Environmental Documents
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NOTE: The environmental document may not be the complete document. However, a complete 'hard copy' that includes all exhibits is available for your review through the interlibrary loan program of the Montana State Library. Environmental documents are listed by division, with the most recent EA posted first.
MEPA--Public Participation Guide: A tool to assist the public in providing quality comments on Montana's environmental projects.
Conservation and Resource Development Division
None at this time
Noxious Weeds
None at this time
Forestry Division – Service Forestry
• 2004 Best Management Practices Audit (pdf)
Alternative Practices Environmental Assessment
Weimer Creek Salvage (pdf - January 5, 2009)
DNRC is proposing a salvage timber harvest on State Trust Lands which are located near Jefferson City, Montana. Approximately 400 MBF of sawlog material would be cut. Lodgepole and ponderosa pine damaged by mountain pine beetle (MPB) has been marked for removal as well as Douglas-fir…
Davis ~ Rubber Mat Crossing (pdf - December 9, 2008)
Sun Mountain Lumber is proposing a salvage timber harvest on land belonging to Loren Davis which is located near Alhambra, Montana. Approximately 600 MBF of sawlog material would be cut. Lodgepole and ponderosa pine damaged by mountain pine beetle (MPB) has been marked for removal…
Trust Land Management Division
Quarterly Environmental Assessment List (pdf - August 18, 2008)
Agriculture & Grazing Management Bureau
None at this time.
Forest Management Bureau
None at this time.
Land Use Licenses
None at this time.
Land Banking
2008 Land Banking Nomination Sale #108 & #112 (pdf – January 7, 2008)
Offer for Sale at Public Auction, 1,266.32 acres of state trust land currently held in trust for the benefit of Public Schools. Revenue from the sale would be deposited in a special account used to purchase replacement lands meeting acquisition criteria related to legal access, productivity, potential income and proximity to existing state ownership which would then be held in trust for the benefit of Public Schools…
Proposed Goguen Land Exchange (pdf – December 12, 2008)
This EA discloses the effects of alternatives for the proposed land exchange between Mr.
Michael Goguen and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation under the requirements of the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
Both the Goguen parcels and the State trust parcel are located in Flathead County
northwest of Whitefish, Montana…
Minerals Management Bureau
None at this time.
Non-Trust Lands
None at this time.
Real Estate Management Bureau
None at this time.
Rights of Way
Lamarche Creek Bridge (January 1, 2009)
The project location is approximately 25 miles west of Divide, Montana, to the south of Highway 43. Currently the majority of the land owned by the Spear Colorado, LP is inaccessible due to being surrounded by government owned lands that do not have roads running through them…
Timber/Forest Related
Chicken, Antice Timber Sale Project (January 7, 2009)
The project area is located approximately
6 miles northeast of Olney and 15 miles
northwest of Whitefish, Montana. Timber
Harvesting is proposed in Sections 14, 15,
and 23 of Township 33 north (T33N),
Range 23 west (R23W). Common Schools
is the trust beneficiary for the property
involved in this project…
