

  • State could swap endowment land around McCall to expand national forest

    boisedev.com

  • Coalition Proposes Conserving Lands Previously Targeted by Developer

    Public News Service

  • State officials kill attempt to revive McCall land swap

    AP News

  • United Payette Press Release: New Webpage, Logo, and Ongoing Work

    UP Press Release

  • Business, Environmental, Recreational Interests Join To Steer Management Of Endowment Lands

    Boise State Public Radio

  • New conservation group forms to protect McCall public land at stake in Trident swap

    Idaho Statesman

  • Broad new group forms to find ‘solutions’ to land at center of Trident McCall-area land swap proposal

    BoiseDev