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Helena – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has grants of up to $3,000 available to help volunteer water quality monitoring groups cover the costs for laboratory analysis of their samples. These groups provide valuable water quality information to stakeholders in their watersheds and to DEQ. The DEQ has approximately $12,000 of federal Clean Water Act grant funding available to assist local groups in their efforts to protect and restore surface and ground water. The grants are available to fund laboratory analysis of water and s...
The spring and summer open burning season opened on March 1, 2016. During this season open burners do not need approval from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality before burning. Permission from local fire control agencies is still required. In conjunction with the open burn season, the DEQ is conducting a survey for burners, local authorities and the general public about the Open Burning Program. “We’re always looking for ways to improve the program so we hope people will take a few minutes to let us know how we’re doing,” said Kr...
