Name | Category | Date |
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Williams 11-12 #2H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Middle Bakken Formation test, 20,403’MD/10,161’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
East Butte Lookout 3D 2022-06-20
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Paragon Geophysical Services, Inc has applied to conduct a seismic survey on State Trust Lands.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
KATCO Farms Inc Expired CRP Break Request 2022-07-11
Closing Date:
Until Expired
KATCO Farms Inc has requested to break approximately 297 acres of recently expired CRP and return the land to agricultural production.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Piegan Creek Alternative Practice 2022-12-01
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proponent, Wayne Sherrill Logging is requesting an Alternative Practice (AP) to rules 5 and 6: (36.11.304) retention tree requirements and road building within the SMZ. Piegan Creek has migrated into the existing roadbed.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ alternative Practice for Doble HRA27-B-48829 2022-11-07
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Proponent desires to use an existing skid trail that is within an SMZ of a class 1 stream.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
21 Construction Scoria Final EA 2024-04-24
Closing Date:
05-24-2024
The document is a tiered EA to the Montana DEQ EA for the mine site. The document contemplates an action and a no action alternative.
Category:Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
|
Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals | ${date} |
Bell Creek 35-09X 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury plans to drill a horizontal well as a producer in the tertiary CO2/Waterflood program. The TVD of this well is 4,490’ and MD is 5,002’. Objective formation is the Muddy Sandstone. Solids will be contained in metal pits and then hauled to a licensed disposal facility. Surface casing to be set at 780’ and will be cemented back to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Berberet Pipeline 2022-12-09
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Authorize the use of existing water pipelines for stock water through a land use license.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Billmayer Spring Development 2022-11-22
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The lessee will install a spring development on their state trust lands grazing lease.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Campbell Conifer Encroachment 2024-02-29
Closing Date:
06-09-2024
State lands grazing lessee is funding a conifer encroachment removal project. Portions of ponderosa pine will be cut, masticated, burned, or hauled off.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
Canyon Creek Timber Sale 2024-04-17
Closing Date:
05-18-2024
The Libby Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Canyon Creek Timber Sale. The project is located approximately 15 miles northeast from Libby, MT.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
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Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
Cliff Lake Timber Sale 2024-03-07
Closing Date:
05-07-2024
The Kalispell Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Cliff Lake Timber Sale. The project is located approximately 9 air miles northwest of Kalispell, MT.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
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Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
CRP Break Request – Lease 5756 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Adam Hemry proposes the breaking and conversion of 512.90 Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres out of the 561.70 CRP acres under expired CRP contract 11000 on state land lease 5756, referred to herein as the “Project”. See Attachment A – Project Location Map for proposed break acres.
The CRP contract, No. 11000, expired on 9/30/2022. The previous lessee originally re-bid the CRP “as is” but it was rejected by the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) as it did not meet their minimum standards. In order for the tract to be put back into CRP it needed to be sprayed and re-planted, which the previous lessee did not have farm equipment to do so. The lease was then transferred to the current lessee for the purpose of converting the CRP to agricultural land for small grain production.
The purpose of the conversion from CRP acres to agricultural production acres is to increase the overall revenue on lease 5756 for the Common Schools Trust while maintaining the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) land sustainability goals. The Project is expected to occur in the Fall of 2022.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Dean Knaup Knaup Temp Road Use 2022-12-20
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Dean Knaup has applied to use approximately 1/4 mile of existing 2-track road to haul firewood from a private landowner to Calvert Road (a county road).
