Hardin County approves application to update wildfire plan despite new local-match requirement
At its March 11 meeting the Hardin County Commissioners Court authorized submission to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's FY2025 Community Wildfire Defense Grant to update the county's community wildfire protection plan, with commissioners agreeing the county will document in-kind labor toward a required local match.
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Hardin County Commissioners Court on March 11 voted to authorize submission of an application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fiscal Year 2025 Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) for up to $250,000 to update and create a county community wildfire protection plan. The court approved the submission after staff said the federal program now requires a local match because Hardin County no longer qualifies as an "underserved" county under the CWDG rules.
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