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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 defensible space around their homes. Through this partnership, we will reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and implement management practices that increase forest health. The program provides technical and financial assistance for landowners to develop and implement a hazardous fuels mitigation plan. Through grant funding we are able to provide up to a 50% cost share to landowners who implement the plan. The cost share assists landowners with paying for fuels reduction work (clearing, thinning, 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 120 applications requesting assistance

●  Assisted 75 homeowners financially with hazardous fuels reduction

●  Provided technical assistance for fuels reduction to an additional 80 homeowners

●  Treated over 200 acres of hazardous fuels (over 50 acres are currently in the process of treatment)

 

Project areas where work has been accomplished include:

 

●  19 projects in Cooke City/Silver Gate – Park County

●   7 projects in the West Boulder – Park County

●  11 projects in the Livingston area – Park County

●   3 projects in the Smith Creek area – Meager County

●  14 projects in the Big Sky area – Gallatin and Madison Counties

●   8 projects in the Bozeman area – Gallatin County

●   2 projects in West Yellowstone – Gallatin County

For Information, Contact - Crystal Hagerman, Natural Resources Field Technician Gallatin County Extension 201 W. Madison, Ste. 300 Belgrade, MT 59714 (406) 388-3213 Cell (406) 209-0344 gallatin3@montana.edu.

 

 

 

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Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D - 502 South 19th, Suite 105, Bozeman, MT 59718 - 406-582-5700