Grants available to cut local fire risk

RBC I The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for a second round of awards under the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program.
This phase will provide $5.2 million in grants to reduce the risk of wildfire in areas where human development and forested lands overlap, areas often called the wildland-urban interface.
The program, created under Senate Bill 13-269 and passed last year by the Colorado General Assembly, is focused on projects that reduce…