Over $8 million invested in Montana to Expand Work to Confront the Wildfire Crisis

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Northern Region announces investments of more than $8 million on two National Forests in Montana, in support of the Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program (CWRRP). These investments will be funded by hazardous fuels funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.

CWRRP is designed to significantly reduce wildfire risk on National Forest Service lands outside of the 21 designated Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes. Lands eligible for the CWRRP funding must be within the Healthy Forest Restoration Act –Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and within...