VIDEO: The Department of Natural Resources is passing on about $29 million to four projects in eastern and central Washington.
The Washington segment of the funding was awarded to the Colombia Land Trust, the Spokane Conservation District, the Spokane Valley Fire Department and the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative. โSecuring this funding is a big win for wildfire mitigation and forest restoration projects in Washington,โ said George Geissler, DNRโs State Forester and Deputy Supervisor responsible for Forest Resilience and Wildland Fire Management.
The Colombia Land Trust was awarded $9,672,839 for a project aimed towards reducing hazardous fuel conditions within the Yakama Indian Reservation. The Okanogan County Electric Cooperative was awarded $4,210,310 for a project called the โVegetation Management and Fuels Reduction Project.โ
The Spokane Conservation District was awarded $9,258,647 for its education and prevention program. The Spokane Valley Fire Department was awarded $5,500,194 for reducing wildfire risks in Spokane Valley through comprehensive and collaborative wildfire mitigation strategies. The funding originally came from an investment from the United State Department of Agriculture. On Tuesday, the U.S. The Secretary of Agriculture announced that the USDA Forest Service would invest $200 million in 58 projects across the country.
