Idaho Department of Lands Wildfire Protection Authority

38-111. Protection by owner - Assessments - Budget of protective districts. (1) Every owner of forest lands in the state shall furnish or provide therefor, throughout the closed season, protection against the starting, existence, or spread of fires thereon, or therefrom, in conformity with reasonable rules and standards for adequate protection, to be established by the state board of land commissioners. An owner of forest lands who maintains a membership in good standing in a forest protective association operating under agreement with the state board of land commissioners, which association maintains a standard of protection approved by said board and who pays the assessments to the association in the amounts required in this section, shall be deemed to have fully complied herewith. In the event the owner of any forest land shall neglect or fail to furnish the protection required in this section, the director of the department of lands shall provide such patrol and protection therefor at actual cost to the owner of forest lands.