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Funds for the grant were directed to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and then to
<br />the Colorado State Forest Service (CBEs) through an Interagency Agreement. Once the funding
<br />mechanism was in place, the CSFS issued a request for proposals in June 2007 and announced
<br />the grant awardees in August 2007. CSFS received 43 applications for funding and 12 were
<br />awarded. Projects funded by the grant include:
<br />• Dalla Park Fire Mitigation, LaPlata County, $24,800
<br />• Forest and Community Protection Plan, Lake County, $69,000
<br />• Grand Junction Watershed and Fuel Reduction Program, Mesa County, $140,000
<br />• Grand Lake Beetle Kill Removal Project, Grand County, $140,000
<br />• Heil Valley Ranch 2008 Fuels Reduction-Unit 2, Boulder County, $50,000
<br />• Horsetooth Mountain Park Fuels Reduction, Larimer County, $80,000
<br />• Platte Canyon Fire/Forest Restoration and Water Protection Project, Park County,
<br />$70,000
<br />• Santa Fe Trails Ranch Fuel Break Project, Las Animas County, $125,000
<br />• Straight Creek Forest Restoration Project, Summit County, $36,000
<br />• Summit County Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project, Summit County, $140,000
<br />• Upper South Platte Watershed Forest Health Initiative, Park and Teller counties, $80,000
<br />• West Vail and Lower Gore Creek Fuel Reduction Project, Eagle County, $50,000
<br />The language in HB 113 0 required at least a 40 percent contribution in matching funds. The
<br />funds provided by HB 1130 leveraged another $2.8 million in matching funds, significantly more
<br />t an was require .
<br />Where possible, work commenced on projects during the fall of 2007; others were not initiated
<br />until spring 2008 when weather conditions were favorable enough to conduct operations. Some
<br />of the proj ect areas experienced a hard winter and late spring, so work is only now occurring. As
<br />of July 1, 2008, approximately 50 percent of the total project work has been completed.
<br />PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BENEFITS
<br />Following are examples of the type of project work that haslis taking place and the benefits that
<br />are being derived.
<br />The Summit County Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project distributed HB 1130 grant funds to 13
<br />recipients representing communities across the county. The project work includes thinning to
<br />reduce the risk of wildfire to communities and the risk ofhuman-caused fire that starts within the
<br />community and escapes and causes damage to watersheds. Summit County supplemented the
<br />$50,000 in grants funds provided for this project with $172,000 for fuels reduction work.
<br />The Greenlands Reserve is using the $36,000 they received to conduct the Straight Creek Forest
<br />Restoration Project. They are working with other Straight Creek watershed partners and
<br />stakeholders as part of a coordinated approach to enhance watershed protection, wildfire
<br />mitigation, and forest health in the Straight Creek drainage. The Greenlands Reserve completed a
<br />Watershed Assessment in October 2007 as part of the HB 1130 Forest Restoration Grant. On-the-
<br />groundforest restoration work planned as a result of this grant involves cutting lodgepole pines
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