Tribal Assistance

Partnerships with American Indian Tribes

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Originally founded during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s as the Soil Erosion Service and later renamed the Soil Conservation Service, the agency provides technical assistance to private landowners and users to assist them in planning for the conservation and improvement of natural resources. Employees are trained to develop conservation systems for soil, water, air, and related plant and animal resources.

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• Assistance Available from NRCS
• Assistance to Montana Reservations 2018 (PDF; 682 KB)
• Conservation Opportunities in the Farm Bill
• Tribal Conservation Districts
• Tribal Guide to NRCS Wetland Reserve Contracts (PDF; 3.9 MB)

Serving American Indians

NRCS and American Indians share a common interest in conserving and managing the natural resources of our earth. To help meet our goal of providing high quality conservation products and services to American Indian operators, offices are located on each of the seven reservations serving the ten tribes located in Montana. NRCS is committed to providing assistance to American Indian producers and tribes in planning for and managing natural resources.

Links to Tribal Offices

American Indian tribes work with NRCS on a variety of initiatives that include resource inventories and the adaptation of our conservation programs to fit the special needs of their people and their land. Many tribes also maintain web sites containing information specific to their land and people. The following is a partial list of those and other related sites.

• Blackfeet Nation
• Chippewa Cree Tribe (Rocky Boy)
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Flathead)
• Crow Tribe
• Fort Belknap Indian Community (Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes)
• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
• Northern Cheyenne Tribe

For More Information

Tribal Conservationists

To obtain more information, or to request assistance, please contact the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service office at the number listed below, or contact the NRCS State Office for Montana at 406-587-6811.