Butte-Silver Bow County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
DJ&A collaborated with the consolidated government of the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow to update the County’s 2005 Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Predominantly rural, the County contains extensive agricultural and forested lands and has a unique history associated with the mining industry, which presents distinct challenges related to…
Yellowstone County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
DJ&A partnered with Yellowstone County to update the County’s 2006 Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). Yellowstone County contains Montana’s largest city, surrounded by rural landscapes with significant agricultural and forested lands. The updated CWPP provides a comprehensive assessment of wildfire risk across the County, prioritizes areas for risk reduction, recommends…
Musselshell County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
DJ&A worked with Musselshell County to update the 2007 version of their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The County is predominantly rural, containing substantial agricultural and forested lands. The updated CWPP provides a clear assessment of wildfire risk, prioritizes areas for risk reduction, recommends measures to reduce structural ignitability, delineates…
Ravalli County Community Wildfire Protection Plan Update
DJ&A collaborated with Ravalli County to update the 2006 version of their Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). The County is predominantly rural, containing substantial agricultural and forested lands. The updated CWPP provides the County with a clear assessment of wildfire risk, prioritizes areas for risk reduction, recommends measures to reduce…
Woody Draw Inventory
DJ&A was selected to deliver an inventory of woody draws in order to provide the BLM with information needed to prioritize efforts for maintenance, restoration, and enhancement of woody draw health and structural diversity, in accordance with land management plans. Woody draws and ravines provide important habitat throughout north central…
Riparian Multiple Indicator Monitoring (MIM)
An interdisciplinary team of DJ&A scientists conducted Multiple Indicator Monitoring (MIM) surveys along designated monitoring areas (DMAs) across the North Central Montana District in Montana. The MIM protocol applied to these sites and outlined in Technical Reference 1737-23 was developed to provide a standardized riparian assessment that assesses both short…
NorthWestern Energy Dam Monitoring Surveys
DJ&A has supported Northwestern Energy (NWE) and its predecessors (Montana Power Company and PPL Montana) with surveying, mapping, and engineering services since 1984. A large portion of this work has been the completion of annual dam monitoring surveys for 11 hydropower dams and their related structures across Montana. Each year,…
Little Bighorn National Monument Water Main and Fire Protection Rehabilitation Survey & Mapping
DJ&A completed two topographic surveys in and around the Little Bighorn National Monument in southeast Montana. The first survey was completed near the visitor center at the monument. DJ&A crews surveyed the infrastructure, buildings, porches, sidewalks, roads, and utilities in a 57-acre area. The survey also included sections of the…