New Interior Department funding to pay for invasive species eradication, wildlands firefighters

The Department of Interior is doling out some $236 million nationwide to support wildland fire management – including more than $10 million for Arizona programs. It’s the latest installment of funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis told reporters at Saguaro National Park in Tucson on Tuesday the funding will go toward training, mental health care and pay raises for wildland firefighters.

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