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Rangeland fire protection associations urge expanded access and formal partnerships with federal agencies
Summary
Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) and ranchers told the Senate agriculture committee that volunteer fire groups and Timber Protective Associations (TPAs) helped limit past fires and should be allowed to operate more broadly on federal lands, including formal partnerships with the Forest Service.
Representatives of local Rangeland Fire Protection Associations and multiple ranchers told the Idaho Senate Agricultural Committee that volunteer wildfire organizations are an underused resource and that formal agreements with federal agencies should be expanded.
"We cover approximately a million and a half acres," said Mike Gary, chairman of the 3 Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association, describing RFPA coverage in the Jarbidge resource area and neighboring lands. Gary and other witnesses said RFPAs formed after large complexes of fires have…
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