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    • The Renewable Resource Grant and Loan Program (RRGL) funds the conservation, management, development and preservation of Montana's renewable resources. The RRGL program provides both grant and loan funding for public facility and other renewable resource projects.

    Grants

    Construction
    Project Grants

    Projects that conserve, manage, develop or protect Montana's renewable resources. 

    Learn more about Renewable Resource Project Grants

     
    Irrigation
    Planning Grants

    Funding for professional and technical services necessary to produce a high-quality RRGL project grant application. Technical assistance grants are available to help apply for planning grants.

    Learn more about Renewable Resource Planning Grants
    Technical Assistance
    Technical Assistance

    Assistance for local governments who do not have a an established relationship with a professional engineering firm or who have not been successful in applying for DNRC Planning Grants in a prior cycle.

    Learn more about Technical Assistance Grants

    Pipe Burst
    Emergency Grants

    Grants for emergencies like dike failures, emergency dam repairs, and emergency repairs to municipal drinking water and wastewater system.

    Learn more about Emergency Grants
    Septic
    Private Grants

    Funding to assist small, privately owned water systems.

    Learn more about Private Grants
    Irrigation
    Irrigation Development Grants

    Projects that increase the value of irrigated crops while preserving natural resources and the environment for future generations. 

    Learn more about Irrigation Development Grants
    Watershed
    Nonpoint Source Grants

    Grants for projects that improve water quality or water quantity including stream flows and water storage in existing natural systems, such as riparian areas, floodplains, and wetlands.

    Learn more about Nonpoint Source Grants
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    Contact Us

    Melissa Downing
    Melissa Downing
    Grant Manager
    Renewable Resource Grants
    406-444-0697
    406-594-7348 (cell)
    melissa.downing@mt.gov