Conservation of Land

Conservation of Land

This growing digital collection offers a glimpse into decades of history and community advocacy where passionate Boiseans came together to protect vital wildlife habitats, wetlands, and recreational spaces from development. It all began in the 1980s with the Save Hulls Gulch campaign, the first of several resident-led campaigns that would successfully protect or significantly alter housing development plans. Among them, the Save Castle/Eagle Rock campaign, led by East East End residents and the Shoshone-Bannock and Shoshone-Paiute tribes, which stopped housing development in Castle Rock Ridge and the sacred Eagle Rock site. These collective community efforts led to the landmark passage of the first Foothills Levy in 2001. The City of Boise now owns and manages 15 open space reserves totaling roughly 5,000 acres, supported by voter-approved initiatives like the City of Boise Open Space Program.

 

Betty M. Foster collection on Save Eagle/Castle Rock

This collection contains a digitized photograph album and documents from the Betty M. Foster collection on Save Eagle/Castle Rock campaign.

Foothills Levy Collection

This collection comprises select materials from the Foothills Levy Collection documenting the community and municipal efforts to preserve land in the Boise Foothills through a special tax collected over two years.

Foothills Levy Oral Histories

This collection of oral histories shares the memories of key members behind the Boise Foothills Levy effort to preserve land through a special tax that passed in 2001.

Foothills Conservation Advisory Committee Reports

Annual reports of the Foothills Conservation Advisory Committee that was formed after the passing of the Foothills Levy on May 22, 2001.  

Save Hulls Gulch Oral Histories

This collection of oral histories shares the memories of key members behind the Save Hulls Gulch campaign. More records soon to follow!  

Boise's Open Space StoryMap

Check out Boise's Open Space: Celebrating 25 Years of Boise's First Foothills Levy StoryMap to learn more about the history of the Boise Foothills!  Click the button below to start.