Idaho’s Top Elected Officials Ask the Feds to Make Idaho Fire Prevention a Priority

2.9.22 - (Boise) – Governor Brad Little and Idaho’s top elected officials sent a letter to USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking that Idaho’s high risk fireshed landscapes be made a priority under the 10 Year Strategy of Combating the Wildfire Crisis.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the new strategy earlier this month. Through infrastructure funding, nearly $3 billion has been authorized to reduce hazardous fuels and begin to restore America’s forests and grasslands, along with investments in fire-adapted communities and post fire reforestation. Projects will be funded in two phases.

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