Chief outlines special project agreements to fund thinning and egress projects through WFPP funds
Chief Matt described 'special project agreements' that allow the county to apply for Forest Service funds via NDF to pay for fuels-thinning and secondary egress work in Spring Creek, Mountain City and Lemoille; a board member questioned current WFPP costs.
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Chief Matt told the board the department is using a special project agreement (SPA) process to access funds for fuels-reduction and access projects. He described the SPA as a streamlined application — “we submit basically a 1 page application to them” — that would let the county apply Forest Service money passed through NDF to local thinning projects intended to protect the wildland–urban interface.
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