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Denbury Onshore, LLC Cabin Creek CH 22X-17H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill dual lateral horizontal well into the Charles-Madison Formation. Upper lateral 7,345’ TVD / 12,623’ MD. Lower lateral 7,345’ TVD / 12,534’ MD. Surface casing to be set at 2,000’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Denbury Onshore, LLC Cabin Creek CH 33X-17H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill a dual lateral horizontal injection well into the Charles-Madison Formation. Upper lateral 7,358’ TVD / 12,246’ MD. Lower lateral 7,374’ TVD / 12,356’ MD. Surface casing to be set at 2,000’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Denbury Onshore, LLC Cabin Creek CH 34-17H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill a dual lateral horizontal well into the Charles-Madison Formation. Upper lateral 7,382’ TVD / 12,902’ MD. Lower lateral 7,379’ TVD / 12,812’ MD. Surface casing to be set at 2,000’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Denbury Onshore, LLC Little Beaver East 42-17 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill a vertical well into the Deadwood Formation 9,599’ TVD/MD. Surface casing to be set at 1,729’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Denbury Onshore, LLC Unit 12-15H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury plans to drill a horizontal well as a producer in the tertiary CO2/Waterflood program. The TVD of this well is 4,471’ and MD is 8,834’. Objective formation is the Muddy Sandstone. Solids will be contained in metal pits and then hauled to a licensed disposal facility. Surface casing to be set at 1,000’ and will be cemented back to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Devil's Fence Juniper Encroachment Removal 2022-05-31
Closing Date:
Until Expired
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Dexter #1 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Bluebird, LLC plans to drill a Tyler Formation test, 5,200’ MD / TVD. The location is in general Sage Grouse habitat and requires sage grouse approval. The approval letter was received 10/12/2022. II. PROJECT
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Donsbach Well Project - 2022-05-16
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Kirk Donsbach is proposing to install a shallow well and stock tank in the SW4SE4NW4 of Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 22 East. The proposed water development installation is planned to be installed directly adjacent to Box Elder Creek in hopes to have access to water on years when the creek is dry. The proposed shallow well will be used for stock water.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Dry Fork Culvert Replacement 2024-04-03
Closing Date:
06-02-2024
Proponent Roger Solberg, Malta Field Office, Bureau of Land Management North Central Montana District is seeking approval to replace two existing two 48-inch diameter corrugated steel pipe culverts on the Dry Fork Road in South Phillips County. These culverts are failing and will be replaced with a new 96-inch diameter Polymer Coated CSP culvert.
Category:Land Leases and Land Use License
|
Land Leases and Land Use License | ${date} |
East Poplar 22-1 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
CWT Operating, LLC plans to drill a 7,900’ TVD / MD well with the objective formation being the Duperow or Nisku, depending on Duperow production test.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
East Poplar 22-2 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
CWT Operating, LLC plans to drill a 7,900’ TVD / MD well with the objective formation being the Duperow or Nisku, depending on Duperow production test.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Encroachment Treatment Big Sheep Creek 2024-04-16
Closing Date:
05-19-2024
The Dillon Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) received a request, to continue the work initiated in 2018, from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MTFW&P) for a conifer encroachment removal project in the Big Sheep Creek area (T13S R9W Sections 29, 30, 31 & 32), see Exhibit A – Project Location Map. The project would benefit up to 350 acres of primarily moose and mule deer winter range as well as a recently introduced bighorn sheep population through the removal of Douglas-fir, Rocky Mountain juniper, and limber pine in stands of mountain mahogany. The proposed work would be completed by contractors, MTFW&P employees, and willing volunteers as time allows.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Felix 9-16-21-28 #4H 2024-04-22
Closing Date:
05-31-2024
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Middle Bakken Formation test, 30,250’MD/10,098’TVD. Surface casing to be set at 2,035’ and cemented back to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Felix 9-16-21-28 #5H 2024-04-22
Closing Date:
05-31-2024
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Middle Bakken Formation test, 30,325’MD/10,105’TVD. Surface casing to be set at 2,035’ and cemented back to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Final EA Ennis Temporary Asphalt Plant 2024-04-05
Closing Date:
05-05-2024
The analysis evaluates the impact of having an asphalt plant in two separate locations. The action alternative would place the plant in the DSL pit 3 miles north of Ennis, MT. The no action alternative would place the plant near Alder, MT.
