Hazardous Fuels Reduction Grant Program

The Hazardous Fuels Reduction Grant focuses on reducing the risk of wildland fire and catastrophic losses to resources and property in high priority areas, which may result from a wildland fire encroaching from adjacent National Forest System (NFS) lands.

PROJECTS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING INTENT:

▪ Protect communities within the WUI when prescribed fire is planned on NFS lands that have the potential to place WUI
communities at risk. Projects shall be located within an average fire weather single-day burn window of NFS treatments units; generally interpreted to be 3-5 miles in western and central Montana and 10 miles in eastern Montana, subject to forest conditions.
▪ Occur within a specific geographic boundary, aligning treatments across neighboring properties to maximize benefits of project activities.
▪ Project initiation must be in advance and within three years of planned hazardous fuels reduction activities on adjacent NFS lands.

GRANT AMOUNT & REVIEW
▪ Budget requests should be $50,000 or less.
▪ Proposals accepted on an on-going basis and reviewed quarterly by a designated panel when funding is available.

MATCH
▪ Requires a 25% match, calculated as a percentage of total grant funds requested.
▪ Generally, match should be met by the landowners through contributions towards the completion of their hazardous fuels reduction project.