COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) recently received the largest grant award for a project in the organization’s history. The Community Wildfire Defense Grant , awarded through the U.S. Forest Service, designated $7.5 million in funders for the Shoshone I-90 Hazardous Fuels Project.

The project, in partnership with Shoshone County, aims to mitigate wildfire risks in the Silver Valley area. Increased rural development has made narrow access roads ineffective during wildfires, raising concerns for local communities.

IDL Wildfire Risk Mitigation Program Manager Tyre Holfeltz emphasized the project's importance.

"It’s about making the landscapes of Shoshone County more resilient while reducing risk to communities by connecting and expanding similarly completed and

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