This collection is a sub-subgroup (Office) of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records, RS 496. The Financial Services Office operates within the Director's Office. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records.

This collection consists of financial reports for the Environmental Contingency Account. The Environmental Contingency Account is a pool of funds controlled by the governor to be used to meet unanticipated public needs, such as to support renewable resource development projects for communities that have an emergency or imminent need for the services, to preserve vegetation, water, soil, fish, wildlife, or other renewable resources from an imminent physical threat or during an emergency (excluding natural disasters covered adequately by other funding or fire), to respond to an emergency or imminent threat to persons, property, or the environment caused by mineral development or hazardous materials, and to fund the environmental quality protection fund. The reports generated by the Financial Services Office were submitted to the Office of Budget and Program Planning in the Governor’s Office, detailing the health of the account. Materials include memoranda, spreadsheets, and reports.