Specific projects have now been outlined and contracts awarded in relation to the new CAL FIRE wildfire prevention grant announced in late April. It’s worth 950-thousand dollars. The largest contract, approved at Tuesday’s Nevada County Board of Supervisor meeting, was for 300-thousand dollars. Public Works principal engineer, Patrick Perkins, said it’s for removing the remaining December snowstorm debris from roads, to improve ingress and egress…

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A 98-thousand dollar contract was also awarded for removing storm materials that have been piling up at the Rise Mine site. There’s also another 21-thousand to assist the county with more green waste drop off days. County Supervisor Heidi Hall wondered if that would cover much and wished more could be spent…

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More removal help for low-income residents was also, again, suggested by board members. Over the last three years, the county has received over eight-point-seven million dollars from CAL FIRE for proactive vegetation mitigation projects.