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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With federal funds in limbo, Ouray seeks options to reduce wildfire danger
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.