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Lawmakers back study bill to review Montana fire-suppression policy and costs

2663884 · March 17, 2025
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Representative Steve Gist told the Senate Natural Resources Committee that House Bill 70 would require an EQC study of Montana—s wildland fire suppression policies, methods and costs and provide $50,000 for related expenses.

Representative Steve Gist told the Senate Natural Resources Committee that House Bill 70, an Environmental Quality Council (EQC) bill, would require a study of state fire-suppression issues, methods and costs and provide an appropriation to support that work. "If you don't know the past, you don't want to make the same mistakes you had in the past," Gist said, framing the measure as a means to…

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