2008 wildfire season in Idaho nothing compared to 2007
Idaho’s forests granted a quiet wildfire season-
More than 2-million acres burned in Idaho in 2007. Less than a hundred thousand burned this year.
Story in the Idaho Mountain Express. Just 98,894 acres have burned across the state this year. By Jason Kauffman. Express Staff Writer.

Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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