Lewistown Field Office
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Lewistown Field Office Receives Stimulus Funds
The Bureau of Land Management’s Lewistown Field Office (LFO) will be receiving approximately $3.3 million stimulus dollars through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
According to Lewistown Field Manager Stan Benes, these monies will be used among three primary categories; habitat restoration, capitol improvement and deferred maintenance.
“We’ve got about 15 different projects spread among these three categories. Some of these projects include fighting noxious weeds, completing the paving work on our Lewistown fire retardant plant to improve our fire fighting capabilities, improving visitor contact stations along the Upper Missouri River, road work associated with timber salvage efforts, cultural clearances, road/travel signing, dam stabilization and improving a boat ramp on the Missouri River,” according to Benes.
These projects are among the nearly 650 BLM projects across the West that will benefit from the Reinvestment Act of 2009. Every project scheduled to receive funding was graded upon its potential to stimulate the local economy, maximize potential job opportunities, result in prudent investments that support BLM’s mission, and rose to the surface via a merit-based selection process.
The BLM plans to have every funded project significantly completed or at least obligated/contracted by September 2010.
The public is invited to follow the progress of each project on www.interior.gov/recovery.
The BLM manages more land - over 245 million acres - than any other Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
Lewistown Field Office 920 NE Main Street Lewistown, MT 59457