WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
BOISE, Idaho-In a proactive step to reduce wildfire risk and invest in healthy, resilient public lands, the Bureau of Land Management Boise District in southwestern Idaho, partnering with the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, will conduct the following aerial herbicide treatments:
* Approximately 9,800 acres of lands managed by the BLM Bruneau Field Office within Owyhee County.* Approximately 6,000 acres of lands managed by the BLM Owyhee and Four Rivers Field Offices within Ada and Owyhee Counties.
Treatments are scheduled to begin the second week of October 2026, depending on weather, wildfire activity and other operation...