CITT Off-Season Stock Water Mitigation Grant Program 

Applicants must meet the following criteria: 

1. Be a Landowner or Lessee: 
   • Landowner with FIIP assessed acres OR 
   • Lessee of land with FIIP assessed acres with authorization to apply from the Landowner 
2. Own and manage livestock at the location of the proposed project or lease land to a lessee who owns and manages livestock at the location of the proposed project.  
   • Livestock includes cattle, bison, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats. See Application Guidelines for full definition.
3. Be in good standing with FIIP. 

1. Must provide drinking water for stock outside of the irrigation season;  
2. Be one (or more) of the following: 
   • Stock Use Addition to an Existing Well of Developed Spring 
   • Stock Well 
   • Developed Spring 
   • Stock Water Pit  
   • Stock Water Tank Served by Surface Water 
   • Stock Water Conveyance Structure 

• Pipeline installation to supply stock water from an existing well 
• Improvements to gravity flow system to be used for stock water  
• New well for livestock with water dispensed from stock water tanks 
• New stock water pit sourced from a non-perennial stream. 

1. Proposed place of use on FIIP assessed acres owned or leased by the applicant. 
2. Project must be on the Flathead Reservation outside of the Camas Division.

• Approved applicants will be reimbursed up to $200,000 per project.  

• To ensure reimbursement, projects must be completed within 24 months of grant contract signing (additional 12-month project extensions are available under certain circumstances). 

•  All grantees will be required to submit quarterly project status reports.