Off-Highway Vehicle Grant Applications

Name Amount Description BLM OHV Trail Stewards are responsible for minor trail maintenance, providing visitor information & education, monitoring BLM Butte Field Office $16,000.00 for compliance with BLM's travel plan rules & regulations, monitoring for resource damage & visitor safety, and offering minor first aid assistance in emergency situations.

The Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Assn manages an ongoing program to conduct trail clearing and tread maintenance on 3 Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association $20,000.00 mountain ranges with two Trail Stewards, providing ethics & education material to people they encounter on the Forest.

Develop new OHV routes in the Bitterroot National Forest by connecting 3.8 miles of abandoned logging roads with six Ravalli County Off Road User Association $13,200.00 short new trail segments totaling 1.1 miles.

US Forest Service $4,660.00 Critical repair and drainage maintenance for 1.5 miles motorized trail 2415 in the Benbow area of the Beartooth Mountains. USFS-Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest-Butte This project would complete important data collection of motorized trail system in Whitetail-Pipestone OHV area and also $14,250.00 Ranger District conduct OHV trail maintenance on the Butte Ranger District. USFS-Bitterroot National Forest-Darby Ranger This project will involve trail maintenance on portions of the 83 miles of motorized trail on the Bitterroot National Forest, $16,000.00 District provide for resource protection and rehabilitation, and provide OHV safety and ethics education to the public. USFS-Custer Gallatin National Forest-Ashland This project includes the maintenance and education to 430 miles of motorized trails on the Ashland Ranger District that is $15,960.00 Ranger District used by multiple users. USFS-Custer Gallatin National Forest-Bozeman Improving Motorized Trail Conditions and Visitor Experiences on the Bozeman Ranger District. Providing a Seasonal Trail $16,000.00 Ranger District Steward to Increase Maintenance Capacity on an Additional 150 Miles of Summer OHV Trails.

2021 funding for Hebgen Lake Ranger District's motorized trail maintenance, rehab and improvements, clearing motorized USFS-Custer Gallatin National Forest-Hebgen Lake $15,840.00 trails of debris, trail tread and switchback/climbing turn improvements, drainage work, brushing, maintain/improve signs on Ranger District motorized trail routes.

This project includes the maintenance of multiple-use motorized trails on the Yellowstone Ranger District. This proposal USFS-Custer Gallatin National Forest-Yellowstone $15,100.00 includes: clearing downfall, cleaning and installing drainage structures, public education, sign installation, and trailhead Ranger District maintenance. The FS is requesting an OHV grant to fund the salary of the trail steward position; the two ranger districts manage a USFS-Helena Lewis and Clark National Forest-Helena $16,000.00 network of over 200 miles of motorized trail and the trail steward position is critical to keeping these trails maintained, Ranger District safe, signed, and available for the public to use. USFS-Lolo National Forest-Plains/Thompson Falls The grant will be used to fund a seasonal employee who will work with our trails crew to maintain OHV trails, patrol OHV $18,878.80 Ranger District trails and inventory needs on OHV trails. USFS-Lolo National Forest-Superior Ranger District $19,999.61 User access improvement to the Savenac Creek area's motorized trail system.

$201,888.41