#Focused fire training update#

“The Envision Forest Health Council is excited about the new funding announced by Governor Polis of $500,000 to Chaffee County and $500,000 to Lake County for wildfire mitigation,” said the Co-lead of Envision Chaffee County Cindy Williams. We will put the money to the best possible use.”Ī map created by the Forest Health Council showing the Chaffee County fuel treatment priority areas. “I am thrilled to have received this grant and am very pleased that Lake County did too. “This has helped drive funding our way while working from a shared playbook and similar Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP),” he added.

As a result, we have been collaborating with Lake County for several years now, and together, our combined territory was designated as a priority landscape by RMRI.” said Chaffee Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) Chair Greg Felt. Specifically, we know that post-fire impacts coming from upstream could be as devastating as if they originated here. “From very early on in Chaffee County’s prioritization of forest health and wildfire mitigation, we have recognized that our community is not an island.

RMRI Upper Arkansas – Lake County: Lake County CWPP Fuels Reduction Project, $500,000.

RMRI Upper Arkansas – Chaffee County: Upper Arkansas Thrives – Landscape Level Resilience in Chaffee County, $500,000.

The awards are made to Rocky Mountain Restoration Initiative (RMMI): In a regional wildfire mitigation approach, Chaffee And Lake Counties, have received a combined $1,000,000 in grants focused on forest health and wildfire mitigation in the Upper Arkansas River Valley. He took that opportunity to award major grants to ensure progress.

#Focused fire training update#

Governor Jared Polis was joined by local and state leaders, legislators, first responders, and local forest mitigation groups on Monday in Evergreen, CO to give an update on the significant progress state, federal, and local entities have made on forest health and wildfire mitigation initiatives since the disastrous fire year of 2020. Governor Polis Announces Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Management Grants for Colorado Communities