Montana water quality contracts
8 contracts tracked across 1 municipality.
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8
municipalities
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municipalities with the most water quality contracts
Top vendors in Montana water quality
| Vendor | Contracts | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| CLARK FORK COALITION | 1 | $134K |
| TROUT UNLIMITED, INC. | 1 | $1.3M |
| WATERSHED RESTORATION COALITION OF THE UPPER CLARK FORK INC | 1 | $300K |
| BIG HOLE WATERSHED COMMITTEE | 1 | $298K |
| SUN RIVER WATERSHED | 1 | $110K |
| GRANITE CONSERVATION DISTRICT | 1 | $94K |
Recent water quality contracts in Montana
| Title | municipality | Vendor | Value | Solicitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE CLARK FORK COALITION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION LOCATED IN MISSOULA COUNTY MONTANA WILL DEVELOP A WEBBASED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR WATER MANAGERS AND CONSERVATION PROJECT PLANNERS THAT INTEGRATES THE ABUNDANCE OF WATER DATA ON KEY VARIABLES INFLUENCING INSTREAM FLOW AND WATER QUALITY. OVER 120 MILES OF THE UPPER CLARK FORK UCF RIVER HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS A PART OF THE LARGEST SUPERFUND COMPLEX IN THE UNITED STATES. ADDITIONALLY OVER 87 MILES OF THE UCF MAINSTEM HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS SEVERELY DEWATERED BY MONTANA FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS. THE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL WILL INFORM AND EXPEDITE WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION DECISIONS TO HELP NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND COOPERATIVE WATERSHED GROUPS ADDRESS CRITICAL INSTREAM FLOW AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION NEEDS IN THE UCF BASIN. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD NATION TROUT UNLIMITED THE WATERSHED RESTORATION COALITION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | CLARK FORK COALITION | $134K | — |
| TROUT UNLIMITED, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MONTANA NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE PROGRAM AND THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, WILL RESTORE HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCY ON FLINT CREEK IN WESTERN MONTANA. THIS REACH OF FLINT CREEK HAS HEAVILY ERODED BANKS, LIMITED RIPARIAN VEGETATION, AND AN OVER-WIDE AND SHALLOW CHANNEL. THE LACK OF STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY, OVERHEAD COVER, AND SHALLOW CHANNEL CONTRIBUTE TO LIMITED AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN HABITAT AND HIGH STREAM TEMPERATURES. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL RESTORE 10,500 FEET OF STREAMBANKS, RESTORE 5-ACRES OF FLOODPLAINS, INSTALL LIVESTOCK EXCLUSION FENCING, AND PLANT NATIVE RIPARIAN VEGETATION. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL RESTORE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND AQUATIC AND RIPARIAN HABITAT, INCREASE WATER RETENTION AND PASSIVE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, AND CREATE A RIPARIAN BUFFER TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE FUTURE EROSION. THE RESTORED RIPARIAN AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS WILL INCLUDE DIVERSE HABITATS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE, AND ACTIVITIES WILL INCREASE THE WATERSHEDS ABILITY TO WITHSTAND STRESSORS FROM DROUGHT. THIS PROJECT IS PART OF A LONG-TERM PLANNING EFFORT BY A DIVERSE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS, AND SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF SEVERAL REGIONAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE FLINT CREEK WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN, AND UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES RESTORATION PLAN. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | TROUT UNLIMITED, INC. | $1.3M | — |
| THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER STREAMFLOW GROUP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WATERSHED RESTORATION COALITION, WILL ADDRESS WATER USE CHALLENGES IN THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER WATERSHED, IN WESTERN MONTANA. THE GROUP WILL COLLABORATIVELY IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR FLOW RESTORATION AND SOLUTIONS TO CHRONIC DEWATERING BY EXPANDING GROUP ENGAGEMENT, CREATING A MATRIX OF PROPOSED FLOW RESTORATION PRIORITIES, AND DRAFTING A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE GROUP. DUE TO AN INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, SEVERITY, AND INTENSITY OF DROUGHT AND OVER-APPROPRIATION OF WATER RIGHTS, THE UPPER CLARK FORK IS THE SITE OF FREQUENT FISH KILLS DUE TO POOR WATER QUALITY AND CHRONIC STREAM DEWATERING. THE GROUPS PLANNING EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON DIRECT THREATS TO AQUATIC RESOURCES, LIVELIHOODS, COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, AND TRIBAL INTERESTS. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS GROUP INCLUDE PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND IRRIGATORS IN THE DEER LODGE VALLEY, THE WATERSHED RESTORATION COALITION, CLARK FORK COALITION, TROUT UNLIMITED, THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, MONTANA STATE AGENCIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MONTANA TECH, AND THE ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CORPORATION. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | WATERSHED RESTORATION COALITION OF THE UPPER CLARK FORK INC | $300K | — |
| THE BIG HOLE WATERSHED COMMITTEE WILL UPDATE THEIR WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN CENTERED ON ENHANCING THE HYDROLOGIC RESILIENCE AND IMPROVING WATER QUALITY WITHIN THE BIG HOLE WATERSHED IN WESTERN MONTANA. THE BIG HOLE WATERSHED, WHICH IS IMPACTED BY DROUGHT AND WIDE VARIABILITY IN WATER QUANTITY, IS A STRONGHOLD FOR THE LAST FLUVIAL POPULATION OF ARCTIC GRAYLING IN THE LOWER 48. THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THE COMMITTEE WILL DIGITIZE AND CONSOLIDATE EXISTING WATER DATA, ANALYZE AND MAP THE WATERSHED TO CHARACTERIZE POTENTIAL WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECTS BY TYPE AND ANTICIPATED BENEFITS, AND ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO WRITE A FINAL UPDATED WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN. THE RESTORATION PLAN WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF PROJECTS TO BE PURSUED THROUGHOUT THE BIG HOLE WATERSHED TO INCREASE NATURAL STORAGE AND PROMOTE WATERSHED RESILIENCY. THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTS RANCHING, SPORTSMEN, CONSERVATION GROUPS, RECREATION INTERESTS, OUTFITTERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND UTILITIES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND LANDOWNERS. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | BIG HOLE WATERSHED COMMITTEE | $298K | — |
| AWARD PURPOSE: THE SUN RIVER WATERSHED GROUP (SRWG) WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO PROTECT AND RESTORE THE RESOURCES OF THE SUN RIVER WATERSHED AND ITS COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL MONTANA. SRWG RECENTLY COMPLETED A MASTER PLAN FOR MUDDY CREEK (A MAJOR TRIBUTARY TO THE SUN RIVER). THIS MASTER PLAN SUGGESTS NATURE-BASED STRATEGIES TO RESTORE NATURAL PROCESSES ON MUDDY CREEK AND DESCRIBES ANTICIPATED BENEFITS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE STRATEGIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: SRWG WILL QUANTIFY THE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS STRATEGIES LISTED IN THE MUDDY CREEK MASTER PLAN THAT COULD HAVE ON ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS INCLUDING WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER QUALITY, AND HABITAT. EXPECTED DELIVERABLES OR OUTCOMES: SRWG COULD POTENTIALLY EXTRAPOLATE THIS PROJECT TO QUANTIFY AND PRIORITIZE WORK THROUGHOUT THE SUN RIVER WATERSHED.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WILL ENCOURAGE DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO FORM LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT NEEDS FOR WATERSHED GROUP DEVELOPMENT, RESTORATION PLANNING, AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT DESIGN. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES (IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT TIME OF AWARD): N A | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | SUN RIVER WATERSHED | $110K | — |
| GRANITE CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE GRANITE HEADWATERS WATERSHED GROUP, LOCATED IN WESTERN MONTANA, WILL COMPLETE WATERSHED RESTORATION PLANNING AND PROJECT DESIGN IN THE FLINT ROCK WATERSHED. MANY OF THE DIVERSION STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED WATER DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WATERSHED ARE OUTDATED. HIGH DEMAND FOR WATER COMBINED WITH INEFFICIENT WATER WITHDRAWALS CAUSES PERIODS OF DEWATERING PORTIONS OF THE WATERSHED. THESE EVENTS NEGATIVELY IMPACT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND CREATE CONFLICT BETWEEN WATER USERS AND FISHERIES. THE GROUP WILL FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EFFORTS TO FIND LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO WATER QUANTITY, WATER QUALITY, AND FISHERIES ISSUES IN THE FLINT ROCK WATERSHED. THEY WILL ENGAGE A DIVERSE NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS, IMPROVE UPON EXISTING WATERSHED PLANS, AND, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TROUT UNLIMITED, DEVELOP PRIORITY PROJECTS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE WATERSHED. THE GROUP WILL ADVANCE LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO CRITICAL WATERSHED ISSUES BY IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED PROJECT PRIORITIES. WITH TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FROM TROUT UNLIMITED, THEY WILL DEVELOP THESE MULTI-BENEFIT PRIORITY PROJECTS INTO SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | GRANITE CONSERVATION DISTRICT | $94K | — |
| THE JEFFERSON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL AIMS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE JEFFERSON RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA. THE JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN IS ONE OF THREE PRIMARY TRIBUTARIES IN THE UPPER WATERSHED OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN AND HAS EXPERIENCED WATER QUALITY AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION DUE TO HUMAN-INDUCED LOW FLOWS AND CONTAMINATION FROM MINING, AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. WORKING WITH MONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED, THE COUNCIL WILL COMPLETE A WATERSHED RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE UPPER JEFFERSON RIVER AND KEY TRIBUTARIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AND PROJECT PRIORITIZATION, DESIGN LOW-TECH, PROCESS-BASED RESTORATION PROJECTS ADJACENT TO THE MOST FLOW-LIMITED SECTIONS OF THE JEFFERSON RIVER AND LOWER BOULDER RIVER, AND COMPLETE A RIPARIAN AND LITTORAL HABITAT ASSESSMENT. THE COUNCIL IS COMPRISED OF STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES, LOCAL RESIDENTS, PRIVATE LANDOWNERS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, AND INDUSTRY. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | JEFFERSON RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL | $300K | — |
| THE GALLATIN RIVER TASK FORCE WILL DEVELOP RESTORATION-FOCUSED PLANNING AND PROJECT DESIGNS FOR THE UPPER GALLATIN RIVER WATERSHED IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA, NEAR BOZEMAN. BECAUSE OF CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, DROUGHT, AND IMPACTS FROM LAND USE, PROJECTS ARE NEEDED THAT REDUCE SEDIMENT INPUTS, FILTER POLLUTANTS, SLOW THE FLOW OF WATER THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGE GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION TO SUPPORT LATE SEASON BASEFLOWS, EXPAND WETLAND AND RIPARIAN BUFFERS ALONG STREAMS, AND SUPPORT FISH PASSAGE. THE TASK FORCE WILL DO THIS THROUGH FIELD DATA COLLECTION, DRONE AERIAL MAPPING OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ALONG PROMINENT STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES, IDENTIFICATION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. THE TASK FORCE BRINGS TOGETHER NONPROFIT, PRIVATE, LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL ENTITIES WITH AN INTEREST IN WATER MANAGEMENT TO COMPLETE THE WEST FORK MASTER RESTORATION PLAN AND ADVANCE 3-5 PROJECT DESIGNS PRIORITIZED THROUGH PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS. | Montana (Bureau of Reclamation federal awards) | GALLATIN RIVER TASK FORCE | $290K | — |