Worst Fire Season Since 1926

Idaho’s state Land Board got a grim assessment of the ongoing fire season this morning, particularly as it affects lands within the state Department of Lands’ fire protection responsibilities – which include the raging Clearwater Complex fires in north-central Idaho. “We had over 150 fire starts in that area,” state Forest David Groeschl told the board. “Right now there’s about 25 percent containment. Friday was a very rough day last week for the citizens of Kamiah. We had winds in the neighborhood of 35 mph that blew the fire up, and we lost approximately 45 homes, primary structures, and 75 secondary structures. So the citizens of Kamiah were very impacted and continue to be impacted by this fire”/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

Question: I wonder if all those public-land-takeover folks have counted the state cost of fighting a wildfire season like this one?