Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies |
Animal Bioscience Research Facility |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$10,340,000 |
Agriculture is the largest basic industry in the Montana economy and the livestock industry is its largest segment. The progressive evolution of animal and range sciences has generated increasingly complex opportunities for research, teaching and outreach. Montana is a global leader in the production of high quality seed stock, resource stewardship and exports resources around the world. The research to be undertaken in this facility will help maintain the efficient production of safe, consistent high quality meat products and add value to the livestock and related industries in Montana. |
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) |
Butte, MT |
National Center for Appropriate Technology |
$3,000,000 |
ATTRA helps thousands of farmers, ranchers, and growers from across the country: reduce use of herbicides and pesticides; employ farm practices that help protect our nation’s air, water, and soil resources; grow bio-based energy crops and produce bio-based fuels; reduce energy and water use through conservation and energy efficiency; develop new marketing opportunities by focusing on local foods, farm-to-school, and farmers markets; create rural jobs by growing new farmers; and protect rural jobs by supporting existing farmers, ranchers, and growers. In Montana in 2009, ATTRA provided more than 4,900 responses to technical assistance requests from people in 49 Montana communities and Montanans downloaded over 110,000 publications from the website. |
Barley for Rural Development |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$600,000 |
Barley is a public sector crop. With the sale of Westbred, LLC to Monsanto Inc., there are no privately held barley breeding programs that serve the Northern Plains states. The Barley for Rural Development program serves the needs of barley growers in Montana, Idaho and North Dakota. We released winter barley varieties that provide superb yield potential, and spring sown varieties with remarkable yield potential and quality characteristics. Sectors of the private malt barley industry maintain 45 jobs at the MaltEurop malt plant (Great Falls) that demands 300,000 tons of malting barley per year. |
Bitterroot River Tributaries Conservation |
Victor, MT |
Ravalli County |
$1,000,000 |
Bear Creek and Fred Burr Creek serve as vital habitat for endangered Bull Trout. These creeks are both direct tributaries of the historic Bitterroot River. Road crossings of Fred Burr Creek and the two channels of Bear Creek have culvert structures that restrict the passage of native fish. These culverts need replacement, and both Bear Creek and Fred Burr Creek require restoration to improve natural channel and flow patterns. These improvements would enhance environmental health, and increase the ability of the creeks to accommodate high water events. |
Brucellosis Vaccines, MT |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$500,000 |
B. abortus is a communicable disease that has already affected Montana’s livestock industry and will continue to pose future threats until improved vaccines are developed. Montana must retain its Brucella-free status to sustain the livestock industry. Development of novel vaccines and study of livestock and bison immune responses will have a tremendously positive impact for Montana agriculture. |
East Fork Dam |
Fergus County, MT |
City of Lewistown |
$435,000 |
The City of Lewistown owns a major flood control dam on the East Fork of Spring Creek, that protects the safety and welfare of the community and whereas the low level outlet gate is currently inoperable and needs to be repaired. The outlet gate operator has not been functional since 2000 and needs to be repaired so the outlet gate can be opened to drain or release water from the reservoir. Because of the size and importance of the flood protection project, the City of Lewistown needs to fix the gate to meet the requirements of their Dam Safety Operating Permit with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. |
Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee |
Statewide, with emphasis around Yellowstone |
Montana Department of Livestock |
$1,500,000 |
With the ongoing risk of brucellosis transmission from brucellosis infected elk and bison In the Greater Yellowstone Area, continued efforts are needed for surveillance and to mitigate this risk of transmission to maintain the marketability of Montana's cattle interstate and international. This project implements brucellosis herd management plans, provides resources for fencing and other methods of separation between livestock and potentially infected wildlife. Herd management plans address testing requirements and surveillance. Additionally, this project supports activities by the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks to conduct brucellosis surveillance of elk, study done elk population movements, and the continuation of Bison Quarantine Feasibility Study. |
Mobile Biomass Energy Unit for Diseased Timber Harvesting |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$2,400,000 |
Forests all across the Rocky Mountain West are being decimated by the onslaughts of bark beetle infestation. In Montana alone, a 2008 survey by the U.S. Forest Service determined that 2.5 million acres of forests are under attack from beetles. Once a tree is attacked, there is little that can be done to prevent the eventual demise of the tree. Once the infected stand is dead, it presents a new risk in the form of dense fuel concentrations that substantially increase the probability of wildfires that burn with greater intensity. This project will demonstrate the deployment of mobile bioenergy units to treatment sites to process residues into useful energy that could then displace fossil fuel utilization by treatment equipment and help defray treatment costs. |
Montana Food and Agriculture Center Network |
Statewide |
Bear Paw Development Corporation |
$412,500 |
This project is critical to ensure the continuation of the Montana Food and Agriculture Center Network (MFACN), which provides technical assistance to food entrepreneurs, value-added agriculture operators and alternative energy projects. The professional business counseling provided through MFACN to assist start-up ventures or expansions to existing businesses, delivered through regional economic development non-profit organizations located in rural Montana, has proven effective in taking good ideas and making them a reality. This network of 5 centers works to assure economic opportunity exists in places that have been plagued by out-migration, business closures, unpredictable commodity prices and economic stagnation. |
Add a new Entomologist and Containment Facility Specialist |
Sidney, MT |
USDA Northern Plains Agriculture Research Laboratory |
$500,000 |
Invasive species (weeds, insects and other pests) cost American taxpayers more than $137 billion per year, or approximately $500 for every individual in the country. These costs are rising as more and more invasive species enter the country and become major problems. Biological control can provide low-cost, environmentally safe, effective and permanent management of these pests and also aids in protecting more than 40% of threatened and endangered plant species whose primary risk arises from exotic organisms. |
Rural Montana Local Food Production Center |
Kalispell, MT |
Flathead Valley Community College |
$1,003,500 |
While agriculture is by far the largest industry in Montana (comprising 36% of Montana’s economy in 2000), the vast majority of food produced in the state must be shipped out of state for processing before being imported back in for sale. One of the primary constraints is that there is only one commercial food production facility in the state open to independent agricultural enterprises. The lack of access to food production facilities is the limiting factor in maximizing Montana’s local food economy. If the state sourced 30% instead of 15% of Montana’s food in-state, an additional $450 million would go directly to state food producers. Further, the state does not have a veterinary technician program, though significant demand exists. |
Tri State Predator Control Program |
State |
Montana Wool Growers |
$2,300,000 |
The funds requested will be evenly divided between the USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services programs in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana to aid their efforts in managing and controlling all predators affecting both the livestock industries in the three states, as well as the states wildlife resources. In addition, these funds will offset the ever increasing costs and demands upon the Wildlife Services programs in the three states due to the exploding and ever widening populations of federally introduced wolves in the states. |
Wheat Stem Sawfly Research, MT |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$500,000 |
Wheat Stem Sawfly is the most destructive insect pest of wheat in Montana, with annual crop losses exceeding $75 million in each of the past two years. Outbreak populations are expanding and causing heavy losses in winter, spring and durum wheat grown throughout the State. Larval feeding in stems reduces grain weight by an average of 20%. Infested stems lodge, causing additional losses that average 15% across sawfly infested areas and also increase costs at harvest. In the cropping environment, stem lodging decreases snow retention and germination of lodged seed which further depletes soil moisture. |
Whitmore Ravine Storm Drainage Improvements and Erosion Control Project |
Cascade County, MT |
Cascade County Conservation District |
$11,511,825 |
The Missouri River water quality is negatively affected by a delta of sediment caused by excessive and unintended erosion of Whitmore Ravine (Over 500,000 tons of sediment has been deposited). Sediment is affecting the PPL Montana hydroelectric plant downstream. Human safety and animals are at risk with the erosion of the slopes causing up to 50 foot vertical drops in some areas. Erosion is taking farmland out of production and is preventing land from holding native plants and wildlife. Collapsing slopes are inching dangerously close to power transmission systems and other infrastructure that would further increase problems. Uncontrolled drainage is threatening recreational trails and ruining the landscape once traveled by the Corps of Discovery. |
Yellowstone and Shields Floodplain Restoration and Conservation Project |
Upper Shields River Valley and Paradise Valley, MT |
Gallatin Valley Land Trust |
$2,845,220 |
The Shields River is an important tributary to the Yellowstone River in the heart of relatively intact, healthy habitat for Montana’s iconic carnivore species like wolves, lynx, and bear, and for Montana’s famed fisheries, including the imperiled Yellowstone cutthroat trout. However, several significant chokepoints exist on the river, impairing fisheries and floodplain hydrology. The Yellowstone and Shields Floodplain Restoration & Conservation Project proposes to protect and restore part of the upper river through three integrated tools: bargain-sale acquisition of private, voluntary conservation easements, reconnecting a portion of the Shields River to its floodplain, and significantly reducing sediment pollution to the River. |
Headwaters RC&D Regional Biomass Center |
Southwest MT |
Headwaters RC&D |
$750,000 |
With federal funding, Headwaters RC&D seeks to create a Regional Biomass center, which will develop consistent demand for biomass off-products of the wood products industry. Currently, biomass is most readily available either from the wood products industry or as a by-product of fire mitigation and forest health projects. This commodity can be utilized as a heat source, for the production of electricity, or to produce pulp and paper products. This project will achieve the twin goals of creating products with value for consumers and taxpayers, while helping to stabilize the wood products industry and small town economies across Western Montana. |
Defense |
Adaptive Lightweight Materials For Missile Defense |
Browning, MT |
Blackfeet Nation |
$6,450,000 |
The Department of Defense urgently requires adaptive, lightweight materials together with associated enhanced fabrication, production and manufacturing technologies that can respond to meet the unique needs for lighter weight and stronger components for its missiles, ground, air and space platforms and sensors. There are critical needs for materials that can replace the traditional heavy, logistically constraining, costly, and in many cases, highly toxic metals, particularly for helicopters, airborne sensors, unmanned vehicles, and remotely operated missile defense systems. The Adaptive Lightweight Materials Project provides better and cheaper composite materials for the military that enable our warfighters to have lighter and stronger weapons systems for enhanced battlefield success. |
Adelos Program |
Missoula, MT |
TerraEchos |
$5,700,000 |
The protection of US nuclear facilities, materials, and weapon systems requires an aggressive infrastructure protection road map that includes technology that will provide advanced covert surveillance and intelligence information to detect asymmetric terrorism. Nuclear security experts at the Departments of Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security have unfulfilled requirements for advanced sensor systems designed to secure, protect, and monitor nuclear facilities, materials, and strategic weapons. Early-warning, stand-off, undetectable capabilities provide the security force with the time needed to adequately judge the nature of the threat and respond. The Adelos Sensor Array provides this capability needed to secure our nation’s strategic nuclear assets, materials, and critical infrastructure |
Advanced Motion Simulation System |
Bozeman, MT |
Square One Systems Design |
$650,000 |
Motion simulators allow the Army to expose soldiers to battlefield scenarios within the controlled environment of the laboratory. Improving the fidelity of these simulators will result in deployed warfighters that are more likely to complete their missions successfully and safely. The use of advanced simulators will help the Army identify potential problems with vehicle design before new vehicles go into full scale production. In the same way, the Navy will be able test advanced shipboard systems prior to deployment to the fleet. These improvements will provide significant savings within future defense budgets |
Advanced Wearable Power Systems |
Butte, MT |
MSE Technology Applications |
$3,000,000 |
This project will develop wearable electric power units for the individual soldier thereby significantly reducing battery weight and increasing soldier survivability, effectiveness, mobility and mission flexibility. The electric power will be provided by small fuel cells embedded in the soldier's jacket pockets. The fuel cells will utilize a light-weight, highly energetic, safe fuel. Manufacturing processes for the fuel cell and fuel will be evaluated and optimized. National security interests will require cost-effective, domestic production of these mission-critical items |
Approaches to Prevent and Treat Epilepsy in Military Personal |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$2,000,000 |
The primary mission of the Montana Neuroscience Institute is to develop therapeutic applications for neurologic conditions. Approximately 20 to 25 percent of patients who suffer a severe brain injury go on to develop post-traumatic epilepsy. This risk is increased 20-fold for military personnel due in part to exposure to blast force energy waves. This project will develop a bimodal approach for treatment that focuses first on acute therapy to prevent or limit the initiation of seizures and, second, on the treatment of patients where chronic seizures have already been established. The goal in this case is the development of therapeutics that are safe, have a large window of efficacy, and can be easily administered by first responder personnel such as paramedics and battlefield medics |
Clinical Development of a Norovirus Gastroenteritis Vaccine |
Bozeman, MT |
Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals |
$7,500,000 |
LigoCyte now leads the world as the only announced company developing a vaccine to Noroviruses for preventing epidemic outbreaks of gastroenteritis. This vaccine will provide an effective countermeasure to the norovirus outbreaks seen in military operations as documented onboard naval ships, in battlefield action in Iraq and at military recruit training centers. Outbreaks and deaths in VA hospitals and nursing homes have been documented in the scientific press and in the media. LigoCyte’s vaccine will address the significant disease burden of Norovirus where vulnerable populations including children, the elderly and the hospitalized are at risk for serious complications, including death. The monies requested will be used to prepare for and conduct qualifying clinical trials need for FDA approval of our vaccine that has now been tested successfully in an FDA approved Phase I clinical trial |
Counterdrug Mission Support |
Billings, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, and Missoula, MT |
Montana National Guard Counterdrug Task Force |
$1,000,000 |
The Montana Counterdrug Joint Task Force (CDJTF) supports drug law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) in their efforts to reduce the flow of drugs into Montana as well as to educate the youth about the dangers of drug use and abuse. The CDJTF places trained Criminal Analysts in three of the five High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTAs) Great Falls, Missoula and Billings. These Analysts assists LEAs with investigative support on processing drug cases and criminals. The program also provides counterdrug aviation assistance for eradication and reconnaissance missions, and works with drug demand reduction efforts in Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, Billings, and Missoula |
Defense-Critical Languages and Cultures Program |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$2,500,000 |
There is an urgent need in the Department of Defense to train key military personnel in the languages and cultures of strategically important region. This project expands a dedicated program that leads to functional proficiency in Arabic and Chinese to include beginning and intermediate instruction in Pashto and Dari, to address needs in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Funding for this project would additionally improve online instruction capabilities, provide additional training for National Guard and Special Forces personnel, and extend scholarship assistance for Reserve Officer Training Students who enroll in intensive language and culture coursework through the program |
