JFAC reverses course on wildfire funding
BOISE — The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee voted to fund Idaho fire preparedness measures for the coming fire season Monday in what was a reversal of decisions made last week to vote down fire preparedness requests.
The Idaho Department of Lands' request for this fiscal year was to restore $124,900 of the department’s Forest and Range Fire Protection Program. This amount — similar to a request brought forward Wednesday — mostly restores the $131,800 the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) previously approved as part of additional 1% cuts to the agency.
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