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 Legal Unit, ARM 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.
Proposed Rules, Amendments and Adoptions
MAR 36-22-204 (Water Rights and Water Reservations)
Notice of Amendment and Repeal
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment and Repeal
MAR 36-22-194 (Board of Water Well Contractors - Location of Wells)
Notice of Adoption
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment
Notice of Change of Hearing Date and Extension of Comment Period
Land Sales Process
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 at 9:00 a.m., June 2, 2020 in the DNRC Montana Room, 1539 11th Avenue, Helena, MT. The June sale includes 73 tracts in the following counties: Daniels (57), Dawson (6), Glacier (1), Roosevelt (2), Rosebud (1), and Toole (6). All sales will be by competitive oral bidding. DNRC is requesting comments from interested parties by April 24, 2020. 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
Scoping Notices
Initial Proposal
Swift Smith Blowdown
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Stillwater Unit is proposing to
salvage and harvest timber approximately 8 miles northwest of Whitefish, Montana. DNRC is scoping
various agencies, stakeholder groups, adjacent landowners, and the public for comments about this
proposal.
Sterling Line Timber Permit
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Trust Land Management Division (TLMD) Helena Unit is proposing the Sterling Line Timber Permit. The proposed timber harvest is located in Lewis and Clark County on Trust Land administered by the DNRC-Helena Unit, approximately 5 miles south of Craig, MT.
Basin Creek Road Relocation
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) proposes Basin Creek Road be relocated to reduce erosion and subsequent sediment delivery to a stream identified as a Westslope cutthroat trout (WCT) habitat. This Project has been identified as a requirement within DNRC’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) conservation strategy for sediment reduction.
Camp Creek Timber Sale
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is in the initial planning and scoping phase of the Camp Creek timber sale in Powder River County in Southeastern Montana 5 miles south west of Coalwood, MT.
Draft Environmental Assessment
Draft Environmental Assessment Big Arm State Park Easement
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) jointly propose the purchase of a permanent recreational easement by FWP from DNRC at Big Arm State Park on Flathead Lake. Big Arm State Park is located on Montana School Trust property that is leased annually by FWP from DNRC for the purpose of providing a public recreation and lake access site in the Big Arm Bay of Flathead Lake in Lake County, Montana.
Draft Environmental Assessment Vermiculite Mountain Land Exchange
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) and the Kootenai Development Company are proposing a land exchange in Lincoln County. The proposal identifies 640 acres of State Land located within the Libby Superfund Site OU3 to be exchanged for Kootenai Development Company's 1,239.43 acres of deeded private land.
Close the Loop Trail and Public Recreation Use Easements Draft Environmental Assessment
The Montana DNRC, Stillwater Unit has released the draft EA for the Close the Loop Trail and Public Recreation Use Easements. There is a 30-day public review period for this draft EA. Please send comments by April 21, 2018 to Nicole Stickney, DNRC Stillwater Unit, at nstickney@mt.gov or 406-881-2666.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Apex Solar Commercial Lease 2019-05-29
Clenera, LLC has proposed a commercial lease for a utility scale photovoltaic solar project on 1,308 acres in Beaverhead County upon parts of state-owned parcels: Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34 in Township 5S Range 9W.
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Wood Lion Multiple Timber Sale Project Decision Notice
The Montana DNRC has released the Wood Lion Decision Notice.
Wood Lion Multiple Timber Sale Project FEIS
The Montana DNRC, Swan Unit has released the Wood Lion FEIS.
Public Notices
Phillips Conservation District Board of Adjustment
Fox Farm Trust Land Property Solicitation for Letters of Conservation Intent
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is undertaking the process of exploring the development potential of ±83 acres of trust land that is generally described as Government Lot 6 and Lot 7, of Section 23, T20N, R3E.
Lost Napa Multiple Timber Sale Project: Newsletter #2
This is the Swan River State Forest’s second newsletter for our proposed Lost Napa Multiple Timber Sale Project. In this newsletter we will reiterate our project objectives, update project development, summarize the alternatives that were developed by the Interdisciplinary Team (ID Team), and inform you of further opportunities to comment on the project.
