Montana Nonpoint Source Grants

DNRC Renewable Resource grants for on-the-ground projects that reduce nonpoint source pollution: streambank stabilization, riparian revegetation and fencing, wetland and floodplain restoration. Project Implementation Grants are open to private persons (individuals, partnerships, corporations) with a 50% cost-share, as well as local governments, conservation and irrigation districts and tribes. B because the producer-facing piece is one track of a mostly public-entity program and the page has a residential sewer-connection track.

• Cities, counties, political subdivisions incl. conservation districts and irrigation districts; tribal governments; state agencies

• Project Implementation Grants also open to non-governmental entities: individuals/private person, associations, partnerships, corporations

• Projects must improve water quality or quantity (riparian areas, floodplains, wetlands)

Implementation grants up to $50,000; non-government applicants 50% cost-share; no match for local governments; reimbursement-based.

Published amounts: Project Implementation Grants: $50,000 maximum; Non-government entities must provide a 50% cost-share. (Municipal Sewer Connections: $100,000 per applicant, $5,000 per connection.)

Submit applications through grants.dnrc.mt.gov (Submittable) during the annual cycle.

Deadline text on the page: Page: 'The current grant cycle is closed'. 2026 guide: 'Application Deadline: March 30, 2026 by 5:00pm'