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    • This page will help each dam and canal owner navigate the Dam and Canal Infrastructure Funding Guide. The funding guide provides information on funding available for dam and canal projects within the State of Montana.

    Funding is available by project type. The first step to determine the funding a dam or canal project might be eligible for is identifying the project type. Once the project type is defined, the resources available are narrowed down, making it easier to find the resources that match your specific project.

    Pick the project type(s) (you may have a project that meets one or two of these categories) below. Once you've picked your project type, find the grant and loan resources available for your project in the Funding Guide.

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    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DOC Coal Endowment Program (p. 67)
    • DOC Community Development Block Grant (p. 68)
    • USDA Rural Development Grans & Loans for Community Facilities (p. 69)
    • Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund (p. 72)
    • DNRC Renewable Resource Grant & Loan Program (p. 48)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Deadman's Basin Terminal Outlet Replacement (p. 9)
    • Flower Creek Dam Improvements (p. 11)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • MT FWP Future Fisheries Program (p. 56)
    • Western Native Trout Initiative (p. 61)
    • Northwestern Energy Community Works (p. 62)
    • Columbia Basin Water Transaction Program (p. 65)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Carter Ponds Rehabilitation (p. 7)
    • East Fork Rock Creek Diversion & Fish Screen (p. 28)
    • Hedge Canal Diversion Dam Project (p. 32)
    • Little Prickly Pear Creek Irrigation Improvements (p.37)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (p. 58)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Little Prickly Pear Creek Irrigation Improvements (p. 37)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • US FWP Wetlands Conservation Grants (p. 59)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Carter Ponds Rehabilitation (p. 7)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • FEMA-Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (p. 70)
    • FEMA-Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams (p. 71)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DNRC Renewable Resource Planning Grant (p. 47)
    • DNRC Irrigation Development Grants (p. 53)
    • DNRC Conservation Districts Grants Program (p. 54)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DNRC Renewable Resource Grant & Loan Program (p. 48)
    • DNRC Renewable Resource Private Loan Program (p. 50)
    • DNRC Renewable Resource Private Water Grant (p. 51)
    • US Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Water Grant (p. 57)
    • DEQ Section 319 Contract (p. 63)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Ackley Lake Dam Rehabilitation (p. 5)
    • Lake Frances East Dam Rehabilitation (p. 13)
    • Mill Lake Dam Rehabilitation (p. 18)
    • Smith Lake Dam Reconstruction (p. 21)
    • Delphia Canal Inverted Siphon (p. 26)
    • Increasing Irrigation Efficiency (p. 34)
    • Orchard Homes Ditch Intake Improvements (p. 40)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DNRC Renewable Resource Emergency Grant & Loan Program (p. 52)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Middle Creek Dam Sinkhole Repair (p. 15)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DNRC Irrigation Development Grants (p. 53)
    • DNRC Renewable Resource Grant & Loan Program (p. 48)
    • DNRC Conservation Districts Grants Program (p. 54)

    Case studies similar to your projects:

    • Orchard Homes Ditch Intake Improvements (p. 40)

    Grants and Loans you may be eligible for:

    • DNRC Conservation Districts Grants Program (p. 54)

    Case studies similar to your projects: