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MEEKER | The White River Conservation District has been awarded $531,308 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program as part of the agency’s latest round of investments in reducing community wildfire risk.
The multiyear award will support the Resident Mitigation and Resilience Project in eastern Rio Blanco County, helping communities in the wildland-urban interface prepare for, mitigate and reduce wildfire risk. The project totals $760,000 with leveraged…
