The fuels reduction projects will treat nearly 400 high-risk forest and grassland acres throughout the county

Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Commissioners have approved the distribution of over $685,000 in awards for the Fall 2025 cycle of the Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant (SFMG) program.

The grants will be matched by more than $950,000 from partner agencies, increasing the scale and impact of the work. The fuels reduction projects will treat nearly 400 high-risk forest and grassland acres throughout the county.

Five grants were approved for funding. Recipients include:

• Colorado State Forest Service (2 projects)
  • Crescent Park Fuels Reduction Project
  • Eldorado Canyon - Kneale Road Project
• The Watershed Center (2 projects)
  • Girl Scout Camp Mitigation Project
  • Plateau Road Grazing Project
• Town of Lyons Fuels Reduction Project

“We are so pleased to receive SFMG funding so we can significantly expand our wildfire mitigation work in town limits,” said Mayor Hollie Rogin, from the Town of Lyons, one of this cycle’s award recipients. “With this grant, the Town can double our impact when we reduce fuels in neighborhoods, near schools, and on town-owned open space. We are grateful to be able to strengthen our long-term community resilience.”

Since its inception in the fall of 2023, the SFMG program has granted nearly $5.4M to local fire protection districts, municipalities, and community organizations to fund treatment on over 2,800 acres.

The SFMG program is funded by the county’s Wildfire Mitigation Tax, approved by voters in November 2022. View more information on the Boulder County Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant Program webpage, or contact Meg Halford, Wildfire Partners Forest and Grasslands Project Coordinator, at mhalford@bouldercounty.gov or 720-564-2843.

Before, left, and after photos of a densely overgrown forest area at the Cal-Wood Education Center in Jamestown, from the fall 2024 cycle of the Strategic Fuels Mitigation Grant program.

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