DENVER – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced a federal grant for the State of Colorado that makes $1,000,008.90 available to the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.
This grant is one of many federal grants that resulted from a presidential disaster declaration for severe storms, tornadoes, flooding and mudslides that occurred in May and June, 2015, affecting 14 Colorado counties. A total of more than $21 million dollars has been provided to the affected communities.
This $1 million grant represents the federal cost share for repairs and mitigation to a water augmentation system and a series of wells and water pipelines owned by Colorado Parks and Wildlife in Sedgwick County at the Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area.
The funding is provided through FEMA’s Public Assistance Grant Program, which reimburses state, tribal, local and certain non-profit agencies for a portion of the repair and rebuilding of public infrastructure damaged as a result of a presidentially-declared disaster.
Under the program, the federal cost share is 75-percent of the total cost of the project, which was $1,333,345.20. The remaining share of the costs was the responsibility of the state.