66 results
| Monitoring Program | Administering Watershed Entity | Primary Watershed Monitoring Objective(s) | Primary Water Monitoring Data Types | Type of Water Resource | Watershed Monitoring Entity Type | Subbasins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319 Project Effectiveness Reviews | Montana Department of Environmental Quality | Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Restoration Project Effectiveness | Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Other | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wetlands | Conservation District, Federal, Local Government, NGO, School (K-12), Tribal, University, Watershed Groups | Statewide |
| Adopt-A-Lake | Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Trends | Instream Physical, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs | Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| Adopt-A-Lake, Adopt-A-Stream, AIS | Clearwater Resource Council ( CRC ) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Streamgage, Trends | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| Adopt-A-Stream | Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) | Education and Outreach, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification | Discharge, Instream Physical, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| Agricultural Chemical Groundwater Monitoring Program | Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) Groundwater Protection Program | Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams, Wells | State | Statewide |
| Aquatic Invasive Species Bureau Early Detection and Monitoring Program | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) | Aquatic Invasive Species | Biology, Habitat-Instream, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Other, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wetlands | State | Statewide |
| BLM Montana/Dakotas Aquatic Resources (water, riparian, and fish) Program | Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Permit Compliance, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wells, Wetlands | Federal | Beaverhead, Belt, Big Hole, Big Muddy, Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Boulder, Box Elder, Brush Lake Closed Basin, Clark Fork Yellowstone, Flatwillow, Flint-Rock, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith, Lower Bighorn, Lower Clark Fork, Lower Flathead, Lower Musselshell, Lower Tongue, Lower Yellowstone, Madison, Middle Clark Fork, Middle Fork Flathead, Middle Kootenai, Middle Musselshell, Poplar, Porcupine, Prairie Elk-Wolf, Red Rock, Ruby, Shoshone, Smith, Stillwater, Sun, Two Medicine, Upper Clark Fork, Upper Little Missouri, Upper Missouri, Upper Missouri-Dearborn, Upper Musselshell, Upper Mussleshell, Upper Yellowstone, West Fork Poplar, Yaak, Yellowstone Headwaters |
| Beaverhead Watershed Committee | Beaverhead Watershed Committee | Streamgage | Instream Physical | Rivers | Conservation District | Red Rock |
| Big Hole River Foundation | Big Hole River Foundation | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | NGO, Watershed Groups | Big Hole |
| Bitterroot River Health Check | Bitterroot River Protection Associaiton | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Project Identification, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Discharge, Habitat-Instream, Instream Physical, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Bitterroot |
| Blackfoot Challenge Drought and Streamflow Monitoring Program | Blackfoot Challenge | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Federal, School (K-12), State, Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| Blackfoot and Clearwater Citizen Science Stream Monitoring (No longer active) | Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Blackfoot, Swan |
| Blackfoot-Clearwater-Swan AIS monitoring | Clearwater Resource Council | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification | Biology | Lakes and Reservoirs | State, Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| Broadwater County Gauged Streams | Broadwater Conservation District | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends | Discharge, Groundwater Level | Streams, Wells | Conservation District | Upper Missouri |
| CMRC/Ross Fork Volunteer Water Monitoring Group | Baseline, Education and Outreach | Discharge, Habitat-Riparian, Water Chemistry | Streams | Watershed Groups | Judith | |
| CRC AIS Monitoring | Clearwater Resource Council (CRC) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Education and Outreach | Biology | Lakes and Reservoirs | Watershed Groups | Blackfoot |
| CVA Water & Drought Awareness Program | Centennial Valley Association; State/Federal/NGO partners | Education and Outreach, Streamgage | Discharge, Other | Other, Rivers, Streams | Federal, NGO, State, Watershed Groups | Red Rock |
| Clark Fork Basin Nutrient & Algae Monitoring | University of Montana (UM) Watershed Health Clinic, Clark Fork Coalition (CFC), Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Missoula Wastewater Treatment Plant, Avista, Bitterroot River Protection Association | Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | Local Government, NGO, State, University, Watershed Groups | Bitterroot, Lower Clark Fork, Lower Flathead, Middle Clark Fork, Upper Clark Fork |
| Compliance, Training, and Technical Assistance | Permit Compliance | Discharge | Lakes and Reservoirs, Other, Rivers, Springs, Streams | Beaverhead, Bitterroot, Gallatin, Judith, Lower Yellowstone, Madison, Middle Clark Fork, Stillwater, Upper Clark Fork, Upper Missouri, Upper Yellowstone | ||
| DEQ Wetland Projects | Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Wetland Program | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Other, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Other, Springs, Wetlands | State | Big Hole, Bitterroot, Gallatin, Red Rock, Upper Mussleshell |
| Elkhorn Mine and Mill Restoration Project: Water Quality Monitoring-SAP | Big Hole Watershed Committee | Baseline, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Trends | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Springs, Streams | Watershed Groups | Big Hole |
