38-501. STATEMENT OF POLICY. In more heavily timbered areas of the state, on lands owned by the federal government, state of Idaho, the counties, individuals, and on land in transit to counties through tax delinquency, devastating forest fires annually denude considerable areas of vegetation and subject such lands to erosion with total loss of top soils; permit an infestation of weeds which imperil adjacent agricultural lands, destroy feed and cover for wild life, and create great distress in agriculture through loss of grazing. Therefore, the seeding of such burned areas to suitable range grasses and/or legumes as soon as possible after the cessation of such fires is declared to be a matter of public welfare to the state.
History:
[38-501, added 1941, ch. 71, sec. 1, p. 135.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 38 - FORESTRY, FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE DISTRICTS
Chapter 5 - SEEDING OF BURNED AREAS
Section 38-501 - STATEMENT OF POLICY.
Section 38-502 - STATE TO CONTROL EROSION BY SEEDING OF GRASSES.
Section 38-504 - COUNTY BOARDS TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
Section 38-505 - CREATION OF BURN SEEDING AREAS.
Section 38-506 - ABATEMENT OF COSTS AS TAX.
Section 38-507 - COUNTY BURN SEEDING SUPERVISOR — APPOINTMENT — DUTIES — COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.
Section 38-508 - BURN SEEDING FUND — DEFICIENCY WARRANTS.
Section 38-509 - REPAYMENT TO THE FUND — TAX LEVY — ASSESSMENTS AND PAYMENTS FOR SEED OR SERVICES.
Section 38-510 - DISBURSEMENTS.
Section 38-511 - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PAY PART OF COST OF SEEDING.