The IDL is responsible for the fire protection and conservation of state and private forest lands.

[5] The IDL also provides services for families to help cope with losses due to forest fire.

Recreational dredge mining is regulated by the Stream Channel Protection Act administered by the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR).

The IDL heavily manages the harvest of timber on the state endowment trust forest lands.

[9] The IDL along with the Bureau of Land Management has responsibilities maintaining private forests and timber consumption and production.