Category:Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
|
Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals | ${date} |
Floweree Cattle Stock water pipeline 2022-12-12
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Floweree Cattle is proposing the construction of a stock water pipeline across trust lands in Petroleum county. The water source is on private land and there would be no water place of use on trust lands.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Foothills Restoration Project 2024-04-11
Closing Date:
05-12-2024
The Kalispell Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Foothills Restoration Project. The project is located approximately 8 miles northeast of Bigfork, Montana.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
|
Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
Forza Operating, LLC Grinde 20-1H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Forza Operating, LLC plans to drill a well for a Nisku formation test 8,210’ MD / 3,252 TVD.
II. PROJECT
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Forza Operating, LLC Grinde 29-1H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Forza Operating, LLC plans to drill a well for a Nisku formation test 7,884’ MD / 3,236 TVD.
II. PROJECT
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
GEL #5 2024-04-10
Closing Date:
05-18-2024
Well re-entry. Drill rig with a power swivel to clean out plugs to 2,125’MD/TVD for a Morrison Formation test.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Gilman Construction-Staging Area 2022-03-15
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The document analyzes the environmental impact that would occur if a LUL were granted to Gilman Construction for the storage of chipping material in an active opencut site on 5S 8W Sec. 28.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Glen Mud Forest Management Project 2024-03-27
Closing Date:
05-27-2024
The Stillwater Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Glen Mud Forest Management Project. The project is located 4.5 miles east of Eureka, MT.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
|
Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
Gomke Break 2022-08-18
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Missoula Unit is proposing the Goldielogs Timber Sale Project. The proposed action is located approximately 15 aerial miles east of Missoula in the Gold Creek area of Potomac, Montana.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Haymaker Energy LUL 2022-08-29
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Haymaker Energy Project, LLC is applying for a Land Use License to access and/or utilize State Trust Land for the following purpose(s): Conduct archaeological, wetland, and related environmental surveys to support agency review of a proposed wind energy project; Electrical resistivity testing will occur in addition to geotechnical boring (utilizing air rotary drilling techniques) to support transmission line structure installation; Conduct site reconnaissance for engineering or wildlife surveys
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
James Ditch SMZ Alternative Practice 2022-09-20
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Pyramid Mountain Lumber has applied for a Streamside Management Zone (SMZ) Alternative Practice to operate equipment inside of the SMZ to facilitate slash removal and timber harvest on both sides of 900 feet of the James Ditch.
Category:Forest Practices
|
Forest Practices | ${date} |
Judith 10-3 #2H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 21,042’MD/10,385’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Judith 10-3 #3H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 20,814’MD/10,404’TVD II
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Kanduch Logging Kanduch AP's 2022-10-12
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Kanduch Logging has requested Alternative Practices on three sites.
Category:Forest Practices
|
Forest Practices | ${date} |
Keith 14-13 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Avanti Energy Montana, LLC plans to drill a well for a Souris River/Flathead formation test 6331’ MD / TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
King Street Productions - Paramount Agent: Jim Ward) LUL - 1923 Series Filming - Rock City 2022-10-11
Closing Date:
Until Expired
King Street Productions propose a filming project for the Paramount series, 1923, located on Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) state trust land known as Rock City.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Kraken Operating LLC Alligator 23-26-35 1H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 26,407’MD/10,412’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Kraken Operating LLC Alligator 23-26-35 2H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 26,199’MD/10,429’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Kraken Operating LLC Alligator 23-26-35 3H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 26,138’MD/10,429’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Kraken Operating LLC Alligator 24-25-36 4H 2022-09-28
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 26,509’MD/10,444’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Land Use Licence 2022-08-03
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Climbing Arrow Ranch, LLC installed a private well and water line on state land in 1988, referred to herein as the “Project”. The location of the Project is within the W2 of Section 36, T5N, R5E. The Project resulted in a temporary disturbance on approximately 0.66 acres and was reseeded to native grass mix. See Exhibit A, Project Location Map. The water well and water pipeline are used for stockwater and domestic purposes on the Climbing Arrow Ranch, LLC’s private land east of the Project
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Land Use License - NorthWestern Energy Staging Site 2022-07-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
NorthWestern Energy proposes a staging site for construction purposes on state land, referred to herein as the “Project”. The proposed location is within the NW4SE4 of Section 2, T31N, R5W. The Project will cause temporary disturbance on approximately 1.84 acres
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Lease 4615 (Section 14) Reclassification to Ag Land 2024-04-18
Closing Date:
05-19-2024
The Lessee proposes the reclassification of approximately 118.5 acres of native and non-native grazing land on state land lease no. 4615 located in Section 14, Township 31N., Range 07E., in Liberty County, MT, to agriculture acres. See Attachment A – Project Location Map.
