SALT LAKE CITY — Utah homeowners filled the Department of Natural Resources building in Salt Lake City Thursday, as they may soon face additional property fees and assessments related to wildfire mitigation.

The public meeting led by Utah’s Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands was all about House Bill 48 passed by the legislature earlier this year.

These state fire officials say the increased severity and frequency of wildfires seen across the American West in recent years spurred Capitol Hill into action.

The bill focuses on the state’s wildland urban interface, or 'WUI'.

“This is the zone where structures and other urban development intermingles with undeveloped wildland,” said Joseph Anderson, who is coordinating implementation of the bill for FFSL.

Many live within this inte

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