Natural Resources Links

Links to information regarding natural resources, landowner issues, and pollution prevention.

County Historical Information:

Needing a short history of your county? These Water Resource Survey books do an excellent job of giving a history of the county and not just the water history. Many of them give a brief paragraph about town sites, populations, ag products, etc. as well as great watershed and historical climate information.

  • Start at this DNRC link on the left hand side of the page click on "Water Rights" then scroll to the bottom of the new page and click on "Water Resources Survey Books". A list of counties will appear and you can click on your county. Thanks goes to DNRC for making this resource so readily available.

Pollution Prevention:

Montana Material Exchange — a bulletin board service that connects businesses, government agencies and other organizations that have materials they need to get rid of with parties who can use them. By providing reuse opportunities for materials you would normally throw away, MME helps you prevent waste and reduce environmental impacts at the same time that you save on disposal costs.

Drought:

Drought and Weather — Lists information about drought such as

  1. Prediction and Monitoring Tools,
  2. Drought and Weather Organizations,
  3. Reports, Papers, Articles and Services.

Drought and Water Allocation — This bibliography lists 57 articles on water allocation as it relates to drought and water shortages dated 2000-July 2002.

Drought and Water Allocation — This bibliography lists 71 articles on water allocation as it relates to drought and water shortages dated 1992 — 1999.

Montana Drought Monitoring — This site lists drought maps, current drought conditions, drought articles, links, agencies, and the results of an NRIS user survey.