Federal Grant Award Summary

The Idaho Department of Lands received a $442,800 Project Grant from the U.S. Forest Service (Region 1) under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697), awarded July 1, 2026, with completion targeted by June 30, 2031. The project implements proactive, cross-jurisdictional fuels mitigation treatments on non-federal lands within the U.S. Forest Service Region 1 portion of Idaho, specifically targeting priority areas identified in Idaho's Forest Action Plan and two designated wildfire crisis landscapes. Treatment methodologies include hand thinning, mechanical fuel reduction, and prescribed fire operations designed to reduce hazardous fuel loads, enhance defensible space around communities and infrastructure, and improve firefighter safety.

Primary deliverables consist of documented acreage treated through each mitigation method across the project area. The initiative strategically addresses wildfire risk reduction on productive forestlands and in the wildland-urban interface while supporting forest health and economic sustainability in Idaho, the leading timber-producing state in the Northwest. By establishing strategic fuel breaks and defensible zones, the project builds upon and expands past and ongoing fuels reduction efforts within the region's highest-risk wildfire zones.