WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
CHALLIS, Idaho-In a proactive step to reduce wildfire risk and invest in healthy, resilient public lands, the Bureau of Land ManagementChallis Field Officeplans to conduct aerial herbicide treatments across approximately 2500 acres in Custer County. Treatments will occur between Sept. 21 and Oct. 5, 2026 near Trail Creek in the Pahsimeroi Valley and near the Jimmy Smith Lake area of East Fork as weather and vegetation conditions allow.
The treatments are intended to reduce invasive annual grasses and hazardous fine fuels, maintain strategic fuel breaks, support vegetation recovery following wildfire, and improve the ...