MISSOULA — The federal Office of Surface Mining has announced more than $124 million to clean up and reclaim abandoned coal mines.
The money will be distributed to states and tribal nations and comes in part from a fee collected on all coal produced in the United States.
Montana will receive $2.3 million in funding and the Crow Tribe will receive around $190,000.
Additional money is allocated through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program.
