 - The Wyoming Grants Management Office (GMO) will be hosting a free 90-minute Wildfire Recovery Webinar with federal and state partners at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.){kind=link}
(Cheyenne, WY) – The Wyoming Grants Management Office (GMO) will be hosting a free 90-minute Wildfire Recovery Webinar with federal and state partners at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.
The session is for landowners, homeowners, business owners and non-profits that have been devastated by wildfires.
The workshop will help stakeholders become knowledgeable about available relief, including how to assess grants, make applications, and connect with federal and state agency experts.
The interactive webinar includes an opportunity for participants to direct questions to state and federal grants experts.
“The wildfire relief webinar provides essential information for anyone with property impacted by the fires here in Wyoming over these last few years,” Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said. “It gives landowners, homeowners, and business owners an opportunity to explore potential funding options to help rebuild lost forage and infrastructure, learn what programs have been eliminated, those that remain, and some that are new.
“Owing to the change in administration at the federal level, we wanted to make sure property owners have access to the most up-to-date information.”
Gordon emphasized funding opportunities are available with or without disaster relief designations.
“This workshop offers an incredible chance to explore diverse funding sources for wildfire management, tailored specifically for Wyoming,” Wyoming State Forester Kelly Norris said. “It encompasses every phase, from pre-planning and prevention to post-fire recovery.”
Resources list
In addition to the webinar, the GMO has created an extensive Wildfire Recovery Resources List.
“Nearly all of Wyoming’s economy is derived from our natural resources,” Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Executive Director Bob Budd said. “The conversion of native grasslands and woodlands through invasive species is a massive threat to all we hold dear and to our basic economic infrastructure. … Annual grasses, encroaching conifers, and other structural changes to the landscape create a fire risk that is unparalleled in our history, and if we don’t address these changes aggressively, we will inherit a fire-dominated landscape whose costs dwarf the funding it takes to prevent this disaster.”
Click here to register for the Wildfire Recovery Webinar.