Outdoor Act funds maintenance projects on Lolo, Bitterroot forests
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and last updated 2021-03-16 10:29:55-04
MISSOULA â More than 50 maintenance projects on Montanaâs national forests have been selected to receive funding through the Great American Outdoors Act, including six on the Bitterroot National Forest and a dozen on the Lolo National Forest.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a list of more than 500 infrastructure projects selected nationwide to receive money from the Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. The restoration fund is part of the Great American Outdoors Act passed in July, which provides up to $9.5 billion for public land maintenance over the next five years and fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund with $900 million annually.
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