PARTNERS

The Montana Natural Heritage Program benefits from many great partnerships. Our partners range from state and federal agencies, to local and tribal governments, to citizen organizations, private businesses, and individuals. Partners contribute valuable data, project support, funding, and expertise that all help make our program a success.  We are especially indebted to: (1) NatureServe and its network of over 60 programs across North America which help us track the taxonomy, distribution, and status of species and ecosystems; (2) the University of Montana's Spatial Analysis Lab which helps on land cover and vegetation community mapping; and (3) the Ecological Mapping Monitoring and Analysis (EMMA) group at the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West which provides wetland and other mapping and monitoring data.

 

Federal Partners
	Bureau of Land Management		National Park Service
	Forest Service		USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
	Natural Resources Conservation Service		USGS National Early Detection Rapid Response Information System
	Environmental Protection Agency		Army Corps of Engineers
	Bonneville Power Administration		Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
	US Fish and Wildlife Service		Bureau of Indian Affairs
State Partners
	Fish, Wildlife & Parks		Agriculture
	Environmental Quality		Transportation
	Natural Resources and Conservation		Military Affairs
	University of Montana		Montana State University
	Spatial Analysis Lab		MONT Herbarium
	Ecological Mapping, Monitoring, and Analysis Group		MTEC Entomology Collection
	MONTU Herbarium		Integrated Pest Management Extension Programs
	Philip Wright Zoological Museum		Department of Ecology
	UM Bird Ecology Lab		Vertebrate Museum
	Wildlife Biology Program
Tribal Partners
	Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes		Blackfeet Nation
	Fort Belknap Indian Community		Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
	Northern Cheyenne Tribe		Crow Nation
Private Partners
	NatureServe		iNaturalist
	Montana Audubon		Montana Native Plant Society
	The Nature Conservancy		Montana Invasive Species Council
	Montana Association of Land Trusts		EDDMapS
	Montana Bird Records Committee		Montana Wetland Council
	Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society		Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
	Montana Weed Control Association		Montana Association of Conservation Districts
	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation		Montana Wood Products Association
	Fungal Diversity Survey		Montana Watershed Coordination Council