Demilitarization of HC White Smokes |
Butte, MT |
MSE Technology Applications |
$2,990,000 |
The United States military has huge inventories of obsolete Hexachloroethane (HC) white smoke canisters and other HC smoke ordnance. These devices are designed to produce very large quantities of small particulate matter which acts as an obscurant in battlefield environments. Because of the particulate production, open burning demilitarization of HC smokes has been prohibited and attempts to demilitarize with other methods have been problematic. MSE has performed initial work on a low-temp, low cost environmentally friendly alternative technology for the demilitarization of the HC smokes. The results of this initial work are highly encouraging. The proposed project will allow refinement of the process, leading to full-scale implementation |
Gelled and Metalized Gelled Propellants Production |
Butte, MT |
Resodyn Corporation |
$4,000,000 |
Resodyn Corporation proposes to work with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) to develop technology to manufacture highly efficient and improved gelled and metallized gelled propellants for both strategic and tactical missile systems. Department of Defense weapons programs are tasked with developing technologically advanced, operationally reliable, and mission flexible weapons systems. For missile-based systems, these requirements are addressed by improvements in warheads, target acquisition and propulsion. Gelled and metalized gelled propellants are particularly well suited for a variety of propulsion systems due to the many benefits they offer the next generation of rocket-propelled weapons |
Hyperbaric Oxygen Research Project |
Missoula, MT |
Montana Neuroscience Institute |
$3,000,000 |
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a safe, FDA-approved treatment that is used for a number of indications, ranging from carbon monoxide poisoning to skin infections. In 2008 the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense determined that case reports on the use of hyperbaric oxygen to treat traumatic brain injury were compelling enough to mandate expedited research trials. Funding is needed to participate in this important research and enable Montana’s military personnel and veterans to have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy. With federal support, the Montana Neuroscience Institute will be able to purchase hyperbaric oxygen chambers for treatment and research purposes; retrofit the Institute space so that the chambers can be utilized properly; and purchase medical-grade trailers so that the chambers can travel to rural areas across the State for patient use |
Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad - Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator |
Helena, MT |
Western Computer Services (WESCO) |
$4,000,000 |
There is currently no simulator that can replicate the area occupied by the Infantry in transport vehicles. This includes, Mine Resistant Armor Protected (MRAP), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), and the entire spectrum of wheeled and helo borne assets in the USMC inventory. Funding for this Reconfigurable Vehicle Simulator project will meet this need by simulating conditions to assess communications, human factors, and fighting capability in a simulator that can replicate any transport vehicle. This simulator will support the efforts of the vehicle Program Managers in the Marine Corps, and could be reproduced to meet the unique needs of other service branches |
Materials Technology for LED Lighting Applications |
Bozeman, MT |
Federal Technology Group |
$3,000,000 |
There is a national need to reduce power consumption at all levels, and this program will enable the use of LED technology in industrial, residential and commercial lighting to reduce energy consumption by a staggering 80 percent. This project will enable the use of LED lighting, and the environmental and cost benefits that come with it, for military and industrial applications. This initiative also will have a rapid and substantial impact on the development of new electronics platforms for communications and life-saving equipment, which in turn will lead to improved troop safety. This will enhance the existing program mission and capabilities at the Army Research Lab to meet force requirements |
Metamorphose/i3 Data Conversion, Integration and Support |
Butte, MT |
Synesis7 |
$13,500,000 |
Current data formats cause higher costs in data management, updating, and delivery to the end-user the way they need to see it. It causes higher logistics, operational and training costs, and causes degraded asset maintenance, reliability, availability, and operational performance. And it does not support cross systems and operations interoperability - a goal for both the Department of Defense and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The Metamorphose/i3 process saves the government 25-60% in conversion costs of maintenance manuals from paper to a highly structured electronic format with built-in data intelligence. Additionally, this effort will save the government 50-70% in ongoing data management and sustainment costs, saving NAVAIR alone an estimated $134,000,000 annually once all data is converted |
MilTech Extension — Transitioning Innovative Technology to the US Military |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$2,000,000 |
The Department of Defense has a critical need to transition new technology to the US warfighter in order to help save lives and improve effectiveness. MilTech is addressing this need through a partnership between TechLink and the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC). MMEC and its counterparts in other states are working closely with TechLink to assist innovative companies that are commercializing new defense-related technology. MilTech helps innovative small companies to overcome key technical, manufacturing, and procurement hurdles that stand in the way of delivery of new technology to the US military, thereby accelerating the transition of critically needed new technology to the US military |
Montana Institute for Simulation Technologies |
Butte, MT |
Montana Tech of The University of Montana |
$2,000,000 |
The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) works to build computing capabilities in the U.S. to support data-intensive missions such as persistent surveillance, missile defense, hypersonics and propulsion, materials design, medical, and genomic and bioinformatics data analysis. The Department of Defense computational demands greatly exceed the HPCMP office annual capacity. This project will create advanced computing, modeling, simulations, and visualization research capability within the Montana University System and will enable our leading research institutions to participate more fully in Department of Defense missions resulting in increased research funding and private economic development for Montana |
Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) |
Kalispell, MT |
Sonju Industrial |
$8,000,000 |
According to the Missile Defense Agency, there are approximately 5,900 ballistic missiles in the hands of countries other than NATO, China, Russia, or the United States. Of these, 93% have ranges less thank 1,000 km; 6% have ranges between 1,000-3,000km; and less than 1% have ranges over 3,000 km. These numbers show that short- and medium-range ballistic missiles pose a significant threat to the US, the Armed Forces and America's allies around the world. This program will improve technology capable of intercepting these dangerous short- and medium-range ballistic missiles |
New Technologies For Missile Defense |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$2,000,000 |
The Missile Defense Agency is responsible for developing, testing and fielding ballistic missile defense that can defend deployed forces and allies against theatre threats, protect the US against rouge nations missiles and continue to protect against a major ballistic missile attack. Montana State University has a singular capability for the study of chemical reactions relevant to space vehicle signatures and space-based lasers. The appropriation will use MSU’s in-house technology to enhance a Center that has already become an invaluable resource for the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency by providing the critical data needed by those agencies to utilize plumes as signatures to understand potential missile threats |
Next Generation Simulation Training for Air Force Special Operations Command Pararescue Forces |
Butte, MT |
National Center for Health Care Informatics |
$6,406,400 |
Preparing the US Air Force (USAF) pararescuemen (PJ) to treat/rescue casualties in a battlefield is complex and time intensive. Current training can not replicate the visual, tactile, technical, emotional, and communication skills required to execute the PJ’s medical/rescue missions. The USAF is seeking next generation, virtual-world training that can depict the treatment/rescue of wounded personnel in a real-world battlefield environment. This program is developing next generation simulation training, including a prototype of a battlefield trauma care procedure. Federal funding will be used to develop additional trauma care and rescue specific scenarios, integrate these simulations into existing and future USAF simulation trainers, and support the development of the Simulation Training and Rescue Center |
Non-Lethal Force Protection Technology Development |
Butte, MT |
MSE Technology Applications |
$3,400,000 |
The objective of this project is to develop Non-Lethal Force Protection technologies focusing on Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) systems. The U.S. Navy currently lacks non-lethal means to stop potential terrorist attacks against its assets. When entering U.S. or foreign ports, Navy ships are subject to approach by small craft, which can pose a significant threat. If warnings to keep their distance are not heeded, the current option is to exercise force, which may not be acceptable. Non-Lethal DEWs provide the Navy with the ability to keep these crafts at a safe distance while preventing friendly-fire losses. The same technologies have application to the other armed services engaged in land based scenarios |
Reconfigurable MEMS Positioning Module |
Bozeman, MT |
Square One Systems Design |
$870,000 |
Integrated Microsystems have been identified by the DoD as the key to revolutionizing the performance of future military systems. The core functionality of Microelectrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) devices is their ability to sense, process and act on battlespace data thus providing the US warfighter with powerful advantages. These technological advantages are especially important when confronting the unconventional biological, chemical and nuclear threats of the Global War on Terror. The proposed Reconfigurable MEMS Positioning Module is a game changing technology that has the potential to greatly enhance our Nation’s security |
Regenerative Therapeutics for Combat Wound Healing |
Butte, MT |
Resodyn Corporation |
$5,000,000 |
Resodyn Corporation proposes to work with Department of Defense medical research partners (Combat Casualty Care Research) to develop bone and tissue engineering technologies for regenerative medicine applications. Applications for these technologies include bone and tissue regeneration for human tissue damage related to military battlefield wounds, particularly Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks and other catastrophic injuries. The technologies and therapies developed will improve the quality of life for the injured warfighter and help restore their lives to normalcy. An additional benefit for the warfighter, as well as for the nation, is restoration of their physical well being and function will help them integrate back into society |
SCALE/i3-Based Automated Logistics Environment (ALE) Solution |
Butte, MT |
Synesis7 |
$9,800,000 |
Integrated logistics is crucial to effectively sustain a continuing high war operations tempo and an increasing global military operations footprint. The need for dynamic flexibility in operations and resource deployment is essential in a growing global environment of uncertainty and a shifting military paradigm. Integrated logistics planning, design, operations and execution is essential to making this possible. SCALE/i3-Based Automated Logistics Environment (ALE) assists in providing this. And a SCALE/i3-Based ALE will save the Naval Air Systems Command an estimated $326,000,000 annually. Requested funding will enable NAVAIR to complete the implementation of the ALE solution |
Special Operations Command Visual Augmentation System Hand Held Imagers – Long Range (SOVAS HHI-LR) |
Bozeman, MT |
FLIR Systems, Inc |
$5,000,000 |
SOVAS HHI-LR is an electro-optical/infrared sensor that provides portable long-range surveillance, identification, detection and tracking capabilities in all viewing and weather conditions; at ranges beyond which the operator would normally not be able to see the target. With the ability to detect and identify targets at distances that exceed 5 kilometers, SOVAS HHI-LR allows special operations forces to conduct critical reconnaissance, surveillance, detection and recognition at safe and maximum ranges from positions of relative safety |
Special Operations Command Visual Augmentation System Hand Held Imagers – Medium Range (SOVAS HHI-MR) |
Bozeman, MT |
FLIR Systems, Inc |
$5,000,000 |
SOVAS HHI-MR is an electro-optical/infrared sensor that provides portable long-range surveillance, identification, detection and tracking capabilities in all viewing and weather conditions; at ranges beyond which the operator would normally not be able to see the target. With the ability to detect and identify targets at distances that exceed 2 kilometers, SOVAS HHI-MR allows special operations forces to conduct critical reconnaissance, surveillance, detection and recognition at safe and maximum ranges from positions of relative safety |
Spin-Torque Effect Research for MRAM |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$2,000,000 |
Because of the many advantages of Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), the Navy is investigating it for use in satellite and other military systems. Additional research is needed to increase storage density and reduce data writing power demands. The most promising avenue of research is using the recently discovered spin-torque effect. The University of Montana is a national leader in this field and this project will support collaborative research between the University of Montana and the Naval Research Lab to work on second generation MRAM for military applications |
Submarine Automated Acoustic Intercept Technology |
Bozeman, MT |
Advanced Acoustic Concepts |
$6,000,000 |
Current DoD submarine platform protection and self defense operational requirements (OR) include the need to passively detect, localize, track and classify surface and undersea threats. To address the existing OR, through a SBIR program, the US Navy developed a new submarine acoustic sensor (SPVA) that integrates seamlessly within ARCI and maintains life cycle cost goals. This SBIR (Acoustic Intercept Improvement Initiative, N98-106) transitioned from Phase II to Phase III with fleet introduction underway. This program significantly improves AI system sensitivity, bearing accuracy and target ranging capabilities, while supporting “situational awareness and collision avoidance” operations during submarine surfacing maneuvers |
Therapeutic Infection Preventant for Military Wounds |
Bozeman, MT |
Microbion Corporation |
$5,971,000 |
Casualties associated with the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are frequently characterized by orthopedic injuries, often complicated by bacterial infections resistant to multiple antimicrobial drugs. This project supports the critical FDA regulatory development of a topical anti-infective product for immediate field and hospital use in military wounds, and in civilian acute/chronic wound patient populations. The technology in development is proven against antibiotic-resistant wound pathogens and against microbial biofilms. This topical drug product is anticipated to significantly improve clinical outcomes in military and civilian personnel with contaminated wounds, thereby reducing current rates of mortality, morbidity, and amputation |
Thermal Interface and Thermal Management Materials/Systems for Missile and Aviation Electronics |
Butte, MT |
Montana Tech of The University of Montana |
$2,400,000 |
Montana Tech’s Center for Advanced Minerals and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP) requests funding to support applied research, testing, education and commercialization in the area of Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) and Thermal Management Materials. Utilizing CAMP’s extensive knowledge of metallurgy, these efforts will create solution for removing heat from constrained electronics packages such as found in composite missiles and aviation electronics. In addition, the funding will assist with the expansion of our state-of-the-art materials testing laboratory and capabilities. The application of these new technologies will create local jobs and bring increased economic development to Montana |
Titanium Extraction, Mining and Process Engineering Research |
Butte, MT |
Universal Technical Resource Services |
$10,000,000 |
The Titanium Extraction, Mining, and Process Engineering Research (TEMPER) program has successfully manufactured liquid titanium in Universal Technical Resources' laboratory using a prototype furnace designed and developed by Montana scientists. The furnace reactor has subsequently manufactured diverse titanium alloys using various types of titanium ores, not only proving that the technology is successful, but strengthening the prospect of successfully adapting the technology for commercial-grade reactors. Scaling up the successful laboratory process will provide the U.S. government with a new source for this highly desired metal and its alloys, thus reducing substantial and costly lead times and dependence on foreign producers. Titanium is lightweight, strong, and corrosion-resistant, presenting numerous possible applications in military environments |
