The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and the Forest Service’s Northern and Intermountain regions have signed a statewide Good Neighbor Authority (GNA) Master Agreement aimed at improving forest health, reducing the occurrence and severity of wildfires, and creating more economic opportunity.
“This master agreement provides the authority for all the
national forests within Idaho to enter into local agreements with IDL to implement projects on the ground,” Northern Region Forester Leanne Marten said.
The IDL and Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests are drafting the first Good Neighbor Authority Agreement for a specific project in Idaho. It will enable the IDL to assist the Forest Service by implementing a timber salvage sale project in north-central Idaho. An agreement is expected to be reached this summer.
