The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) Conservation District Bureau is accepting applications for its current Conservation District Grant cycle. These state-funded grants are available only to eligible Montana conservation districts and support locally led conservation, planning, implementation, pollinator habitat, and conservation education.
Current fall cycle: Planning, Project, and Pollinator Grant applications are open through October 15, 2026. DNRC does not publish a closing clock time or time zone on the controlling program page, so none is inferred. Education Mini Grants use a rolling deadline and are currently open until funds are expended.
Funding: Planning Grants provide up to $20,000; Project Grants provide up to $50,000; Pollinator Grants provide up to $15,000; Education Mini Grants provide up to $5,000.
Eligibility: the grant program is limited to Montana conservation districts that satisfy DNRC’s current eligibility requirements, including use of the maximum regular county mill levy, demonstrated need for supplemental funding, and work toward a conservation activity identified in an annual workplan, watershed restoration plan, or district strategic plan.
Allowable activities: eligible work can include natural-resource planning, stream restoration, soil health and water-quality improvements, demonstration projects, conservation education for youth or adults, school field trips, community education, pollinator habitat, and other activities a conservation district is authorized to perform. Education Mini Grants must be approved and administered by the local conservation district.
Match: DNRC states that match is generally not required for Conservation District Grants, except where the guidelines specifically require it. Equipment purchases and irrigation construction or design projects require a 50:50 cash match. Preferential consideration may be given to applications that include cash or in-kind match from other sources.
Submission: applications are submitted through DNRC’s Submittable online grant system. Applications require a clear scope of work, public natural-resource benefit, measurable goals and objectives, tasks and deliverables, a specific timeline, and a detailed budget. Late or incomplete applications are not accepted.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 54/100. This is a current Montana-administered opportunity with legitimate school and youth-education partnership uses, but direct applicant eligibility is restricted to Montana conservation districts and the program is centered on natural-resource conservation.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. No defensible telehealth, remote-exam, diagnostics, or remote-patient-monitoring role is established by the controlling grant scope. QC Healthcare fit: 0/100. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: 0/100 because Dr. Miltie, LLC is not an eligible conservation district.