Wyo. to get its first Forest Legacy Program grant ($3 million from the supposedly broke Forest Service)

The Jackson Hole Land Trust will use a $3 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service to buy conservation easements. The easements will be located on acreage near Munger Mountain south of Jackson. Land trust land protection manager Liz Long says the amount of property the grant will preserve is being determined through an appraisal. The money will come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Legacy Program. Long tells the Jackson Hole News & Guide (http://bit.ly/15lDB5a ) that the project is considered original for Wyoming because it is the first Forest Legacy grant to be awarded in the state. Since 1990, the Forest Legacy Program has preserved more than 2.3 million acres. A conservation easement will limit development of the property.  AP

I thought the FS was so broke they were having problems fighting fires, were unable to maintain camping grounds and that all their programs were "starved".  Yet here they are giving $3 million away to tie up more private property (at the direction of the Deep Thinkers in Congress).