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Rangeland commission warns federal grants are on hold, highlights education and virtual‑fencing pilots
Summary
Gretchen Hyde, executive director of the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission, told the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee that federal grant agreements with BLM, NRCS and the Forest Service are on hold, and she highlighted education programs, virtual‑fencing pilots and outreach metrics including more than 123 "Life on the Range" videos.
Gretchen Hyde, executive director of the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission, delivered the commission’s annual legislative report and said the commission faces uncertainty because recently negotiated grant agreements with federal partners — the Bureau of Land Management, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Forest Service — are currently on hold.
“We had grant agreements with Bureau of Land Management, with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Forest Service, and right now they’re all on hold,” Hyde told the committee. She said the commission…
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