Every year, more families need help staying warm. Careful planning is helping local organizations stay ahead of the cold. It can get expensive, but these organizations are here to help.

“We know Montana winters,” said Nate Kopp, program director of Prickly Pear Land Trust. “They can start next week, they can start in October, we want this wood cut as early as we can so folks can start heating their homes.”

The Warm Hearts Warm Homes program provides firewood to families who need help heating their homes in the winter. It’s a collaboration between Prickly Pear Land Trust and many other local organizations, and has been going on for the past five years.

“It was also a colder winter, and we just realized that there was an opportunity to bring together folks to do some volunteer activities

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