900 W. Main St.,   PO Box 690   Grangeville, ID 83530   Phone: 208.983.1200 News Local News Features Business Agriculture Sign up for News Alert! Sports Sports Stories Outdoors Opinion Letters Opinion Around Town People Community Movie Listings Milestones School News Reader Photos Classifieds Search Place an Ad Subscriptions Display Ad Rate-   Card Submit Information News Tip Community Event Letter to the Editor Anniversary Birth Wedding Business News Contact Staff Archives Story Archive Photo Archive Slow fire year so far for IDL 'Not over yet'    It's been a slow fire year for Idaho Department of Lands this season.    "Real quiet," said Dave Summers, fire warden for the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) Maggie Creek Fire Protection District in Kamiah.    For the lands under IDL protection, a typical fire season on average is 10,000 to 15,000 acres. Last year the state saw around 450 to 500 acres. This year so far? 81 acres as of last Thursday, Aug. 19.    "So it's been a very, very quiet fire season," he said, "but obviously it's not over yet."     Go to top. Click here to Subscribe

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