Tester Secures Nearly $1.7 Million For Wildfire Prevention In Missoula County
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023:
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he secured $1,683,300 in U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Community Wildfire Defense Grants from his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to mitigate wildfire risk in Missoula County. The funding awarded to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Blackfoot Watershed Refugia will be used to increase the scale . . .
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he secured $1,683,300 in U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Community Wildfire Defense Grants from his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to mitigate wildfire risk in Missoula County. The funding awarded to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Blackfoot Watershed Refugia will be used to increase the scale . . .