Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that USDA is embarking on a new era to mitigate wildfire risk. Secretary Rollins, USDA Forest Service Chief Randy Moore, and Sierra Pacific Industry CEO Mark Emmerson announced a $75 million Stewardship Agreement for constructing and maintaining strategically placed fuel breaks in national forests in California and Oregon. This investment significantly expands upon unprecedented efforts to create a network of fuel breaks across private and federal land to protect rural communities, reduce wildfire risk, and pave the way for historic rural prosperity. “Protecting the people we serve is one of our most sacred trusts, and this partnership with Sierra Pacific Industries stands as a testament to that commitment,” Rollins said. The agreement will initiate the process to develop, construct, and maintain shaded fuel break projects over a three-year period in California, adding another 400 miles to the existing 2,200 miles of interconnected fuel breaks.
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