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    Name Category ProjectType Date
    Aquatic Invasive Species Grants
    Projects that prevent and control the spread of aquatic invasive species.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Tribal | Conservation District | Universities | Collaborative Groups | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Aquatic Invasive Species | Big Sky Watershed Corp Member | Capacity Building | Conservation District | Education and Outreach | Monitoring | Project Design | Project Planning | Research and Studies | Sampling
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    Non-profits|Tribal|Conservation District|Universities|Collaborative Groups|Local Government Aquatic Invasive Species|Big Sky Watershed Corp Member|Capacity Building|Conservation District|Education and Outreach|Monitoring|Project Design|Project Planning|Research and Studies|Sampling 01-19-2023
    Arbor Day
    For the purchase and planting of one or more trees in the celebration of Arbor Day.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Education and Outreach | Urban and Community Forestry | Street Trees
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Education and Outreach|Urban and Community Forestry|Street Trees 01-16-2023
    CD Administration Grants
    Closing Date: 04-28-2023
    Grants for district operations and administrative expenses.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Conservation District
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building
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    Conservation District Capacity Building 04-28-2023
    CD Education Mini-Grants
    Closing Date: 06-30-2023
    Grants for student and adult education that focus on local conservation issues.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Conservation District
    Project Type:
    Education and Outreach
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    Conservation District Education and Outreach 06-30-2023
    CD Pollinator Grants
    Closing Date: 03-15-2023
    Grants for improving pollinator habitat.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Conservation District
    Project Type:
    Pollinator
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    Conservation District Pollinator 03-15-2023
    CD Project and Planning Grants
    Closing Date: 03-15-2023
    Grants for conservation projects and planning.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Conservation District
    Project Type:
    Big Sky Watershed Corp Member | Capacity Building | Contaminated Site Reclamation | Drinking Water | Drought Management | Education and Outreach | Grant Writing | Groundwater Investigation | Irrigation | Monitoring | Planning Documents | Pollinator | Project Design | Project Planning | Reclamation | Research and Studies | Sampling | Septic Systems | Stormwater | Stream Restoration | Wastewater | Watershed Restoration
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    Conservation District Big Sky Watershed Corp Member|Capacity Building|Contaminated Site Reclamation|Drinking Water|Drought Management|Education and Outreach|Grant Writing|Groundwater Investigation|Irrigation|Monitoring|Planning Documents|Pollinator|Project Design|Project Planning|Reclamation|Research and Studies|Sampling|Septic Systems|Stormwater|Stream Restoration|Wastewater|Watershed Restoration 03-15-2023
    Community Wildfire Defense Grant
    Closing Date: 03-15-2023
    The Community Wildfire Defense grant aims to fund revision or development of Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP), or the implementation of projects described in a CWPP.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Education and Outreach | Planning Documents | Project Planning | Forest Management | Landscape Scale Treatments
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Capacity Building|Education and Outreach|Planning Documents|Project Planning|Forest Management|Landscape Scale Treatments 03-15-2023
    Conservation Education
    The program supports forestry and natural resource educational program assistance for forestry professionals as well as pre-K thorough 12th grade students and their educators, both in classroom and outdoor settings.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Education and Outreach
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Capacity Building|Education and Outreach
    Cooperative Fire Protection Capacity Grant
    To build and maintain the capacity of local governments so that local firefighters routinely succeed on the initial attack of wildland fires and avoid the need for large-scale involvement by the DNRC or our federal partners.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Local Government
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Rural Fire Assistance | County Fire Assistance
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    Local Government Capacity Building|Rural Fire Assistance|County Fire Assistance
    Emergency Grants
    Grants for emergencies like dike failures, emergency dam repairs, and emergency repairs to municipal drinking water and wastewater system.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Conservation District | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Irrigation | Wastewater
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    Tribal|Conservation District|Local Government Drinking Water|Irrigation|Wastewater
    Forest Pest Management
    DNRC subaward of USDA Forest Service Western Bark Beetle Initiative funding.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Monitoring | Forest Management | Insect and Disease Management | Landscape Scale Treatments
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Monitoring|Forest Management|Insect and Disease Management|Landscape Scale Treatments
    Hazardous Fuels Reduction
    The Hazardous Fuels Reduction Grant focuses on reducing the risk of wildland fire and catastrophic losses to resources and property in high priority areas, which may result from a wildland fire encroaching from adjacent National Forest System (NFS) lands.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Private Land Owner | Local Government | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Education and Outreach | Forest Management | Landscape Scale Treatments
