Northern Rockies Coordinating Group (NRCG)

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NORTHERN ROCKIES ZONES

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NORTH IDAHO		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Jim Gray Nez Perce National Forest Route 2, Box 475 Grangeville, Idaho 83530 Phone: 208-983-4066 Email: kcastro@fs.fed.us

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Coeur d'Alene Tribe Idaho Department of Lands Forest Service • Idaho Panhandle NF • Clearwater-Nez Perce NF's Nez Perce Tribe North Idaho Fire Chiefs	Benewah Boundary Bonner Clearwater Idaho Latah Lewis Nez Perce Shoshone	• January 7, 1999

NORTHWEST MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Dan Cassidy Montana DNRC NW Land Office 2250 Hwy 93 N Kalispell, MT 59901 Phone: 406-751-2247

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Flathead County Fire Council Forest Service • Flathead NF • Kootenai NF Lincoln County Fire Cooperative Montana DNRC • Northwestern Land Office National Park Service • Glacier NP Lake County Fire Association Sanders County Firefighters	Flathead Lake Lincoln Sanders	• December 9, 1999 • April 25, 2000 • Fall 2000 meeting agenda • November 29, 2000 • April 9, 2001 • December 13, 2001 • April 30, 2002 • April 29, 2003 • October 27, 2004 • April 21, 2005 • May 2, 2006 • May 4, 2007 • October 15, 2007

SOUTHWEST MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Nancy Gibson Missoula Interagency Dispatch Center 1803 Strand Missoula, Montana 59801 Phone: 406-829-7070

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Bureau of Indian Affairs • Flathead Agency Bureau of Land Management • Missoula Field Office Forest Service • Lolo NF • Bitterroot NF • Missoula Technology and Development Center • Aerial Fire Depot • R1 - Regional Office • Missoula Fire Lab Montana DNRC • Southwestern Land Office • Plains Unit, NW Land Office Montana County Firewardens Montana Disaster & Emergency Services	Deer Lodge Granite Mineral Missoula Powell Ravalli Silver Bow	• March 6, 2000

CENTRAL MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Bret Ruby Helena National Forest 2880 Skyway Drive Helena, Montana 59601 Phone: 406-449-5201	Zone Charter

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Bureau of Land Management • Butte District • Great Falls Resource Area • Lewistown Field Office • Dillon Field Office Bureau of Indian Affairs • Blackfeet Agency • Fort Belknap Agency • Rocky Boy Agency Fish and Wildlife Service • Red Rock National Wildlife Refuge • Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Forest Service • Helena NF • Beaverhead/Deerlodge NF • Lewis and Clark NF Helena City Fire Department Helena Indian Alliance Montana DNRC, Central Land Office • Helena Unit • Canyon Ferry Unit • Dillon Unit • Conrad Unit Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks • Bannack State Park • Virginia City-Nevada City State Park National Park Service • Big Hole Battlefield • Grant-Kohrs Ranch	Beaverhead Broadwater Cascade Glacier Jefferson Lewis and Clark Madison Meagher Ponderosa Teton Toole	• February 22, 2001

SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Joe Krish Yellowstone National Park Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 Phone: 307-344-2180

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Bureau of Land Management Forest Service • Gallatin NF • Custer NF (Beartooth RD) Montana DNRC Montana Department of Disaster and Emergency Services National Park Service • Yellowstone NP Members	Carbon Gallatin Madison Meagher Park Sweetgrass NOTE: all but Gallatin and Park overlap into other zones	• October 21, 1999 • May 3, 2000 • October 17, 2001 • April 24, 2002 • October 16, 2002 • April 6, 2004 • October 19, 2005 • March 28, 2006 • October 18, 2006 • October 17, 2007

EASTERN MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Dave Overcast Bureau of Land Management 111 Garryowen Road Miles City, Montana 59301 Phone: 406-233-2902	Charter

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Bureau of Indian Affairs • Crow Agency • Northern Cheyenne Agency • Fort Peck Agency Bureau of Land Management • Miles City Field Office • Lewistown Field Office • Billings Field Office • Dakotas Fish and Wildlife Service • C.M. Russell Refuge Forest Service • Custer NF Montana DNRC • Eastern Land Office (Miles City) • Southern Land Office (Billings) • Northeastern Land Office (Lewistown)	Blaine Carbon Carter Custer Daniels Dawson Fallon Fergus Garfield Golden Valley Hill McCone Musselshell Petroleum Phillips Powder River Prairie Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Valley Wheatland Yellowstone	Feb. 1, 2007

NORTH DAKOTA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Oscar Knudtson USDA Forest Service McKenzie Ranger District 1901 S. Main Watford City, North Dakota 58854 Phone: 701-842-2393 x27

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Indian Affairs • Fort Berthold Agency, Three Affiliated Tribes • Fort Totten Agency, Devils Lake Sioux Tribe • Turtle Mountain Agency Bureau of Land Management • Dickinson District Bureau of Reclamation Fish and Wildlife Service • Arrowwood NWR • Audubon NWR • Des Lacs NWR • Devils Lake WMD • J. Clark Salyer NWR • Kulm WMD • Long Lake NWR • Tewaukon NWR • Upper Souris NWR Forest Service • Dakota Prairie Grasslands National Park Service • Fort Union Trading Post NHS • KnifeRiver Indian VillagesNHS • Theodore Roosevelt NP National Weather Service North Dakota Forest Service ND Department of Health ND Division of Emergency Mgmt ND Firefighter's Association ND Game and Fish Department ND Rarks and Rec Department ND State Fire Marshal	52 of the 53 counties in North Dakota. Sioux County and the Standing Rock Agency go through Custer Dispatch in South Dakota.	• December 11, 2000 • March 19-21, 2002

Northern Rockies Coordinating Group
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