Ultrawideband Active Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) |
Bozeman, MT |
S2 Corporation |
$7,800,000 |
Current technologies are inadequate to protect our warfighters from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), threats that continue to injure or kill American soldiers on foreign soil and can be anticipated to threaten civilian population centers in the future. The S2 technology has been demonstrated as a full-spectrum and real-time radio frequency (RF) signal processing device in working hardware. This project will use this hardware to enable a new sensor capability for ground looking RF detection and real-time discrimination of IEDs. This innovation will be configured with ultra-wideband antennas for the specific goal of active RF IED detection. Plans include mature hardware and an aggressive field testing effort to demonstrate technology capability for ultimate transition and fielding |
United Service Organization (USO) Programs |
Arlington, VA |
United Service Organizations (USO) |
Continued support |
During Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the United Service Organizations (USO) has mobilized at a rate not seen since the Vietnam War. To meet the ongoing challenges posed by these conflicts, the USO is adding facilities and expanding programs to address the most immediate requirements of America's troops and their families. Additional funding will enable the USO to continue to support our men and women in uniform, and their families, through these and other activities and initiatives. |
UV Personal Dosimeter with Intelligent Warning Communication for Field Application |
Missoula, MT |
Aquilavision Corporation |
$2,710,000 |
Intense, acute and recurrent ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure can be extremely hazardous to US fighting men and women deployed in the areas of high levels of solar UVR such as are encountered in the Middle East and South Asia. The project will build and test a ruggedized personal and portable UV dosimeter with advanced evaluation and communications systems for field use by US military, homeland security, and law enforcement personnel. It will expand the uses of cutting-edge tracking, decision-making, and communications technology to better monitor and ensure the safety and well-being of troops in the field |
V-22/S7 CABO/i3 Integration, Implementation and Automated Logistics Environment (ALE) Support |
Butte, MT |
Synesis7 |
$8,700,000 |
This project will integrate and implement automated logistics environment (ALE) manuals to replace costly and difficult-to-update paper manuals for maintenance on Department of Defense and Naval Air Systems Command vehicles and weapons. This project presents an opportunity for cost savings in the military, with the replacement of manuals for the V-22 and H-1 programs estimated to save $243,000,000 over a 20-year lifespan. Additionally, upon successful implementation, Naval Air Systems Command can treat the ALE environments as "enterprise solutions" and adapt the technology to meet the needs of additional military platforms, which will increase savings to the Department of Defense and American taxpayers. |
Energy & Water Development |
Biomass to SNG Commercialization Project |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$5,000,000 |
The purpose of this request is to research energy feed stocks in order to optimize production and determine the feasibility of a biomass to synthetic natural gas (SNG) pilot/demonstrationplant to be located in Montana. The ultimate goal is to accelerate the commercialization of emerging new technologies to utilize biomass in the production of pipeline grade SNG. SNG from biomass would generate new revenue for struggling Montana forest products mills, and expand the use of local renewable energy sources. |
Cartersville Fish Passage Project |
Yellowstone River Basin, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$300,000 |
The Cartersville project addresses warm water fish problems in the lower Yellowstone River. Irrigation diversions have prevented pallid sturgeon (an endangered species) from passing dams and spawning, and have contributed to the decline of other warm water fish species. Constructing a fish passage at Cartersville diversion would immediately improve the survival prospect for pallid sturgeon and increase habitat for other species. In addition it would strengthen and extend the life of the Cartersville irrigation district's diversion, a part of Montana's agriculture infrastructure that is aged and in need of rehabilitation. The project would be a win-win situation for environment and irrigators. |
Center for Zero Emissions Research & Technology |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$10,000,000 |
Carbon sequestration remains the principal means for ensuring that the United States' and Montana's coal reserves can be used in an environmentally friendly manner to help meet domestic energy needs. In particular, this project will study emerging clean coal technologies and continue testing on carbon sequestration techniques and effectiveness. |
Clark Fork River Revitalization Project |
Missoula, MT |
City of Missoula |
$5,000,000 |
Many of the River’s banks in downtown Missoula are in poor condition from a century of neglect and use of ad hoc stabilization such as concrete and asphalt, car bodies, and logs. This downtown Missoula project will restore degraded riverbanks, address flood concerns, and provide public recreation and trails amenities. It is a model project for redevelopment of an urban brownfields. |
Dawson County/City of Glendive Floodplain Project |
Glendive, MT |
City of Glendive and Dawson County |
$900,000 |
During the 1960's Interstate 94 was constructed and closed off, or dammed up, a natural bypass chute on the Yellowstone River. In turn this changed the hydrology of the existing flood plain and made the existing flood levee non compliant. This previously compliant levee protects 30% of the geographic area of the City of Glendive. These studies are needed as they are the first step toward resolving this problem. This is the most important issue facing Dawson County and the City of Glendive. The flood plain problem must be resolved to ensure public safety and the economic survival of the City. |
Efficient Use of Renewable Energy |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$1,000,000 |
The development of advance storage and load technologies is critical to the enhanced utilization of renewable resources. If these challenges can be overcome, renewable energy, especially from wind and solar, can be even more significant in contributing even more to energy independence, reduced greenhouse emissions, and possibly lower energy costs. This project will focus on the use of hybrid battery technology and load control to address the issues of variability of power output, current underuse of energy during peak production and related issues. |
Fort Peck-Dry Prairie Rural Water System |
Poplar, MT |
Fort Peck Dry Prairie Rural Water Authority |
$60,975,000 |
For construction of Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water System and the Dry Prairie Rural Water System as authorized by PL 106-382: FY2011 work plan to finance ongoing contract for construction of water treatment plant and construction of treated water pipelines from the water treatment plan to Poplar and Wolf Point needed to deliver treated water on the For Peck Indian Reservation and for construction of branch lines in the Dry Prairie Project. The project will stimulate the economy with the addition of jobs in construction, contract administration and operation, maintenance and replacement of facilities. |
Headwaters Wind Power Exploration |
Southwest MT |
Headwaters RC&D |
$100,000 |
Based on generic wind maps and local anecdotal information, there is potential for wind energy development on a ranch or community level throughout western Montana. Without site specific data, investing in wind energy is speculative. This project will purchase up to four towers and anemometers to loan to interested parties to collect the necessary site wind data as a basis for investment. The towers and anemometers are re-useable and would be made available to no less than seven western Montana counties with possible availability to others. The interest to explore wind energy development has been demonstrated, but many ranches and small communities cannot afford the cost of data collection necessary to support grant or loan requests. |
Industrial Oil Products Derived from Camelina Oil |
Havre, MT |
Montana State University - Northern |
$2,500,000 |
Camelina oil exhibits great potential for a variety of industrial applications because of its unique fatty acid profile. Vegetable oils are attractive alternative base oils for the production of functional fluids due to its high viscosity index, high lubricity, high flash point, low evaporative loss, excellent biodegradability, low toxicity and renewability. However, poor cold-flow properties and low resistant to oxidation make the utilization of vegetable oils as functional fluids problematic. Hence, further chemical modifications of vegetable oils are necessary to achieve the desirable physico-chemical properties for various applications by exploiting the different functional groups in vegetable oil. |
Intake Fish Passage Project |
Yellowstone River Basin, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$20,000,000 |
The Intake project will address three needs: (1) It will construct a fish passage past Intake diversion for pallid sturgeon (a federally listed endangered species) and other warm water fish to reconnect habitat not accessible to pallid sturgeon due to the barrier Intake diversion dam. (2) The emplacement of screens at the headworks will prevent downstream bound fish from being entrained into the irrigation system, which presently diverts several hundred thousand fish per year into the irrigation system. (3) The project will replace the present irrigation headworks and diversion dam, improving an infrastructure over a century old, which is comprised of wood cribs filled with rock, and which regularly is damaged by winter ice. |
Miles City Flood Mitigation and Prevention Study |
Miles City, MT |
City of Miles City |
$250,000 |
Miles City has a substantial exposure to flood damage. Ten major flood events occurred between 1882 and 1974. Under FEMA's new DFIRM, the Special Flood Hazard Area (1% flood risk) for the Miles City area doubled to nearly 70% of the City's incorporated area. A commensurate increase in NFIP premiums will create economic stress at the community and individual level. USACE estimates that 3,100 structures would incur $30 million of damage from a 1% flood. USACE estimates that flood mitigation techniques could largely prevent future damage for a cost of $10 to 20 million. A study is required to select the most feasible and effective approach. |
Milk River Project/St. Mary Diversion Rehabilitation |
Glacier County, MT |
St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group and State of Montana |
$19,900,000 |
Funding for this project will jump-start the rehabilitation and construction of the St. Mary Diversion & Conveyance Works in Glacier County MT. The project is critical to the economy of north-central Montana and to the management of water in the St. Mary and Milk rivers under Article VI of the Boundary Waters Treaty (1909). In addition, the project is integral to settlement of federal reserved water rights with the Blackfeet Tribe and the Ft. Belknap Indian Community in Montana. |
Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee |
Missouri River Basin |
St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group |
$250,000 |
The Assistant Secretary of the Army – Civil Works, Corps of Engineers (COE) established the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (Committee) as authorized by Section 5018 of the 2007 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to make recommendations and provide guidance on a study of the Missouri River and its tributaries and on the existing Missouri River recovery and mitigation plan. The Committee provides a collaborative forum for the basin to come together and develop a shared vision and comprehensive plan for Missouri River recovery. The Committee helps guide the prioritization, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation of recovery actions. The Committee includes tribal, state, and broad stakeholder representation. |
Montana Algal BioDiesel Project |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$1,000,000 |
Reducing reliance on foreign energy sources, securing a larger portion of our nation’s energy needs from alternative fuels and reducing the environmental impact of fossil fuel use are all parts of US energy and environmental policy. This project will help to accomplish all three goals. Harvesting emissions from coal-burning plants improves energy production efficiency and reduces emissions, thereby extending the effective utilization of fossil fuels. This is especially important in coal-producing states such as MT and in ensuring that fossil fuels will be environmentally friendly in the next several decades during which they must play an important role in US energy supplies. These emissions will then be used to grow algae to produce biodiesel, |
Montana State Camelina Consortium |
Bozeman, MT |
TechRanch |
$1,500,000 |
Montana leads the U.S. in the production of camelina, a near-term second generation biofuel feedstock. Between 2007-2009, camelina was farmed on 9,000-23,00 acres in Montana, with the potential to be grown on more than one million acres in Montana alone. Camelina is nearing commercial scale development, and other states including Missouri, Washington and New Mexico are competing in camelina research. Montana should remain the leader in camelina production, due to its favorable geography and climate. This proposal will help the camelina industry reach commercial scale in Montana, adding millions of dollars to the State economy and creating thousands of new agricultural jobs while increasing our domestically produced fuel supply. |
North Central Montana Renewable Energy Stabilization Project |
Shelby, MT |
City of Shelby |
$250,000 |
This project is needed to continue the development of wind energy in north central Montana and the rural United States. While transmission capacity issues are being addressed in north central Montana (an area of exceptional wind power potential), the issue of stabilizing intermittent renewable power is becoming critical to the continued development of wind energy in the immediate region as well as the rural U.S. in general. According to industry experts, additional needed transmission cannot be justified nor proceed to fruition if it is only carrying intermittently produced electricity. This effort is necessary for future development of the large number of similar geologic settings that occur in northern Montana and other parts of the nation. |
Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System |
Rocky Boy's Reservation/North Central Montana |
North Central Montana Regional Water Authority |
$84,050,068 |
The need for the Rocky Boy's/North Central Montana Regional Water System is established on the basis of poor quality drinking water, major water supply constraints and high costs for compliance with federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulations. Funding for this project will build on previous federal investment to expand the core and non-core pipeline system components to bring drinking water to small, rural Montana communities. |
Tri-County Biomass Energy Pilot Project |
Helena, MT |
Lewis and Clark County |
$800,000 |
The Tri-County Biomass Energy Pilot Project includes piloting three technologies for utilizing local woody biomass supply. The project will determine which technologies are feasible and sustainable considering the local fuel supply, energy needs, and climate, including air shed considerations. This project is necessary because there are 350,000 ton of excess biomass produced annually in the project area and currently no viable market for disposal of the product. Finding ways to use the product locally instead of shipping it out of the community is preferred, especially if it can be used for production of energy and/or another usable product. |
Yellowstone River Corridor Comprehensive Study |
Yellowstone River Basin, MT |
Yellowstone River Conservation District Council |
$750,000 |
The Yellowstone River Conservation District Council requests $750,000 in the General Investigations account to assess cumulative effects and develop best conservation management practices on 716,800 acres in the Yellowstone River Valley, encompassing parts of 13 counties in Montana and North Dakota. Project authority General Investigation, Yellowstone River Corridor Comprehensive Study, WRDA 1999, Section 43. |
Fort Peck Cabin Conveyances |
Fort Peck, MT |
Fort Peck Cabin Owners Assn. |
$1,369,000 |
The Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge Act of 2000 authorizes The USACE in concurrence with the USFWS to transfer 392 lots into private ownership, with the proceeds of the lot sales to be used to acquire land inside and adjacent to the CMR National Wildlife Refuge. This funding will go towards functions the Corps must perform prior to selling this land to current lessees. These activities include surveys, sanitation review, and appraisals to render the sites suitable for transfer. |
Rural Montana, MT |
Statewide |
Municipalities and Local Water/Wastewater Districts |
$15,000,000 |
This project provides funding through the US Army Corps of Engineers to address critical water and wastewater infrastructure needs in communities across Montana. |
Energy Recovery Project for the Water Reclamation Facility |
Bozeman, MT |
City of Bozeman |
$2,600,000 |
Energy Recovery at the City's Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) will support smart energy technology that will recycle an average of 175kW of electricity and 974,000 BTU/hour of thermal output using a generator powered with digester gas, saving rate payers an average of $230,000 per year. With the highest water and sewer rates for medium and large cities in Montana and a planned sewer rate increase of 38% over the next three years, Bozeman rate payers need these energy savings. The energy consumed at the WRF generates approximately 2,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. The proposed project would cut these emissions by at least 40%, reduce city-wide energy use by 10%, and allow us to take an important step towards energy independence. |
Financial Services and General Government |
