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State forestry: Box Elder County accepts revised Cooperative Wildfire System commitment despite steep increase
Summary
Box Elder County accepted the Cooperative Wildfire System (CWS) participation for 2025 after State Forestry warned a calculation correction and CPI adjustments raised the county—s participation commitment from about $750,000 to roughly $1.3 million.
Tracy Swenson, Bear River area manager for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, told the Box Elder County Commission on Nov. 19 that changes to the Cooperative Wildfire System (CWS) have removed old percentage formulas and that corrected calculations increased the county—s participation commitment for 2025.
"Last year the commitment was about $750,000; it—s $1,300,000 for 2025," Swenson said, explaining…
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