Who Qualifies for Sustainable Beekeeping Grants in Montana
GrantID: 75983
Grant Funding Amount Low: $1,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $1,000
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Grant Overview
Montana restricts eligibility for plastic-reduction grants to applicants that maintain active 4-H or FFA chapter status and operate within counties classified as frontier by the state health department. These criteria exclude projects located solely in Missoula or Bozeman municipal boundaries unless they demonstrate documented delivery into at least three additional counties with populations below 10,000.
Application requirements include submission of current chapter rosters, county health department service-area maps, and letters from county extension agents confirming that proposed biodegradable beekeeping equipment will be deployed on registered apiary sites. Budget forms must list exact prices from Montana-based agricultural cooperatives rather than national vendors, and all equipment must carry documentation that it contains no petroleum-derived plastic components.
Review panels evaluate whether training sessions occur at existing county fairgrounds or extension offices rather than newly leased commercial space. Projects must also provide baseline counts of plastic hive components currently in use within the target apiaries and commit to quarterly photographic verification of replacement with wood or molded-fiber alternatives.
Montana's requirement differs from Idaho and Wyoming by mandating that funded projects submit data on honey production volumes before and after equipment changes, tied to specific state apiary registration numbers. Applicants cannot substitute general environmental education metrics.
The state's sparse beekeeper distribution, concentrated along the Yellowstone and Missouri river corridors, requires applicants to map travel distances exceeding 120 miles between workshop sites. This infrastructure constraint forces groups to schedule sessions around seasonal road closures on U.S. 212 and Montana 200. Demographic data from the 2020 census shows that 34 percent of Montana's beekeepers are over age 65, prompting reviewers to ask how youth participants will assume ongoing equipment maintenance after initial training concludes.
Awards are released only after county extension agents countersign equipment delivery receipts, ensuring that biodegradable frames and foundation reach the registered apiary sites listed in the application.
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