Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest to get $3.3M to reduce fire hazards

The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest will receive $3.3 million to invest in critical fuels reduction work, it was announced Tuesday.

The Black Mountain fire burned in late July near Lincoln.

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Northern Region announced investments of more than $8 million in the Helena-Lewis and Clark and Custer-Gallatin national forests in support of the Collaborative Wildfire Risk Reduction Program (CWRRP).

These investments will be funded by hazardous fuels funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, officials said. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is investing $100 million in 21 new projects to expand work on the Forest Service’s strategy to reduce the risk to communities, critical infrastructure and forests from the nation’s growing wildfire crisis.

The new projects span 14 states and 18 national forests and are part of the $3.2 billion investment made possible through President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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