Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

METHODS OF REDUCING HAZARDS -- CONTRACTS WITH FOREST PROTECTIVE
AGENCIES. The management and reduction of such fire hazards for the protection
of forest resources shall be carried on by the director of the department of
lands and the state forest wardens in keeping with modern and progressive
forest practices in furtherance of reforestation and more effective fire
control and in accordance with the plans approved by the state board of land
commissioners for the several forest protective districts, and the director or
state forest wardens are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with forest
protective agencies, including agencies of the United States of America, for
the management and reduction of such fire hazards for the protection of forest
resources when in their opinion the work can best be accomplished in that
manner. The director, state forest wardens and recognized forest protective
agencies, including any agency of the United States of America, with which the
director or state forest warden has entered into an agreement for the
management and reduction of any fire hazard for the protection of forest
resources as herein provided, and any officer or official of such agency,
shall not be liable for any damage to the land, product, improvement or other
things of value of whatsoever nature upon the lands on which the fire hazards
are being managed or reduced in accordance with provisions of sections 38-401
to 38-410, Idaho Code, inclusive, when all requisite care and caution has been
used and such work is being or has been performed in compliance with the
plans, programs, rules and contracts approved as provided in section 38-402,
Idaho Code.

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