Montana Forest Action Plan Pre-Proposal

The DNRC is excited to announce that funding has been secured from the State’s Fire Suppression Fund to help further the implementation of the Montana Forest Action Plan (MFAP) which identifies where priority forest treatments should be focused statewide. You can view the priority areas here. DNRC is requesting project pre-proposals that reduce wildfire risk and improve forest health on state, county, tribal, and private lands, as well as federal lands through the Good Neighbor Authority.

Pre-Proposals will be screened for relevance, MFAP priorities and priority areas, readiness of project activities, and applicant and project eligibility. Strong proposals will involve multiple collaborating partners, engaged in cross-boundary management to address at least one of the following through forest management and conservation actions: forest health; wildfire risk; working forests and economies; biodiversity and habitat; human and community health; urban and community forests. Additionally, projects should be implementation-ready and have a completion timeline not to exceed 24 months.

Funding requests should be a minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $300,000 for single-party applications or $500,000 for multi-party applications.

There is a 4:1 match ratio (grant : match) requirement for all projects.

Grants will be reimbursement based.