Two Spokane-area organizations win millions in federal grants for wildfire mitigation
By Emily White, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane Conservation District has received $9.2 million and the Spokane Valley Fire Department $5.5 million in grant funds for projects to prevent wildfires.
While both organizations will be using those funds from the USDA Forest Service Community Wildfire Defense Grant program differently, they have the same goal: reduce the devastation of wildfires in the county.
“This is one of the largest investments in wildfire prevention our department has ever received,” Deputy Fire Marshal Ken Johnson of the Spokane Valley Fire Department said.
The conservation district applied for the grant funding as part of the Spokane County Wildfire Mitigation Coalition, which includes several local organizations, according to Garth Davis, the forestry program manager at the district.
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