May 2024

USDA Forest Service awards over $370K combined to Las Animas, Huerfano counties to address wildfire safety

As part of its $250 million Community Wildfire Defense Grant program, the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service approved grant requests for $197,742 and $180,000, respectively, for the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Projects in Las Animas and Huerfano Counties. “This grant will allow the county to create a plan for the whole community.

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