In the late fall, the Montana Department of Revenue announced that more than $57 million from state trust land revenue was invested in public schools. DNRC allocates revenue generated from Montana State Trust Land to the Office of Public Instruction, and presented two separate checks to OPI at a Land Board meeting in November. The
Cascade County has submitted an application for an easement to the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation after years of discussion to preserve about 80 acres of state trust lands off Fox Farm Road. A local group, Missouri River Open Lands Preservation, asked the county to submit the application and is raising funds to purchase…