By Bo Erickson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal land conservation projects around southern Idaho’s rivers and lakes, famous for rainbow trout and smallmouth bass, are in limbo along with dozens of conservation projects nationwide, according to advocates, who worry they may not be completed by President Donald Trump’s administration this year.

The delays — caused by the administration’s decision to hold up as much as $287 million in congressionally approved funding — are hitting a program Trump himself signed significant investments for in 2020, at the time comparing himself to former President Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of the conservation movement who played a key role in building the National Park Service.

Bryan Woodhouse of Idaho’s Magic Valley Fly Fishers club said he welcomed plans t

See Full Page