Idaho Department of Water Resources

In 1978, the Governor of Idaho issued an Executive Order that established the Idaho Image Analysis Facility within the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR) and designated IDWR as the lead state agency for remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS). Subsequent Executive Orders modernized the role and duties of the Idaho Image Analysis Facility and renamed it the Idaho Geographic Information Center (IGIC). With the expiration of Executive Order #96-12, the IGIC passed into history.

Although IDWR no longer houses the IGIC, the Ground Water Protection Act of 1989 designated IDWR as the state agency responsible for natural resource GIS. The agency still functions in that capacity.

Additional information about GIS at IDWR can be found at the Idaho Department of Water Resources Web Site.

If you would like to browse GIS resources maintained by IDWR click here.

* "The Shoshone Falls on the Snake River", by Thomas Moran (1900), used courtesy of the Gilcrease Museum.