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LAND GRANT MANAGEMENT

We understand that managing your land can be an expensive and arduous process. We want to help connect you with grants and opportunities to make your land management process as smooth as possible.

 

Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program Grants  

FWP's Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) is a federal grant program for conducting noxious weed management to restore wildlife habitat.

 

WHIP projects should include:

  • ecologically important wildlife habitat that is directly threatened by noxious weed invasion;

  • a landscape or watershed-scale approach;

  • multiple partners and landownerships;

  • access for public hunting;

  • and a plan to maintain or restore native plant communities following weed management activities.

 

Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund (NWTF) Grant Program

The  Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund (NWTF) Grant Program was established by the 1985 Montana Legislature to provide funding for the noxious weed  research projects, state and community education/development projects, and local cooperative - landowner cost share. 

 

National Grant for Historically Underserved Farmers & Ranchers

The Brighter Future Fund was launched in 2020 to assist farmers in successfully launching, growing, and sustaining farms in the face of forces impacting the food and agricultural system, including the COVID-19 pandemic, changing markets, severe weather, and climate change.

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A major commitment of this program is to uplift, support, and amplify the work of a wide range of farmers. Funding will be allocated to help farmers 1) Improve farm viability; 2) Access, transfer, or permanently protect farmland; or 3) Adopt regenerative agricultural practices.

 

NRCS- Conservation Innovation Grants

Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) are competitive grants that drive public and private sector innovation in resource conservation. CIG projects inspire creative problem-solving—boosting production on farms, ranches, and private forests through improvements in water quality, soil health, and wildlife habitat.

 

NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

NRCS works one-on-one with producers to develop a conservation plan that outlines conservation practices and activities to help solve on-farm resource issues. Producers implement practices and activities in their conservation plan that can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving their agricultural operations. EQIP helps producers make conservation work for them. Financial assistance for practices may be available through EQIP.  Some producers may also qualify for advance payment.

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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation- Habitat Enhancement, Wildlife Management and Research

RMEF provides grants for habitat enhancement, wildlife management and research projects in states with wild, free-ranging elk herds (28 states) across the country through the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) Grant Program. RMEF funds science-based projects that provide a direct benefit to elk and other wildlife, enhance their habitat, and/or collect necessary information to better manage elk populations.

RMEF supports projects in alignment with the State Wildlife Agency's elk management plan that fall within the following project categories through the PAC Grant Program:

  • Habitat Enhancement Projects such as prescribed burns, thinning, water developments, seeding, fertilizations, aspen restoration, noxious weed treatments, etc.

  • Wildlife Management Projects that directly affect elk populations such as disease surveillance, wildlife-friendly fencing, road management, etc.

  • Research Projects that scientifically expand the body of knowledge regarding elk, their habitat, elk movement, interactions, etc.
     

More information on RMEF Grant Programs

 

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