Our Mission
The purpose of this website it to share information and highlight issues to the small acreage landowners (SAL) who are part of the Shoshone Irrigation District (SID).
Issue #1: In 2023 SID raised the “Land Owner Fee” significantly for the small acreage landowners. For example, a 4 acre property went from $125 for the combination “Farm Ownership, Land Owner Fee and Under 30 Acres Surcharge” to $300 for the merged “Land Owner Fee”. As we all know, many residents in the area are older, often on fixed incomings and this has significant impact. To date, we have not received any true justification for this massive increase to the SAL.
Several individuals have either formally sent records requests or queried SID personnel, without receiving answers. Recently, a scheduled SID board meeting was rescheduled without notice. Then, the rescheduled meeting was cancelled, again without notice! There is a board meeting at 10am on Jan 15th, at the SID office. We need answers from the responsible members of the SID, and have a right to those answers. Please attend, if possible, because as members, ALL our voices matter, not just the large acreage landowners!
Update: 3/06/2025:
The Audit Report Metrics as described by Rob Stevens in the Powell Tribune Letters to the Editor on 3/06/2025 is available at this link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KGlOwO4BL9ifyaM62TLeiyvsmonp6z80/view?usp=sharing
Update: 2/18/2025:
The 2025 Annual Meeting was held today, with many issues being discussed. Links below to documents provided during the meeting:
2024 Annual Meeting Minutes - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FMMCcK3c77i0xnJsMLx2Z1_3JBlPlf0o/view?usp=sharing
2025 Annual Meeting Agenda - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hb1-8SpOmGybWDY3UzwAAk0GaDkjj03X/view?usp=sharing
2024 CPA Audit Findings - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAOQ8xL4tWqyqltZhgJTsgly7ojSdDWL/view?usp=sharing
Update: 2/11/2025:
A notice was received today from the SID that they are holding their annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb 18th at the Heart Mountain Hall at the fairgrounds at 10am. Please try to attend!
Update: 2/1/2025:
A board meeting was held on Jan 15th, and many of the issues were discussed. Rob Steven sent the summary of this meeting as a Letter to the Editor in the Powell Tribune on Tuesday. The Powell Tribune website does not yet have this posted online, so a PDF version of the letter is available here.
Additional Content:
We have provided links to various "Letters to the Editor" written by Rob Stevens and published by the Powell Tribune
https://www.shoshoneirrigationissues.com/home/letters-to-the-editor
Mail list and Facebook group:
Please consider joining our mailing list by sending us an email at the address listed below, and we will send you notifications on schedule (planned) SID meetings.
We have also established a Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/1720619738495983/) for everyone to share their stories, as well as interact with other landowners. Please join the group, if you can. It's free!