Montana Resources

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Montana Resources

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Missoula

Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce
Local business news, directory, and advocacy, community calendar, relocation information and more.

Missoula Convention & Visitor's Bureau
Find out where to eat, stay, and play in Missoula, as well as information on planning your next meeting or convention.

Missoula Downtown Association
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, supporting and enhancing the vitality of downtown Missoula. Includes 400 business and individual members and works to attract people Downtown through events, visual improvements, and a sense of community.

Montana

Census and Economic Information Center
Montana Department of Commerce's 2000 census data by geographical location.

Montana Extension Office Publications
Access free publications on agriculture, gardening, wildlife, landscaping, canning, and more from the Montana State University Extension Office.

Montana Government
Access MPL's resource page for local, state, and national government.

Montana Information
A Montana State Library portal for current and historical information on Montana by subject. Includes hunting information, field guides, history, maps and more.

Montana Maps
Montana State Library provides a portal to digital and topographic maps of Montana, plus electronic maps nation-wide. For additional maps, visit our Outside Montana page.

Montana History

Montana Historical Society
Learn about the publications, programs, and resources MHS has to offer. Visit the Research Center to access online digital collections, or the Montana History Wiki to view articles, subject guides, and newspapers collections.

Montana Memory Project
Montana's Digital Library and Archive. Find historical books, articles, and photographs.

Montana Literature

Humanities Montana
Humanities Montana is host to the Montana Center for the Book, promoting literature and literacy through the OpenBook program, One Book Montana, the Montana Festival of the Book, and Letters About Literature.

Montana Author's Project
The Montana Authors Project (MAP) brings important and favorite works of regional literature to digital life, providing actual maps of literary settings.

Montana Book Award
An annual award recognizing literary and/or artistic excellence in a book published during the award year. Eligible titles will be set in Montana, deal with Montana themes, or be written, edited, or illustrated by a Montana author or artist.

Montana Photographs

The Bill and Doris Whithorn Online Database includes historic photographs from Park County and southwestern Montana. Created by the Yellowstone Gateway Museum of Park County.

Mansfield Library's Digital Photograph Collection provides access to photographs in the library's archives plus special exhibits and collections by topic.

Montana Memory Project includes historical photography collections from around the state.

Museum of the Rockies has two online digital photograph archives - Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains and the Ron V. Nixon Railroad Photography Collection.

Montana Wildlife

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
The state guide to recreation in Montana includes information on licenses and permits, events and education, plus a video library, Animal Field Guide, and the Montana Hunt Planner.

Montana Plant Life
A guide to Motnana wild plants, including edible, medicinal and poisonous varieties.

Montana Streamflows
Access real-time USGS data for montana streams and rivers.

Montana Waterfalls
Find description, access, and history information on Montana waterfalls. Interactive map links to falls around the state.

Montana Weed Control
The Montana Weed Control Association provides resources and information on invasive species around the state.