| Flathead Monitoring Program | Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Problem identification, Trends | Biology, Geomorphology, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | University | Flathead Lake |
| Fort Peck 106 Clean Water Act | Fort Peck Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Permit Compliance, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Federal, Tribal | Big Muddy, Poplar, Porcupine, Prairie Elk-Wolf, West Fork Poplar |
| Fox Hills Aquifer Study | Richland County Conservation District | Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Problem identification, Trends | Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Wells | Conservation District, University | Lower Yellowstone |
| GLWQD Groundwater Monitoring Network | Gallatin Local Water Quality District (GLWQD) | Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Trends | Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Wells | Local Government | Upper Missouri |
| GLWQD Surface Water Monitoring Network | Gallatin Local Water Quality District (GLWQD) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Habitat-Instream, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Local Government | Gallatin, Upper Missouri |
| Gallatin River Task Force Community Water Quality Monitoring Program | Gallatin River Task Force (GRTF) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Discharge, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Instream, Instream Physical, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | NGO, Watershed Groups | Gallatin |
| Gallatin Stream Teams | Gallatin Local Water Quality District (GLWQD), Gallatin Watershed Council (GWC) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Habitat-Instream, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Springs, Streams | Local Government, Watershed Groups | Gallatin, Upper Missouri |
| Greater Yellowstone Network | National Park Service (NPS) | Baseline, Trends | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Springs, Streams | Federal | Lower Bighorn, Madison, Shoshone, Upper Yellowstone, Yellowstone Headwaters |
| Helena Area Water Quality Monitoring | Lewis & Clark Water Quality Protection District (LCWQD) | Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Education and Outreach, Trends | Discharge, Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wells | Local Government | Upper Missouri |
| Little Bitterroot Lake Eutrophication Study | Little Bitterroot Lake Association (LBLA) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, Wells | Watershed Groups | Lower Flathead |
| Lower Ruby Discharge Monitoring | Ruby Valley Conservation District (RVCD) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Project Identification, Streamgage, Trends | Discharge, Other | Rivers, Streams | Conservation District, Local Government | Ruby |
| Lower Yellowstone Buried Aquifer Study | Richland County Conservation District | Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Problem identification, Trends | Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Wells | Conservation District, University | Lower Yellowstone |
| MSU Extension - Gallatin Co AIS Monitoring | MSU Extension - Gallatin Co | Aquatic Invasive Species | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | Local Government, State, University | Gallatin | |
| Madison Stream Team | Madison Conservation District (MCD) | Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Conservation District | Madison |
| Monitoring and Assessment Program | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Permit Compliance, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, Wetlands | Conservation District, Federal, Local Government, NGO, State, University, Watershed Groups | Statewide | |
| Montana DNRC Streamgage Program | Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Permit Compliance, Streamgage, Trends | Discharge, Groundwater Level | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, Wells | State | Statewide |
| Montana Ground Water Monitoring Program | Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) | Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Trends | Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Springs, Wells | State, University | Statewide |
| Musselshell Salinity Monitoring Program | Musselshell Watershed Coalition (MWC) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Project Identification, Trends | Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Box Elder, Flatwillow, Lower Musselshell, Middle Musselshell, Upper Mussleshell |
| NWQI-Camp Creek - Godfrey Creek | Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | Baseline, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Discharge, Habitat-Riparian | Rivers, Streams | Federal | Gallatin |
| Northwest Montana Lakes Network (NMLN) | Whitefish Lake Institute (WLI) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Trends | Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs | NGO | Flathead Lake, Lower Flathead, Middle Kootenai, Stillwater, Swan |
| PIBO Effectiveness Monitoring Program | United States Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends | Geomorphology, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate | Rivers, Streams | Federal | Beaverhead, Belt, Big Hole, Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Boulder, Box Elder, Clark Fork Yellowstone, Flathead Lake, Flint-Rock, Gallatin, Jefferson, Judith, Lower Clark Fork, Lower Tongue, Madison, Middle Clark Fork, Middle Fork Flathead, Middle Kootenai, North Fork Flathead, Red Rock, Ruby, Shoshone, Smith, South Fork Flathead, Stillwater, Sun, Swan, Two Medicine, Upper Clark Fork, Upper Little Missouri, Upper Missouri, Upper Missouri-Dearborn, Upper Musselshell, Upper Yellowstone, Yaak, Yellowstone Headwaters |
| PROGRAM NO LONGER ACTIVE - Gallatin Microplastics Initiative - PROGRAM NO LONGER ACTIVE | ||||||
| Park Branch Canal Association Monitoring | Park Branch Canal Association | Baseline | Discharge, Groundwater Level, Other | Other, Rivers, Streams | NGO, Watershed Groups | Upper Yellowstone |