The Lessee is proposing to convert the 118.5 grazing acres to small grains production. Per Administrative Rule of Montana (ARM) 36.25.108 (2) The department shall classify and reclassify land in accordance with its capability to support a particular use.
The purpose of the conversion from grazing acres to agriculture acres is to support revenue on state lease no. 4615 with a land use that aligns with the Lessee’s current operations while maintaining the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) land sustainability goals.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Lease AG-7447 Natural Gas Pipeline 2024-04-08
Closing Date:
06-16-2024
Oneok Rockies Midstream is applying for a 50' ROW to install a 12" natural gas pipeline. This pipeline is to collect natural gas and prevent faring from an already existing well on State of Montana property. The route was chosen over alternative routes due to it being the most feasible and safest route to construct and access existing ONEOK pipeline infrastructure.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
|
Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
Leonardo 18-1H SWD 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Hydra MT LLC plans to drill a well to use as a class II SWD injection well in the Dakota Formation. Surface casing to be set at 1,880’. Proposed TD is 5,703’ TVD, 8,966’ MD. II. PROJECT
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
LHC, Inc Southeast of Chinook Gravel testing 2022-10-05
Closing Date:
Until Expired
LHC, Inc has applied for a permit to test for aggregate through the Minerals Management Bureau.
Category:Coal and Coal Bed Natural Gas (CBNG)
|
Coal and Coal Bed Natural Gas (CBNG) | ${date} |
Lost Elbow Projects 2024-04-09
Closing Date:
06-10-2024
The Clearwater Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Lost Elbow Projects. The project is located approximately 9.25 miles south of Seeley Lake, Montana.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
|
Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
LUL - River Design 2022-09-07
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proposed action is the issuance of a land use license for the collection of 2600 live willow whip cuttings, ~5-6 feet in length and ¼ - 1 inch in diameter, on ~200 ac of Common School Trust Lands. The purpose of the land use license is to procure willow whip cuttings for stream and wetland restoration projects on nearby lands.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
LUL – King Street Productions 2022-08-29
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Issuing a Land Use License (LUL) for general access to state land to mow 1-2 acres and remove existing metal gate and replace with a wood gate. This is in conjunction with filming the 1923 movie. No filming or other action will occur on state land. State land and gate will be seen on camera in the background.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
LUL-309-2400038-2024-04-29
Closing Date:
05-30-2024
The proponent, Sixshooter Wind LLC is seeking a Land Use License to conduct archaeological, wetland and related environmental surveys to support agency review of a potential renewal energy development project. Currently no renewal structures will be installed on these sections of State Land. To comply with environmental law, they will be monitoring the surrounding project area and will perform part of the monitoring on State Land.
