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Colorado starts rolling out wildfire prevention grants spurred by 2020’s devastating blazes

$7 million of $17.5 million doled out for wildfire fuel reduction so far

Robert "Grizz" Maguire, 60, leans up ...
Rachel Ellis, The Denver Post
Robert “Grizz” Maguire, 60, leans up against his truck as he watches smoke pass by from the East Troublesome fire in Granby on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Maguire said he was not planning to evacuate. “At this point, there’s not point for me to leave,” he said. “If I get burnt out, I start over. This isn’t the first time I’ve lost everything and it probably won’t be the last.”
Nick Coltrain - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program is aimed at preventing "minor fires from becoming major fires," Gov. Jared Polis said at the event about state mitigation efforts.
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