Downtown Whitehall Fire Recovery Project |
Whitehall, MT |
Jefferson Local Development Corporation |
$250,000 |
In March of 2009, a fire caused extensive damage to downtown Whitehall, Montana. Five buildings were lost in the downtown area, and nine businesses were impacted directly by the fire. Following the fire, a lack of traffic downtown caused the closure of two additional businesses directly adjacent to the fire site. The Jefferson Local Development Corporation is seeking federal assistance for a revolving loan fund to help rebuild small businesses and ensure that this disaster does not compound the effects of the national economic slowdown and cause a downward spiral for the Whitehall economy. Funds will be used to rebuild the businesses and invigorate the local economy. |
Financial Preparation for Postsecondary Education |
Helena, MT |
Student Assistance Foundation |
$500,000 |
The current economy places a premium on solid financial understanding, and this pilot demonstration for Grad Ready student financial software will address that need by providing students with improved financial education. This project supports the Federal TRiO Student Support Services requirement to provide financial literacy information and support, and assists young students in becoming good stewards of their finances. For college students, improved financial literacy results in fewer delinquencies and defaults on student loans as they move into the professional world after graduation. |
Government Contractor Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) |
Billings, MT |
Big Sky Economic Development Authority |
$2,000,000 |
Access to short-term dollars is critically important for small Montana contractors working on and competing for government contracts. Contractors who work on a government project often find themselves financing the project for the government for at least 30 days (and sometimes longer) waiting for progress payment. Particularly in the current economy, the upfront expense of starting a contract is burdensome on Montana businesses. The objective of this project is to create a revolving loan fund, operated by Big Sky Economic Development Authority, to provide small Montana government contractors with access to short-term capital. |
High Plains Financial IRP Loan Fund Equity |
Great Falls, MT |
High Plains Financial, Inc. |
$125,000 |
The High Plains Financial Intermediary Loan Fund is owned by High Plains Financial and managed by the Great Falls Development Authority. This request is for funding to be used as equity by the fund, to provide revolving loans and gap financing options to small businesses. Increased equity in the fund would not only strengthen the balance sheet and allow the fund to help additional Montana businesses, but would assist High Plains Financial in becoming permanently certified as a Certified Development Company through the Small Business Association. The funds would be available to provide gap financing to projects within Cascade, Glacier, Pondera, Teton, and Toole Counties. |
HTAP: High-Technology Assistance Program for Micro and Nano-Technologies |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$1,000,000 |
Created in 2004, the Montana Microfabrication Facility provides the unique capability in Montana for microfabrication for high-tech companies and academic researchers. The facility was expanded and improved in 2007 for work on nanotechnology and allows local Montana companies to work side-by-side with Montana State University researchers to develop innovative technologies and devices that expand Montana’s innovation economy. Funding for this project will increase access to the facility for local, state and regional companies; improve training in micro- and nano-technology; provide technical assistance to users; and upgrade equipment to ensure the facility continues to meet the need of Montana State University faculty and students as well as Montana high-tech small businesses. |
Montana Indian Equity Fund |
Statewide |
Montana Department of Commerce |
$550,000 |
In Montana Native American communities, access to capital is extremely limited. In the early stages of business it is essential that the Indian business owner/entrepreneur has access to funding. Studies by Harvard and the Kauffman Foundation show that the entrepreneur starts with very little equity, less than $10,000, but with this capital he is able to leverage his funds with community lenders. Providing equity for the Indian Equity Revolving Loan Fund will ensure that Native American Entrepreneurs have the opportunity to compete for those leveraging funds and pursue business development opportunities in their home communities and across the State of Montana. |
Montana International Competitiveness Initiative |
Billings, MT |
Montana State University: Billings |
$500,000 |
Montana’s economic growth has been historical stable, but is not immune to global forces. When the recession subsides and the economic situation stabilizes, there will be an opportunity for Montana entrepreneurs to succeed in a global marketplace and grow their businesses. To help these companies expand, it is critical to provide them with current information related to the international business arena and to assure them an adequately prepared workforce. This Montana State University – Billings initiative will help the school’s College of Business to present its third International Business Conference, to bring Montana companies together and disseminate information and technical assistance on growing their businesses overseas, and to develop a website to assist those companies in their efforts to compete internationally. |
Homeland Security |
Emergency Operations Center and Equipment |
Butte, MT |
City-County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT |
$2,000,000 |
This funding would go towards a new Emergency Operations Center for the joint City-County government of Butte-Silver Bow. This area is vulnerable to a variety of potential disasters originating from natural and human-caused hazards, including wildfires (a risk increased by the level of tree mortality in surrounding forests due to bark beetle infestation) and potential hazardous materials incidents on major rail lines and 2 Interstates that pass through the area. A joint Emergency Operations Center capable of coordinating the response and recovery to such events is a critical asset to protect public safety. |
Missoula Emergency Operations and Training Center |
Missoula, MT |
Missoula County, MT |
$2,000,000 |
No agency of local or state government in Missoula has space or technology to provide adequate emergency operations capabilities. The current Emergency Operations Center is housed in two small rooms in the basement of the Missoula County Courthouse Annex. One room is a conference room capable of accommodating only 10 people, and the other is a radio room equipped with three workstations. Funding for this project would go towards a new Emergency Operations Center for Missoula County that has sufficient size to allow for group activities in the events of drills and disaster; equipment to meet management needs for various agencies that participate in incident management (including law enforcement, fire, and medical/public health services); and an advanced communications and data network to help with emergency response. |
Park County Emergency Operations Center |
Cooke City, MT |
Park County, MT |
$129,000 |
Cooke City & Silver Gate are detached from the rest of Park County by Yellowstone National Park, and Deputy response time is, at best, 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Currently, the Search & Rescue (SAR) stores its equipment in old, unsecured buildings that do not allow for expansion of the SAR program to accommodate new equipment; do not allow for a comfortable environment for a victims; and do not allow for secure procession of computer or phone data regarding law enforcement issues. People die each year because of the lack of emergency facilities and, because of the response time, officers cannot respond effectively to enforcement problems. Funding for construction of a new Emergency Operations Center in Cooke City would address this critical issue. Additionally, if funding is provided for this facility, the U.S. Forest has expressed in interest in using the facility and contributing the land. |
Sanders County Emergency Operations Center |
Plains, MT |
Sanders County, MT |
$1,640,625 |
This project will replace a building on the Sanders County Fairgrounds that is currently used by the County as an Emergency Operations Center in emergency situations, including wildfires and human-caused incidents. The existing structure is 80 years old and was built on a foundation of railroad ties, which have deteriorated. The building has reached the end of its useful life, and funding for a replacement is critical to ensuring adequate local government response in emergency situations and evacuations. |
Commerce Justice Science and Related Agenciess |
Academic & Workforce Development Program at the Montana Women’s Prison |
Billings, MT |
Montana State University: Billings |
$500,000 |
Montana State University Billings requests continued funding of $500,000 to further develop a pilot project for an academic development program targeted to inmates at the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings. The program offers inmates general education coursework toward certificate or Associate of Applied Science degrees while at the same time providing them with college and/or life skills. The program is designed to help prisoners become productive citizens upon release, thereby ensuring that they do not return to prison. |
Big Sky Consortium Public Safety Interoperable Radio System Expansion |
Big Horn, Rosebud, Treasure, and Yellowstone Counties, MT |
Interoperability Montana Project |
$2,895,000 |
This project would extend interoperable radio capabilities to 4 rural Southeast Montana counties and 2 Indian Reservations. This project will ensure basic, reliable communications as well as full regional public safety radio coverage in keeping with upcoming federal mandates that require VHF narrow banding by January 1, 2013. |
Billings Police Equipment |
Billings, MT |
City of Billings, MT |
$283,750 |
Funding for purchase of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and additional radar units is critically important for law enforcement personnel in Billings, MT. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is necessary in order to operate in an area contaminated with hazardous materials or toxic gas. Currently, the Billings Police Department has no equipment that would allow officers to operate in such an environment. New radar equipment would replace outdated units and would interface with in-car digital camera systems. |
Community Crisis Center - Operations |
Billings, MT |
RiverStone Health |
$500,000 |
The Community Crisis Center provides care for individuals with mental illness and/or substance abuse issues. The services provided at the Center are critical for the community, and reduce the number of admissions to the Montana State Hospital from Yellowstone County. Funding for this project will allow the Center to continue providing psychosocial evaluations, chemical dependency evaluations, case management, short-term stabilization (not longer than 24 hours), and to offer crisis intervention training for law enforcement officers. |
Dawson County Law Enforcement Equipment |
Glendive, MT |
Dawson County Sheriffs Office |
$172,000 |
Dawson County Sheriffs Office requests funding to address needs for up-to-date equipment and technology that is critical for law enforcement efforts in the community. These equipment needs include radio upgrades, training equipment, and special situation equipment such as ballistic shields. This equipment is important for maintaining day-to-day operations as well as ensuring adequate training and emergency response capabilities. |
Emergency Generator Replacement at the Police Department |
Great Falls, MT |
City of Great Falls, MT |
$150,000 |
The emergency generators at the City/County 911 Communication Center do not meet the needs of the center and the exhaust from the gasoline powered system is hazardous. Purchase and installation of a new emergency generator will ensure the safety of workers in the 911 Communications Center and improve local law enforcement's ability to provide emergency services during power outages or other adverse circumstances. |
Emergency Response and Justice Center |
Great Falls, MT |
City of Great Falls, MT |
$2,000,000 |
This funding would construct a new Emergency Response and Justice Center for the City of Great Falls, MT. The current facility is deficient security controls, technological infrastructure, square footage for general operations, evidence storage and retrieval, emergency electrical services, and ventilation. The proposed new facility would address these shortcomings and provide improved facilities for emergency responders and law enforcement. |
Gallatin County Mobile Data Improvement Program |
Bozeman, MT |
Gallatin County Sheriffs Office |
$927,000 |
This project would provide mobile data computers to equip Gallatin County's law enforcement fleet. These computers would provide a critical connection to the statewide emergency systems mobile data backbone with access to secure, interoperable and vital dispatch information. On the ground, this project would mean more effective information reaching law enforcement officers during emergency situations, and would improve coordination between emergency responders. |
Helena Regional Armored Response/Rescue Vehicle |
Helena, MT |
Helena Police Department |
$520,000 |
The Helena Police Department has identified a need to purchase a Specialized Response/Rescue Vehicle. The type of vehicle needed would be capable of deploying bomb, HAZMAT, and special weapons personnel. The vehicle is also equipped to detect chemical, biological, and radiological materials as well as explosive gases. This vehicle’s armor properties will protect personnel from explosions and hits from multiple projectiles. With recent trends in domestic and foreign terroristic/ criminal acts (heavily armed subjects, bomb threats, etc), the need for an armored/detection vehicle to respond to these incidents has been mandatory. Local governmental tactical law enforcement is the primary resource for these responses. |
Jumpstart of Life-Skills Programs for At-Risk Transitional Age Youth |
Billings, MT |
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch |
$700,000 |
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch is seeking a federal investment to jumpstart life-skills programs for at-risk transitional age youth. These programs will partner with Montana State University, and social service organizations that target Native Americans to provide mentoring, education, vocational training, life skills training, and living assistance to young adults as they age out of child and adolescent programs and mature into adulthood. With the support provided by these services, these young adults will be well on their way to becoming productive members of society. |
Law Enforcement Training Facility |
Butte, MT |
City-County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT |
$1,750,000 |
Recently, the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow received a congressional appropriation in the amount of $800,000 to construct a new emergency operations center. We would like to expand upon this project and co-locate the emergency operations center with a multi-disciplinary training facility for emergency responders. A training facility is crucial for the continued proficiency of Butte-Silver Bow law enforcement officers. |
Missoula YWCA Battered Women and Children's Shelter |
Missoula, MT |
Missoula YWCA |
$1,000,000 |
The Missoula YWCA provides essential services to women and families in crisis who are escaping domestic violence and/or are homeless due to domestic violence. It is designed to provide for the basic needs of victims of violence as well as address the barriers preventing them from establishing violence-free lives. With federal funding, the Missoula YWCA plans to: 1) provide shelter and transitional housing to domestic violence victims and their families; 2) promote a racial justice social marketing campaign across western MT; and 3) expand on a girls leadership education program in western Montana schools, and particularly on the Flathead Indian Reservation. |
Montana Drug Courts |
Helena, MT |
Montana Supreme Court |
$990,074 |
This proposal requests funding to sustain, enhance, and expand Montana drug courts, which are serving 22 counties throughout the state. Drug courts continue to work well in Montana. According to a 2009 University of Montana report, employment levels for drug court participants increased 30%; educational levels increased as well. Nearly 80% of adult participants were attending self-help meetings at discharge. Most importantly, the recidivism rate for drug court graduates was a low 9.8%. Moreover, studies conducted of the 8th Judicial District (Cascade County) Adult Drug Court, 13th Judicial District (Yellowstone County) Family Drug Treatment Court, and Billings Adult Drug Court found that local and state governments realized significant cost savings or cost avoidance through operation of their courts compared to traditional methods of handling drug or alcohol dependent offenders. |
Montana Meth Project |
Missoula, MT |
Montana Meth Project |
$1,000,000 |
The Montana Meth Project is active in three areas: l) public service messaging, 2) public policy, and 3) community action. It sustains a campaign of research-based paid public service messaging - including advertising, public relations, and Web sites - to effect attitude changes regarding methamphetamine use among Montana's youth. At the core of the Montana Meth Project effort is an ongoing, research-based marketing campaign that graphically communicates the risks of Meth use. In September 2005, the Montana Meth Project initiated large-scale prevention advertising across Montana, targeting Montana youths ages 12-17, reaching an estimated 70 -90% of them three times a week with Meth prevention messaging. The goal of the Montana Meth Project advertising is to "unsell" Meth, equipping the youth of Montana with the facts about methamphetamine so they can make better informed consumption decisions. |
Montana Offender Notification and Tracking System (MONTS) |
Missoula, MT |
Montana Technology Enterprise Center (MonTEC) |
$1,347,000 |
