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Counties push fuels mitigation, mapping and public outreach after 2024 fire season
Summary
County wardens and State Forestry described mitigation grants, requests for mapping coal‑seam and burn scars, and the need for better public information and Ready‑Set‑Go evacuation messaging after the 2024 season closed highways and triggered multi‑county evacuations.
County fire officials told the Joint Appropriations Committee they plan to expand mitigation, mapping and public information work after the 2024 fires, and requested state support for grants and technical assistance.
State Forester Kelly Norris summarized fuels mitigation efforts funded through state and federal grants and said the last year’s grants supported 26 defensible spaces and 529 acres of fuel treatments in six counties during 2024. She said an August lightning storm and an…
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