Emergency manager outlines Community Wildfire Protection Plan, flags funding as primary concern
EM Joe Richards briefed the Board on the county CWPP, proposed breaking the county into three regions for planning, and noted Spanish Peaks Outdoor Coalition and Huerfano County collaboration; he said funding is the project's biggest challenge.
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Emergency Manager Joe Richards updated the Board on progress toward a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for Las Animas County and on coordination with neighboring jurisdictions. He said the county will be divided into three regions because wildfire response needs on the prairie differ from the mountains; "the county will be broken up into three regions since fighting a wildfire on the prairie has different needs than fighting it in the mountains," the minutes record.
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