Montana Title 87. Fish and Wildlife § 87-5-804. Wildlife habitat improvement projects--requirements--ranking

(a) address how projects would restore, rehabilitate, improve, or manage land as wildlife habitat through noxious weed management;

(b) include a plan to remove noxious weeds or prevent them from propagating or taking hold in the project area;

(c) include a commitment to match at least 25% of a grant in cash, goods, or services; and

(d) include measurable objectives and a monitoring plan to allow the department to analyze how noxious weed management is restoring, rehabilitating, improving, or managing land as wildlife habitat.

(a) access for public hunting;

(b) multiple partners and landowners; and

(c) a commitment to match at least 25% of the final grant in cash.

(a) address the primary spread of noxious weeds to adjacent areas of wildlife habitat with native plants;

(b) include a significant portion of ecologically important wildlife habitat that is in need of restoration;

(c) include a significant portion of a watershed; or

(d) maintain native plants after project completion.