This project is focused on reducing the volume of hazardous fuels on state and private land adjacent to or directly impacting federal lands for the purpose of reducing the risk of wildland fire and…

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1-Northern Region awarded $426,400 to North Dakota State University, operating as the North Dakota Forest Service, on June 10, 2026, under the State & Private Forestry Hazardous Fuel Reduction Program (CFDA 10.697) to conduct hazardous fuels reduction work on state and private land adjacent to federal lands in southwest North Dakota. The work reduces wildfire risk and protects communities, private property, and critical infrastructure by continuing an ongoing effort to reduce hazardous fuels in a ponderosa pine stand. Performance runs through May 31, 2031, with work performed in North Dakota.

This project is focused on reducing the volume of hazardous fuels on state and private land adjacent to or directly impacting federal lands for the purpose of reducing the risk of wildland fire and protecting communities, private property, and critical infrastructure. The funding request will cover the cost of conducting hazardous fuels reduction work in southwest north dakota. This project will support past hazardous fuels projects and closely align with an ongoing federal hazardous fuels reduction project. This project continues an ongoing attempt to reduce hazardous fuels in a southwestern north dakota ponderosa pine stand. This project closely aligns with an ongoing federal project and is imperative to protecting lives, property, and critical state and national infrastructure.