Oreg\u00f3n recibir\u00e1
\n$6.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for wildfire prevention
\nprojects on 49,039 acres of land across the state.<\/p>\n
The additional
\nfunding is intended to help complete fuels treatments on nearly 2 million acres
\nnationwide this fiscal year, a substantial increase over the last year’s fiscal
\nyear, according to Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden.<\/p>\n
“As Oregon’s
\nwildfire seasons grow longer and hotter, they are a stark reminder of how important
\nresilient forests are to protecting our communities,” Merkley said.
\n“This funding will support new and existing projects intended to help thin
\nOregon’s overgrown forests, support better ecosystems, reduce the threat of
\nsevere wildfires, and create more jobs.<\/p>\n
“With
\nfirefighters still battling blazes throughout our state at the end of
\nSeptember, the need for wildfire prevention work is clearly top priority
\nbusiness for Oregon communities,” Wyden said. “This federal
\ninvestment in forest resiliency will help to achieve that goal of reducing
\nwildfire risks by employing Oregonians to attack the fuels that accelerate
\nthese destructive blazes. And I\u2019m going to keep pressing federal agencies to
\nuse recent funding increases I worked to include in the Bipartisan
\nInfrastructure Law for the comprehensive strategy needed so urgently to address
\nwildfire prevention and firefighter shortages.”<\/p>\n
Merkley, as Chairman
\nof the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, and Wyden, as a senior member of
\nthe Energy and Natural Resources Committee, secured the investments in wildland
\nfire management in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The funding is
\ntargeted to increase fuels treatment in areas with high wildfire hazard
\npotential, helping to protect homes and businesses in the wildland-urban
\ninterface and public drinking water. These efforts will promote climate
\nresiliency across landscapes and communities, and will employ Tribal members,
\nyouth, and veterans, Wyden and Merkley said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oregon will receive $6.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for wildfire prevention projects on 49,039 acres of land across the state. The additional funding is intended to help complete fuels treatments on nearly 2 million acres nationwide this fiscal year, a substantial increase over the last year’s fiscal year, according to Oregon’s U.S. Senators […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n