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Feds pump grant money into fire prevention efforts across the region
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:15:00
Publish Date: 2023-03-30 17:32:01
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Forest thinning, such as this work done in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon, may be of value for some purposes but will also increase carbon emissions to atmosphere, researchers say.
Forest thinning, such as this work done in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon, may be of value for some purposes but will also increase carbon emissions to atmosphere, researchers say. (Oregon State University)

We've been talking for years--through many fire seasons--about the need to reduce the fuel loads in our forests. Now the federal government is putting a big stream of dollars into the efforts, through the Community Wildfire Defense Grants.

The program recently announced a list of funded projects across several states, including a grant for the Klamath Watershed Partnership.

We get the overview from CWDG Program Coordinator Shauna Morris and Leigh Ann Vradenburg at the Klamath Watershed Partnership.

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