Forest Funding Advances Montana Forest Restoration Work
A collaborative group of loggers, community development groups and conservationists working in coordination with the Forest Service will receive a second round of federal funding to advance forest restoration and forest employment in Montana. The Southwestern Crown Collaborative announced $3.5 million will be distributed to three National Forests in Montana as part of the “Collaborative [...]
Restoration Project Wins Funding
Missoula, MT. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell have announced (see attached letter) that a large-scale project to restore forested lands in Montana and create rural jobs has won significant federal funding for the next decade. The project will focus on the region encompassing the Blackfoot, Clearwater and Swan River [...]
Missoula, MT. – A local proposal to create more than 150 jobs and restore forest lands within the Southwestern Crown of the Continent is one of two nominated for a significant sum of federal funding by U.S. Forest Service Northern Regional Forester Leslie Weldon. If selected by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Forest Service [...]
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