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The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is a government agency in the executive branch state of Montana in the United States with responsibility for ensuring sustainable development of the state's land, mineral, natural gas, oil, timber, water, and other resources.
Toston Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam located on the Missouri River in Broadwater County, Montana.The dam is 705 feet (215 m) long and 56 feet (17 m) high, and generates 10 megawatts of power. [1]
Bureau of Land Management areas in Montana. Pages in category "Bureau of Land Management areas in Montana" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation manages 5,200,000 acres (21,000 km 2) of School Trust Land ceded by the federal government under the Land Ordinance of 1785 to the state in 1889 when Montana was granted statehood. These lands are managed by the state for the benefit of public schools and institutions in the state.
A controlled ground water area (CGWA) is a category defined by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) of the state of Montana.A CGWA must satisfy a set of criteria, including ground water withdrawals in excess of recharge; excessive declines in ground water levels or pressures; possibility of contaminant migration; or the existence of significant disputes within the area ...
The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, created by an act of Congress in 1964, is located in the U.S. state of Montana.Protecting the wildest portions of the Cabinet Mountains and an integral part of Kootenai National Forest [2] and Kaniksu National Forest, the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection since 1935 as a Primitive Area.
In 2019, the Montana House of Representatives passed a resolution asking the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to deny the bison grazing proposal from the American Prairie. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] The BLM issued a proposed decision approving various elements of the proposal in March 2022. [ 73 ]
Forest headquarters are located in Dillon, Montana. In Roosevelt's original legislation, the Deerlodge National Forest was called the Big Hole Forest Reserve. He created this reserve because the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, based in Butte, Montana, had begun to clearcut the upper Big Hole River watershed. The subsequent erosion, exacerbated ...