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Sinema and Kelly shape $61 Million Investment for Arizona Wildfire Prevention

(KYMA, KECY/ AP News) - $61 million will be investedĀ in 2022 for wildfire prevention from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs law.

This bipartisan law being led by Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped by Senator Mark Kelly.

Sinema and Kellyā€™sĀ Infrastructure Investment and JobsĀ law provides $3 billion to implement a 10-year plan to fight wildfires in arizona and across the country.

$61Ā million of which will be invested directly in Arizona for the implementation of the 4 Forests Restoration Initiative, as well as in four critical recovery and mitigation projects.

Those projects include: theĀ Museum Fire Sediment Reduction Project,Ā theĀ Flagstaff Watershed Projection Project,Ā theĀ Coconino National Forest Cragin Watershed Protection Project, andĀ theĀ Tonto National Forest Cooperative Forest Restoration Project

The bipartisan law makes historic investments in strengthening and upgrading critical infrastructure systems to prevent and mitigate the impacts of wildfires and boost recovery from such disasters.

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Cole Johnson

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April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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