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Grants available to lessen fire dangers

RBC I The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for a fifth round of awards under the Wildfire Risk Reduction Grant Program. This phase will provide $1 million to reduce the risk of wildfire in areas where human development and forested lands overlap, often called the wildland-urban interface.

 The program, created under Senate Bill 13-269, is focused on projects that reduce the risk for damage to property, infrastructure and water supplies, and those…