Northern Rockies Coordinating Group (NRCG) - Zones

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NORTHERN ROCKIES ZONES

NORTH IDAHO		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Sally Estes Coeur d'Alene Dispatch Center 11569 N. Airport Dr Hayden, ID 83835

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: Dave Soleim Glacier NP West Glacier, MT 59933 Phone: 406-888-5803

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: Tim Bradley 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: Vacant	Zone Charter
Central Montana Zone Website
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 • October 16, 2008

EASTERN MONTANA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Eric Fransted State Assistant Fire Management Officer Montana/Dakotas BLM 1299 Rimtop Drive Billings, MT 59105 Office Phone: 406-896-2914 Mobile Phone: 406-647-9149	Charter Appendix A MAC Group Operating Guide Appendix B Contact Information

Agencies Represented	Counties within the Zone	Meeting Notes
Bureau of Indian Affairs • Crow Agency • Northern Cheyenne Agency • Fort Peck Agency • Rocky Boys Agency • Fort Belknap Agency • Chippewa Cree Agency Bureau of Land Management • Eastern Montana – Dakota District • Central Montana District • Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument • Montana Highline District • Billings Field Office • Pompey’s Pillar National Monument Fish and Wildlife Service • C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge • Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge Forest Service • Custer / Gallatin National Forest Montana Department of Natural Resource Conservation • Eastern Land Office (Miles City) • Southern Land Office (Billings) • Northeastern Land Office (Lewistown) National Park Service • Little Big Horn National Battlefield Monument State of South Dakota • Division of Wildland Fire Suppression	Montana Counties Big Horn Blaine Carbon Carter Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Fallon Fergus Garfield Golden Valley Hill Judith Basin McCone Musselshell Petroleum Phillips Powder River Prairie Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone South Dakota Harding	Feb. 1, 2007 May 9, 2012 June 16, 2011 June 30, 2011

NORTH DAKOTA		(return to Zone Map)
Coordinator: Maure Sand USDA Forest Service Dakota Prairie Grasslands 240 W Century Ave. Bismarck, North Dakota 58503 Phone: 701-250-4463 x118

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

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