This project is completed.
A Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership Project
The Red Mountain Flume/Chessman Reservoir (Tenmile Watershed) in Montana was one of the watersheds chosen in FY 2014 as part of the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. The goal of the partnership is to improve the health and resiliency of forest ecosystems where public and private lands meet through a partnership between the Forest Service and NRCS. The vision is to restore lands across large landscapes regardless of ownership, reduce wildfire threats to communities and landowners, protect water quality and supply, and improve habitat for at-risk species seamlessly across public and private lands. To accomplish this, Forest Service and NRCS have launched a coordinated effort on priority forested watersheds to deliver on-the-ground accomplishments by leveraging technical and financial resources, and coordinating activities on adjacent public and private lands.
This project is for restoration of the watershed to protect communities, watershed health and drinking water. This watershed contributes 80 percent of the water supply for Helena, Montana. Successful implementation of this project will protect public health and safety, reduce the risk of erosion and flooding that could result from a wildfire, and potentially save millions of dollars in mitigation costs. The project has a three-year program of work.
The application cutoff date for FY2016 EQIP Tenmile Creek Forestry Project Project funding in Montana is May 20, 2016.
Fiscal year 2016 funding: USFS - $131,000; NRCS - $302,800
Fiscal year 2015 funding: USFS - $171,000; NRCS - $129,000
Fiscal year 2014 funding: USFS - $800,000; NRCS - $65,000
Additional Information
Contact
Jon George
Phone: 406-449-5000 ext. 101
E-mail: Jonathan.George
