Technical Services

Supporting all those working to improve and conserve Montana’s aquatic resources.

Montana Freshwater Partners offers our conservation leadership and technical consulting to benefit a variety of other conservation groups, local workgroups, and private partners. Our nonprofit is staffed with experienced aquatic resources professionals with advanced skillsets in wetland and stream science, project implementation, aquatic wildlife biology, habitat mitigation, and market-based restoration. We utilize advanced tools and technology including LIDAR, GIS, and technical data analysis. Montana Freshwater Partners is also backed by a highly respected board with diverse relevant expertise.

How We Can Help 

As a unique non-profit with a highly technical and experienced staff, we would like to help those who are working to improve, conserve, and address water-related issues in Montana by offering our expertise and collaboration. Explore a few of our services below. 

Conservation Leadership & Watershed Planning

Watershed Restoration Planning

Partner Coordination

Project Prioritization

Wetland and Stream Field Services

Wetland Delineations 

Stream Condition Assessment

Stream & Wetland Monitoring

GIS & Drone Flights

Regulatory Expertise & Mitigation Services

Stream and Wetland Mitigation

Mitigation Project Development

Permitting and Regulatory Guidance

Featured Projects

Yellowstone Oil Spill Recovery

Montana Freshwater Partners is collaborating with private consulting partners in a contract with the Natural Resource Damage Protection (NRDP) Program to evaluate properties and potential project sites to offset impacts resulting from the 2011 ExxonMobil oil spill on the Yellowstone River. 

Trout Unlimited Rattlesnake Dam Removal Project

Trout Unlimited (TU) hired Montana Freshwater Partners to provide the technical expertise needed to create a plan for generating mitigation credit from the Rattlesnake Dam removal project.

Sacajawea Audubon Society Wetland Mitigation Bank Project

The Sacajawea Audubon Society (SAS) is proposing to establish a wetland mitigation bank in Bozeman, Montana, with the intent of providing a local wetland mitigation option to help offset wetland impacts occurring specifically in the Bozeman and the surrounding area. 

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