319 Project Effectiveness Reviews

Administering Entity: Montana Department of Environmental Quality

Entity Type(s): Conservation District, Federal, Local Government, NGO, School (K-12), Tribal, University, Watershed Groups

Water Resource: Lakes and Reservoirs, Rivers, Springs, Streams, Wetlands

Primary Data Type(s): Habitat-Instream, Habitat-Riparian, Instream Physical, Other

Primary Watershed Monitoring Objective(s): Education and Outreach, Long Term Fixed Station, Restoration Project Effectiveness

Subbasins: Statewide

Aquatic Invasive Species Type:

Counties: Statewide

Volunteers: no

Website: https://deq.mt.gov/water/Programs/nonpoint

Contact Name: Hannah Riedl

Contact Email: Hannah.Riedl@mt.gov

Summary of Monitoring Objectives:

-Track the long-term success of nonpoint source grant projects with standardized, qualitative observations and established photopoints -Record project failures and incorporate these lessons learned into ongoing and future project planning -Capture landowner’s perspectives about the social and economic implications of nonpoint source projects