Oregon Department of Environmental Quality awards $1.3 million to support smoke preparedness and alternatives to burning
By Mindy Gould on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Featured Stories
Burns, Or-The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $1.3M in grant funding to 20 organizations and county and tribal governments across the state to work on projects related to smoke management. The 2022 Smoke Management Grants were made available as part of Senate Bill 762 (2021), which promotes wildfire preparedness by creating fire-adapted communities, developing safe and effective wildfire and smoke responses and increasing the resiliency of Oregon’s landscape.
Grants support projects that create alternatives to outdoor burning of yard debris or slash, enhance tribes’ smoke preparedness, develop Community Response Plans and implement previously finalized CRP plans.
The Burns Paiute Tribe was one of the 20 that received part of the Smoke Management and Tribal Preparedness
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