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Oregon Living With Fire reports on grants, workforce and regional coordination; commissioners ask staff to draft federal funding letter

2993872 · March 5, 2025
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Representatives from Oregon Living With Fire updated commissioners on 2024 activities and 2025 plans, including a $6 million BRIC application to protect two museums and frozen Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds; commissioners asked staff to work with the group to draft a letter describing local impacts of frozen federal funding.

Representatives of Oregon Living With Fire told the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners on March 5 about last year's outreach and partnerships and about active grant work they expect this year. Jody Barham, a co-coordinator of Oregon Living With Fire, and Dr. Jennifer (Jen) Fenton described regional coordination on fuels reduction, preparedness fairs and a pending Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) grant application that would defend the High…

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