Wildfire danger is high and many homeowners have worked furiously all summer long to meet insurance and state defensible space requirements for their properties.But coffers are empty for fuel reduction projects on adjacent, overgrown federal land " often considered the highest risk areas for wildfires.Residents have expressed concern about the situation, but progress has been slow."People have been building next to (these) public lands where they never were before," said Jim Eicher, associate field manager of BLM's Folsom Field Office.Bureau of Land Management oversees 17,354 acres of land sprinkled throughout forested neighborhoods of Nevada County called urban interface areas. During …












