Nine boards and commissions are attached to the department. Six of them — the Board of Land Commissioners, Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, Board of Oil and Gas Conservation, Board of Water Well Contractors, Western Montana Conservation Commission, and Montana Grass Conservation Commission — have decision-making authority. The other three — the Resource Conservation Advisory Council, Rangeland Resources Committee, and Drought Advisory Committee — act in an advisory capacity only.

Board of Oil & Gas Conservation

The board consists of seven members, three of whom shall be from the oil and gas industry and have had at least three years' experience in the production of oil and gas, and two of whom shall be landowners residing in oil- or gas-producing counties of the state but not actively associated with the oil & gas industry, but one of the two landowners shall be one who owns the mineral rights with the surface and the other shall be one who does not own the mineral rights. (MCA Section 2-15-3303)

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Montana Land Board

Timber, surface, and mineral resources are managed for the benefit of the common schools and the other endowed institutions in Montana, under the direction of the State Board of Land Commissioners. The board consists of Montana's five top elected officials.

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Western Montana Conservation Commission

WMCC serves as a convening body to facilitate coordination between resource managers across western Montana, including all land and water west of the Continental Divide. 

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