Category:Land Leases and Land Use License
|
Land Leases and Land Use License | ${date} |
LUL-309-2400050 2024-04-22
Closing Date:
05-22-2024
MeatEater, Inc. is applying for a Land Use License on multiple parcels of state sections in Sweet Grass and Stillwater counties for the purpose of filming and photographing an episode of ‘MeatEater Hunts,’ a YouTube Series under the MeatEater Brand and hunting practices, specifically Turkey hunting within Hunting District 515 & Hunting District 575. The proposed license will be for two days and will have a crew of no more than four people.
Category:Land Leases and Land Use License
|
Land Leases and Land Use License | ${date} |
Lybeck 6-35-35-20 2022-06-23
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Behm Energy, Inc plans to drill a vertical oil well with an objective formation being the Sawtooth, 4,490’ TVD/MD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Lybeck 7-35-35-20 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Behm Energy, Inc plans to drill a vertical oil well with an objective formation being the Sawtooth, 4,480’ TVD/MD. II
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Missouri River Force Main 2024-04-15
Closing Date:
07-16-2024
The City of Great Falls has submitted an easement application to install a 24" force main under the Missouri river.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
|
Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
Musselshell Judith Rural Water System 2024-04-12
Closing Date:
05-12-2024
The proponent, Central Montana Regional Water Authority, is requesting a 30’ Right-of-Way across Section 16, Township 10 North, Range 27 East in Musselshell County for the purpose of installing an 8” water pipeline system that is known as the Musselshell Judith Rural Water System (MJRWS). Construction of the MJRWS would provide safe and reliable water for drinking, household uses, livestock, and yard irrigation (not crop irrigation) to member communities and individual rural members of the Central Montana Rural Water Authority (CMRWA). The MJRWS was designed to serve a population of 7,300 people in the CMRWA member communities. The proposed easement will encumber ±3.95-acres.
Central Montana Rural Water Authority (CMRWA) is proposing the construction of Phase 2 through 5 of the Musselshell Judith Rural Water System (MJRWS). Phase 1 was completed in 2022 with the construction of the well field near Ubet and a main branch line to Harlowton with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) funding. Phase 2 through 5 would be constructed with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) funding and include the construction of approximately 200 miles of pipeline to individual residents and towns along the Musselshell River in central Montana. Towns that would be serviced include Rygate, Lavina, Broadview, Roundup, Musselshell, and Melstone.
The CMRWA proposed action includes maintaining the newly constructed well field with a maximum daily demand of 1,750 gpm for the current population and 2,720 gpm for an estimated population in 2065. Further, four storage facilities and associated features are part of the distribution network: a 550,000 gallon tank northwest of Judith Gap, a 150,000 gallon tank southeast of Utica, a 550,000 gallon tank just west of Rothiemay, and a 100,000 gallon tank west of Broadview.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
|
Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
MVGR Land, LLC Restoration Project 2022-07-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Proponent proposes to use an existing road on state land in Sections 13 & 24, T12S R10W to import and export materials (gravel and silt) to and from a stream restoration project on private land and more easily access the private reaches of the stream
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Navigable Waters Utility Easement Crossing, Stillwater River 2024-04-24
Closing Date:
05-24-2024
This Environmental Assessment is associated with an application for a proposed navigable waters utility easement, which the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Kalispell Unit has received from InterBel. The proposed installation would be a fiberoptic telecommunications line, which would be placed by boring beneath the Stillwater Riverbed located in T29N R22W S14, encumbering .029+/- acres.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
|
Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
North Lake Timber Salvage 2024-03-27
Closing Date:
05-27-2024
The Stillwater Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the North Lake Salvage Forest Management Project. The project is located approximately 7 miles northwest of the City of Whitefish, MT.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
|
Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
North Park East Temporary Access LUL-2022-05-16
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Bozeman Trax Partners is applying for a Land Use License (LUL) to provide temporary access on an existing gravel road to a cell tower on their deeded land. The width of existing road is ~30 feet and the length is ~500 feet. The total acres involved is less than 1 acre. The project area is within the municipal boundaries of the City of Bozeman, MT.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
ONEOK Rockies Midstream Pipeline Project 2024-04-03
Closing Date:
05-10-2024
ONEOK Rockies Midstream LLC has requested a temporary Land Use License and a right-of-way easement to cross the referenced tract of State owned trust land. The easement is for an 8" poly pipeline for natural gas and the Land Use License is for temporary workspace and use of an access road.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
|
Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
Osmolak Fence 2022-11-07
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proponent will be installing a boundary/grazing fence on their state land grazing lease for normal livestock operations.
