Good Neighbor Authority taking shape on the local landscape

SEELEY LAKE – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Clearwater Unit Supervisor Kristen Baker-Dickinson and US Forest Service Seeley Lake District Ranger Quinn Carver presented about the local applications of the Good Neighbor Authority at the Seeley Lake Community Council meeting June 10. They are both excited about this opportunity to increase the pace and scale of forest restoration and resiliency work in the area.

The Good Neighbor Authority was put into law in the 2014 Farm Bill and the authority expanded in the 2018 Omnibus Bill to include categorical exclusions up to 3...