| Permit Compliance, 319, TMDL, Wetlands | Permittee, Contract Recipient, Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Permit Compliance, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wells, Wetlands | Conservation District, Local Government, School (K-12), State, University, Watershed Groups | Statewide |
| Pondera County Monitoring Program | Montana Association of Conservation Districts (MACD), Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Education and Outreach, Permit Compliance, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Riparian | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | Conservation District, State, Watershed Groups | Statewide |
| Public Water System Drinking Water Monitoring | Public Water Systems | Drinking Water Source Quality | Water Chemistry | Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wells | Local Government, School (K-12), State | Statewide |
| Red Rock Watershed Monitoring Program | The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) | Baseline, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, WQ Standards Attainment | Discharge, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Riparian, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | NGO | Beaverhead, Red Rock |
| RiverNET | Yellowstone Ecological Research Center | Baseline, Problem identification, Streamgage, Trends | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | NGO | Gallatin, Madison, Upper Yellowstone |
| SRWG Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring | Sun River Watershed Group (SRWG) | Education and Outreach, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Streamgage, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | Watershed Groups | Sun |
| Sheridan County Water Reservation | Sheridan County Conservation District | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Permit Compliance, Problem identification, Project Identification, Trends | Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Other, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wells, Wetlands | Conservation District | Big Muddy, Brush Lake Closed Basin |
| Smith River Groundwater Study | Meagher County Conservation District | Baseline, Permit Compliance, Problem identification, Streamgage, Trends | Groundwater Level | Wells | Local Government | Smith |
| Southwestern Crown Road-Sediment Monitoring | United States Forest Service (USFS) Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), United States Geological Survey (USGS) | Baseline, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness | Geomorphology, Habitat-Instream, Instream Physical, Substrate | Rivers, Streams | Federal | Blackfoot |
| Students-in-Action | Seeley Swan High School | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Streamgage, Trends | Discharge, Instream Physical, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams | School (K-12) | Blackfoot |
| Sun River Stream Gage Monitoring | Sun River Watershed Group (SRWG) | Streamgage | Instream Physical | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | Conservation District, Federal, Local Government, NGO, State, Watershed Groups | Sun |
| Swan Lake Water Monitoring Program | Swan Lakers | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Trends | Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers | NGO | Flathead Lake, Swan |
| Test Program | Water Chemistry | Streams | University | Gallatin | ||
| Upper Big Hole CCAA | Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) | Long Term Fixed Station, Problem identification, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian | Rivers, Streams | Federal, State | Big Hole |
| Upper Missouri Watershed Alliance (UMOWA) | Baseline, Long Term Fixed Station, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Water Chemistry | Rivers | Watershed Groups | Smith, Upper Missouri, Upper Missouri-Dearborn | |
| Volunteer Monitoring Program, Montana DEQ | Baseline, Drinking Water Source Quality, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Project Identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Other, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, Wetlands | Conservation District, Local Government, NGO, State, Watershed Groups | Statewide | |
| Volunteer Surfacewater Monitoring | Missoula Valley Water Quality District | Baseline | Discharge, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams, Wells | Local Government | Bitterroot, Middle Clark Fork |
| Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment | Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) - Water Quality Division | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams | State | Statewide |
| Watershed Education Network (WEN) | Watershed Education Network | Baseline, Education and Outreach, Pollution Source Assessment, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Groundwater Level, Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams, Wells, Wetlands | NGO, Watershed Groups | Middle Clark Fork |
| Wetland Effectiveness Monitoring | Montana Department of Environmental Quality | Education and Outreach, Restoration Project Effectiveness | Biology, Discharge, Groundwater Level, Water Chemistry | Rivers, Streams, Wetlands | Federal, Local Government, NGO, State, Tribal, University, Watershed Groups | Statewide |
| Whitefish Lake Watershed Baseline Water Quality Monitoring Program | Whitefish Lake Institute (WLI) | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Problem identification, Project Identification, Streamgage, Trends | Biology, Discharge, Geomorphology, Instream Physical, Substrate, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wetlands | NGO | Stillwater |
| Yaak Valley Water Quality Monitoring Program | Yaak Valley Forest Council | Aquatic Invasive Species, Baseline, Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Pollution Source Assessment, Problem identification, Restoration Project Effectiveness, Trends, WQ Standards Attainment | Habitat-Riparian, Water Chemistry | Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, Wetlands | NGO, Watershed Groups | Middle Kootenai, Yaak |