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Fruita council hears plan to use 2 Rivers funds for wildfire fuel mitigation and tub grinder purchase
Summary
City staff and Lower Valley Fire District officials described a three-year hazardous fuels mitigation partnership with the 2 Rivers Wildfire Coalition, including a proposed Fruita contribution averaging about $50,000 a year and purchase of a tub grinder to process removed material.
Fruita City Council on Monday heard a presentation from city staff and the Lower Valley Fire District about a three-year hazardous fuels mitigation partnership coordinated by the 2 Rivers Wildfire Coalition.
The presentation, led by Katie Lucero, the city's management analyst, introduced the coalition's plan and explained why fuels mitigation is “critical” for the area. Lucero said the partnership would direct funds to on-the-ground work such as vegetation removal, controlled burns and equipment purchases, and would make mitigation resources available across the valley rather than leaving the work to one jurisdiction.
The nut of the plan is a three-year funding commitment from 2 Rivers that the presenters said would flow through partners…
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