Gary Schoolland is running for Moscow City Council and aims to address city fiscal responsibility and water resource management, according to his campaign Facebook page.
Schoolland worked for 20 years in the dairy industry where he said he learned to manage budgets, workers and cows. Schoolland worked for 23 years with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at a salmon hatchery until his retirement in 2019.
“I am retired now, very capable and eager to be involved with the governing of this great city of Moscow, Idaho,” Schoolland wrote on his campaign Facebook page.
He listed other issues of importance to him including transportation, safety, housing, supplemental water source, park and recreation and street repairs.

Schoolland was not available for an interview.
Schoolland is one of eight candidates running for three open seats on the Moscow City Council in the November 2025 election. City council terms are four years.
To read more about Schoolland’s campaign, visit facebook.com/p/Gary-Schoolland-for-Moscow-City-Council-61581270033067/.
Joshua Reisenfeld can be reached at [email protected].