County officials don’t have authority to enforce commercial picking ban
Huckle berry bush.
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BONNERS FERRY — While they share residents’ concerns about out-of-state and commercial pickers plundering huckleberry crops and damaging forest land, there is little they can do, commissioners said Tuesday.
The commissioners sympathized with a local resident who complained about the commercial picking, but told the individual that ultimately, county officials do not have the authority to pass ordinances in national forest land, instead, they suggested the man and others concerned about the issue reach out the U.S. Forest Service.
Similarly, the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office released a statement that it doesn’t have the authority to enforce commercial huckleberry restrictions.
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