Interior Sec'y tours Idaho wildfire rehab project, announces new $10M plan

On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in Idaho where she toured the Soda Fire restoration project in Owyhee County that embodies the federal government's new wildfire strategy, and she also announced $10 million in funding for projects in 12 states to reduce wildfire risk. Colorado and Utah will each receive $1 million to improve Gunnison sage grouse habitat. Idaho will get $500,000 to remove conifers from greater sage grouse habitat, and Southern Utah will get $3.5 million to improve habitat for that species.