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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
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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.
© 2003 - 2008 Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D Area and Northern
Rocky Mountain EDD
“All
programs and assistance of the RC&D Council and the EDD 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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