Sanders County wildfire protection plan earmarked for funding
The River Road East Fire outside of Paradise in Sanders County ballooned to more than 13,000 acres with help from gusting winds Friday evening. (Mike Tatum photo)
For communities that face a high risk of wildfires, additional money is being released from the Forest Service. Up to $250 million in Community Wildfire Defense grants for selected vulnerable areas is earmarked to be dispersed, with $5.3 million of the total going to the Northern Region.
“The Community Wildfire Defense Grants are just one of many ways we are helping communities adapt to larger, more complex and more frequent wildfires,” said Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small.
A total of four projects were funded in the Northern Region and all are in Montana.
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