Lake County Resource Conservation District along with Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance is Awarded $7.3 million for its “Fire in Hand, Healing lands" Project

Published on May 31, 2024

"Lake County received over $16 million from a USDA Forest Service to reduce wildfire risk and invest in wood products as well as to provide innovation projects on May 21...

Lake County Resource Conservation District (LCRCD), along with Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance (TERA) is awarded $7.3 million for its “Fire in Hand, Healing lands. “It is a project that practices traditional ecological knowledge-based methodology to vegetation reduction, including indigenous-lead restoration and beneficial burning,” noted Leidner. A vital component is education and training through Lake County’s Training Exchange Program, known as TREX. Seigler Springs Redevelopment  Association, is receiving $249,000 to develop a new Community Wildfire Protection Plan aimed to reduce wildfire in the Cobb Mountain area, that has yet to fully recover from the Valley Fire."

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