BRETT FRENCH
From modernizing the Missoula Smokejumper Visitor Center to resurfacing the Delmoe Lake Road outside Butte, a portion of $285 million from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund could be coming to Montana this year.
The amount of the funding for Region 1 forests in Montana is uncertain, according to Dan Hottle, Northern Region press officer.
âWe still donât know when or how much will be released,â he said.
However, the Forest Serviceâs Rocky Mountain Region announced in a press release that its forests would be receiving $31.5 million for 90 proposed projects this year. The Rocky Mountain Region includes forests in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Region 1 covers Montana, a portion of the Dakotas and the Idaho Panhandle.
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