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    Non-profits|Private Land Owner|Local Government |Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Education and Outreach|Forest Management|Landscape Scale Treatments
    Irrigation Development Grants
    Projects that increase the value of irrigated crops while preserving natural resources and the environment for future generations.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Private Land Owner | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Irrigation | Project Planning
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    Non-profits|Private Land Owner|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups|Local Government Irrigation|Project Planning 02-24-2023
    Landscape Scale Restoration
    Closing Date: 03-15-2023
    The program supports cross-boundary, landscape-scale projects (up to 3- years) on non-federal forest lands that address state-identified (Montana Forest Action Plan) forest management priorities and leverage public and private resources.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Forest Management | Insect and Disease Management | Landscape Scale Treatments
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    Non-profits|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups|Local Government Forest Management|Insect and Disease Management|Landscape Scale Treatments 03-15-2023
    Local Government Forestry Assistance
    Closing Date: 03-31-2023
    Support local government engagement in federal and cross boundary forest management,
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Local Government (city/town, county, irrigation district, water/sewer district, school district) | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Education and Outreach | Planning Documents | Forest Management
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    Local Government (city/town, county, irrigation district, water/sewer district, school district)|Collaborative Groups Capacity Building|Education and Outreach|Planning Documents|Forest Management 03-31-2023
    Montana Forest Action Plan Implementation
    Closing Date: 12-31-1999
    DNRC is managing funding from the State’s Fire Suppression Fund to help further the implementation of the Montana Forest Action Plan.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Forest Management | Insect and Disease Management | Landscape Scale Treatments
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    Non-profits|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups|Local Government Forest Management|Insect and Disease Management|Landscape Scale Treatments 12-31-1999
    Rangeland Resource Loans
    Loans to Montana's farmers and ranchers for rangeland improvements and development.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Private Land Owner
    Project Type:
    Drought Management | Irrigation | Range Improvement | Reclamation | Stream Restoration | Watershed Restoration
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    Private Land Owner Drought Management|Irrigation|Range Improvement|Reclamation|Stream Restoration|Watershed Restoration
    Reclamation and Development Planning Grants
    Closing Date: 04-13-2023
    Planning and design of projects that repair, mitigate, or reclaim mining, hazardous waste or oil and gas sites and meet other crucial state needs like drought and flooding.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Contaminated Site Reclamation | Drought Management | Grant Writing | Groundwater Investigation | Oil and Gas Well Abandonment | Planning Documents | Project Design | Project Planning | Reclamation | Research and Studies | Sampling | Stream Restoration | Watershed Restoration
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    Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Local Government Contaminated Site Reclamation|Drought Management|Grant Writing|Groundwater Investigation|Oil and Gas Well Abandonment|Planning Documents|Project Design|Project Planning|Reclamation|Research and Studies|Sampling|Stream Restoration|Watershed Restoration 04-13-2023
    Reclamation and Development Project Grants
    Closing Date: 05-15-2024
    Projects that repair, mitigate, or reclaim mining, hazardous waste or oil and gas sites and meet other crucial state needs like drought and flooding.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Contaminated Site Reclamation | Drought Management | Grant Writing | Groundwater Investigation | Oil and Gas Well Abandonment | Planning Documents | Project Design | Project Planning | Reclamation | Research and Studies | Sampling | Stream Restoration | Watershed Restoration
    Learn More
    Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Local Government Contaminated Site Reclamation|Drought Management|Grant Writing|Groundwater Investigation|Oil and Gas Well Abandonment|Planning Documents|Project Design|Project Planning|Reclamation|Research and Studies|Sampling|Stream Restoration|Watershed Restoration 05-15-2024
    Renewable Resource Planning Grants
    Funding for professional and technical services necessary to produce a high-quality RRGL project grant application.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Groundwater Investigation | Irrigation | Planning Documents | Project Design | Project Planning | Research and Studies | Sampling | Septic Systems | Stormwater | Stream Restoration | Wastewater | Watershed Restoration
    Learn More
    Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Local Government Drinking Water|Groundwater Investigation|Irrigation|Planning Documents|Project Design|Project Planning|Research and Studies|Sampling|Septic Systems|Stormwater|Stream Restoration|Wastewater|Watershed Restoration 02-24-2023
    Renewable Resource Project Grants
    Closing Date: 05-15-2024
    Projects that conserve, manage, develop or protect Montana's renewable resources.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Groundwater Investigation | Irrigation | Planning Documents | Project Design | Project Planning | Research and Studies | Sampling | Septic Systems | Stormwater | Stream Restoration | Wastewater | Watershed Restoration | Dam Repair
    Learn More
    Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Local Government Drinking Water|Groundwater Investigation|Irrigation|Planning Documents|Project Design|Project Planning|Research and Studies|Sampling|Septic Systems|Stormwater|Stream Restoration|Wastewater|Watershed Restoration|Dam Repair 05-15-2024
    RRG Private Grants
    Funding to assist small, privately owned water systems.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Private Land Owner
    Project Type:
    Irrigation | Septic Systems | Watershed Restoration
    Learn More
    Private Land Owner Irrigation|Septic Systems|Watershed Restoration
    RRGL Emergency Loans
    Loans for emergencies like dike failures, emergency dam repairs, and emergency repairs to municipal drinking water and wastewater system.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Local Government | Conservation District
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Irrigation | Wastewater | Dam Repair
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    Local Government |Conservation District Drinking Water|Irrigation|Wastewater|Dam Repair
    RRGL Private Loans
    Loans for private water development projects.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Private Land Owner | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Irrigation
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    Private Land Owner|Local Government Irrigation
    RRGL Public Loans
    Loans for projects that conserve, manage, develop or protect Montana's renewable resources.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Conservation District | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Irrigation | Wastewater | Dam Repair
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    Conservation District|Local Government Drinking Water|Irrigation|Wastewater|Dam Repair
    Rural Fire Capacity
    Closing Date: 05-19-2023
    The Rural Fire Capacity (RFC) Grant Program assists rural volunteer fire departments by providing cost-share grants for training, equipping, and organizing.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Education and Outreach | Emergency | Project Planning | Rural Fire Assistance | County Fire Assistance
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal Capacity Building|Education and Outreach|Emergency|Project Planning|Rural Fire Assistance|County Fire Assistance 05-19-2023
    Sage Grouse Stewardship Grants
    Projects that maintain, enhance, restore, expand or benefit sage grouse habitat and populations.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Local Government
    Project Type:
    Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation
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    Non-profits|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Local Government Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation
    State Revolving Fund Loans
    Loans to Montana communities and water and sewer districts to repair or build wastewater and drinking water systems.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Local Government
    Project Type:
    Drinking Water | Wastewater
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    Local Government Drinking Water|Wastewater
    Urban and Community Forestry Innovation
    Closing Date: 12-31-1999
    The goals of the Urban Forest Innovation Award include:
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Tribal | Local Government
    Project Type:
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    Tribal|Local Government 12-31-1999
    Urban and Community Forestry Program Development
    Closing Date: 12-31-1999
    Grants for local governments to build, develop, improve their urban forestry programs. Example projects include tree inventory, Urban Forest Management Plan, green infrastructure work, strategic tree planting and care, or best practices and education.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government | Tribal | Universities
    Project Type:
    Urban and Community Forestry | Street Trees
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    Non-profits|Local Government |Tribal|Universities Urban and Community Forestry|Street Trees 12-31-1999
    Volunteer Fire Assistance
    Closing Date: 04-01-2023
    The Volunteer Fire Assistance grant will provide financial, technical, and related assistance to rural volunteer fire departments to conduct preparedness and mobilization activities.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Local Government
    Project Type:
    Capacity Building | Emergency | Rural Fire Assistance | County Fire Assistance
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    Local Government Capacity Building|Emergency|Rural Fire Assistance|County Fire Assistance 04-01-2023
    Watershed Management Grants
    Funding for watershed related planning and management activities.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Local Government (city/town, county, irrigation district, water/sewer district, school district) | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups
    Project Type:
    Big Sky Watershed Corp Member | Capacity Building | Drought Management | Education and Outreach | Grant Writing | Monitoring | Planning Documents | Project Planning | Research and Studies | Sampling | Stream Restoration | Watershed Restoration
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    Non-profits|Local Government (city/town, county, irrigation district, water/sewer district, school district)|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups Big Sky Watershed Corp Member|Capacity Building|Drought Management|Education and Outreach|Grant Writing|Monitoring|Planning Documents|Project Planning|Research and Studies|Sampling|Stream Restoration|Watershed Restoration
    Western States Wildland Urban Interface
    Closing Date: 03-15-2023
    Protect communities within the WUI through outcome-driven, cross-boundary, innovative projects that align with priority areas identified in the Montana Wildfire Risk Assessment & Montana Forest Action Plan.
    Eligible Applicant Type:
    Non-profits | Tribal | Conservation District | State Agencies | Universities | Collaborative Groups | Local Government
    Project Type:
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    Non-profits|Tribal|Conservation District|State Agencies|Universities|Collaborative Groups|Local Government 03-15-2023

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