The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Community Services Consortium (CSC), a U.S. local government entity in Oregon, a $4,935,486 Project Grant under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) on September 17, 2024. The grant will fund CSC's efforts to enhance landscape resiliency, public safety, and community fire adaptation in the Santiam Canyon region of Oregon through September 30, 2029. The project aims to develop and revise Community Wildfire Protection Plans, and implement related risk mitigation activities such as conducting wildfire risk assessments, reducing hazardous fuels, establishing defensible spaces, and improving community wildfire response capabilities. This grant supports the program's objectives of assisting at-risk local communities in planning and implementing projects to reduce wildfire risks and create fire-adapted communities.
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