Montana Land Board

State wildlife managers are working to lease half a million acres of private land to conserve prairie habitat in eastern Montana. The program will create temporary land protections for threatened ecosystems.

Montana Land Board expands agency oversight regarding water rights on state trust land

The Supreme Court has ruled that when water is allocated for a beneficial use on a piece of land, the right to the water is attached to the land, not the person who developed it.

Montanans that lease state land for agriculture asked the state Land Board Monday to weigh-in on an ongoing dispute over water rights.

The Montana State Land Board approved the acquisition of almost 6,000 acres in the Big Snowy Mountains on Monday. The land will now become the state’s newest wildlife management area.

The Montana Land Board on July 20 approved three Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) land purchases totalling nearly 740 acres.