Perry County fire departments to get timber sale revenue | News

The DNR Division of Forestry has notified 17 counties they will receive shares of more than $380,000 as part of an annual distribution of timber sale revenue.

The Division of Forestry allocates 15 percent of all revenue from timber sales administered by Division personnel on state-owned land to counties in which harvests occur. Each county receiving funds shares half with rural and volunteer fire departments that maintain a cooperative agreement with the DNR’s Fire Control Headquarters.

Perry County will receive a distributiion of $3,611.42.

This year, 134 rural and volunteer fire departments will benefit. Fire departments are encouraged to use the funds to improve their wildland firefighting capability.

Brown             $65,946.97

Clark               $57,377.01

Crawford          $13,501.60

Dubois             $13,731.02

Greene             $     911.08

Harrison          $37,454.09

Jackson          $16,423.94

Jennings          $  5,236.16

Martin             $35,258.56

Monroe            $57,094.85

Morgan            $15,284.75

Owen              $19,099.15

Perry                $  3,611.42

Pike                 $  5,280.98

Scott                $  4,190.30

Sullivan           $  1,325.30

Washington     $29,713.48

This year’s total ($381,440.66) is nearly triple the revenue share in 2005 ($135,000) and reflects  an increase in state forest timber sale volume from 3.5 million board feet to 14.1 million board feet, even though less than 2 percent of the marketable timber in state forests is being harvested.