Administrative Rules
Pursuant to statute, DNRC maintains a list of "interested persons" who are notified when the department proposes to amend or adopt its administrative rules. If you would like you or your organization to be on this list, please contact dnrc_publicinfo@mt.gov (attention ARM Rules Coordinator). Please provide your name, e-mail address, physical address, and the topics you wish to be notified of: conservation districts and resource development, forestry, oil and gas conservation, trust land management, and/or water resources, or designate All DNRC Rulemaking.
MAR 36-22-212 (Proposed Adoption of New Rule I relating to the Categorical Exclusion of the State Revolving Fund Grant Issuance Under the Montana Environmental Policy Act)
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Adoption
Notice of Adoption of New Rule relating to Categorical Exclusion of the State Revolving Fund Grant Issuance Under the Montana Environmental Policy Act
MAR 36-22-200 (Amend of ARM 36.25.205 pertaining to Oil and Gas Lease Sales)
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Adoption
Notice of Amendment of ARM 36.25.205 pertaining to Oil and Gas Leases on State Lands
MAR 36-22-210 (Adoption of New Rules I and II regarding Rangeland Management)
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Adoption
Notice of Adoption of New Rules regarding Rangeland Management
MAR 36-22-203 ( Proposed Amendment and Repeal - Management of State Forested Lands)
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment and Repeal
Notice of Adoption of Management of State Forested Trust Lands
MAR 36-22-206 (Renewable Resource Grant and Loan/Reclamation Development Grant Application Deadlines)
Notice of Adoption of Temporary Emergency Rules
Oil & Gas Lease Sale
NOTICE OF STATE OF MONTANA OIL & GAS LEASE SALE. The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will hold an oil and gas lease sale during the period of December 1st – 7th, 2021, through the online auction service, EnergyNet. The December sale includes 36 tracts in the following counties: Hill (19), Liberty (15), Sheridan (1), and Toole (1). All sales will be by online auction bidding. A description of tracts and maps are available on the DNRC website: http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/trust/minerals-management/oil-and-gas-leasing-information and coming soon to EnergyNet at https://www.energynet.com/govt_listing.pl.
Scoping Notices
Initial Proposal
Whitetail Creek Salvage
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Swan Unit, is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 69 acres on State Trust Land located in sections 26, 27, 34 and 35 of Township 24N, Range 18W which is approximately 9 miles south of Swan Lake, MT.
Yank Creek Salvage
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Helena Unit, is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 102 acres on State Trust Land located in section16 of Township 16N, Range 01W which is approximately 10 miles south of Cascade, MT.
Cow Creek Salvage
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Eastern Land office, is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 265 acres on State Trust Land located in section16 of Township 1N, Range 42E which is approximately 5 miles southeast of Colstrip, MT.
Bear-Frying Plan Timber Sale
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Dillon Unit, is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 400 acres on State Trust Land located in sections 16,21,22,26,27,28,36 of Township 10S, Range 15W which is approximately 60 air miles southwest of Dillon, MT.
Unit Office Timber Sale
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Libby Unit is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 438 acres on State Trust Land located in Sec.16, T30N, R29W within the Fisher River drainage located approximately 11 miles east of Libby, MT.
Klinger Timber Sale
The Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Libby Unit is proposing a timber harvest on approximately 640 acres on State Trust Land located in Sec.36, T29N, R31W within the Libby Creek drainage located approximately 8 miles south of Libby, MT.
McStryker Timber Sale
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Stillwater Unit is proposing to harvest timber on the following state-owned parcels: T33N, R23W Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33 and 34 & T33N, R24W; Sections 13 and 24. The proposed McStryker Timber Sale is located approximately 5 miles north of Olney, Montana, in the Stillwater State Forest Main Block, in Flathead County.
Public Notices
Montana Forest Action Plan Request for Proposals
Program Goal and Purpose: Provide financial support for the implementation of projects as part of the Montana Forest Action Plan (MFAP). The MFAP is Montana's all lands, all hands plan for addressing forest health and wildfire risk issues across the state. The purpose of this grant program is to accelerate the pace and scale of forest management in order to reduce wildland fire hazards, improve forest health, and increase restoration activities on Montana’s forested lands.
Montana Forest Action Plan Implementation Program - Request for Proposals
Phillips Conservation District Board of Adjustment
Clearwater Energy Resources Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
The Clearwater Energy Resources FEIS is available for public review and can be found by clicking here. This FEIS has been prepared by Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to assess the impacts of leasing 4,484.7 acres of school trust land in Custer, Garfield, and Rosebud counties to Clearwater Energy Resources LLC (Clearwater Energy Resources). Clearwater Energy Resources is owned by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The Proposed Action would lease the surrounding state trust land for the construction and operation of 11 wind turbine generators (WTG) and associated infrastructure. The proposed 11 WTG are part of a larger project known as the Clearwater Wind Energy Center (CWEC) that is being developed on private land surrounding the state trust land parcels.
The decision maker has selected an alternative and the record of decision can be found here.
Lost Napa Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
The Lost Napa Multiple Timber Sale Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is available for public review. You can find the FEIS on the DNRC website here.
The decision maker has selected an alternative and the record of decision can be found here.
The FEIS was designed to address Swan River State Forest’s primary commitment to Montana’s mandated timber harvest levels over a three-year period. Timber sale contracts would subsequently be presented to the Land Board; upon approval these sales would be advertised intermittently from the spring of 2021 through the spring of 2024. After each sale is sold, harvesting and roadwork activities would take place for 2 to 3 years. The anticipated end date of harvesting activities is March 2025. Post treatment activities, such as site preparation, planting, and hazard reduction, would follow harvesting activities.
Phase II restoration goals were developed to restore hydrologic processes, reconstructthe stream channel and floodplain to more natural conditions, improve water quality, and increasehabitat complexity to provide spawning and rearing habitat for rainbow and brown trout and othernative fish. Proposed restoration work will restore riparian and wetland habitat and improveconnectivity to the Missouri River and provide for more consistent access for spawning runs thatare comprised of a high percentage of trophy size trout. Phase II would complete the restorationwork proposed for the lower 1.2 miles of Beaver Creek.
