June 14, 2025 News

Audit Highlights Imbalance in Montana’s Wildland Firefighting Fees

Montana’s current system for calculating landowners’ fees for wildland firefighting resources is outdated, as highlighted in an April legislative audit. The Fire Assessment Program, managed by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), involves levying fees on 5 million acres of privately-owned land for firefighting costs. However, the audit

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