A project to removed diseased and dead trees like this one in the Amphitheater area above Ouray, photographed last summer, is on hold while local officials wait on federal funding. Photo by Erin McIntyre | Ouray County Plaindealer
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City seeks options to reduce wildfire danger, without federal funds
Ouray launches committee to find local solutions
Ouray city leaders are exploring other ways to address dead, fallen trees littering neighborhoods and hillsides now that it’s unclear when a large-scale, federally funded wildfire mitigation project will come to fruition.
During a Sept. 2 council meeting, city officials discussed alternative options for soliciting public participation in clearing up tree carcasses around the city to mitigate wildfire risk while a 93-acre forest mitigation project is in limbo.
The plan to clear dead and dying...
