Montana Ranches For Sale
Rodeos, Pow Wows, Dude Ranches and many other Western Adventures in Montana
Cities with western adventure absarokee alberton alder anaconda arlee ashland augusta babb bainville baker belt biddle big sandy big sky big timber bigfork billings birney boulder box elder bozeman bridger broadus brockton browning butte cameron cascade charlo chinook choteau circle clinton clyde park columbia falls condon conrad cooke city coram corvallis crow agency culbertson custer darby deer lodge dillon dodson drummond dupuyer east glacier park east helena ekalaka elmo emigrant ennis essex eureka fishtail florence forsyth fort belknap fort benton fort shaw fortine frazer gallatin gateway gardiner geyser glacier national park glasgow glendive great falls greenough hamilton hardin harlowton havre hays heart butte helena helmville heron hinsdale hobson hot springs hungry horse ingomar ismay jordan kalispell lambert lame deer laurel lavina lewistown libby lima lincoln livingston lodge ... [Read More]
Montana Department of Livestock
Information about Montana's biosecurity measures for preventing transmission of foreign and other animal diseases ... Provide visitors with a tub of disinfectant and a brush for scrubbing shoes for use before they enter your property. ... *Alternative accessible forms of this document will be provided upon request. For further information call 406-444-9431 or TDD 406-444-1421. ... [Read More]
Conservation Opportunities Under the Big Sky
Unfortunately, an increasing number of Montana’s farms and ranches are being lost to residential and commercial development or converted to other non-agricultural uses. This trend threatens nationally significant wildlife habitat and erodes the agricultural land base that plays such an integral role in habitat conservation efforts in western Montana. Farmers and ranchers are looking for options to protect their “way of life” while helping to conserve the state’s natural resources. The use of conservation easements is an effective, non-regulatory approach for accomplishing this objective. ... [Read More]
Wind Powering America - Wind Stakeholder Interview: Montana Rancher and Professor
Thanks in part to federal and state tax incentives, there was a "wind rush" in this country in the 1970s. Livingston, Montana, tried to establish itself as the "test bench of the industry." A number of prototypes were set up; all failed. Many Montanans became disenchanted. When reliable, for the most part Danish, technology became available, it was not cost-competitive in a declining wholesale market. We signed our first contract with the utility in 1984 for $.0567/kilowatt-hour (kWh); 10 years later it was down to $.0225/kWh. Now that we have a reliable and cost-competitive technology, the main obstacle is the utility (although there is also a residual hostility to turbines in the Montana landscape, particularly in scenic parts of the state). A combination of deregulation in Montana and the sale of its transmission and distribution assets has led the utility to be very cautious on venturing out on what, for it, are uncharted waters. But a number of us are working w ... [Read More]
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Continued ranch sales present a once in a generation opportunity to shift the current annual non-prescriptive grazing program to a prescriptive program based on wildlife habitat objectives, rather than permittee economic needs. The Refuge continues to work toward this goal. An environmental assessment was completed on livestock management in the Seven Blackfeet Habitat Unit. Other management initiatives are ongoing. Specifics are discussed under 7. Grazing. The Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Plan for the Harper Ridge area in Valley County continues. The Fort Peck Wildlife Station is coordinating the effort with Region 6 of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. This effort has been ongoing for several years. A GIS habitat analysis similar to those conducted by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks was completed in 2002. 4. Compliance with Environmental and Cultural Resource Mandates ... [Read More]
Central Federal Lands- Projects/WY/Beartooth Highway
After the foregoing actions, the complete route was covered by legislation or by administrative action in accordance with legislation. The various components of the highway were constructed using Forest Highway funds, Federal-aid funds, and funds from the Park Approach Act authorization. The design and construction was directed by the Bureau of Public Roads. Surveying and location studies of the new route were started almost immediately, beginning at Quad Creek (current MP 53.8). Construction contracts were let on June 27, 1931, and initial construction operations began later that summer. The contracts were awarded to the low bidders: Winston Brothers Company (Minneapolis, MN) for the western part from the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park through Cooke City to a point near the L Bar T Ranch in the Clarks Fork valley; McNutt and Pyle was awarded the summit section from the Clarks Fork valley to the Montana Border (MP 43.1); and Morrison Knuds ... [Read More]
Site Index
04-200 (04-14-04) IN RE THE PETITION OF THE STATE BAR OF MONTANA AND THE LAWYERS’ FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION BOARD FOR THE REVISION OF THE LAWYERS’ FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION RULES, THE TRUST ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS, AND THE TRUST ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT NOTIFICATION RULE ... 01-675 (06-20-02) Rutherford v Ultra Shield Products International, Sun Merchant Group v Rutherford 2002 MT 137N ... Order (07-16-02) In The Matter of Amending This Court's Standards for Compentency of Counsel for Indigent Persons in Death Penalty Cases ... [Read More]
Evaluation and Recommended Modifications to the 1988 Interim Wolf Control Plan July22,1999: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Service Response : The 1988 Interim Control Plan and Section 10 permit allows theService to deal with wolf depredations on lawfully present livestock until the wolf isreclassified or removed from the endangered species list. An Environmental Assessment (EA)and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) were finalized for the Control Plan, August8, 1988, as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Service, in aseparate document, has determined that implementing the modified Interim Control Planqualifies as a categorical exclusion under NEPA as provided by 516 DM 6 Appendix 1.Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act includes provisions allowing the Secretary of theInterior to allow acts otherwise prohibited by Section 9 (including the taking of anendangered species) for scientific purposes or to enhance propagation or survival of thespecies. Wolves in NW Montana are afforded greater protection than threatened animals inMinnesota as stipulated in Section 10 of the ... [Read More]
Hearing on H.R.795, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, and for other purposes.
The Compact establishes the Tribe's water rights to the Big Sandy, Box Elder, and Beaver Creeks on the Reservation, and contemplates tribal rights to supplemental water for drinking. The Compact provides for 9,260 AFY from the Big Sandy Creek and its tributaries, and 740 AFY from Beaver Creek. The Tribe reserves the right to divert from surface water flows for irrigation and other uses from the Lower Big Sandy Creek, Gravel Coulee, and from Box Elder Creek. Additional water for irrigation provided by the Compact will enable the Tribe to expand its irrigation base from 1,100 acres to 2,500 acres. On Beaver Creek, the Tribe reserves the right to divert from surface water flows for recreational uses, subject to a requirement that 280 acre-feet be returned to the stream. The Compact does not address broad issues of jurisdiction over water quality. The Compact does address specific water quality concerns raised by non-Indian water users in provisions that provide (1) ... [Read More]
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Refuge grasslands are "managed" by a variety of domestic livestock, including cattle, bison, horses and domestic sheep. Executive Order (EO) 7509 established CMR, and named sharp-tailed grouse and antelope as the primary management species. Other wildlife species are given secondary consideration. The EO also provided that forage production in excess of the needs of the primary and secondary species should be divided equally between wildlife and livestock. This allocation of forage was established by a federal court order. Prior to the advent of Europeans, CMR was grazed by large herds of bison and elk. Deer, antelope and bighorn sheep were present. By the late 1880's vast numbers of cattle and horses had replaced wildlife. By the early 1900's, bison, elk and bighorn sheep were gone, and deer and antelope very uncommon. Too many people attempted to live beyond the ability of the land to produce. In 1915, numbers of people and domes ... [Read More]
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