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Mike Field, New Interim Executive Director for IRP

Mike is a native of Grand View, Idaho.  He grew up on an irrigated row crop farm where dairy and beef cows sometimes supplemented the core crops of barley, wheat, corn, sugar beets, and hay.  He attended public school in Grand View and then went on to attend Utah State, Boise State, Brigham Young and Idaho State Universities.  He graduated from BYU with a degree in Political Science.  He coupled his practical farm experience with his passion for public policy and has spent the last 34 years working for three Presidential Administrations, two US Senators and two Governors.  His career has focused on issues associated with rural Idaho both in economic/community development and natural resources management.  He is married to Debbie Field who serves as the Director for Drug Policy for the Otter Admnistration.  They are the parents and grandparents of three great kids and three wonderful grandkids.

Idaho Headlines
Monsanto aims to stop leaks at Idaho mine dump
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:29 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Monsanto Co. is installing a water management system at an Idaho phosphate mi ...
BNSF fuel depot in compliance with rules
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:02:44 GMT
COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter is in compliance with ...
Northern Wyo. sugar beet growers still digging
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:49:08 GMT
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) -- Western Sugar Cooperative growers in northern Wyoming are digging more sugar b ...
Dairy group receives recharge water
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:14:00 GMT
Dairy farmers in Southern Idaho have something to be thankful for this month, even in the depths of the ...
Idaho extends wolf hunt 3 more months
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:01 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Hunters will have three more months to hunt wolves in Idaho. The Idaho Fi ...
Judge: Keep grizzlies on threatened list
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:02 GMT
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on th ...
State to pay $50,000 to settle grazing lease lawsuit
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:04:19 GMT
BOISE -- Idaho has agreed to pay $50,000 and pledged to follow anti-discrimination rules to settle a fed ...
Idaho Power now a believer in cloud seeding
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:19:11 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Cloud seeding once was seen similar to well divining, medicine shows and m ...
Spud co-op meets membership goal
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:04:11 GMT
United Potato Growers of Idaho said it has reached its goal of representing 80 percent of all fresh spud ...
New onion co-op formed
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:04:11 GMT
Onion farmers in Idaho and Eastern Oregon have established a new cooperative. United Onions USA Inc. was ...
Idaho news briefs
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:04:12 GMT
Wolf hunt may be extended LEWISTON (AP) -- Idaho wildlife officials are thinking about extending the wolf ...
Farmer's quest for data takes flight
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:10 GMT
Robert Blair is taking precision agriculture to new heights. The North Idaho farmer uses a small, u ...
Cattlemen recruited into cruelty issue
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:10 GMT
SUN VALLEY -- Idaho Sen. Tim Corder, R-Mountain Home, was at the Idaho Cattle Association Convention in ...
Potato yields on the rise
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:04:10 GMT
Idaho farmers harvested about 131 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, a 12 percent increase fro ...
New Idaho Transportation director appointed
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:49:07 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Idaho Transportation Department's governing board has selected a new direc ...
Idaho city considers yard storage rules
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:49:07 GMT
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- Lewiston city leaders are considering a rule that would bar residents from ...
USDA recognizes Idaho school for nutrition
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:10 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An official from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be in Idaho to recognize Good ...
Idaho Capitol space dispute resolved
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:33:53 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A group that promotes homegrown Idaho products and services will get to spread out i ...
Idaho governor unhappy with proposed ESA listing
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:18:48 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is fighting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan t ...
Idaho shuts another wolf hunting zone
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:48:52 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- State officials say hunters have reached their limit for killing wolves in a hunting zone ...
Montana wolf hunt shut down after quota filled
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:18:48 GMT
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Hunters have almost met the state's 75-animal season quota, so Montana on ...
Idaho may extend wolf hunt season
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:48:46 GMT
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho wildlife officials are thinking about extending the wolf hunting season in certa ...
Suspended UI prof repeats sheep claims in journal
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:18:37 GMT
. University officials said they were aware of the article and are considering it as they continue their ...
Food co-op asks for donations
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:03:39 GMT
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- An Idaho Falls food co-op that sells organic and locally grown foods is asking memb ...
Internet service provider in Idaho wins fed grant
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:49:21 GMT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A small internet service provider in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington state has ...