Montana Offender Notification and Tracking system (MONTS) is a collaboration between the Montana Technology Enterprise Center, the Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association and AquilaVision Corporation. This project will allow many categories of criminal offenders to be closely monitored with state of the art GPS tracking equipment and alcohol monitoring systems. If geographic based probation or parole violations occur while being electronically monitored, immediate voice notification will be sent to law enforcement personnel. Even while Public Safety is enhanced, this project will help alleviate the very expensive problem of jail and prison overcrowding. |
Montana Safe Schools Center - Trauma Informed Communities |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
$850,000 |
Childhood trauma, or PTSD, is the driving engine of intergenerational poverty with well established correlations to early morbidity and mortality. Research is clear: if left untreated, childhood trauma can lead to criminal behavior, drug/alcohol abuse, violence and shorter lives. In Montana, its prevalence is greatly elevated in economically challenged regions, reservation communities and among military families where a parent or sibling has been deployed. This FY11 request extends diagnostic and treatment services to military children and continues services to Tribes and school districts. |
Public Safety Radio System Replacement |
Billings, MT |
City of Billings, MT |
$2,896,500 |
The City of Billings is the largest and only municipal community that currently operates on an 800 MHz radio system. The existing 800 MHz system is comprised of dated technology and the service life and availability of parts and a qualified service provider is projected to be nonexistent after June of 2011. Radio system interoperability between essential public services including fire departments, law enforcement agencies, and emergency medical services is vital for the overall safety of first responders and the citizens that are served by these emergency organizations. This project will replace aging technology with new, interoperable radios that will facilitate better communication between emergency responders. |
READI Montana: Moving Beyond GIS & Standard Analytics Using Cloud Supercomputing Services |
Butte, MT |
Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Center |
$2,582,000 |
Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Center (RMSC) has created the comprehensive project “READI Montana” supporting the Montana Disaster & Emergency Services agency and the Montana National Guard desire to develop a disaster response training, simulation, and coordination model using supercomputers and geographic information systems (GIS). This funding will be used to create and sustain a flexible and accessible “READI Montana” Intelligent Framework using RMSC's cloud-based, on-demand supercomputing services. These services can deliver delivering high-fidelity real-time simulations, visualizations, scenario training, planning and information sharing that goes beyond the standard analytics of state emergency response agencies. |
Regional Justice and Detention Center Architecture and Engineering Study |
Livingston, MT |
Park County, MT |
$476,750 |
The current facility was built in 1976 and does not meet national standards for corrections security or prisoner safety. The facility is used by the Park County Sheriffs Department, Livingston Police Department, Montana Highway Patrol, and other various state and federal agencies. Funding for an architecture and engineering study will allow Park County to pursue construction of a replacement justice and detention center, to meet the community's need for updated justice facilities and increased detention space. |
Rocky Mountain Emergency Services Training Center |
Helena, MT |
Helena Regional Airport Authority |
$1,000,000 |
A structural fire trainer will elevate the RMESTC and Helena to the highest level of fire services training, providing the best possible training for emergency and first responder providers available in the northwest. In addition to local volunteer and professional fire departments, ambulance services, and law enforcement agencies, Helena is the home to the Montana Law Enforcement Academy and the Fort William Henry Harrison Training Support Center. Helena’s central location in the northwest region of the US makes it an attractive and affordable destination for emergency response training. |
UM STEM Education Physics Lab |
Missoula |
University of Montana |
$1,000,000 |
This project will put in place technology infrastructure upgrades for the University's introductory physics and astronomy laboratories that can additionally serve as research support facilities. The impact of this project is three-fold: 1) to increase student understanding of the connection between theory, observation, and experiment through active engagement in all three areas through diverse media; 2) to add to the knowledge base of best practices for integrating various technologies in post-secondary science and engineering education; and 3) to enhance the capabilities and deliverables of students with access to state of the art research support facilities. |
Upgrade Inter-Agency Firearms Range and Tactical Training Facility |
Livingston, MT |
Park County, MT |
$20,500 |
This project will improve on the existing Sheriff's Office Firearms Range/Training facility for the use of Sheriff's Department personnel, Livingston Police Department, Montana Highway Patrol, Montana Department of Livestock, Probation and Parole and other agencies in need of the facility. Project funds would include a 10x12 shed (with power), 2-100 yard shooting benches, material for backstops and target frames (including lumber and metal), 6 simunition hand guns, and a shoot-house for tactical training and live fire scenarios. Current facilities are inadequate to provide high-level training to local law enforcement. |
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies |
Augusta Wastewater System Improvements |
Augusta, MT |
Augusta Water and Sewer District |
$145,500 |
This funding will go towards critically needed wastewater infrastructure improvements in Augusta, MT. The Water and Sewer District operates a wastewater system originally constructed in the early 1960s. A recent inspection of the wastewater collection system noted numerous deficiencies including cracked and broken pipe, collapsing sections of line, and some areas with inadequate slope and sags in the pipe. These deficiencies have resulted in backups of raw sewage into adjacent homes. These mains need to be replaced immediately to address the public health and safety risk. |
Big Hole Grayling Recovery and Drought Mitigation Project |
Big Hole Watershed, SW Montana |
Big Hole Watershed Committe |
$1,952,500 |
This decade-long project addresses water management and habitat enhancement efforts among citizens and agencies that will result in recovery of a critically imperiled species and will demonstrate successful water management practices that improve habitat conditions, recreation opportunities and agriculture production. |
Birch Creek Demonstration Forest |
Kalispell, MT |
The Conservation Fund |
$1,650,000 |
The U.S. Forest Service budget includes a request for a $1.65 million Forest Legacy grant to the State of Montana to establish the Birch Creek Demonstration Forest. The proposed demonstration forest would ensure continued recreational opportunities on the Foys-to-Blacktail trail and help provide information to local landowners to manage lands for timber production and fire suppres-sion. By acquiring 320 acres from The Conservation Fund, these funds would help provide a buffer for adjacent protected lands in one of the most rapidly developing areas of the state. If funding is secured, the State of Montana would hold title to the property with Flathead Valley Community College managing education and research to benefit landowners and timber industry. |
Chain-of-Lakes Recreation Management Area |
Lewis and Clark County, MT |
The Conservation Fund |
$1,000,000 |
Acquisition of the McMaster Ranch property will enable the Bureau of Land Management to conserve 1,120 acres of scenic private land to provide permanent access for hiking, biking, horseback riding and other recreation opportunities for residents of Helena and surrounding communities. Full-funding of the Fiscal Year 2011 President's Budget of $1,000,000 would enable the BLM to complete Phase IV of the McMaster Ranch project, which is surrounded by public lands and within the Chain-of-Lakes Recreation Management Area/Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Protection of the Ranch’s natural and historic resources will preserve the ranching traditions of the landscape, provide recreation access, and enhance the local economy |
City of Troy Water Project |
Troy, MT |
City of Troy |
$350,000 |
Troy will need to continue replacing leaking transmission and distribution lines even though many of the lines have been replaced. Nothing had been done to maintain the water lines until recently when Troy started a complete revamping of the system and started replacing and updating the worn and leaking system. Troy is still experiencing a loss of approximately 17,000,000 gallons of water that is not going through the system. Continuing replacement of the mainlines will cut the loss of water, decrease the amount of power used to generate that amount of water, and decrease the strain on the pumps and system in supplying water to residents. |
Clearwater Lands Project |
Missoula County, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$5,900,000 |
As part of the ongoing Montana Legacy Project, this appropriation through the U.S. Forest Service's, Forest Legacy program will allow the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks to acquire 3,821 acres in the Clearwater river drainage near Seeley Lake. The Clearwater Lands Project contains some of the most biologically important, but unprotected, fish and wildlife habitat in Montana. The area is entirely timbered and located less than five miles from one of Montana's last family-owned timber mills. The lands are at extreme risk of conversion to non-forest uses including resort and residential development. With this appropriation, MFWP will acquire a portion of the Clearwater Lands Project and protect its traditional use and biological significance. |
Comprehensive Transboundary Conservation Management Plan |
North Fork Flathead River Basin, MT |
Flathead Ecosystem Science Partnership |
$650,000 |
February 18, 2010, British Columbia (BC) and Montana (MT) signed an MOU to prohibit coal mining, coal bed methane extraction, and gas and oil exploration and development in the transboundary North Fork of the Flathead River Basin. The MOU calls for collaboration on environmental assessment and fish and wildlife management. The Flathead Ecosystem Science Partnership proposes to develop a water- and land-use management plan in cooperation with Provincial, State, Federal and Tribal agencies to fulfill this next step to assure the long-term health of the North Fork and the greater Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. |
Crow Agency Wastewater Infrastructure Technical Correction |
Crow Agency, MT |
Crow Tribe |
Language |
This request will allow funding secured in fiscal year 2009 for the wastewater lagoon component of the Crow Agency Wastewater Improvements project to be used for improvements on other aspects of the Tribe's wastewater infrastructure. |
Crow Agency Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements |
Crow Agency, MT |
Crow Tribe |
$2,300,000 |
The Crow tribe requests funds to improve the wastewater collection system and to construct a new drinking water treatment plant in Crow Agency. The purpose of the new system is to replace old facilities and expand service to include new homes and businesses, while providing adequate quantities of water that meets safe drinking water standards. This request is to begin the fourth and final construction phase of this project. |
Historic Downtown Whitehall Fire Recovery |
Whitehall, MT |
Jefferson Local Development Corporation |
$150,000 |
In March of 2009, a fire caused extensive damage to downtown Whitehall, Montana. Five buildings were lost in the downtown area, and nine businesses were impacted directly by the fire. Following the fire, a lack of traffic downtown caused the closure of two additional businesses directly adjacent to the fire site. The Jefferson Local Development Corporation is seeking federal assistance for a historic inventory of downtown Whitehall and for assistance in rebuilding to historic preservation standards. |
Drinking Water Infrastructure Improvements |
Helena, MT |
City of Helena |
$1,000,000 |
This funding will be used by the City of Helena for physical improvements to its existing drinking water system transmission, conveyance, distribution and storage facilities. The overall purpose is to increase the amount of water left in Tenmile Creek. Funds will be used for planning, design, engineering and construction of various water system improvements to continue the process of converting the Missouri River Treatment Plant from summer-use to year-round use. This change over is essential for reducing Tenmile Creek withdrawals during critical water shortage periods. |
Fort Missoula Post Headquarters Purchase and Remodel |
Missoula, MT |
Historical Museum at Fort Missoula |
$480,000 |
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula has a very serious space shortage for public education events, archives and collections, and administrative offices. Almost 60,000 members of the public and 3,000 school children learn about our western heritage each year, as well as serving as a major cultural tourism site. Purchase and remodeling of the historic Post Headquarters provides vital expansion space and preserves a unique WWII historic building on the National Historic Register.Total cost for purchase and remodeling is $1,000,000, with $480,000 purchase from the U.S. Forest Service. Grants, pledges and a capitol campaign raised $191,000 and $224,000 is pending in grant requests. $480,000 is requested, providing a 1 to 1 match for funds raised. |
Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Operation and Maintenance Funding |
Poplar, MT |
Fort Peck Tribes |
$635,433 |
This funding is necessary for the operation, maintenance of the Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water System, authorized by P.L. 106-382. This funding will over the operating and maintenance costs of the in-take system, including the sludge lagoons, the water treatment facility, and water delivery to Fort Kipp from Culbertson. |
Gallatin National Forest Trail System Improvements |
Gallatin National Forest, MT |
Gallatin Valley Land Trust |
$200,000 |
As one of the closest access points to the Gallatin National Forest from the Community of Bozeman, the Sourdough Canyon Trailhead receives thousands of user visits each week. The trailhead is popular in the summertime for hiking and biking, and is groomed in winter months for Nordic skiing. However, the trailhead is currently chaotic and unsafe, and Bozeman's drinking water supply is jeopardized by runoff from the poorly designed road and parking area. This project will expand the existing parking lot to hold 55 to 60 vehicles, install a safe turn-around to accommodate large vehciles and emergency services, and install a vault toilet and user information kiosk. |
Historic Resources Inventory Update |
Bozeman, MT |
City of Bozeman |
$350,000 |
Bozeman's primary database of historic buildings is a 25-year-old Historic Resources Inventory. This document is too dated to be an effective planning reference tool. In the quarter century since the inventory was undertaken, many additional Bozeman buildings have reached an age where their potential historic significance should be evaluated. Only a paper copy of the current Inventory is available and information gaps limit its usefulness. The completion of a full update to Bozeman's Inventory is a major, complex undertaking, requiring a substantial financial investment. Bozeman has conscientiously worked to preserve our historic resources. To continue this legacy, assistance is needed to effectively protect these resources from development pressures. |
Holland Ranch - Selway Drainage Final Phase |
Beaverhead County, MT |
American Land Conservancy |
$1,280,000 |
The purchase of 320 acres owned by the Holland Ranch Company would meet several landowner, stakeholder group and U.S. Forest Service objectives. The Holland Ranch acquisition would complete a four-phased multi-year riparian habitat and cultural resource conservation effort and prevent the subdivision and trophy home development of a key property on the Nez Perce Trail. Mr. Todd Holland seeks a sale of the property to the Forest Service and a grazing leaseback agreement to allow his multi-generational ranch in southwest Montana to continue. |
Montana Bio-mass Initiative (MBI) |
Billings, MT |
Native American Development Corporation |
$670,200 |
The Montana Biomass Initiative provides a new way to generate affordable, green power on Native American land in the State of Montana. The project's goal is to identify and coordinate the establishment of two (2) major bio-power facilities, each generating approximately 50 Mega Watts of power. Not only does each facility provide immediate construction employment (˜400 jobs) and direct operating and maintenance employment (˜100 jobs), this green power generation capability provides the catalyst to attract new industry to Indian Country and the State of Montana by furnishing local, cost efficient, and readily responsive power to newly relocating businesses. This project falls within the high priority goals of President Obama's Administration. |
Montana Legacy Project Completion |
Missoula County, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$10,000,000 |
The Montana Legacy Project (MLP) is the purchase of over 310,000 acres of timberland by The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land from Plum Creek Timber Company in Western Montana. Final disposition of MLP lands to the U.S. Forest Service presents an unprecedented opportunity to avoid dispersed residential development, to protect crucial wildlife habitat, to provide for much-needed forest restoration and proper forest management and to maintain public access for recreational use. The project area contains some of the most biologically important, but unprotected, fish and wildlife habitat in Montana and the lands are at extreme risk of conversion to non-forest uses including resort and residential development. |
Museum of the Plains Indian |
Browning, MT |
