Kansas could get stiffed by the White House for this year’s firefighting and forestry programs

Kansas could get stiffed by the White House for this year’s firefighting and forestry programs

In recent years, federal funding typically makes up 60% to 80% of the Kansas Forest Service’s budget. This money arrives from the U.S. Forest Service.The federal agency sent the Kansas Forest Service about $2.4 million last year. Kansas expected to…

Kansas could lose funds for forestry and firefighting programs - The Iola Register

The money lets Kansas train more than 1,500 firefighters per year across the state and helps get trucks, generators and hand-tools for rural fire departments. Most of the Kansas Forest Service’s budget for this fiscal year might simply not show up. That’s the fear — with just 2.5 months left in the federal fiscal year — as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal money that states and tribal governments use for forestry and for pre…