Oregon DEQ awards $1.3 million In Grants, May 3

DEQ release – STATEWIDE, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has awarded $1.3M in grant funding to 20 organizations and county and tribal governments across the state to work on projects related to smoke management. The 2022 Smoke Management Grants were made available as part of Senate Bill 762 (2021), which promotes wildfire preparedness by creating fire-adapted communities, developing safe and effective wildfire and smoke responses and increasing the resiliency of Oregon’s landscape. Grants support projects that create alternatives to outdoor burning of yard debris or slash, enhance tribes’ smoke preparedness, develop Community Response Plans and implement previously finalized CRP plans. Grant recipients on the South Coast: Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians – Tribal Smoke Preparedness; Coquille Indian Tribe – Tribal Smoke Preparedness.