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Rangeland Commission warns federal grants on hold, highlights education and virtual-fencing trials
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, threatening educational and stewardship programs that rely on those grants while assessments and a specialty license plate continue to fund core operations.
Gretchen Hyde, executive director of the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission, reported to the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee that the commission’s funding model — an assessment tied to federal grazing allotments and a specialty license plate — remains an important revenue stream but that several federal grant agreements are currently on hold.
“The funding…is 10¢ an AUM for state and federal grazing allotments and 2¢ an acre for private dry-grazed acres,” Hyde explained, describing the commission’s assessment structure and noting that allotment use, fires and other…
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