Grant Name:             RC&D Partnership Grant
Deadline:                   Continuous Sign-ups
Funding:                    $2,000 to $5,000
Agency:                     NRCS
Description
Project must address a resource issue at a watershed level. Project must be approved by the NWR RC&D Council and done in cooperation with RC&D. Funding is to determine feasibility and scope.

Webpage Link:  none
For more information contact: Sue Sutherland, RC&D Coordinator, 406-293-8885; susan.sutherland@mt.usda.gov

Grant Name:      Western States Wildland Urban Interface
Deadline:            August 16, 2010
Funding:             Maximum of $300,000, 50/50 match
Agency:               DNRC
Description:
Project must address one or more of the four key grant objectives: improving fire prevention in the wildland urban interface, reducing hazardous fuels, restoring fire adapted ecosystems, and promoting community service.  

Webpage Link:   http://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/Assistance/Private%20Forestry/wuigrants.asp
For more information contact:  Angela Mallon, Private Forestry Assistance Specialist, 406.542.4221; amallon@mt.gov

Grant Name:       Statewide Woody Biomass Utilization Grant   
Deadline:              August 12, 2010
Funding:               $300,000 to be distributed to one or more projects
Agency:                 DNRC
Description:
Purpose is to support increased use of woody biomass for diversification of forest-products markets in Montana.  The anticipated results of this grant program are: (1) increased utilization of otherwise low-valued woody biomass, (2) jobs retained in the wood products industry, (3) a more diversified forest product market, (4) enhanced economic development opportunities, (5) reduced cost of treating wildland fire hazardous fuels, (6) improved forest conditions, and (7) reduced air emissions from open slash-pile burning.
Webpage Link:  http://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/Assistance/Urban/Documents/2010/BiomassGrantRFP.pdf
For more information contact:  Julie Kies, Biomass Utilization Program, 406.542.4280; jkies@mt.gov

Grant Name:       Regional Woody Biomass Utilization Project Planning Grants   
Deadline:              September 30, 2010
Funding:               $30,000 for funding one or more projects
Agency:                 DNRC
Description:
Purpose is to support increased use of woody biomass for diversification of forest-products markets in Montana.  The anticipated results of this grant program are: (1) increased utilization of otherwise low-valued woody biomass, (2) jobs retained in the wood products industry, (3) a more diversified forest product market, (4) enhanced economic development opportunities, (5) reduced cost of treating wildland fire hazardous fuels, (6) improved forest conditions, and (7) reduced air emissions from open slash-pile burning.
Webpage Link: http://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/Assistance/Urban/Documents/2010/
RegionalBiomassPlanningGrantsRFP.pdf
For more information contact:  Julie Kies, Biomass Utilization Program, 406.542.4280; jkies@mt.gov