Western States Move to be Less Reliant on Fed Resources. Montana Votes on $186M to Stage Resources Locally. Idaho Trains its Loggers to Fight Fire. $1.6B Wildfire Lawsuit Moves Forward in Oregon.
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The Workforce Shortage in the Wildland Industry
Montana's investing almost 200 million if their bill passes this week and the governor of Idaho Open up this portal to the forestry workers in the state to bolster the ranks. I'm curious if more states Specifically in that region, maybe Wyoming will start doing this The Dakotas might start doing this Especially if these things become very successful in their neighboring states. You have to start looking at are the feds gonna start button heads with them and say Why don't you rely on us or hey, thanks for taking some of that off of our shoulders? That's yet to be seen but we know there's a worker shortage in This industry and all sorts of other industries which is amazing.
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