Friends of the Museum of the Plains Indian |
$250,000 |
The USDI Indian Arts and Crafts Board Museum of the Plains Indian needs sufficient staff and operating funds to maintain and enhance a 12-month museum with its international array of visitors, amidst the Blackfeet Reservation with museum collections derived from more than 20 tribes. Its FY10 budget was $180,600. The Museum needs adequate curatorial, cultural preservation, education, traditional art support, and tourism programs with an FTE increase to 4. With an estimate of staff benefits, salary and operating expenses plus a contribution to the backlogged maintenance needs total $250,000 specifically for the MPI within the USDI IACB budget (FY10: $1.201M, which should be increased to $1.5M). |
National Conservational Legacy Education Center |
Missoula, MT |
National Museum of Forest Service History |
$4,500,000 |
There has never been one central repository where the artifacts and records of the Forest Service could be collected, preserved and made available for exhibition, study and commemoration. There has not been one central exhibit hall with a sustained interpretative and education program dedicated to sharing this conservation legacy and the lessons learned. And there has not been one central monument where the leaders, partners, and people whose stories are our history could be recognized, honored and shared with current and future generations. The National Conservation Legacy Education Center will serve as a national repository and sustain a national interpretive and education program on the conservation legacy created by the Forest Service and its cooperators. |
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge |
Beaverhead County, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$3,000,000 |
The richness of the Centennial Valley’s wildlife is directly linked to the presence of the 49,905-acre USFWS Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness Area (Refuge). The Elisabeth Grazing Association (EGA) sits astride Red Rock Creek, the headwaters of the Refuge. The Centennial Valley and Red Rock Creek are threatened by climate change, residential and commercial development, invasive species, water diversion, inappropriate grazing, and off-road vehicle use. This appropriation will allow the USFWS to acquire 670 acres from EGA. The addition of these EGA lands to the Refuge will reduce the threats and and help maintain the biological integrity of the Centennial Valley. |
Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Area |
Glacier, Teton, Pondera, and Lewis & Clark Counties, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$7,895,000 |
This easement program is necessary because it 1) proactively protects critical habitat – for “listed” species including grizzly bear, Canada lynx, bull trout, piping plover, gray wolf, and slenderleaf moonwort, 2) supports climate change and conservation objectives, and 3) preserves rural agriculture and cultural heritage. This project enjoys support by many stakeholders – and current demand for easements outstrips our sole ability to satisfy it, in the face of mounting development risk and poor cattle markets. Of all western landscapes, this program offers conservation at a fraction of the price, creating the greatest purchasing power in the entire Rocky Mountain West. Private donations exceeding $31 million match LWCF dollars in excess of four-to-one. |
Silver Bow Creek Restoration |
Butte, MT |
Butte-Silver Bow Government |
$6,000,000 |
As a result of environmental injuries from decades of mining, Silver Bow Creek is essentially a dead stream, devoid of natural resource values and incapable of providing any direct or indirect services to the public. The restoration of the stream corridor and the development of the Silver Bow Creek Greenway corridor will offer an opportunity to teach people about management practices that will protect natural resources and serve the public as an outdoor classroom, offering first-hand opportunities to observe wildlife and plant species in their native element and to interpret human impact on its natural systems. The Restoration of Silver Bow Creek is imperative to the economic and community development of BSB. |
Small Public Water System Technology Assistance Program |
Bozeman, MT |
Montana State University |
$500,000 |
Small public water systems are highly regulated, and new regulations come into force every year. Montana has more than 1900 public water utilities, and those who manage and operate them are challenged at every turn. Furthermore, approaches developed for urban water utilities do not serve systems with small rate bases, minimal staff and long distances to sources of help. In Montana and other rural states it is common for public water systems to be managed by community volunteers and staffed by part-time operators who turn over frequently. Few personnel have formal education in water science or public health. This program provides training and support for small systems operators. |
Storm Water Improvements - East End Industrial Area |
Billings, MT |
City of Billings |
$3,520,000 |
The City of Billings has experienced many overflow problems with the storm drain trunk mains serving the East End Industrial Area during significant storm events for several years. The current storm drain system is significantly undersized for the urban run-off area. The East Billings trunk main serves an area extending from Rocky Mountain College in northwest Billings to the railroad tracks south of Central Avenue. In total, the trunk main collects storm water run-off from 2,812 acres or 4.4 square miles of heavily developed urban area. The current drainage needs to be replaced to meet capacity demands. |
Tenderfoot Acquisition |
Meagher County, MT |
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation |
$4,000,000 |
The Bair Ranch Foundation is offering 8200 acres of private lands for public acquisition. The lands are currently in a checkerboard ownership intermingled with Lewis and Clark National Forest lands which has made management difficult for both parties. Public acquisition of these lands would enhance land management opportunities, provide important public access, provide new opportunities for fish and wildlife enhancement and provide for a variety of recreational uses such as hunting, fishing, camping, snowmobiling and horseback riding. |
Upper Madison River Special Recreation Management Area |
Madison County, MT |
The Nature Conservancy |
$1,000,000 |
This project will allow the Bureau of Land Management to acquire 320 acres of land in the Madison valley contiguous to other BLM holdings. The parcel will provide public access to 881 acres of public land on the Madison river. Further, the tract is important winter habitat for one of the largest elk herds in greater Yellowstone area. |
Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements |
Kalispell, MT |
City of Kalispell |
$1,400,000 |
This project will fund ongoing improvements to the City of Kalispell's wastewater infrastructure. Planned improvements to the new wastewater treatment facility, which was constructed from 2007 to 2009, include improving its ability to remove Phosphorus and Nitrogen ($800,000), replacing digester lids that control the plant’s methane output ($1.4 million), and installing a new wastewater collection interceptor ($6.21 million). Federal assistance for this project will serve one of the fastest-growing areas of Montana. The Kalispell area currently has some of the highest unemployment rates in Montana, and federal assistance is needed to help keep local project costs low. |
Water Treatment Plant Upgrades |
Great Falls, MT |
City of Great Falls |
$3,300,000 |
This project would replace the main electrical gear at the pump station, modify, and replace service pumps. Improvements in the electrical gear would be configured to power the plant from two separate sources, and have the ability to switch the entire burden of powering the plant from one source to the other. These improvements would ensure that the drinking water treatment plant runs in an energy-efficient manner, reducing costs for the local ratepayer, and give the plant the ability to continue basic operations in the event of a power outage. This project is important to ensuring that these critical facilities can continue to address the needs of the community. |
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies |
Academic Programs |
Libby, MT |
Libby High School District #4 |
$1,000,000 |
This funding would go to offset construction costs for a new elementary school. The current school, Asa Wood Elementary School, was constructed using asbestos-containing vermiculate insulation in the hollow cavity of the cement block walls. During snow removal in February 2008, a three-inch hole leaking asbestos was discovered at Asa Wood, which resulted in children’s exposure to the asbestos during recess. It is imperative for student safety that a new school be built. |
American Indian Academic Achievement Initiative |
Billings, MT |
Billings Public Schools |
$500,000 |
The American Indian Academic Achievement Initiative will address dropout issues, foster academic achievement, and create a positive culturally sensitive learning environment for American Indian students and teachers with a focus on American Indian students in grades 7-12. This initiative focuses on American Indian students throughout the Billings Public Schools system, supporting them through personalized learning diagnostics and lesson plans |
At-Risk Youth Substance Abuse and Behavioral Continuum of Care |
Billings, MT |
Youth Dynamics |
$350,000 |
This project builds on a pilot project Youth Dynamics initiated on its own treating substance abuse and mental health concurrently with remarkable results. This project will offer treatment and recovery serving the needs of at risk youth utilizing a continuum of care approach. It will focus on the under-served region of eastern Montana that includes communities near American Indian reservations. |
Center for Healthcare Education and Simulated Hospital Training |
Great Falls, MT |
Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology |
$750,000 |
MSU-Great Falls College of Technology has been developing education facilities using simulation technology. The college plans eight simulations rooms: Emergency, Emergency Exam, Ambulance, Intensive Care, Radiology, Operating Room, Sterile Scrub, Exam room and a Patient room. These simulation rooms will be support by audio-visual equipment and laundry. With simulation capability, the college will be able to better train students to meet the demands of the healthcare workforce |
College Outreach for the 21st Century project |
Helena, MT |
Student Assistance Foundation |
$100,000 |
Student Assistance Foundation is seeking funds to enhance and expand existing college access initiatives through the use of technology to reach more Montana students, especially in rural areas. Based on a successful demonstration project with College Goal Sunday, utilizing electronic resources in a sustainable, accessible, and reliable way should allow more low and middle-income Montanans to advance to postsecondary education |
Development of a Simulation, Training, and Research Center for Rural Healthcare Providers |
Butte, MT |
National Center for Healthcare Informatics |
$5,633,000 |
Simulation improves the acquisition/retention of knowledge/skills and has applications at all levels of clinical education. Since rural healthcare practitioners are often more involved than their urban counterparts in higher level assessment and emergency care, the scope of knowledge/skills required by these workers increases with remoteness, and a critical need exists for ongoing training. Access to and cost of such simulation training is a challenge. A “one-stop” healthcare simulation center providing the broad range of simulation experiences would effectively address this cost/access issue |
Education for Life! |
Helena, MT |
Jobs for Montana's Graduates Foundation |
$590,000 |
These funds will go to supporting a job-skills training program that enrolls students who are identified as being at-risk of dropping out. The training program keeps the student in school while providing them with education in areas that are critical for success in the workplace in industries such as the energy industry or green building/construction industry |
Equipment Upgrades at Marias Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility |
Shelby, MT |
Toole County and Marias Medical Center |
$523,000 |
Due to a commitment to serve the disadvantaged, Marias Medical Center does not have reserve funds for essential equipment replacements and basic site improvements. This project will purchase diagnostic equipment so that patients’ medical conditions can be diagnosed locally instead of sending them 90 miles away for similar services. MMC is an accredited Skilled Nursing Facility, an establishment that cares for chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services |
Expansion of the Civil Engineering program |
Helena, MT |
Carroll College |
$750,000 |
Carroll College seeks to expand and improve its environmental engineering and science laboratory facilities to support increasing enrollment and a more diverse teaching and research experience for students and faculty. In addition to addressing a national priority for increasing the number of U.S. citizens with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, this initiative will increase the number of professionals that can support Montana's need to address issues related to aging national infrastructure, environmental protection efforts, and energy resource development |
Facilities and equipment for chronic care |
Butte, MT |
St. James Hospital |
$5,000,000 |
St. James Healthcare is a hospital that serves as the central healthcare facility for an area including several counties in southwestern Montana. The hospital lacks sufficient space and resources for education, clinical training, chronic care facilities, and physician recruitment. There is an urgent need to expand dialysis facilities. This appropriations request addresses these needs, expands and enhances the facilities and equipment available to care-givers and patients for chronic diseases, particularly diabetes. |
Facilities and equipment for the Montana Pediatric Project |
Billings, MT |
St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation |
$950,000 |
St. Vincent Healthcare established the only pediatric intensive care (PICU) program in Montana/Wyoming on October 1, 2008. This program will establish additional sub-specialist practices at the hospital to care for children throughout the region. Key focal points will be in pediatric neurology, pediatric emergency care, pediatric surgery/neurosurgery and pediatric oncology. Further, education, training and outreach to regional tertiary and critical access hospitals will be a focus of the project so that children can be stabilized at home hospitals |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Libby, MT |
St. John's Hospital |
$500,000 |
St. John’s Lutheran Hospital is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital in Libby, Montana—isolated, hard-hit economically, and with many residents who are suffering from chronic diseases including asbestos related disease. The current 58-year old building is no longer adequate to serve the local population. The Hospital has developed a plan to finance construction of a new facility using a variety of local, state, and federal finances. Funding raised through this request would purchase equipment for the inpatient wing of the new hospital |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Missoula, MT |
Partnership Health Center |
$200,000 |
This project will fund facilities improvements as Partnership Health Center (PHC) moves to a new building where it will increase the number of patients served annually from 12,000 to 20,000. This new building will be renovated to accommodate increasing patient activity and to provide adequate facilities for staff and healthcare providers to offer optimal care services |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Columbus, MT |
Stillwater Community Hospital |
$500,000 |
Stillwater Community Hospital has outgrown its existing medical campus and is developing plans to enhance services offered to our patients. Plans are being developed to construct a new medical campus and equipment replacement will be necessary in the new facility to bring state-of-the-art care to the Columbus area. Stillwater Community Hospital is requesting $500,000 to supplement existing funding to purchase and install new equipment. |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Superior, MT |
Mineral Community Hospital |
$1,500,000 |
Mineral Community Hospital is in need of equipment and technology upgrades to meet the demand of its patients. There are over 800 visits to the hospital per month for care, it is the number one trauma center for critical access hospitals in MT, and Mineral County has one of the highest poverty rates in the state. Currently over two million visitors annually pass through Mineral County and over Lookout Pass via Interstate 90. |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Roundup, MT |
Roundup Memorial Healthcare |
$260,000 |
Roundup Memorial Healthcare (RMH) is in danger of being shut down if it doesn’t replace its 55-year-old coal-fired boiler. RMH was verbally notified in early June 2009 by its insurance provider that the boiler must be replaced or it will fail the next inspection, but the facility has no funds to do so. This facility provides critically important healthcare to a highly rural area, and it is imperative that the hospital remain operational |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Livingston, MT |
Livingston Healthcare Foundation |
$500,000 |
Livingston Healthcare is requesting funds to offset the cost of a much needed new facility. Funding will go towards equipment for the new facility, including items for radiology, laboratory, and physical therapy equipment. When complete, this project will provide a broad spectrum of healthcare services in a single, convenient location |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Fort Benton, MT |
Missouri River Medical Center |
$10,000,000 |
The Missouri River Medical Center is seeking funds to construction a new 7 bed critical access hospital, 45 bed nursing home and a clinic for four providers. MRMC hired CTA to complete a Master Planning Report. The report showed that the departments are substantially undersized and do not provide efficiency of services |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Anaconda, MT |
