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State program awards $3.22M in grants to SLT Todd R. Hansen
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SUISUN CITY — The Solano Land Trust on Thursday was approved for a $2.97 million easement grant and a threeyear, $250,000 capacity building grant as part of the eighth round of funding through the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program. Tracy Ellison, conservation program manager for the land trust, said the easement grant is targeted for preserving 217 acres of prime irrigated row crop land – worked mostly in tomatoes – located between Putah Creek and the ELLISON Putah Creek Canal in the northeast area of the county. “Now that we have the grant, we have to develop the project,” Ellison said in a phone interview. She hopes to have the easement recorded in 12 to 18 months. The California Strategic Growth Council approved more than $74 million in its Round 8 awards, aimed at protecting 54,030 acres of agricultural lands “at risk of development,” the agency said Thursday in a statement. “The Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation program protects agricultural lands with a goal of reducing carbon emissions, supporting rural economies and accelerating conservation efforts,” Lynn von Koch-Liebert, executive director of the California Strategic Growth Council, said in the statement. “SALC See Grant, Page A8
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A house burns in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in rural Vacaville, Aug. 19, 2020.
State’s new fire severity zones show higher threats in Solano Todd R. Hansen
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Map of Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
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FAIRFIELD — Cal Fire has released proposed changes to the wildfire severity zones – changes that officials with the local fire safety councils say “are significant to our region.” “Overall, the map shows increased fire hazards, reflecting California’s increase in wildfire occurrence and severity because of many factors, including a changing climate,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement. That is true in Solano County, too. David Stevens, president of the Pleasants Valley Fire Safety Council, said there is very little of
the Pleasants Valley area that is not now considered as a high or very high risk for fire. “I don’t think the map is wrong, but we have to understand the map and which elements we can influence,” said Stevens, noting specifically public education and awareness, clearing away vegetation, evacuation planning and other wildfire prevention steps. “There is not a shortage of opportunities to improve things, just a shortage of people to do them,” he said. Rochelle Sherlock, president of the Green Valley Fire Safety Council, agrees the new map is more accurate to the current fire-risk See Zones, Page A8
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