(AP) — Fifteen Indiana counties are getting a share of more than $210,000 raised through timber sales at state forests.
The Indiana Department of Natural resources says the counties will use about $63,000 of that revenue to give a boost to 116 rural and volunteer fire departments, particularly to improve their wildland firefighting capabilities.
Brown County is getting the largest share of the revenue of more than $64,000, followed by Harrison County, which will receive nearly $35,000. Martin County is getting nearly $13,000, Pike County over $2600 and Sullivan County over $4100.
The DNR’s Division of Forestry allocates 15 percent of timber sale revenue from state forests to counties where the harvests occur.