弗吉尼亚州获逾5200万美元联邦睦邻协议资金：十年修复飓风Helene灾区，约400英里步道将重建
弗吉尼亚州州长 Abigail Spanberger 10月27日在州府里士满宣布，弗吉尼亚州通过与美国农业部林务局签署的睦邻协议（Good Neighbor Agreements）获得逾5,200万美元联邦资金，在未来十年支持弗吉尼亚州西南部与西部、飓风 Helene 灾区的恢复项目。资金经乔治华盛顿与杰斐逊国家森林、州林业厅与州自然保护与休闲厅实施，用于联邦、州与私人土地上的修复工程。
Spanberger 说：「Helene 过去两年了，我们知道弗吉尼亚州西南部各社区仍有大量重建与加固工作要做。这5,200万美元将支持关键地方基础设施、提振我们的户外休闲经济，让本地区更能抵御未来灾害。」州林务官 Terry Lasher 表示，林务局的合作对协助州政府与林地业主推进恢复工作至关重要；州自然保护与休闲厅长 Nikki Rovner 说，协议将为修复格雷森高地与 Douthat 两座州立公园受 Helene 损毁的步道与休闲设施提供关键资源。
项目清单包括：休闲基础设施恢复1,390万美元，重建约400英里受损步道及相关设施，含危险树移除、排水改善与道路桥梁修复；原生森林植被再生1,550万美元，每年处理约500英亩；持续野火隐患治理与计划烧除950万美元，每年机械处理250英亩、计划烧除至少1,000英亩；州有森林生态修复530万美元；入侵物种控制320万美元，每年处理1,000至5,000英亩；莱克星顿市 Moore's Creek 水库大坝安全350万美元；门户社区林业项目128万美元，至少12个项目。工作范围将持续至2036年。
联邦参议员 Mark Warner 与 Tim Kaine、联邦众议员 Morgan Griffith 均表示，这笔资金是他们协助争取的联邦救灾投入的一部分，将用于恢复受损森林、修复关键基础设施并帮助社区防范未来灾害。
Virginia Announces Over $52 Million in Forest Service Good Neighbor Agreements for Hurricane Helene Recovery Over 10 Years
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced in Richmond on October 27 that more than $52 million will support projects across Southwest and Western Virginia through Good Neighbor Agreements signed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USFS). The agreements, signed through the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, the Virginia Department of Forestry and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, provide federal funding over a 10-year period for projects on federal, state and private lands, primarily within the Hurricane Helene disaster recovery area in Southwest Virginia.
'Two years after Helene, we know there is still significant work to be done to rebuild and strengthen communities across Southwest Virginia,' Spanberger said. 'This $52 million will support critical local infrastructure, bolster our outdoor recreation economy, and help make the region more resilient to future disasters.' State Forester Terry Lasher said the partnership with the Forest Service will assist Virginia and its forest landowners with ongoing recovery efforts, and DCR Director Nikki Rovner said the agreement provides critical resources to repair and rebuild trails and recreational infrastructure damaged by Helene at Grayson Highlands and Douthat state parks.
Planned projects include $13.9 million for recreational infrastructure recovery, restoring approximately 400 miles of trails and related facilities including hazard tree removal, drainage improvements and repairs to roads, bridges and trailheads; $15.5 million for native forest vegetation regeneration treating about 500 acres per year; $9.5 million for wildfire hazard mitigation and prescribed burning, mechanically treating 250 acres a year and burning at least 1,000 acres per year; $5.3 million for ecological restoration of state forests; $3.2 million for invasive species control treating 1,000 to 5,000 acres per year; $3.5 million for dam safety at the City of Lexington's Moore's Creek reservoir; and $1.28 million for community forestry work in gateway communities, with at least 12 projects planned. The scope of work runs through 2036.
U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith said they helped secure the federal disaster relief funding behind the $52 million, which will restore damaged forests, repair critical infrastructure and better protect communities from future disasters.
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图片来源：弗吉尼亚州格雷森高地州立公园（资料图，本次补助将修复该园受Helene损毁的步道）。Ken Thomas 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia (file photo; its Helene-damaged trails will be repaired under the agreements). Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
