Montana Sen. Conrad Burns Expands ‘Fuels for Schools’ Program

Five Montana Communities Receive Renewable Fuel Funding

U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) today announced that new grants have been directed to five Montana communities from the Fuels for Schools http://www.fuelsforschools.org/ program. Facilities in Kalispell, Troy, Dillon, Townsend and Lewistown will receive a combined $1.29 million from funds appropriated in the FY05 Omnibus Appropriations package.

The Fuels for Schools Program is a cooperative effort involving the State and Private branches of the Forest Service, state foresters, and local communities. The aim of the Fuels for Schools Program is to promote and encourage the use of wood biomass as a renewable, natural resource to provide a clean, readily available energy source suitable for use in heating systems in public and private buildings.

The program was successfully piloted in Darby and has since moved in the Victor and Philipsburg school districts. As well as to four schools spread across the state, this year’s grants will also go towards the funding of a project at the Lewistown Hospital.

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