Building Wildlife Monitoring Workforce in Montana

GrantID: 78239

Grant Funding Amount Low: $10,000

Deadline: Ongoing

Grant Amount High: $500,000

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If you are located in Montana and working in the area of Environment, this funding opportunity may be a good fit. For more relevant grant options that support your work and priorities, visit The Grant Portal and use the Search Grant tool to find opportunities.

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Montana's Wildlife Data Collection Shortfalls Montana maintains 56 counties, 48 of which are classified as frontier with fewer than six residents per square mile. State wildlife agencies report that systematic mammal and bird surveys cover only 22 percent of non-federal land, leaving gaps in occupancy data for species such as black-tailed prairie dogs and greater sage-grouse outside designated monitoring blocks.

Volunteer networks currently consist of 1,240 certified observers, concentrated in Gallatin and Missoula counties. This leaves the eastern third of the state, including the Missouri River Breaks, with fewer than one observer per 1,200 square miles. University researchers estimate that current sampling density produces confidence intervals exceeding plus or minus 35 percent for population trend estimates in 17 priority game management units.

Nonprofit organizations seeking support must show that training curricula align with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks protocol manuals and that data upload occurs through the state's centralized Spatial Database platform within 30 days of observation. Review panels require letters from regional biologists confirming that proposed routes fill documented spatial gaps rather than duplicate existing transects.

The funding requires applicants to maintain at least 60 percent of volunteers residing in the same county as the monitoring area for the full three-year grant period. Cash payments are released upon verified completion of annual data quality audits conducted by the state natural heritage program.

Applications must differ from Idaho submissions by documenting coordination with Montana's reservation wildlife programs on the Blackfeet, Fort Peck, and Crow nations, where state jurisdiction ends at reservation boundaries.

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