Category:Agriculture
|
Agriculture | ${date} |
Pennel MC43-22SH 2022-08-08
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill a horizontal well into the Mission Canyon Formation 7,283’ TVD / 13,293’ MD. Surface casing to be set at 1,700’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Pennel Unit 23XX-18B 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Denbury Onshore plans to drill a vertical well into the Silurian-Ordovician Formations 9,093’ MD / 8,963’ TVD. Surface casing to be set at 2,000’ and cemented to surface.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Raffaell 17-1 SWD 2022-08-08
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Hydra MT LLC plans to drill a well to use as a class II SWD injection well in the Dakota Formation. Surface casing to be set at 1,880’. Proposed TD is 5,780’ MD / TVD
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Raffaell 17-2H SWD 2022-08-08
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Hydra MT LLC plans to drill a well to use as a class II SWD injection well in the Dakota Formation. Surface casing to be set at 1,880’. Proposed TD is 8140’ MD, 5714’ TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
|
Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Rudge Projects 2024-03-04
Closing Date:
05-05-2024
The Clearwater Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is proposing the Rudge Projects. The project is located approximately ½ mile south and 1 mile southeast of Clearwater Junction in Greenough, Montana.
Category:Trust Lands - Forest Management
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Trust Lands - Forest Management | ${date} |
Silver King- Indian Meadows Creek Alternative Practice 2022-11-10
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Mote Lumber has applied for a Streamside Management Zone (SMZ) Alternative Practice for approximately 500 feet on both sides of Indian Meadows Creek on private land owned by Silver King Land & Cattle, LLC. Downstream of the project area the creek contributes directly to Landers Fork and normally flows during six months of the year or more, therefore this is a Class 1 under the Streamside Management Zone Law. The applicant seeks an Alternative Practice to operate equipment to within 15 feet of the ordinary high-water mark, operate a landing, and cut additional trees.
The primary purpose of this treatment is to remove standing live and dead trees that are a safety hazard for project workers who will be constructing a faux beaver dam following harvest to provide an initial safe location for beaver. Up to 10 trees per 100 feet on each side of the stream will be retained to provide snags for wildlife.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ Alternative Practice for Alder Creek skid trail 2022-06-08
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Proponent wishes to cross Alder Creek, a class 2 SMZ, when it is dry, to harvest ground otherwise inaccessible.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ Alternative Practice for Clancy Creek Restoration 2022-08-12
Closing Date:
Until Expired
As part of Montana Tunnel Mine, Inc approved reclamation plan, a portion of Clancy Creek would be relocated and the original location would be harvested and reshaped to stabilize the slopes
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ Alternative Practice for Folkers HRA 27-B-48741 2022-06-23
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Proponent has applied to operate equipment within the SMZ and remove trees within the SMZ that pose a hazard to adjacent structures.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ Alternative Practice for Thomas HRA 27-B-48735 2022-07-07
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Proponent applied to use existing skid trail with in a class 3 SMZ.
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
SMZ Alternative Practice for USFS South Yaak Fire Salvage Project 2022-08-10
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Response to South Yaak Fire in summer 2021. USFS intends to remove dead and hazardous trees that could impact public travel along the Kilbrennan Lake Road. Operation of equipment within the SMZ and removal of additional trees has been requested
Category:Forest Practices
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Forest Practices | ${date} |
Sorrel Springs 2022-06-03
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The DNRC Missoula Unit Trust Lands is issuing a Temporary Road Use Permit to the Lolo National Forest/DNRC GNA program.
