Fire season is here - are you ready?
Many of you have seen the news announcements of the large amounts of money coming to the Kootenai National Forest (KNF), Montana DNRC, Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) and Lincoln County for fuel reduction projects.
The Kootenai Complex is one of only 10 fire prone landscapes across the Western United States that has been designated as a priority for implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy. $21.7 million has been received by the KNF alone in the last three years, according to coordinator Nikia Hernandez, with over 8,000 acres of fuels treatments already completed.
There are also many other fuel reduction projects tied to timber sales that are scheduled or tied up in litigation.
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