The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant to Flathead Electric Cooperative Inc. under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720). The grant will fund the implementation of the Glacier Gateway wildfire mitigation project in Montana over a five-year period from September 2024 to August 2029. The program aims to assist at-risk communities in planning and implementing projects to reduce wildfire risks, including developing and revising Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPPs) and implementing risk reduction activities within those plans. The grant will support comprehensive wildfire risk assessments, hazardous fuels reduction, and landscape restoration efforts to create fire-adapted communities in the Glacier Gateway region.
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