MT Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning Grants

DNRC Reclamation and Development Grants Program (RDGP) is now accepting applications for RDGP Planning Grants. Grants are available to any city, county, Tribe, conservation district or other political subdivision in Montana. 

The RDG Program funds planning for the following project types:

1. Mineral Development:  Projects that repair, reclaim, and/or mitigate environmental damage to public resources from non-renewable resource extraction (mining, hazardous waste, and oil and gas)

and/or

2. Crucial State Need:  Projects that identify clear measurable benefits to natural resources across a watershed or region of the state.  The primary goal of the project must be to improve natural resources in the State. Eligible project types include:

Drought Mitigation – Projects that identify and mitigate drought and develop management plans in line with the State Water Plan.  The primary purpose of the project must be to address drought and have a benefit to natural resources across a watershed or region of the state.  Examples include:

• Development of drought plans that lead to project implementation and address drought management or mitigation.
• Planning for specific projects that address drought across a watershed or region of the State, as the main purpose of the project.

Flood Assessment and Mitigation – Projects addressing natural resource impacts to a watershed or region of the State.  Examples include:

• Planning for large-scale flood assessment and mitigation projects that identify clear benefits to natural resources across a watershed.

Other projects that meet a crucial State need to protect Montana’s resources