Wasco County Commissioners approved the contract with the U.S. Forest Service for Community Wildfire Defense Fund projects which will see the County receive $5.94 million for mitigation projects over the next five years.  A key part of agreement will allow the County to recruit a Wildfire Coordinator.  County Planner Kelly Howsley-Glover says they are already getting interest in that position.  That coordinator will do much of the outreach work as the County seeks to increase its resiliency to wildfire.  Howsley-Glover noted they will begin formal recruitment once the Forest Service signs off on the agreement.