Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne visited the Duck Valley Reservation in Idaho on Thursday to assess the impact of recent fires in the area.
Kempthorne met with leaders of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes. He promised expedited funding for a greenhouse that will grow plants to restore the fire-ravaged landscape.
"This can and will be a great success story," he said, the Associated Press reported.
The reservation went without electricity for eight days when the Murphy Complex Fire knocked out power lines.
Kempthorne is a former governor of Idaho and a former U.S. Senator for Idaho.
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