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Montana Trust Land Management Division
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
1625 Eleventh Avenue
P.O. Box 201601
Helena, MT 59620-1601
406-444-2074
Tom Schultz, Division Administrator
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| Of Interest |
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| State Resources |
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| Current Land Holdings |
5.2 million surface acres; 6.2 million subsurface acres (89 percent of original land grant of 5.9 million acres)
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| Uses |
agriculture, grazing, timber, mining of oil, gas, coal, and minerals, and land sales for commercial development
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| Primary Revenue Source |
renewable resource leases for surface uses
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| Trust Requirements |
Lands are held in trust pursuant to the state enabling act and state constitution, requiring revenues from the land sales be placed in a permanent fund and that the “full market value” be obtained for any land disposal. Unique to Montana, the constitution imposes a public obligation on the state as the land manager to protect and enhance the inalienable right of all Montanans to a clean and healthful environment. Lands are managed by the Trust Land Management Division of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), State Board of Land Commissioners, which is made up of five elected officials (the governor, secretary of state, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and state auditor), and led by the director of DNRC who is appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, and serves at the pleasure of the governor.
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| Beneficiaries |
- common schools
- universities
- a school of mines
- normal schools
- agricultural schools
- schools and asylums for the deaf, dumb, and blind
- public buildings
- higher education
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