San Juan National Forest will use its $13.1 million to prepare 150,000 acres of land for prescribed burns by thinning trees and underbrush to reduce fuels.
The Mancos Conservation District has been awarded $1 million grant from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources to conduct wildfire mitigation projects in Montezuma County.
The grant and projects.
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