Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office records

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Montana. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
Title: Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office records
Dates: 1939-2007 (inclusive)
19392007
Quantity: 12 linear feet
Collection Number: RS 496 (Formerly RS 443)
Summary: This collection is a subgroup (Division) of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records, RS 496. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation records. This collection is comprised of records of the DNRC's Director’s Office and includes correspondence, subject files, and records collected by the director on the Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development (GCNRD) and Water Resources Board.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)

Historical Note

"Helping to ensure that Montana's land and water resources provide benefits for present and future generations" is the mission of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). First established in 1971 as a result of the Executive Reorganization Act of 1971, the DNRC provides leadership in managing the state's natural resources. It is presently responsible for promoting the stewardship of Montana's water, soil, forest, and rangeland resources; for regulating forest practices and oil and gas exploration and production.

Nine boards and commissions are attached to the department. Six of them—the Board of Land Commissioners, Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, Board of Oil and Gas Conservation, Board of Water Well Contractors, Flathead Basin Commission, and Montana Grass Conservation Commission—have decision-making authority. The other three—the Resource Conservation Advisory Council, Rangeland Resources Committee, and Drought Advisory Committee—act in an advisory capacity only.

As of 2024, the Department is made up of the following Divisions: Director’s Office, Conservation and Resource Development Division, Forestry-Trust Lands Division, and Water Resources Division. Each Division oversees a number of Bureaus, Offices, Programs, etc. The Director’s Office carries out the Department’s mission and statutory responsibilities by administering, managing, planning, and evaluating total agency performance. The director oversees the development of appropriate policies and procedures throughout all organizational units of the agency and makes sure the structure supports optimum efficiency, consistency and capability for planning, consultation and decision-making.

The Director’s Office includes the director’s staff, a Public Affairs Office, a centralized Legal Unit, and a centralized Human Resources Office. The Financial Services Office is an extension of the director’s responsibility, and ability to provide budgeting, accounting, procurement, and contract management. The Office of Information Technology provides agency-wide services and support for network administration, applications and website development, and customer services.

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Content Description

This collection is composed of one series and two sub-series.

Series I is comprised of correspondence and subject files. Correspondence is arranged by year, and then alphabetically by subject. Subject files are arranged alphabetically.

Sub-series I and II represent records of the Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development (GCNRD) and Water Resources Board (previously the State Water Conservation Board), respectively, that were collected by DNRC’s Director in the course of his duties.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Library & Archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Library & Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by series.

Location of Collection

43: 4-7

Processing Note

In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 496, in order to help facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.

Collections from Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's various Divisions and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 496. Rather than reprocessing over 280 linear feet of DNRC materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office
- Correspondence
  - Description: General Correspondence
    
    Dates: 1972 January– 1976 December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 1 / 1-3 / 4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Advisory Councils
    
    Dates: 1973-1975
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Alternative Energy Advisory Council
    
    Dates: 1976-1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Bechtel Incorporated
    
    Dates: 1971-1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 7
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Bonneville Regional Advisory Council
    
    Dates: 1972-1974
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 8
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Bonneville Power Administration
    
    Dates: 1977-1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Budget and Program Planning
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 10
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Bureau of Land Management
    
    Dates: 1972-1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Bureau of Reclamation
    
    Dates: 1972-1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Burlington-Northern, Inc. [easement Request]
    
    Dates: 1972-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Conservation Districts
    
    Dates: 1974-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Conservation Districts Division
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Constituents [letters from]
    
    Dates: 2007 January – December
    
    Container: Box/Folder 3 / 16-17
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Department of State Lands
    
    Dates: 1969-1975
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 1
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Energy Planning Division
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 2
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Environmental Defense Fund
    
    Dates: 1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 3
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Environmental Protection Agency
    
    Dates: 1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Department of Administration
    
    Dates: 1972-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Department of the Interior
    
    Dates: 1973-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Economic Development Association of Eastern Montana
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 7
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Energy
    
    Dates: 1975-1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 8
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Federal Energy Impact Assistance
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Federal Resource Agency Reorganization
    
    Dates: 1978-1979
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 10
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Federal of Rocky Mountain States, Inc.
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Forestry Division
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: “General Correspondence on Colstrip Study”
    
    Dates: 1973-1975
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Legal Unit
    
    Dates: 1975-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Letters [Director]
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: [DNRC] Library
    
    Dates: 1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 16
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Montana State University
    
    Dates: 1972-1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 17
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: “Nuclear Siting” [Nuclear Regulatory Reform Act]
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 18
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Office of the Governor
    
    Dates: 1969-1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 4 / 19-5 / 4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: “Organization – DNRC”
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: “P.L. 566 Watershed Project Planning”
    
    Dates: 1972-1974
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Renewable, Alternative Energy Sources
    
    Dates: 1976-1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 7
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Resource Development Program, Water Development Bureau
    
    Dates: 1975-1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 8
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Resource Planning Act
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Rural Environmental Assistance Program
    
    Dates: 1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 10
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Shoup, Richard G. [Congressman]
    
    Dates: 1973-1974
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Special Staff Unit
    
    Dates: 1975-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: “United States Canadian Border Fence”
    
    Dates: 1971-1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
  - Description: Water Resources Division
    
    Dates: 1975
    
    Container: Box/Folder 5 / 14-15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Correspondence
- Subject Files
  - Description: Atomic Energy [in obtaining water]
    
    Dates: 1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 1
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: [Balanced Growth Task Force Issue papers]
    
    Dates: ca. 1979
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 2
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Bureau of Reclamation
    
    Dates: 1969-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 3
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: [Cases, C.J. Dousman]
    
    Dates: 1942-1945
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Civil Defense [re: Montana streams travel Times]
    
    Dates: 1965
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: College Water Research
    
    Dates: 1965
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Colorado River [Colorado River Board, Colorado River Association of California]
    
    Dates: 1966-1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 7
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Columbia Plateau Resources Council
    
    Dates: 1966-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 8
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Department of Agriculture
    
    Dates: 1960-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Department of Health [Montana]
    
    Dates: 1972-1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 10
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Department of Intergovernmental Affairs Notice of Surplus Determination – Government Property in Columbia Falls, Whitefish]
    
    Dates: 1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Department of the Interior
    
    Dates: 1966-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: D’Ewart, Wesley A.
    
