Reduce the risk of home loss to wildfire through the use of green, vegetative fuel breaks. Projects will be located in the Texas High Plains. The goal of the grant is to protect high-risk communities by reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire on private and public lands.
Grant recipients will be reimbursed up to $2,500 for actual costs associated with creating a green, vegetative fuel break, consisting of a minimum of 3 rows of trees and 400 feet in length. Reimbursable costs include services of a landscape/planting contractor, trees, weed barrier, ground staples, protection tubes, stakes, tree shades, wire wickets, drip irrigation systems, the rental of a tree planter and the rental of a fabric layer.