NRCS Wildfire Rehabilitation Assistance

Montana Wildfires - Background Information

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program available for local sponsors to use to aid in recovery work. NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to install measures that reduce post-fire damage. The measures are intended to reduce threats to life or property, retard runoff, restore capacity of waterways, prevent flooding and/or soil erosion and reduce damage from sediment and debris. The removal of debris deposited by the disaster that is a health or safety hazard can be a part of such measures as well.

In addition to the EWP Program, NRCS offers conservation information and expertise to individual home owners or land owners seeking technical assistance in their rehabilitation efforts.

For current fire information, see the following web sites:

• National Interagency Fire Center
• Northern Rockies Coordination Center
• Northern Rockies Incident Information

Fire rehabilitation information:

• Contour Log Felling
• Contour Scarification
• Erosion Control Netting
• Mulching
• Protect Your Home
• Revegetating After Wildfires
• Salvage Merchantable Trees
• Sandbag Barrier
• Silt Fence
• Straw Bale Check Dam
• Stream Channel Conductivity
• Wildfire Burn Severity Classification
• Wildfire Rehabilitation Assistance: What can you do to protect your home and property after a wildfire?
• Hydrophobicity. Soil Quality Technical Note available under Soil Quality Publications on the Soil Quality Institute web page.

Fire safety and prevention information:

• Preparing for Wildfire on Montana Rangelands: A Landowner's Guide
• Preparing Your Home for Wildfire
• Water Conservation Tips for Homeowners

Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)

• National NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program Web Site
• Information for EWP sponsors

How to Request Assistance

• From the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Related Fire Recovery Information

• Montana Fire Recovery Information Web Site (State of Montana web site)
• USDA Disaster Assistance
• After the Burn: Assessing and Managing Your Forestland After a Wildfire (University of Idaho Extension web site)

Last Modified: 11/28/2007