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Colorado will receive $5 million in federal grants to remove dead trees along 150 miles of roadside hit by the large-scale mountain pine-beetle infestation, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday.
Fire-prevention projects will also remove hazardous fuels around private property, communities at risk and critical municipal watersheds serving Denver and the Front Range.
The Colorado grant is among $33 million in wildfire-protection projects being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Vilsack said in a speech to the International Association of Firefighters.
Other states receiving funds are California, Florida and Oregon.
Mark Jaffe, The Denver Post