Category:Recreational Use
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Recreational Use | ${date} |
State Darrow 6-18 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
MCR, LLC plans to re-enter well with an objective formation being the Swift, 3,010’ TVD/MD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Tarkio Gravel Testing LHC, Inc. 2022-12-16
Closing Date:
Until Expired
LHC, Inc. has applied to test for gravel on State Trust Lands
Category:Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals
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Coal, Oil, Gas, and Other Minerals | ${date} |
Temporary Construction Access 2022-11-10
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proponent, Wayne Thunberg, is applying for a Land Use License to utilize a ±0.75-acre area of State Trust Land. Mr. Thunberg has been in trespass by using this portion of land for temporary construction access a portion of his private lands south of State Section 16, as shown in ‘Exhibit A’ without State authorization. Due to the topographical limitations of his private lands, the only way to access the construction site on his lands is to cross the state section.
The proponent utilized this portion of state land without proper authorization and is now seeking proper permission and permits in order to continue utilizing this portion. The illegal use of the Trust land was discovered during the grazing lease evaluation process.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Temporary Workspace for Pipeline 2024-04-22
Closing Date:
05-22-2024
The proponent, Cenex Pipeline, LLC, is requesting temporary land use license for a ±25-foot workspace running parallel south of the deeded easement D-17779, in the Section 36, Township 1 North, Range 26 East, in Yellowstone County for the purpose of installing a refined fuels pipeline. They are also requesting an additional ±50 along running parallel north of the deeded easement D-17779 for a small portion, due to topography and safety concerns. The total length of the workspace on this State section will encumber ±3.36-acres. This is part of a project developed by Cenex Pipeline, LLC to re-route and relocate their existing pipeline out of urban residential areas around the Billings Metropolitan area to reduce disturbance and maintenance due to the original pipe and path becoming outdated.
The general path of the current easement follows a steep sloped hillside and embankment adjacent to a drainage that would be difficult to develop. The workspace is to allow the temporary placement of soil to allow room for a safe work area within the project easement. The project is to install a 10” refined fuels pipeline and they will be installing the pipe using open cut trenching.
Category:Land Leases and Land Use License
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Land Leases and Land Use License | ${date} |
Three Mile Creek Conifer Encroachment Treatment Project 2024-04-23
Closing Date:
05-24-2024
The Dillon Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) has received an Improvement Request Form from the Elis Boyd Ranch proposing to conduct sage grouse habitat restoration work on state land by removing conifer encroachment over approximately 250 acres of state-owned range land. The proposal is being funded through a Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) EQIP program grant. The NRCS will pay Elis Boyd Ranch $28,500 once the project is completed. The ranch will contribute $500 to the proposal. Conifer encroachment has been identified as a considerable threat to sage grouse conservation (80 FR 59858, October 2, 2015), and reducing the prevalence of rangeland-invading trees has been identified as an important objective for this region of southwest Montana.
The project is located approximately 1 air mile southeast of Virginia City Montana (see Attachments A-1 and A-2), on DNRC-managed section: 36, T6S, R3W. This section is a Common Schools grant section.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Timberline Road Use License 2022-05-12
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proponent, Timberline Farm and Ranch, LTD, whose has applied to the DNRC Southern Land Office (SLO) for a Land Use License to permit the use of a two-track road on the south half of Section 36, Township 10 North, Range 29 East in order to access his private lands west of said section as shown in Exhibit ‘A.’
