This is why they didn’t hand out a lot of the money they were supposed to, I thought it was known they were saving it for pet projects. >Idaho Gov. Brad Little, who has acknowledged climate change’s role in worsening wildfires, proposed $150 million for five years’ worth of fire-fighting costs, plus more for new fire personnel. According to actual wildfire fighting companies this isn’t the case at all. In the late 90’s early 2000’s the government went from spending a couple hundred million on prevention a year which would give these companies and employees year round work to only fighting fires. Now the budgets for the forestry service is in the billions and it’s only to fight fires not prevention by clearing underbrush dead/diseased trees and thinning the forests. If you’re company has proven itself you might be on the fire line for a day or two then they send in the companies that are newer. Most people sit around for days while getting paid the entire time. Some leave in disgust and think it’s all a charade. One air drop of fire retardant which doesn’t work but is for show could pay the whole ground crew for a day. I have to find that article with all these insiders complaining.