Community Hospital of Anaconda |
$495,000 |
Community Hospital of Anaconda requests funds for facilities and equipment upgrades to their surgical area. CHA offers general and orthopedic surgery, obstetric and gynecological surgical services, ophthalmological surgical services and a weekly gastroenterology clinic. In addition, CHA is home to the only neurosurgeon in a five-county area, whose practice draws surgical patients from around the state of Montana. At the current time, CHA has two surgical suites, constructed in 1981, which are facing increasing scheduling demand, much needed renovation and equipment update. |
Facilities and equipment upgrades |
Kalispell, MT |
Kalispell Regional Medical Center |
$3,000,000 |
Funding is requested for new construction and remodeling to build-out a permanent, dedicated 10-Bed Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nursing unit, offering NICU specialty care, including an infant abduction system, security, as well as providing for special acoustical, lighting, and observation camera requirements per crib. Additional equipment needs include: Monitors, Medfusion 3500 syringe pump, giraffe omni bed, Dash 5000 Monitor and SIPAP infant flow. This project gives rural, frontier patients who live and work in northwest and north central Montana immediate access to convenient, affordable regional and specialty newborn intensive care and comprehensive intensive care nursing services for newborns |
Facilities and equipment, including cardiac care improvements |
Helena, MT |
St. Peter's Hospital |
$255,000 |
The current Picture Archive Communication System (PACS ) for life-saving cardiology services provided at St. Peter’s Hospital does not work with other imaging systems at the hospital or at community clinics (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, X-ray, Nuclear Medicine, etc.). Cardiac images are only available on three, dedicated cardiac monitors in the hospital. They are not integrated into patients’ electronic medical record, as are other imaging data, and are not available at other care sites. This project will install a new, integrated system |
Facilities and equipment, including Electronic Health Records technology |
Bozeman, MT |
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital |
$2,750,000 |
This project plans to match federal funding dollar-for-dollar to purchase $5.5 million in vital technology additions. Specifically, Bozeman Deaconess seeks funding to help with purchase of a Linear Accelerator, a Computerized Physician Order Entry program, and Electronic Health Records equipment and software for the Emergency Department. This technology will help to reduce errors, shorten the length of hospital stays, and ensure that healthcare providers spend more time with patients and less time with paperwork |
Facilities and equipment, including Electronic Health Records technology |
Whitefish, MT |
North Valley Hospital |
$3,500,000 |
North Valley Hospital supports a rural community ranging from Eureka, MT to Glacier National Park, roughly the size of Connecticut, with a significant additional year round tourist population in addition to local residents. The hospital provides Laboratory, Imaging Services and Physical Therapy in Columbia Falls, an urgent care clinic on Whitefish Mountain during ski season, and a primary care clinic at the north end of the primary service area in Eureka in addition to the medical facility in Whitefish. Implementation of an electronic health records system will help ensure a high quality continuum of care |
Facilities and equipment, including equipment for the Infant and Child Security Modernization Initiative |
Missoula, MT |
Community Medical Center |
$750,000 |
CMC’s Infant and Child Security Modernization Initiative will provide critical service upgrades and replacement of an outdated Women and Infant Care Center. CMC is the state’s primary provider of comprehensive high-risk pediatric and newborn services, benefitting a diverse rural population which includes many of the state’s Medicaid recipients. Funding will allow CMC to acquire up-to-standard equipment that is comparable to infant care units nationwide |
Facilities and equipment, including for a Metabolism and Endocrinology Center |
Billings, MT |
Billings Clinic |
$750,000 |
The Metabolism and Endocrinology Center will further develop Billings Clinic’s multi-specialty approach to caring for patients with metabolic disorders. The program will include prevention programs to educate our patients about the dangers of heightened metabolic risk factors and will allow Billings Clinic to bring endocrinologists and bariatric and metabolic surgeons together to provide better outcomes for our patients. The center will also include Clinical Care Nurse Navigators, Certified Diabetic Educators and dieticians to provide our patients a single location to treat and prevent the onset of metabolic and endocrine disease |
Facilities and equipment, including Information Technology upgrades |
Libby, MT |
Center for Asbestos Related Disease |
$295,000 |
Funding will be used to update and expand CARD's Information Technology equipment, including purchase of equipment and hiring of an information technology specialist. This project is critically important to improving patient care, providing accuracy and quality assurance of patient prescriptions, allowing for long-term data management and integration with CARD’s database on the epidemiological effects of the Libby asbestos amphibole, and ensuring better coordination and outreach for patient care with other providers |
Facilities and equipment, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and X-Ray technology upgrades |
Dillon, MT |
Barrett Hospital |
$1,075,000 |
Barrett Hospital is requesting $1,075,000 to purchase a $825,000 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit (MRI) and a $250,000 Computerized Radiographic Quantum Imaging System (Computerized X-Ray). The hospital does not currently own; rather they share in a mobile MRI service that passes through Dillon only 1.5 days per week. This service experiences numerous mechanical problems and must be systematically calibrated prior to use because of rough Montana roads, and is far from ideal. The x-ray machines owned by the hospital are antiquated, and are burdensome to repair |
Facilities and equipment, including purchase of a backup power generator |
Hardin, MT |
Big Horn Hospital Association |
$700,000 |
This project will purchase a new generator, and is necessary due to the aging status of the current equipment. The current generator is 28 years old and does not have the capacity to address all the emergency electrical needs of the hospital physical plant. Current generator parts are not accessible; subsequently replacement parts are individually manufactured which is expensive and causes delays in operation of the generator |
Facilities and equipment, including the Cancer Genetics program |
Helena, MT |
Shodair Childrens Hospital |
$4,406,000 |
The Montana Medical Genetics Program, housed at Shodair Hospital, currently provides basic laboratory and clinical genetics services for cancer. The facility provides a unique service for Montana patients. However, the field of cancer genetics is expanding rapidly, as is the patient population seeking cancer genetic s analysis. Funding for this project will purchase new and additional laboratory equipment and renovate and expand clinical space to meet the demand for service |
Health Information Technology for Critical Access Hospitals |
Great Falls, MT |
Benefis Health System |
$500,000 |
Funds will provide clinic-based electronic health records (EHR) at the point of care and hospital-based “meaningful use” health information technology (HIT) hardware and software in two Critical Access Hospitals located in Chouteau County |
Hot Springs Clinic facilities and equipment upgrades |
Hot Springs, MT |
Sanders Community Development Corporation |
$745,000 |
The Hot Springs Medical Clinic is in very poor structural condition. The floors of the building slope in various directions requiring that anyone in a wheelchair be secured to prevent them from rolling into a wall or other obstruction. There is not enough space to adequately serve the patient population of approximately 1200 people in the community of Hot Springs and the surrounding Flathead Indian Reservation. A new building will provide much needed space for additional examination rooms, medical labs, rest rooms, larger physical therapy facilities, increased storage for medical records and a larger waiting room. |
Montana Energy Training Center |
Havre, MT |
Montana State University - Northern |
$1,000,000 |
Montana State University - Northern requests funding to create a regional energy training center to develop the workforce needed by Montana’s emerging energy sector. The funding will continue to train and retrain skilled workers who can fill high-priority jobs, as defined by industry and labor partners in various energy sectors. A combination of delivery modes will be utilized, including classroom, on-line instruction, on-site training and others, so that expertise from campuses throughout the Montana University system can be shared |
Montana Remote STEM Curriculum Development program |
Missoula, MT |
Montana Digital Academy |
$1,381,000 |
This project will develop a system for Montana students statewide that will provide them with academic skills through participation in an online learning environment. Students working with this system will learn through an interactive virtual environment that has been adapted through cooperation with teachers and software designers to provide a standards-based learning framework |
Reach Higher Montana Adult Learning Project |
Billings, MT |
Montana State University - Billings |
$300,000 |
Montana State University Billings proposes to address the issue of adult high school dropouts and adults without high school degrees by offering education programs leading to GEDs and service development for adult learners. This proposal will not only provide adults currently in the workforce opportunities to improve their educational attainment, but will give former high school drop-outs an opportunity to access higher education |
Rehabilitation of the tribal wellness center |
Billings, MT |
Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council |
$250,000 |
There is currently a major need for culturally appropriate residential substance abuse treatment and recovery services for Native Americans in Montana. The Montana/Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council has undertaken the task of responding to that need by establishing the Inter-Tribal Wellness Center as a facility that serves American Indians in need of treatment and recovery. Funding will go to improvements of facilities and equipment to bring the facility online to serve tribes in the two-state region |
Rural Healthcare Careers Center project |
Kalispell, MT |
Flathead Valley Community College |
$1,495,000 |
The demand for nurses is growing 54% faster in northwestern Montana than the nation as a whole. Flathead Valley Community College is pursuing accreditation for a two-year-registered nursing program, and this project will help the college to expand healthcare career training. The main goals of the project are: (1) purchase of advanced simulators and other technology to meet the demands for clinical space; (2) offer courses in the existing practical nursing program to students in Browning, MT, to assist the Blackfeet Nation to meet its local healthcare workforce need; (3) expand its present licensed practical nurse (LPN) program |
SKC Nursing Program curriculum and classroom improvements |
Pablo, MT |
Salish Kootenai College |
$392,000 |
The current nurse training facility is over 20 years old. The structure is wood framed with inefficient windows, siding, insulation and heating and cooling system. The expenditures on energy for this facility are significant and with improved efficiency will allow the school to utilize saved funds to expand the nursing program and graduate more nurses and dental assistants. This project would fund installation of more energy efficient equipment to make the space more economical to use and more comfortable for nursing students |
Suicide Intervention Access and Outreach Program |
Bozeman, MT |
The Help Center - 211 |
$259,000 |
This project would be used to enhance areas of service acknowledged by the updated Montana Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan. Specifically, this project will enhance the existing 211 call center infrastructure and coordinate resource and crisis service delivery for suicide intervention |
Tribal Dialysis Unit facilities and equipment |
Poplar, MT |
Fort Peck Tribes |
$1,900,000 |
This funding is necessary to expand the current dialysis unit from a 10 station facility to an 18 station facility, which will be required to serve the needs of the growing dialysis patients in Northeast Montana. Currently the facility keeps 33 residents from having to travel over 150 miles one-way for dialysis. The service population is expected to double in the next 5 to 10 years |
Tribal Youth Wellness Programs |
Box Elder, MT |
Rocky Boy's Chippewa Cree Tribe |
$275,000 |
This project will support the implementation of youth programs on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. The tribe has a very high rate of juvenile delinquency, youth suicide and youth substance abuse. In order to combat these trends a Youth Program will be implemented by the Rocky Boy Health Board's Wellness Center. Funding will support various physical fitness activities, intensive substance abuse prevention, suicide prevention and intervention, and healthy alternatives to juvenile delinquency |
Western Montana Homeless Shelter |
Missoula, MT |
Poverello Center |
$1,000,000 |
The State of Montana’s largest emergency homeless shelter and soup kitchen, located in the heart of downtown Missoula, is an outdated, inadequate, and deficient facility badly in need of an alternative. Currently, hundreds of vulnerable, homeless, sick, mentally and physically disabled, and elderly individuals, families, and veterans are turned away each week throughout Western Montana. This funding will convert an adjacent building to the current shelter into an appropriate and handicap accessible public facility that will provide emergency shelter, medical care, supportive services, and food to 7,000 Montanans each year |
Western Montana Outpatient Mental Health Network |
Missoula, MT |
St. Patrick Hospital |
$800,000 |
An increasing number of patients in western Montana are seeking treatment for their psychiatric or chemical dependency problems in acute care emergency rooms. This is straining hospitals in the region and driving up costs to the health care system. To assist with mental health crises across the region, St. Patrick Hospital is proposing establishing a new outpatient network that will assist regional hospitals in managing behavioral health patients seeking treatment. Funding will go towards information technology and salaries, including a new psychiatrist position. |
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies |
Construct Physical Fitness Center, Phase II |
Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT |
341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB |
$10,000,000 |
This project will construct Phase II of a fitness center including indoor swimming pool, group exercise area, Health and Wellness Center, administrative offices, and racquetball courts. This center is vital at Malmstrom AFB for the health, morale, and welfare of the servicemen and women as well as to maintain a fitness level necessary for optimal performance during military operations. |
Construct Tactical Response Force Facility |
Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT |
341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB |
$10,000,000 |
This project will construct a new 25000 square foot Tactical Response Alert Facility adjacent to the base flight line. This facility is an integral part of weapons security and would address current shortcomings including storage, sleeping quarters for 17 Security Forces personnel and four helicopter crews; tactical operations control with TSIPR NRET capabilities, briefing room, an armory with an issue area, and classrooms. |
Fort Harrison Fire Station |
Fort Harrison, MT |
Montana National Guard |
$1,750,000 |
This project would allow for the Montana Army National Guard to provide adequate bays for new fire trucks and appropriately store firefighting equipment. With funding, an addition would be constructed to accommodate new larger vehicles, and firefighters would be able to store and maintain equipment at mission readiness. |
Reconstruct Miles City Readiness Center |
Miles City Armory, MT |
Montana Army National Guard |
$14,330,000 |
This project will construct a Readiness Center to replace the existing facility which was constructed in 1957. The current facility was originally constructed for an Armored Cavalry Unit, and is improperly designed and grossly undersized for the 260th Engineer Company that is the current occupant. |
Replace Military Working Dog Kennel |
Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT |
341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB |
$2,500,000 |
This project will construct a new support and administration building, a new kennel facility, and demolish the old facility. The new buildings will account for all phases of dog training for patrol and detection that takes place on the grounds and includes storage requirements for equipment connected to training, mobility, contingencies, and VIP protection. This project replaces a 55-year old facility which suffers from concerns about structural integrity. The kennels were condemned by the Army Veterinarian in 2003. |
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs |
Vietnam Education and Exchange Initiative |
Missoula, MT |
University of Montana |
Language |
The relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam remains in its nascent stages, but shows considerable potential for growth in the areas of trade and education. Deepening U.S. engagement with Vietnam is crucial for the advancement of both U.S. economic and foreign policy interests. Funding for a Comprehensive Vietnamese Education and Exchange program would put the University of Montana and the state of Montana in a position of leadership as we re-engage an increasingly prosperous, dynamic and young society economically and politically. It also presents an opportunity to stem the trend of waning U.S. influence in Southeast Asia while constructively off-setting China’s growing sway in the area. |
