Feds Deny Aid for Yosemite’s Rim Fire
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
“The federal government this week rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s request to help pay for damage caused by the Rim Fire, leaving the state and the small Sierra communities that suffered in the blaze on the hook for potentially tens of millions of dollars.
“In a letter sent to the governor Monday, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said California’s third-largest wildfire was not severe enough to qualify as a federal disaster. As a result, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties won’t get financial aid to repair roads, water systems and other damaged infrastructure.”
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