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Service Description: Statewide trust timber, surface, and mineral resources administered by the DNRC Trust Lands Management Division.

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Layers: Description: <div style="text-align:Left;"><div><div><p><span>The Trust Lands Management Division administers and manages the state trust timber, surface, and mineral resources for the benefit of the common schools and the other endowed institutions in Montana, under the direction of the </span><a href="http://dnrc.mt.gov:80/landboard" style="text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>State Board of Land Commissioners</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><span>The division is divided into four primary management programs: Agriculture and Grazing (including Recreational Use), Forest, Minerals, and Real Estate Management.</span></p><p><span /></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Agriculture and Grazing Management</span></p><p><span>The Agriculture and Grazing Management Program is responsible for leasing and managing approximately 9,000 agreements for crop and rangeland uses on 4.76 million acres of school trust lands throughout the state. Administrative staff and specialists in the department's Helena office and staff in field offices statewide manage the program. </span></p><p><span /></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Forest Management</span></p><p><span>The Forest Management Bureau manages Montana's forested trust lands to maximize long-term revenue while promoting healthy and diverse forests on over 780,000 acres. Revenue from forested trust lands is mainly derived from the sale of forest products. </span></p><p><span /></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Minerals Management</span></p><p><span>The Minerals Management Bureau, (MMB), is responsible for leasing, permitting, and managing approximately 5,301 oil and gas, metalliferous and non-metalliferous, coal, sand and gravel agreements on 2.1 million acres of the available 6.2 million acres of school trust lands and approximately 5,632 acres of other state-owned land throughout Montana.</span></p><p><span /></p><p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Real Estate Management</span></p><p><span>The Real Estate Management Bureau manages all activity on trust lands not classified as grazing, agriculture, or timber. These "other" surface tracts are administered for the benefit the trust through leasing, short-term licenses, land exchanges and sales, and through issuing right-of-way agreements.</span></p></div></div></div>

Service Item Id: 0f114676352c49c7a380c8714fd8b53a

Copyright Text: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

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