Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and City receive second round of wildfire reduction government grants
PRINCE GEORGE–The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and City of Prince George were two of eight recipients of government grants to help with wildfire reduction projects.
The BC Government gave $574,840 to eight local governments and First Nations Communities to help with wildfire initiatives.
The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation was granted $18,000 to assist with education, emergency planning, cross-training, and FireSmart activities for private land. The City of Prince George was granted $229,160 to assist with education, emergency planning, cross-training, fuel and vegetation management and FireSmart activities for private land.
The money is the second round of grants from the Community Resiliency Investment program. There are 44 grants that have been distributed province-wide from the program’s first application intake.