The Reed Ranch Airstrip will be open to the public at 8:00 AM on July 30th, 2010.  Don't land before then.

Here is the latest:

Folks,
 We're having a public opening for the Reed Ranch airstrip on Friday, 30 July. You are all invited to attend the ceremony, look the field over and attend our picnic luncheon. The schedule below.  Reed Ranch Airstrip identifier is "ID93" but the this will change soon to a public use identifier. It is located on the
 DNJ051/026, five miles south of Krassel, elevation 4157' MSL. The runway is oriented 34/17 and is 100' wide by 2070' long. Normally land RW16 and depart RW34m, CTAF 122.9. Our schedule:
 
 0700 - Cessna 206 fly Boise to Reed w/ 5 Pax
 0830 - C206 second shuttle to Reed with 5 Pax
 0800 - field unofficially open to public aircraft landing
 1030 - field opening ceremony (Raise the wind sock and land the first
 "official" plane)
 1100 - lunch BBQ (pot luck side dishes for visitors - burgers and dogs
 supplied for everyone) tables and chairs provided by Gary M.
 1330 - C206 depart for Boise with three VIP pax
 1330 - 14 pax van departs Reed for Boise with other Aero and ITD
 personnel (home at BOI  1700)
 
 The strip will be open for public landing at 0800 in the morning. We'll have a ceremonial opening photo opportunity at 1030 followed by a picnic lunch. We'll have a grill and some burgers and dogs but visitors should probably bring some side dish to share. There will be tables and chairs but limited shade. There's no potable water at Reed but there is one portable toilet for the time being.

 John V. ("JV") DeThomas
 Administrator, Idaho Division of Aeronautics
 P.O. Box 7129
 Boise, Idaho 83707
 (208) 334-8788
 

Republished from the ITD website:

ITD moves closer to acquiring Reed Ranch Airstrip for public use

ITD’s request to add the Reed Ranch Airstrip to Idaho’s network of state-operated aviation facilities cleared an important hurdle following a U.S. Forest Service environmental assessment (EA) and April 16 ruling. The Payette National Forest (PNF) issued a Decision Notice/Finding of No Significant Impact (DN/FONSI) for the Reed Ranch Airstrip Project and an alternative that includes the following provisions:

• Issue a 20-year special-use permit to ITD’s Division of Aeronautics to manage the Reed Ranch Airstrip
  
• The airstrip will be open to public use, and
  
• Require implementation of the project design features, monitoring and evaluation requirements, and adaptive management adjustments specified in the environmental assessment and DN/FONSI

ITD initiated a request to assume operation of the airstrip more than two years ago. The Forest Service acquired the parcel as part of an exchange with Brundage Mountain Resort in 2006.

At that time, the Forest Service notified ITD’s Division of Aeronautics of its intent to develop a plan for the airstrip, including the possibility of operating it as a public-use facility. “If a proposal to maintain or develop it as a public aviation facility administered by the state were developed subsequent to the exchange, the PNF would process the proposal as appropriate,” the Forest Service announced in 2006.

The airstrip, located about 18 miles east of McCall in the rugged South Fork Salmon River drainage, was a private facility that had been accessible to aviators by permission only. When the Forest Service acquired the ranch from Brundage, it was defined as “not for public use” because of possible unreported hazards. “ Prior permission required.”

ITD’s application requests a special use permit that would allow Idaho to operate Reed Ranch Airstrip as a public-use facility, subject to conditions and limitations, and Forest Service approval of an annual operating plan.

Interested parties have 45 days to appeal the Forest Service’s finding of no significant impact.