public land access

Remember, fireworks and other types of pyrotechnics, are strictly prohibited on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. These areas consist of multiple national monuments, recreation areas, campgrounds, undeveloped remote lands and more across Montana and the Dakotas. 

In Montana,nearly 58% of forest service land is restricted from road development and is unable to be properly managed for fire risk. This changes that.

Montana has been exempted from a bill that proposes the sale of 2 million acres of public lands across 11 Western states.

Here’s the Montana Wildlife Federation’s take on the proposed bill, but what is yours?

The BLM is recruiting for locations like Divide Bridge Campground, Clark’s Bay Day Use Area, Devil’s Elbow Campground, White Sandy Campground, Log Gulch Campground, Holter Dam Campground, and Holter Lake Campground.

The project activities include approximately 2,000 acres of commercial timber harvest and approximately 6,189 acres of noncommercial vegetation treatments.

Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) has partnered with the Rieschel family to conserve 391 acres east of Manhattan near the East Gallatin River. This is the second time the Rieschels have worked with GVLT to voluntarily establish a conservation easement, ensuring a total of more than 700 acres of scenic and productive land in the East Gallatin River corridor will remain forever open and available for agriculture.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Custer Gallatin National Forest will exchange 3,855 acres of federal land for 6,110 acres of private property in the East Crazy Mountains and Madison Mountains – Inspiration Divide area.

The Bureau of Land Management has released a draft travel plan for a 76,000-acre region in southern Carbon County.

Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) has partnered with the Rieschel family to conserve 391 acres east of Manhattan near the East Gallatin River. This is the second time the Rieschels have worked with GVLT to voluntarily establish a conservation easement, ensuring a total of more than 700 acres of scenic and productive land in the East Gallatin River corridor will remain forever open and available for agriculture.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Custer Gallatin National Forest will exchange 3,855 acres of federal land for 6,110 acres of private property in the East Crazy Mountains and Madison Mountains – Inspiration Divide area.

The Bureau of Land Management has released a draft travel plan for a 76,000-acre region in southern Carbon County.