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Inland Forest Management, Inc., was recently awarded the contract for managing Bonfire, Bonner County’s hazardous forest fuels reduction program. This program strives to reduce the risk of wildfire in the wildland/urban interface around communities by removing flammable forest fuels. The federally funded program focuses on creating fuel breaks by thinning and pruning trees and cutting brush to protect subdivisions and other areas where people live. IFM also administers similar programs in Boundary, Kootenai and Benewah Counties. If you live in a forested setting in any of these counties and are interested in learning more about these programs, please contact our office.