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Hazardous Fuels Reduction -
The Northern Rocky Mountain Resource Conservation &
Development Area and Gallatin, Park, and Meagher County
Extension offices have joined forces to assist
landowners with creating survivable space around their
homes for better protection from wildland fires. The
program offers technical and financial assistance for
landowners to develop and implement a hazardous fuels
mitigation plan. Through grant funding the program is
able to provide a 50% cost share to landowners who
implement the plan. The cost share assists landowners
with paying for fuels reduction work (clearing,
thinning, and trimming vegetation). County professionals
provide direct technical assistance to guide landowners
through this process.
Successes to
Date -
The Northern Rocky
Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Area and
Gallatin, Park, and Meagher County Extension offices
have produced the following results through this
program:
● Received
217 applications
requesting assistance
● Assisted
160 homeowners
financially with hazardous fuels reduction
● Provided technical
assistance for fuels reduction to an additional 95
homeowners
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Treated over 467 acres of
hazardous fuels
Project areas where work
has been accomplished include:
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33 projects in Cooke
City/Silver Gate – Park County
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7 projects in the
West Boulder – Park County
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19 projects in the
Livingston area – Park County
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9 projects in the Smith
Creek area – Meager County
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40 projects in the Big
Sky area – Gallatin and Madison Counties
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41 projects in the Bozeman
area – Gallatin County
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22 projects in West
Yellowstone – Gallatin County
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13 projects in White Sulphur Springs - Meagher County
From 2007-2009, total grant
funding received is $400,000.00. These funding
sources include: National Forest Foundation, Big Sky
Resort Area District, Montana DNRC and U.S. Forest
Service.
For Information, Contact
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Crystal Hagerman, Natural Resources Program Coordinator,
Gallatin County Extension, 201 W. Madison, Ste. 300
Belgrade, MT 59714 (406) 388-3213 Cell (406) 209-0344,
gallatin3@montana.edu.
© 2003 - 2008 Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D Area
“All
programs and assistance of the RC&D Council are
available without regard to race, color, national origin,
political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital or family
status. Persons with disabilities who require alternative
means of communication of program information (Braille, large
print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).”
Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D - 502 South 19th, Suite
105, Bozeman, MT 59718 - 406-582-5700
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