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Last updated on Wednesday, October 10, 2018
(UNDATED) - 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, more than $64,000, followed by Harrison County, which will receive nearly $35,000. Morgan County will get nearly $25,000, Jackson County will receive about $24,000, Martin County is getting nearly $13,000, and Monroe County will receive more than $11,000.
Nine other counties are getting less than $10,000 each.
The DNR's Division of Forestry allocates 15 percent of timber sale revenue from state forests to counties where the harvests occur.
Timber Sale Revenue FY 2017-2018
To County To Local Fire Department
County Revenue Revenue
Brown $ 64,427.10 $6,000.00
Clark 2,976.87 1,488.44
Crawford 8,118.02 4,000.00
Greene 150.98 75.49
Harrison 34,824.39 7,000.00
Jackson 23,735.52 9,000.00
Jennings 6,620.64 3,310.32
Martin 12,788.66 4,000.00
Monroe 11,224.15 5,612.08
Morgan 24,757.66 12,000.00
Owen 3,992.21 1,996.11
Perry 6,405.25 3,202.63
Pike 2,608.01 1,304.01
Sullivan 4,138.26 2,069.13
Washington 3,749.66 1,874.83
Total $210,517.38 $62,933.04
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