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Bridger Aerospace Awarded Exclusive-Use Contract by State of Montana for Innovative Wildfire Detection Aircraft

Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings, Inc. (“Bridger” or “Bridger Aerospace”) (NASDAQ: BAER, BAERW), announced today that, after participating in a competitive bidding process, it has been notified by the State of Montana as the successful bidder for an exclusive-use contract to provide wildfire detection and mapping using a specially modified Daher Kodiak 100 aircraft.

OIG report questions over $200 million in USFS spending earmarked for fuels reduction

Feb-27-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

A report from the Office of the Inspector General questions more than $200 million spent by the U.S. Forest Service on hazardous fuels management.

Governor Gianforte: DNRC Places Nearly 130,000 Acres Under Management in First Term

Feb-21-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) placed nearly 130,000 forested acres under management since he took office.

Zinke Joins Sheehy on Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Aerial Wildland Firefighting

Feb-09-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

Western Congressman Ryan Zinke signed onto the Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act to ensure the aerial wildfire suppression fleet is mission ready to combat the year-round threat of wildfires.

UM Research: Reforestation Needs in the West to Double by 2050

Feb-09-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

Two recent University of Montana studies are demystifying how increasing wildfires and hotter annual temperatures limit forest regeneration in the Western U.S., revealing that our capacity to plant trees can’t keep pace with reforestation needs.

Sheehy, Padilla Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Create National Wildland Firefighting Service

Feb-09-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) and Alex Padilla (D – Calif.) today introduced the Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act to dramatically reform and streamline the American wildland firefighting apparatus.

Conducting Prescribed Fire, Lake Como, Darby Sula R.D. Bitterroot N.F. Firefighter from Engine 631 conducts prescribed fire operations.

Governor Gianforte Praises DNRC for 2024 Fire Season Response

Jan-28-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

State kept 95 percent of wildland fires to 10 acres or fewer HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today praised the Montana Department […]

Daines Introduces Bill to Make Increased Wildland Firefighters’ Pay Permanent

Jan-18-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Wildfire

U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced his bipartisan “Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act” to maintain the pay raise secured for Montana wildland firefighters in Daines’ bipartisan “Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act” that was signed into law in 2021.