The project is a priority because IT will reduce hazardous fuels along private lands and critical transportation routes, thereby protecting lives, property, and watersheds while improving emergency…

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Northern Region awarded the Idaho Department of Lands $7.5 million on December 18, 2025, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) to reduce hazardous fuels along private lands and critical transportation routes adjacent to Interstate 90 in Idaho through December 30, 2030.

The award funds hazardous fuels treatment, defensible space creation, and forest resilience work on private lands that link to adjacent state and federal projects, strengthening cross-boundary collaboration and enhancing wildfire suppression effectiveness. The project protects lives, property, and watersheds while improving emergency response capacity for communities directly adjacent to the Interstate 90 corridor, a major east-west transportation route. Work will support long-term forest recovery and community preparedness for wildfire events, advancing the Forest Service mission and national directives to prioritize forest management and reduce wildfire risk at scale.

The project is a priority because IT will reduce hazardous fuels along private lands and critical transportation routes, thereby protecting lives, property, and watersheds while improving emergency response capacity for communities directly adjacent to interstate 90, a major east west transportation corridor. By addressing hazardous fuels on private lands and linking treatments to adjacent state and federal projects, the work will also strengthen cross boundary collaboration and enhance the effectiveness of suppression strategies. Treatments will create defensible space, support long term forest resilience, and ensure that local communities are better prepared to withstand and recover from wildfire events. In addition, the work directly supports the united states forest service mission and advances national directives, including the presidents executive order, to prioritize forest management and reduce wildfire risk at scale.