@Stillwater County Civic Center & Fairgrounds 16 Sheep Dip Rd Join us for a Wildfire Home Hardening Workshop in Columbus, Montana, on November 9! Learn about protecting your home in high-risk wildfire areas by understanding the Home Ignition Zone and key home hardening principles. Discover local cost-share programs that create a defensible space and a healthy forest. Don’t miss this chance to make your home safer and more resilient! AGENDA 8:30 am – Workshop Opens 9:00 am – Welcome & Introductions- 9:10 am – Fire Safe Stillwater Introduction - Carmen Borchelt, DNRC 9:15 am – Wildland Fire Risk and Protection in Stillwater County – David Stamey, County Fire Warden 9:30 am - What is a Healthy Forest? And Treatment Process - Noah Wilson, DNRC and Drew Grimes, Custer-Gallatin National Forest 10:00 am –The Home Ignition Zone – Kimiko Barrett, Headwaters Economics 10:30 am – Stillwater Fuels Reduction Programs/Prescriptions – Lindsey Clark, Stillwater Valley Watershed Council Nick Jacobs, Columbus Fire Rescue Garrett Larson, Natural Resource Conservation Service 11:00 am - Break 11:15 am - Home Hardening Principles - Carmen Borchelt, DNRC 12:15 pm – Lunch 1:00 pm – Insurance in the Wildland Urban Interface - TBD 1:30 pm – Evacuation and Go-Kits - David Stamey, County Fire Warden 2:00 pm – Field Tour: property address- TBD