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Montana Natural Resource
Information System
(NRIS)
A program of Montana State Library, NRIS makes information on Montana's
natural resources easily accessible via the internet. These are some
of the water resources:
Montana
Water Information (NRIS Map Options)
Quick Index to Interactive Applications
Geographic
Information System
GIS provides maps, map data, analytical services, and technical
assistance for the growing number of users of computerized mapping
programs. (NRIS division)
Montana
EnviroNET Query
Create custom maps with this database that includes all waterbodies
appearing in DEQ's Assessment Database. (NRIS division)
Montana
Ground Water Maps - Wells, etc.
Create custom maps. (NRIS division)
Water
Information System
A starting point for locating water resources information in Montana,
such as data on surface water, groundwater, water quality, riparian
areas, water rights, climate data and more. (NRIS division)
Montana
Fisheries Information System
Search MFISH by specific waterbody
or fish species
Montana
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) - Water Quality
Montana
Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Montana's
Ground-Water Information Center - Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
MBMG is the central repository for information on the ground-water
resources of Montana. The data include well-completion reports from
drillers, measurements of well performance and water quality based
on site visits, water-level measurements at various wells for periods
of up to 40 years, and water-quality reports for thousands of samples.
DNRC
- Department Of Natural Resources and Conservation, Water Resources
Division Home
"Providing the most benefit, through the best use, of the
state's water resources for the people of Montana."
Montana
Water Center
Site developed, designed, and administered by the Montana University
System Water Center, Montana State University -- Bozeman.
US
Geological Survey - Montana Water Resources
Information on the occurrence, quantity, quality, and movement of surface water
and ground water in Montana and adjacent areas.
TMDL
Program - Total Daily Maximum Load
Environmental Protection Agency site - Click on your watershed
for more detailed information on section 303(d) waters.
NAWQA
Data Home
USGS chemical, biological, and physical water quality data
Montana
Water Page - U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA
- Watershed Home Page
Includes info about a strategy that has as a premise that many
water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed
level rather than at the individual waterbody or discharger level.
EPA
- Locate Your Watershed / Surf Your Watershed
Search with name of a city, river, school, county,
or state, etc.
EPA
- Index of Watershed Indicators
Information services
for protecting and restoring water resources
StreamNet
On-Line
Cooperative venture of the Pacific Northwest's fish and wildlife
agencies and tribes.
River
Network
With offices in Portland, Washington DC and Helena. River Network
is a national, nonprofit, non-membership organization whose mission
is to build effective local organizations for river protection throughout
the United States. MRA is a River Network partner.
Clean
Water Network
A national organization watching the federal government and networking
throughout the nation. CWN is an alliance of more than 1,000 organizations
that endorse its platform paper, the National Agenda for Clean Water,
which outlines the need for strong clean water safeguards to protect
human health and the environment. MRA is a member of Clean Water Network.
Earthjustice
Earthjustice also has an interest in keeping Montana water unpolluted and freeflowing
MRA
Member Commercial Sites New
(contact
us if you would like your water-related site listed)
ROW -
River Odysseys West
Whitewater Rafting and Canoeing Adventures in Idaho, Oregon and
Montana
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