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County wins USDA wildfire planning grant to update regional plan for 15 Cape towns
Summary
Barnstable County Cooperative Extension won a $139,500 USDA Community Wildfire Defense grant with a $15,000 county match and $45,000 from Mass DCR, totaling about $199,500 to fund contractors to update regional wildfire planning and hold town hearings across 15 towns on Cape Cod.
Michael Maguire, Cooperative Extension Director for Barnstable County, told commissioners the county received a $139,500 USDA Community Wildfire Defense grant to update and regionalize wildfire planning across Cape Cod's 15 towns.
Maguire said the county previously developed a regional wildfire plan between 2008 and 2012 and implemented many recommendations; changing forest…
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