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies |
21st Century Facility Improvements |
Missoula, MT |
Opportunity Resources, Inc. |
$800,000 |
Opportunity Resources, Inc. (ORI) is entering into its 56th year of serving individuals with disabilities. The organization has several major facility and infrastructure needs that must be addressed. If funded, ORI would be able to improve services for more than 400 individuals served daily. Opportunity Resources receives annual funding from the state of Montana for services, however there is little left for facility improvements or for modernizing transportation needs. This request includes funding for vehicle replacements and group home and work site improvements. |
Bench Boulevard Improvements |
Billings, MT |
Montana Department of Transportation |
$10,000,000 |
This request will fund ongoing construction on Bench Boulevard in Billings. Bench Boulevard parallels a street with one of the highest daily traffic volumes of any street or highway in Montana, and further improvements on Bench Blvd will help to alleviate traffic congestion on that street. This project will serve the City of Billings, the largest city in Montana. Montana Dept. of Transportation, the City of Billings, and Yellowstone County have worked cooperatively to advance this project for over a decade. |
Children's Home Renovation and Expansion |
Helena, MT |
Intermountain |
$1,000,000 |
Over the past 12 years, demand for Intermountain services has grown exponentially and our facilities have become outdated. Additionally, regulatory requirements relative to facilities have become more stringent and now present a barrier to providing additional types of care. To meet these challenges, Intermountain is launching a comprehensive campaign to generate $4.5 million for the construction of new facilities and the renovation of existing ones. Intermountain is seeking a $1 million federal appropriation to fund a portion of these renovation costs. |
Community Land Trust |
Butte, MT |
Headwaters RC&D |
$200,000 |
This funding will be used to add capacity to the Headwaters RC&D staff with the specific intent of establishing a regional community land trust for the Headwaters Region consisting of Beaverhead, Madison, Jefferson, Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell and Granite Counties. |
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Food Distribution Program |
Pablo, MT |
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes |
$1,100,000 |
The project will provide for construction of a state-of-the-art building that will provide a store atmosphere that allows participants to shop and select food products. This project will also allow the program to provide an enhance home delivery system. Currently the program has one one-ton unrefrigerated truck to deliver commodities to seven locations in the 1.25 million acres of the Reservation. |
Cregg Lane/Wyoming Street Connector |
Missoula, MT |
City of Missoula |
$7,000,000 |
The funding for this project will fund a critical east/west connector street south of the Clark Fork River, connecting two major north/south arterials, Orange and Russell Streets through a low income neighborhood and build a 14.5 acre park to serve the area. This is a central city brownfields that was industrial and is now low and moderate income residential with remnant industrial uses, vacant and underutilized property. This park and critical piece of infrastructure will create the opportunity to redevelop the 45 acre sawmill site, reduce cut through traffic in existing neighborhoods, reduce traffic on S. Third Street, provide adequate access to the new civic stadium. Additionally, the City is obligated to rebuild an aging railroad bridge in order to gain a permanent right-of-way under the trestle. Full funding for this project would allow that work to move forward. |
East Belgrade I-90 Interchange |
Belgrade, MT |
Montana Department of Transportation |
$10,000,000 |
The purpose of this project is to provide an additional Interstate 90 interchange east of Belgrade, Montana to facilitate critical intermodal connectivity with Gallatin Field Airport and improve regional travel. A new interchange in East Belgrade will also reduce congestion on State Secondary 205 between Belgrade and Bozeman, reduce congestion at the existing Belgrade Interchange and improve regional and local mobility. |
East Helena Industrial Park |
East Helena, MT |
Montana Business Assistance Connection |
$1,500,000 |
East Helena was the home of the Asarco Lead Smelter from 1888 to February 2001. In 2005, Asarco, which owns approximately 2000 acres near East Helena, declared bankruptcy. That land has since been turned over to a Custodial Trustee for reclamation. Development of an industrial park on portions of this land will bring jobs and a substantial tax base back to the city and county. |
Emma Park Neighborhood Center |
Butte, MT |
Human Resources Council, Region XIII |
$1,000,000 |
The proposed Center will support improvement of housing conditions and ultimately help revitalize the Emma Park Neighborhood—a severely blighted and high poverty section of Butte. As the anchor project for the overall revitalization effort, the Center will include a housing and financial counseling office that will help low-income residents in the neighborhood become and remain homeowners, a carpentry shop on site that will allow for classes on home rehabilitation, and a tool library that will support citizen-initiated home rehabilitation work. Other services will include Low Income Energy Assistance, Youth Employment and Training, health services, after school programs and training on the use of renewable energy technologies in home renovations. |
Glacier Discovery Square |
Columbia Falls, MT |
First Best Place |
$1,200,000 |
Columbia Falls lacks large public facilities that offer space for educational and other programming. This project meets that need and brings world-class programs to a rural community. Currently there is no secure repository in Northwest Montana to adequately house historic documents, photographs, and art of this region, including the national treasures of the Glacier National Park Archives. The project will be the foundation for economic growth in the community, creating new business and job opportunities, directly and indirectly as a catalyst for business development in the area. The campus will be anchored by a modern community library and will provide multiple educational, job training, and cultural opportunities through direct curriculum offerings and partnerships with several participating agencies and institutions. |
Great Falls Agri-Tech Park |
Great Falls, MT |
Great Falls Development Authority |
$1,500,000 |
These funds will be used to further extend the infrastructure and utilities into the new Great Falls Agri-Tech Park which will be embarking on Phase 1 in the construction season of 2010. This request will allow Great Falls Development Authority and its public/private partners to continue the momentum that has begun on securing a rail-based heavy industrial site for Great Falls. The primary objective for this project continues to be positioning Great Falls to take advantage of pent up market opportunities by addressing a weaknesses -- one of which is the lack of "shovel ready" rail-based heavy industrial sites for potential expansion and attractions. |
Great Falls Transit Bus Purchase |
Great Falls, MT |
Great Falls Transit District |
$1,200,000 |
The Great Falls Transit District operates fixed route service with 20 buses. A majority of the fleet is made up of 1991 Gillig buses, which reached their useful life in 2003. The funding received via earmarks in FY 2008 and FY 2009, along with the ARRA funding, the Great Falls Transit District still has four 1991 buses which desperately need to be replaced. Current funding structure is insufficient to allow purchase of new vehicles, and this federal funding request would provide the necessary capital for bus replacements. |
Highway 2 - Swamp Creek |
Libby, MT |
Montana Department of Transportation |
$10,000,000 |
This request will complete the US 2 Swamp Creek project located south of Libby on US Highway 2. The project will improve US 2 from a roadway that has no shoulders and 10-foot lanes to a two-lane roadway with 12-foot lanes and 4-foot shoulders. The project runs through a narrow rural valley consisting of flat swampy bottomlands and steep, timber-covered valley walls. There is a high volume of truck and bus traffic using this section of US 2, which is a concern considering the poor condition and geometrics of the roadway. When completed, the project will improve a substandard road that was constructed in the 1930’s, provide safety enhancements to the corridor, and address the existing roadway's high crash rate, which is 2.5 higher than the state average. |
Highway 93 and Kalispell Bypass |
Kalispell, MT |
Montana Department of Transportation |
$10,000,000 |
This request will be used to for continued construction, right of way acquisition, and intersection improvements along US Highway 93, including the Kalispell Bypass project. US 93 carries a significant amount of intrastate, interstate, and international travel. This highway has the highest volume of non-Interstate traffic in Montana. In addition, the proposed bypass project will serve a county that is experiencing one of the highest growth rates in the state. For over two decades MDT, the City of Kalispell, and Flathead County have worked cooperatively to advance the Kalispell Bypass. |
I-15 Custer Avenue Interchange |
Helena, MT |
Montana Department of Transportation |
$10,000,000 |
This project will accelerate the continued development and construction of the Custer Avenue Interchange and the Montana Rail Link Overpass Structures. The interchange is a recommended improvement in the Helena I-15 Corridor EIS. If fully funded, the money will complete right-of-way acquisition in a rapidly developing area, will complete design, and fund the construction phase. |
Logan Lane/Pine Hollow Road Safety Improvements |
Ravalli County, MT |
Ravalli County |
$1,700,000 |
The Logan Lane / Pine Hollow corridor is a valuable, heavily used route in the Stevensville area that serves to reduce congestion in the Stevensville downtown area, thus improving the overall air quality of downtown Stevensville. Presently, deteriorated pavement surfacing and inadequate shoulder widths significantly detract from the safety of this important route. Inadequately sized and constructed culverts restrict the flow of runoff in the drainages along this route, resulting in several areas of pavement undercutting and damage to adjacent properties. This project will address the public safety and environmental health issues associated with the current condition of the roadway by reconstructing the roadway surface and replacing culverts. |
Medical Corridor Parking Facility |
Billings, MT |
Billings Clinic |
$5,000,000 |
It is estimated that over 1.5 million people visit the medical corridor each year for health care services. Parking availability for the hospital campus and surrounding businesses, including Dehler Park, has not paced the growth of the area and available land must be used strategically to accommodate current and future capacity for the millions of patrons in this area. Billings Clinic requests $5 million to construct a parking structure on its’ campus in Billings’ medical corridor and designed to accommodate off-street parking for approximately 230 vehicles. |
Mill Creek Highway |
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, MT |
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County |
$5,000,000 |
Highway 274 is the main transportation link between the north and south ends of the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (ADLC) crossing the Continental Divide. Highway 274 is a treacherous 26 mile winding road which connects the ranching and tourist economy of the Big Hole River Valley on the south end of the county to the more populous northern half. Over 50% of ADLC is publicly owned and much of it is accessed through the Big Hole Valley. |
North Central Montana Transit (NCMT) |
Harlem, MT |
Fort Belknap Indian Community Council |
$900,000 |
The Fort Belknap Indian Community Council is requesting funding to increase access and efficiency of fixed-route public transit services between isolated rural communities and two Indian reservations, and metropolitan services in Montana's Hi-Line region. The North Central Montana Transit regional rural transit system supports job creation and retention. Additionally, public transportation provides a key component of community development in rural North Central Montana. |
Patient and Family Lodging |
Billings, MT |
Billings Clinic |
$500,000 |
In the vast rural and frontier region, patients often travel considerable distances with their families to Billings Clinic to undergo medical treatment. For patients, the unreimbursed cost of lodging creates a significant barrier to their medical care. This project would address that need by providing housing for patient families while they receive medical care. |
Paving of Loop Road |
Sweet Grass, MT |
Toole County |
$500,000 |
The proposed project will pave 1/2 mile of Loop Road, which is located on the southern edge of Sweet Grass, an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of Toole County. In August 2008, the Enforcement Division of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) documented significant dust conditions that need to be remedied. Paving a ½ mile portion of Loop Road will address Particulate Matter (PM)10 air quality issues and mitigate potential hazards to human life, as pavement will alleviate dust churned up by heavy truck traffic to/from several commercial outlets located on or adjacent to Loop Road in Sweet Grass, Montana. |
Redevelopment in East Billings Urban Renewal District |
Billings, MT |
Big Sky Economic Development Authority |
$1,500,000 |
The East Billings Urban Renewal District redevelopment project is necessary in order to stimulate economic renewal by continuing development activities in the East Downtown Billings Tax Increment Finance District (TIFD). This endeavor will lead to improvements in outdated or non-existent infrastructure, and assemblage of land to facilitate mixed use development between the downtown core and MetraPark, a 10,000-seat exposition and entertainment center that draws patrons from a multi-state region surrounding Billings, Montana. |
Regional Innovation Partnerships |
Bozeman, MT |
TechRanch |
$1,600,000 |
This project will help to create high paying jobs and economic diversification across Montana. TechRanch is solely focused on job creation in Montana, and by setting up new partnerships across Montana, they can 1) develop stronger programs for key economic clusters, 2) spread costs and 3) generate fees to ensure sustainability. The regional partnership model will create stronger companies and many more jobs in Montana's knowledge based economy. |
Shelby Intermodal Hub |
Shelby, MT |
City of Shelby |
$3,400,000 |
This project is necessary to create 32 direct jobs and 300 secondary jobs in Montana and reduce transportation costs for the businesses in the 400 square mile catchment area, which includes 28 of Montana's 56 counties. A centralized freight facility (Intermodal Hub) will increase the volume and variety of goods that Montana ships and receives each year, reduce costs on those shipments, and make Montana a better place to work, live, and raise a family. |
Sheridan Hall Transitional Living Center |
Helena, MT |
Helena Indian Alliance |
$600,000 |
Sheridan Hall is a well-kept facility rich with history. However, its outdated electrical and mechanical systems and non-compliance with fire safety and handicap accessibility codes render it unusable as a residential center for the homeless, including homeless Montana veterans. The services proposed for the Transitional Living Center are both needed and operationally viable, but the building cannot accommodate them without extensive rehabilitation. Funding will be used to address these deficiencies and ensure that the facility can provide vital services. |
Solid Waste Transfer Station |
Lame Deer, MT |
Northern Cheyenne Tribe |
$1,200,000 |
Solid waste is a cause for major concern on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, with only 3 open solid waste transfer stations serving 5 communities and no curb-side trash collection for the 1,868 housing residents. To address this problem, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe gathered funds to build an enclosed Solid Waste Transfer Facility, completed in the spring of 2008. Unfortunately, the original funding was insufficient to cover both the cost of construction and the purchase of equipment to collect and transport waste. Requested funds would allow the Tribe to purchase equipment necessary to make the Facility fully operational. |
Transfer Center Rehabilitation |
Missoula, MT |
Mountain Line |
$300,000 |
The Mountain Line Transfer Center in downtown Missoula is now 10 years old and needs repairs to the exterior concrete work and furnishings. In addition, improvements to the interior of the building would allow a more efficient use of office space. Sidewalks and pavement need to be repaired and replaced on the bus mall. Signage, benches, and other street furnishings need to be repaired or replaced. Exterior solar powered lighting would increase the energy efficiency of the facility. This project contributes to the livability of Missoula by enhancing a safe, reliable, and economical transportation option that also helps reduce congestion and improve air quality. Mountain Line provides an economical and efficient way to get people to and from work in Missoula. |
West College Street Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Street Improvements |
Bozeman, MT |
City of Bozeman |
$3,400,000 |
West College Street is a 2-lane street with no curb, limited sidewalks, access congestion, intersection backups, limited capacity, and an open irrigation canal to the north side that floods nearby mobile home parks and other lands. This is the primary route for traffic going to the University from the west, and it provides access to a majority of the University’s student housing as well as several businesses. Funding will be used to reconstruct College Street and turn it into a five-lane urban arterial roadway from Main Street east to 19th Avenue. A minimum of two travel lanes in each direction, bike lanes on each side, curb and gutter, piped irrigation canal, boulevard, sidewalk , and a raised median will be required. |