The proponent currently is the owner of the lands belonging to Bergin Farm and Ranch LLC south and east of the State Section. These lands are in the same vicinity as each other, the only legal access to Timberline Farm and Ranch LTD Co lands is on the far southwestern corner of their private held block of land, which is about a 15 mile re-route. The proponent is requesting a Land Use License to access these lands more efficiently by utilizing the existing two-track road on the State Trust Land.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Triangle Communication Utility Easement 2024-02-21
Closing Date:
05-26-2024
The proponent submitted four easement applications for four different tracts of state trust. The proposed activity includes installing fiber optic communication lines in Meagher County.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
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Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
Triangle Communications Easement D#7969 Amendment 2024-04-12
Closing Date:
05-12-2024
The proponent, Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc. (TTCA, Inc.), is applying to amend their existing 20’ wide easement Deed #7969 in order to install a fiber optic telecommunications line within the same corridor as their existing copper telephone wire located on the SW¼SW¼ and the SE¼SW¼ of Section 13, Township 1 South, Range 12 East in Sweet Grass County, as shown in ‘Exhibit A.’ The route will utilize only a portion of the originally granted easement. The amendment will allow the proponent to add an additional line within their granted corridor in order to install a high-speed fiber optic telecommunication line to private lands east of the State Trust Land Section.
The easement amendment is part of a larger project where TTCA, Inc. is upgrading and replacing portions of their telecommunications lines in rural Sweet Grass County. The project consists of replacing outdated existing copper services with fiber optic lines to provide Fiber to the Home (FTTH) service in remote areas. The copper service lines will be abandoned in place with new fiber optics beings installed for redundancy. The easement will be amended to reflect the additional lines in the easement corridor.
The current granted easement encumbers ±1.22 acres of State Trust Land and the amendment will impact approximately ±1.22-acres of the original corridor. The amendment will not burden this section with additional acreage or disturbances.
Category:Rights-of-Way/Easement
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Rights-of-Way/Easement | ${date} |
Triangle telecommunications line 2022-11-09
Closing Date:
Until Expired
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Turner 27-1H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Forza Operating, LLC plans to drill a well for a Nisku formation test 8,109’ MD / 3,416 TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Ty Fischer Fischer Land Use License (LUL) Authorization 2022-12-22
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Objectives of the project include:
• Use of Sections 4, 9, and 16; T15N-R12W for training sites and a winter base camp.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
US Forest Service LUL307-2300023 Gov't. Training 2022-10-11
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The purpose of this easement is to provide Fiber to the Home (FTTH) facilities capable of providing telephone, high-speed data, and broadband services. The current copper lines are ageing and have reached their useful life limit, preventing 3 Rivers Communications from being able to fulfill service requests, including full deployment of broadband services. These improvements will offer state-of-the-art telecommunications facilities as well as future growth capabilities.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Warren 15-22 #2H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 21,193’MD/10,359’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Warren 15-22 #3H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 20,950’MD/10,368’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Warren 15-22 #4H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Bakken Formation test, 20,801’MD/10,383’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Wilbert Zahn Zahn Pipeline 40C 30158120 2022-10-05
Closing Date:
Until Expired
The proposed change is to add a new pipeline and stock tank to Statement of Claim 40C 30137879 in order to move water to a dry field where cattle needing water will be rotated through. One stock tank and approximately 1,600 feet of pipeline will be added. The Point of Diversion is located in Govt Lot 6, NWSW, Sec 6, Twp 19N, Rge 24E in Fergus County and the additional stock tank location is located in NWSENE, Sec 1, Twn 19N, Rge 23E in Fergus County. The stock watering system operates at 35 Gallons Per Minute and has a float/shut off valve. The DNRC shall issue a water use change authorization if an applicant proves the criteria in 85-2-402 MCA are met.
Category:Agriculture
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Agriculture | ${date} |
Williams 11-12 #3H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Middle Bakken Formation test, 20,223’MD/10,168’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |
Williams 11-12 #4H 2022-11-21
Closing Date:
Until Expired
Triple derrick drilling rig to drill a single lateral horizontal Middle Bakken Formation test, 20,332’MD/10,178’TVD.
Category:Oil and Gas
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Oil and Gas | ${date} |