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Sparks seeks $29,000 dumpster grant and FEMA grant for goat grazing to reduce wildfire fuel
Summary
Staff briefed the council on two pending grants: a $29,000 no-match dumpster grant to host community green-waste disposal cycles and a FEMA grant request of $397,215 (25% match) to fund targeted goat grazing on a 65-acre parcel to reduce invasive weeds and wildfire risk.
City grant staff told the Sparks City Council on April 14 about two pending wildfire fuel-reduction grants that would fund green-waste dumpsters and targeted goat grazing to lower wildfire risk in Sparks.
Mel Evans, the city’s grants administrator, said the first application requests $29,000 with no federal match requirement; the city would contribute about $4,000 in labor. The plan would place eight dumpsters per cycle at strategic locations across the city with two spare dumpsters available…
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