Story and Photos by Karen Bossick, Eye on the Sun Valley | Jan. 1, 2026
HAILEY, ID – The Hailey Hot Springs Ranch is in the bag, thanks to donations from more than 900 families, businesses, foundations and nonprofits.
Those individuals and organizations helped raise $16 million this past year to purchase the 2,700-acre property just west of Mountain Humane in Croy Canyon so it can be protected forever as part of the Wood River Land Trust’s network of public access preserves.
“Over the course of the campaign I was overwhelmed by how much people love that place and wanted to see it protected,” said Amy Trujillo, executive director of the Wood River Land Trust. “One gentleman and his wife made a very generous donation and said that, with everything going on in the world, they felt this was something they could do, that they could see and touch and know they were doing something positive for the world.”