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OWYHEE INITIATIVE AGREEMENTOwyhee Initiative Agreement • September 6th, 2006
PREFACE: The Shoshone Paiute Tribal government and the Owyhee County government have historically exercised, individually, their statutory coordinate status in relationship to the Bureau of Land Management. Three years ago, the Owyhee Initiative was commenced with the idea that the Tribes and the County could, through government to government coordination, mutually launch a process for achieving resolution of land use conflicts, protection of the landscape resource, protection of cultural resources, and economic stability. A Work Group of land use representatives began the difficult task of developing a proposal to provide the process for achieving the goal established for the Initiative. With diligence, immense patience and strong support from Senator Mike Crapo, the Work Group is now ready to present that proposal. Meanwhile, in an historic move, the Tribes and the County have agreed to terms of a Memorandum of Agreement establishing a process by which their governments can coordinat
