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Winnett ACES has received additional grants from NFWF to help fund local, on-the-ground rangeland improvement projects in the Musselshell Plains. The purpose of the grant is to help local producers who want to improve their grazing system for the benefit of wildlife, the landscape, and livestock. Click above to learn more!

The Ranch Systems and Viability Planning (RSVP) network supports ranchers through: technical assistance; scholarships for continuing education; ongoing soil, vegetation and bird monitoring; an innovative cost-share program; and other tools to make ranches ecologically and financially healthy for future generations. The program aims to prevent the conversion of rangeland into cropland, improve water infiltration and overall soil health, increase biodiversity on the landscape and support rural communities and family ranches.

NRCS offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. Through these programs the agency approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns or opportunities to help save energy, improve soil, water, plant, air, animal and related resources on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land.

This website is designed to help citizens of Montana find assistance programs for implementation of conservation practices. Use the link above to find the right program for your land and resources such as rangelands, water quality, soil health and pollinator programs

The project area covers 16 million acres in eastern Montana, which is unequivocally the most important, intact breeding habitat for grassland birds in the nation. Local enrollment in Montana Declining Grassland Birds SAFE has global significance and big returns for endemic birds and other native wildlife. The Montana Declining Grassland Bird SAFE restores and enhances habitat for declining songbirds including Sprague's pipit, chestnut‐ collared longspur, Baird's sparrow, and lark bunting. Portions of the following counties are included in the Declining Grassland Birds SAFE: Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Daniels, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, and Yellowstone.