The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakota (MTDK) and its partners mitigate hazards to protect public health and safety and the environment, and restore watersheds for resources, recreation, fish, wildlife and domestic animals, and manage air quality for the protection of public health and sensitive ecosystems, and return lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources. Extractive industry activities of the past, including underground and surface mining and releases of hazardous substances from degraded watersheds and air-sheds on public lands throughout Montana/Dakotas (MT/DAK). Unrestored sites may pose a threat to wildlife, biota, groundwater, surface water, soil as well as to risks to the health and safety of public land users.

Funding Opportunity Goals

1. Reclaim abandoned hardrock mine lands to productive uses including, but not limited to, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and preservation of historical/cultural resources.
2. Reduce liabilities by eliminating or reducing human health and ecological risks posed by abandoned mines.
3. Establish partnerships, where possible, with States, local governments, Tribes, and voluntary environmental and citizen groups, non-governmental organizations to pool resources and expertise to address abandoned mines.