The Nature Conservancy says it has helped preserve more than 45,000 acres statewide, including the 17,000-acre Prince Ranch near the Salmon River Breaks.
The Prince Ranch was a 1978 acquisition by the state Department of Fish and Game, assisted by the Conservancy, for the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area in the Salmon River Breaks area of the Lower Snake River.Other Idaho lands the Conservancy says it has helped government agencies and other conservationists preserve include:
- Upper Priest Lake, with 141 acres purchased in 1964 and transferred to the U.S. Forest Service.
- Priest Lake, with 290 acres acquired in 1986 for the state Parks Department.
- Two Mouth Lakes, with 160 acres purchased in 1976, transferred to Forest Service.
- Salmon River Ranch, with 286 acres bought in 1977, transferred to Forest Service.
- Clear Creek Ranch, with 135 acres bought in 1973, transferred to Forest Service.
- Panther Creek, with 140 acres purchased in 1975, transferred to Forest Service.
- Harrah's Middle Fork Lodge, with 80 acres bought in 1989 and sold to a conservation buyer.
- Middle Fork Salmon River, with 46 acres purchased in 1966, transferred to Forest Service.
- Big Bar Ranch, with 301 acres purchased in 1980, transferred to Forest Service.
- Alturas Lake, with seven acres purchased in 1968, transferred to Forest Service.
- Crooked Creek, with 21-acre conservation easement obtained to protect rainbow trout habitat.
- Hill City Marsh, with 1,250 acres purchased in 1988-89, transferred to state Department of Fish and Game for inclusion in Centennial Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
- Birds of Prey Natural Area, with 833 acres on the Snake River purchased in 1988.
- Formation Springs, with 74 acres near Soda Springs, purchased in 1988.
- South Fork of the Snake River, with 1,455 acres purchased in 1989.
- Henry's Fork Water Purchase, with 3,200 acres obtained in 1989.
- Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area, with 1,224 acres acquired for the Fish and Game Department in 1986.
- Dautrich Desert Preserve, with 855 acres obtained in 1969.
- Hixon Sharptail Preserve, with 5,480 acres purchased in 1987-88, home to the rare Columbian sharptail grouse.
- Craters of the Moon National Monument, with an additional 5,361 acres acquired by the National Park Service in 1957 with help from the Conservancy.