Idaho Department of Lands Director Tom Schultz will step down in mid-January.
Idaho Governor Butch Otter announced Wednesday that Schultz is leaving the state agency to become vice president of government affairs and community outreach for Idaho Forest Group.
Schultz has been the land agency’s director since 2011. During his tenure, Schultz has worked to execute the direction of the five-member State Land Board of Commissioners to divest hundreds of cottage sites at Priest and Payette lakes and several agency commercial properties.
The land board, which is made up of Otter, the attorney general, secretary of state, state controller, and superintendent of public instruction, will discuss the agency director position at its January meeting. The board provides direction to the agency in managing endowment trusts lands in Idaho. (AP)
