USDA Announces Public-Private Partnership With Sierra Pacific Industries on Wildfire Prevention
On Wednesday, US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, along with US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Chief Randy Moore and Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) CEO Mark Emmerson, announced a $75 million Stewardship Agreement for the construction and maintenance of strategically placed fuel breaks on national forests in California and Oregon.
The investment significantly expands upon unprecedented efforts to create a network of fuel breaks across private and federal land to protect communities, reduce wildfire risk, and pave the way for historic rural prosperity.
The agreement will initiate the process to develop, construct, and maintain shaded fuel break projects over a three-year period in California, adding about 400 miles to the existing 2,200-mile network of interconnected fuel breaks across private and federal land. The agreement also provides for construction and maintenance of fuel breaks in Oregon.
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