Revitalizing Montana’s Rural Heritage (RMRH), through the Montana State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), is a reimbursement grant available to rural property owners (properties in communities under 50,000 population as defined by the US Census Bureau) for the rehabilitation and repair of historic properties. RMRH’s goal is to not only preserve significant cultural resources, but also foster economic development in Montana’s rural communities. Grants are for“bricks and mortar” preservation projects

 

These grants provide local governments funds to conduct tree inventories, develop an Urban Forest Management Plan, write a Tree Ordinance, or conduct an innovative urban forestry project.

The Montana Tree City of the Year Award recognizes Montana’s top communities that demonstrate excellence in urban forestry. The purpose is to promote innovative and significant projects that raise awareness through urban forestry.

The Montana School ReLeaf Project has three primary goals: to increase awareness of urban forestry in Montana schools; to certify schools that support sustainable urban “greenscapes” on school grounds; and to teach students to be good stewards of the land.

This grant opportunity incentivizes voluntary conservation measures to maintain, enhance, restore, expand or benefit sage grouse habitat and sustain traditional ranching in Montana’s sagebrush-grasslands.

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) in coordination with the Montana Invasive Species Council (MISC) offers state-funded grants for the prevention and control of aquatic invasive species (AIS). The goal of the grants is to protect the natural resources of Montana from severe and unacceptable damage from aquatic invasive species.

DNRC and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality co-administer the SRF programs. DEQ provides support and guidance to the technical side of the projects and DNRC provides the financial support.

Project grants fund projects that will repair, reclaim, and mitigate environmental damage to public resources from non-renewable resource extraction.  Grant funds can also support crucial state need projects that serve the public interest and total environment of the citizens of Montana by developing and ensuring the quality of public resources for the benefit of all Montanans.

Planning grants provide funds to evaluate and plan for the implementation of a project designed to clean-up, repair, or reclaim a site that has been negatively impacted by non-renewable natural resource extraction.

The purpose of the Watershed Management Grant Program is to provide financial support for the development and implementation of locally led watershed related planning and capacity building activities that conserve, develop, improve or preserve state water resources.

DNRC has been granted authority to approve both grants and loans for emergency projects that, if delayed until legislative approval can be obtained, will cause substantial damages or legal liability to the entity seeking assistance. Typical types of projects have included dike failures, emergency dam repairs, and emergency repairs to municipal drinking water and wastewater system.