MT Restoration Program

Welcome to the Restoration Projects Map - About Page

The Restoration Projects Map was initiated in 2008 as a tool to identify current restoration project locations, and identify potential collaborators for new projects. The project is in the initiation phase and will incorporate additional data in the future. Contact the State Restoration Coordinator for instruction on submitting your data. We welcome suggestions for improving this tool.

Data associated with projects are commonly collected fields. View information on collected fields.

There are limitations to collected pre-existing data from multiple organizations including but not limited to:

Desired fields are not available because they are not maintained by the organization, or are not available to the general public.
For projects that have not been initiated to date, project costs, project partners and other fields are not known.
When data is missing, the field is left blank. When data is not available, the field contains n/a.
The funding amount provided may only be a portion of the project cost.
Matching and In-Kind funds are difficult to track and are not included in the funding cost.
Project ‘Partners’ are not commonly maintained in organization’s databases on a particular project. Therefore, the data may underestimate the amount of project collaboration occurring on the ground.
Projects are represented as points. Projects that cross county or legislative district boundaries may only be represented in one county / district. This may lead to a under representation of projects per county / district.
For some projects, the exact location may not be known or publicly available (e.g. due to private property rights). In this case, an approximate location was provided.
For statewide projects (e.g. restoration education), the town/county where the project is centrally organized is displayed as the project location.
Only projects from 2006 to the present that are new or actively occurring are included. Projects completed before 2006 are not included.
The data reflects information currently available and provided to the Restoration Projects Map. Not all organizations conducting restoration work have submitted data to this project.

At present, the map and database contain information from the following organizations:

Montana Department Natural Resources and Conservation - Conservation and Resource Development Division
Montana Department Natural Resources and Conservation – Forestry Division
Montana Department of Environmental Quality - Remediation Division
Montana Department of Environmental Quality - 319 Grants Program
Montana Department of Justice - Natural Resource Damage Program
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks - Wetlands Legacy Program
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks - Future Fisheries Program
Montana Department of Transportation - Wetlands Mitigation Projects
Montana Department of Transportation - Construction Data 2008-2012
Montana Department of Agriculture - Noxious Weed Trust Fund Grant Program
Environmental Protection Agency – Federal Superfund sites in Montana

Fields	Description
Project ID	The unique identifier for each project
County	What county or counties the project occurs in.
X Coordinate	Project X Coordinate in decimal degrees. Midpoint for lines and centroid for polygons.
Y Coordinate	Project Y Coordinate in decimal degrees. Midpoint for lines and centroid for polygons.
Project Name	What the source organization calls the project
Purpose	Short description. (1-2 sentences max.)
Primary Contact	Contact’s Organization
Primary Contact Name	Contact’s Name
Primary Contact Address1	Contact’s Address 1
Primary Contact Address 2	Contact’s Address 2
Primary Contact City	Contact’s City
Primary Contact State	Contact’s State
Primary Contract Zip	Contact’s Zip
Primary Contact Phone	Contact’s Phone Number
Primary Contact Email	Contact’s Email
Partners	State and federal agencies, tribes, NGO, contractors, private organizations, businesses, etc. involved in project. There may be multiple partners.
Status	Current, completed or proposed projects
Project type	The type of habitat being restored. There may be multiple.
Year Started	Funded projects in process from 2006 or later. If an identified priority site, label ‘identified future priority’
Project Cost	Total project costs (sum of grants, contracts, agency participation, etc). Different organizations will track this differently.
Funding sources	List grant source.
Project URL	Provide web link if the project has a website, or a general agency website with additional information