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County accepts USFS grant to add noxious‑weed interpretive signs and boot brushes
Summary
Bonner County accepted a $10,000 U.S. Forest Service (IPNF) Title II award to install eight interpretive signs with inset boot scrubs at trailheads to limit spread of noxious weed seeds; the department and Boundary County will cover a $392 shortfall.
The Bonner County noxious weeds program received a $10,000 award from the U.S. Forest Service/Idaho Panhandle National Forest (IPNF) resource advisory committee to procure and install noxious‑weed interpretive signs with inset boot scrubs at select trailheads. "This grant award of $10,000 will get us 8 of them," Bonner County Noxious Weeds director Chase Young Dahl said, noting the project was scaled from 18 to eight locations because the award was partial and the full out‑the‑door cost for eight signs is $10,392.
Dahl told commissioners the $392 overage will be split between his department and Boundary County and that the expense is included in the FY27 education line item. Commissioners had one public question about the boot scrubs’ function; Dahl explained the signs are educational and the boot scrubs are intended to clean footwear on trail entry and exit to prevent seed spread. The board voted to accept the award and authorized the chair to sign the agreement administratively.
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