[Vision2020] Fire fighting costs, state lands

[Ron Force]

I note that the legislature has approved transferring general state funds
to pay for 2015 firefighting costs on state lands (Spokesman.com):

Wildfire suppression costs on state-protected lands this past year, at
$60.2 million, were 354 percent of the 10-year average of $17 million; 16
fires escaped initial attack, and the largest, the Clearwater Complex,
burned 68,100 acres and 62 homes. “We don’t seem to be average any more,”
Bell said. “As we go forth in the 2017 budgets, you might keep that in
mind, too.

I note that in the annual report of the State Land Board, the income off
state lands were as follows:
Rangeland, 1,411,452 acres  Income; $810,000
Forest             972,543 acres  Income  $48,040,000
Does this mean that the general fund is subsidizing the management of state
lands, which is running at a loss?  Or does "state-protected lands" include
more than state-owned? Anyone know?
Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA
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