Eagle County and Basalt outline $2M wildfire strategy and push for unified WUI code
County emergency managers described a three‑pillar wildfire strategy and $2 million in 2026 investments — including landscape fuels projects, home‑hardening cost share and response funding — and urged a consistent wildland‑urban interface code across jurisdictions.
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Basalt hosted a joint work session with the Eagle County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 13 during which Eagle County emergency management director Bur Baron described a countywide push to reduce wildfire risk through landscape projects, homeowner assistance and strengthened response capacity. Baron said the county’s 2026 program would total about $2 million, with roughly $600,000 for on‑the‑ground landscape projects and about $860,000 to support response and coordination.
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