EAGLE, Idaho — There is a new partial owner of Cougar Island located on Payette Lake near McCall. The island is visible in a popular spot of the lake, with a family leasing a part of the property.

There was only one bidder at the auction of Couger Island on Payette Lake, ... On Sept. 14, a room full of people gathered and watched as the State of Idaho held an auction for Cougar Island.

Idaho officials on Wednesday sold only one of five parcels at an auction involving a 14-acre island in Payette Lake near the vacation and second-home town of McCall in west-central Idaho.

MCCALL, Idaho — Idaho officials on Tuesday voted to sell at auction a 14-acre “high-end” island in Payette Lake near the vacation and second-home town of McCall. Republican Gov. Brad Little ...

News; Pacific NW; Payette Land Trust reaches conservation easement agreement for part of Idaho’s Cougar Island Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 Payette Lake is a popular attraction in the resort community of ...

Payette Land Trust, homeowner Jim Laska protected part of Cougar Island in McCall’s Payette Lake. Idaho Department of Lands owns other parcels.

BOISE — Idaho’s state Land Board voted unanimously Tuesday to proceed with an auction of Cougar Island in the middle of Payette Lake, over the objections of Valley County commissioners, ...

A much-anticipated auction for a state-owned island in Payette Lake attracted a single bidder, who offered to buy only one parcel. The Idaho Department of Lands offered five parcels on Cougar ...

Officials with the Payette Land Trust and the new owner of a parcel of land on an island situated on Payette Lake have agreed on a conservation easement that will limit future development and ...