There are few jobs more important to Idaho than those of wildland firefighters. The work is grueling. There’s a lot of time away from your family. And without wildland firefighters, many more Idahoans would lose everything they have each year.
The pay for that job should reflect that it is hard, dangerous and vital. Idaho’s congressional delegation should see to it that federal firefighters are compensated well.
But right now, as Idaho enters what has the makings of a particularly bad fire season, federal wildland firefighters are on the brink of taking a massive pay cut, as Boise State Public Radio reported last week.
