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The U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior traveled to western Montana on Wednesday to announce a chunk of funding aimed at bolstering local efforts to combat wildland fires.

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior traveled to western Montana on Wednesday to announce a chunk of funding aimed at bolstering local efforts to combat wildland fires.

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior traveled to western Montana on Wednesday to announce a chunk of funding aimed at bolstering local efforts to combat wildland fires.

The U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior traveled to western Montana on Wednesday to announce a chunk of funding aimed at bolstering local efforts to combat wildland fires.

To better understand how the public would like the lands managed, the federal agency is conducting an ecosystem analysis at the watershed scale.

Many residents of the Missoula area are familiar with the lands along the lower Blackfoot River, even though they’ve only recently become truly public.

The demonstration project is a field trial that will determine the agricultural value of biochar and best methods and conditions for using mobile incinerators.