Wildland Fire Prevention Education Impact in Montana
GrantID: 75471
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Deadline: Ongoing
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Montana recorded 1,147 wildland fire starts in 2022 that burned 785,000 acres, with 63 percent of ignitions attributed to human activity according to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The state's 56 counties include 30 classified as frontier, each averaging fewer than six residents per square mile. These counties account for 48 percent of all human-caused starts despite containing only 19 percent of the population.
Seasonal agricultural burning and dispersed recreational use along the Rocky Mountain Front and Missouri River Breaks create ignition patterns distinct from neighboring states. Montana State University Extension surveys show that only 34 percent of landowners in these counties participate in any annual fire-wise assessment, compared with 51 percent in Idaho counties of similar size. The absence of municipal fire departments in 22 counties shifts prevention responsibility entirely to individual property owners and volunteer fire districts.
Outcome measurement for Montana applications centers on documented reduction in human-caused starts within targeted counties. Proposals must include baseline ignition data from the prior five fire seasons and a data-collection protocol using DNRC incident reports. Evaluators require evidence that education delivery methods account for seasonal workforce movement, with winter sessions scheduled around calving and harvest cycles rather than standard academic calendars.
Successful programs integrate with existing county fire councils and the Montana Forest Stewardship Program. They track metrics such as completed defensible-space assessments and participation in permitted burn training rather than general awareness scores. Montana applications receive higher scores when they demonstrate coordination with the state's limited broadband infrastructure by using offline materials and in-person follow-up rather than web-based modules.
Montana differs from Idaho and Wyoming because its combination of checkerboard federal-state-private land ownership and volunteer-only fire coverage in frontier counties requires prevention education to be delivered through existing agricultural and conservation district networks rather than centralized state agencies.
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