Grazing permits renewed in Bears Paw to Missouri River Breaks area

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(HAVRE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) North Central Montana District is renewing grazing permits Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monumentand leases for 103 grazing allotments in the Bears Paw to Missouri River Breaks planning area. This planning area contains 103,741 acres of public land mainly located in the southern portion of Phillips, Blaine and Chouteau counties and administered by the BLM’s Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument and Havre Field Office.

The BLM completed an Environmental Assessment as part of the renewal, which focused on ensuring Standards of Rangeland Health are being met and will continue to be met within the planning area. The Environmental Assessment was based on a comprehensive summary of resource conditions on public land within the planning area that was finalized in the spring of 2017.

All of the documents related to this project, including the Evaluation Report, Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Notice of Proposed Decision can be accessed on the BLM ePlanning website at https://go.usa.gov/xEmyH.

More information about this project is available by contacting the Havre Field Office at 406-262-2820.


The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.