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County highlights completed water tanks, backs CalFire grant projects and broadens grazing for fuels reduction
Summary
Board members and staff reviewed several wildfire-preparedness efforts: a completed $3.3 million FEMA-funded tank project, letters of support for CalFire grant proposals (including fuels reduction near Yosemite Mountain Ranch and prescribed grazing in Hunters Valley), and discussion of prescribed grazing on public and private lands.
Mariposa County staff and supervisors used the Aug. 5 meeting to highlight recent and planned investments in wildfire preparedness, from completed water-storage infrastructure to new grant applications for fuels reduction. Public works director Shannon Hansen announced completion activities for a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant-funded "tank project" that installed 250,000 gallons of water storage and hydrants for Greeley Hill, Hornitos and Woodland. Hansen said the project came in on budget and that county, Cal Fire and county fire personnel were doing a walk-through the same day. Supervisors and staff noted the tanks proved…
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