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Feds Announce Another $100M for Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program
Claims Journal, 2-23-24
The federal government announced that additional $100 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding will be allocated toward 21 high-risk landscapes the Agriculture Department has identified as priorities.
The total will include $400 million in funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that will go through a competitive internal process under the Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program to expand work outside the 21 designated Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscapes, focusing on work with non-traditional partners that represent underserved and minority-based communities to help with project implementation.
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The 24 qualifying states are: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
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Texas billionaire brothers planning to sell 60,000 acres of land across Adams, Valley and Boise counties
KTVB, 2-17-24
BOISE, Idaho — Texas billionaire brothers are looking to sell tens of thousands of acres of land in Southwest Idaho.
The land sprawls across about 60,000 acres in Adams, Valley and Boise counties and is listed for $150 million. Dan and Farris Wilks started buying hundreds of thousands of acres across the Gem State around 2016.
Controversy sprouted around the billionaire brothers' land in 2018, when their company DF Development put up a set of gates and 'No Trespassing' signs at Boise Ridge Road, a Forest Service road in Boise County that leads to public lands. Road access was open to the public under the land's previous owners.
Now, the Wilks brothers are trying to sell some of their property, including the Boise County land that sparked the 2018 controversy.
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About 160 miles of the property being sold borders land owned by the Forest Service, BLM or Idaho Department of Lands.
Slew of items discussed by commissioners
St. Maries Gazette Record, 2-14-24
An annual report from the Idaho Department of Lands was also reviewed by commissioners. No action was taken. Commissioners also reviewed information from the Idaho Department of Lands for placing temporary test pilings adjacent to Heyburn State Park. Again, no action was taken.
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Fire Fuel Reduction in Pocatello
KPVI, 2-13-24
Residents of Pocatello and Chubbuck might have seen smoke rising off the east bench today.
The Pocatello Fire Department conducted live burns this afternoon to reduce fuel in the area. Using a grant from the Idaho Department of Lands, vegetation in the region was thinned last year. Crews built sixty woodpiles in Pocatello, west of Sister City Park, near Granite Drive.
"The whole goal is to reduce fuels so that if a wildfire is to start, that we can try to get the upper hand on it and prevent loss of structures,” said Kim Stouse, a risk reduction specialist with the Pocatello Fire Department.
After waiting a year for the wood to dry and for the weather conditions to be just right, the piles are being burned. Twelve piles were burned today, and the rest will be burned as the weather permits.
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