The U.S. Forest Service said this week that $250,000 in federal funding was given to each of Jacksonville and Sarasota County as part of efforts to protect homes, businesses, and infrastructure from wildfires.
Under the federal Community Wildfire Defense Grant program, 158 local governments nationwide, including Jacksonville and Sarasota County, received funding.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small said in a prepared statement, “The Community Wildfire Defense Grants are just one of many ways we are helping communities adapt to larger, more complex, and more frequent wildfires.”
The United States Department of Agriculture includes the Forest Service.
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