    Dates: 1967-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Davis, Clarence A.
    
    Dates: 1962-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Balanced Growth Task Force
    
    Dates: 1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Energy Conservation
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 16
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: EPA Grant Status [Montana Environmental Quality Council]
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 17
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Environmental Quality Council
    
    Dates: 1972-1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 18
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Forest Practices Advisory Council
    
    Dates: 1973-1974
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 19
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Gianelli, William
    
    Dates: 1967-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 20
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: “Governor’s Forums” [Governor’s Public Forums on the Economy]
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 21-22
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Grass Conservation Commission
    
    Dates: 1960-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 23
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Hiplex Program
    
    Dates: 1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 24
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Howard v. Howard [C.J. Dousman]
    
    Dates: 1942-1946
    
    Container: Box/Folder 6 / 25-7 / 1
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Inland Empire Waterways Association
    
    Dates: 1964-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 2-3
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Interstate Conference on Water Problems
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 4-5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Land and Water Conservation Fund
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: [State Legislation/Legislature]
    
    Dates: 1950-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 7-11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Libby Re-regulation Dam Project
    
    Dates: 1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: “Miscellaneous Meetings”
    
    Dates: 1967-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Mississippi River
    
    Dates: 1966-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Missouri River Basin Inter-Agency Committee
    
    Dates: 1962-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 15-16
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Missouri River States Committee
    
    Dates: 1964-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 17
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Missouri Valley Association
    
    Dates: 1964-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 18-19
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Association of Conservation Districts
    
    Dates: 1975
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 20
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Energy Advisory Council
    
    Dates: 1974-1976
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 21
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Energy Conservation plan
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 22
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Reclamation Association
    
    Dates: 1965
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 23
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana State Rural Areas Development
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 24
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana University Joint Water Resources Research Center
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 25
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Water Congress
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 26
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Water Development Association
    
    Dates: 1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 27
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Montana Water Development Council
    
    Dates: 1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 28
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: National Governors’ Conference [Sub- Committee reports]
    
    Dates: 1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 29
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: National Reclamation Association
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 7 / 30
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Non-degradation Policy
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 1
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: National Water Commission
    
    Dates: 1968-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 2-4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: News Releases and Speeches
    
    Dates: 1974-1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 5-6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Northwest Electricity Task Force
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 7
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission [Resolution No. 11]
    
    Dates: 1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 8
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Pacific Northwest Water Development
    
    Dates: 1968-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Pollution
    
    Dates: 1966-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 10-11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Proposed Legislation [includes Colorado River Basin project]
    
    Dates: 1963-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: “Public Involvement”
    
    Dates: 1979
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Reclamation – Miscellaneous
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
    
    Dates: 1964-1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Soil Conservation Service
    
    Dates: 1969-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 16
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Special Staff, Staff Meetings
    
    Dates: 1977-1979
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 17-18
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: State Conservation Commission Meetings
    
    Dates: 1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 19
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: State Water Conservation Board, Legal Issues
    
    Dates: 1939-1940
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 20
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: State Water Conservation Board, Legal Opinions
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 8 / 21
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: State Water Conservation Board, Misc.
    
    Dates: 1949-1963
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 1
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: [Statement by Director Gary Wicks, re: coal]
    
    Dates: undated
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 2
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Upper Missouri Water Users Association
    
    Dates: 1963-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 3
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: “Ward, Sylvester Murder – Missoula”
    
    Dates: 1943-1944
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 4
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water for the West – Regional Plans”
    
    Dates: 1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 5
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water Research Center
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 6
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water Resources Board
    
    Dates: 1961-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 7-9
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water Resources Council
    
    Dates: 1967-1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 10-11
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water Right Act of 1968
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 12
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water Quality Management Plan
    
    Dates: 1979-1980
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 13
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Water and Water Courses
    
    Dates: circa 1940
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 14
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Western Governors’ Conference
    
    Dates: 1967-1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 15
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Western Governors’ Task Force
    
    Dates: 1977
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 16
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Western Interstate Water Conference
    
    Dates: 1959-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 17
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Western Regional Drought Action Task Force (WDRATF)
    
    Dates: 1977-1978
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 18-19
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
  - Description: Western States Water Augmentation Concept
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 9 / 20
    
    Location: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office / Subject Files
Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development
- Minutes
  - Description: Governor’s Council on Natural Resources And Development (GCNRD)
    
    Dates: 1962-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 1-6
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Minutes
  - Description: Interdepartmental Advisory Council on Natural Resources (IACNR)
    
    Dates: 1953-1961
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 7-8
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Minutes
- Subject Files
  - Description: IACNR
    
    Dates: 1960-1967
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 9-11
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 12
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Annual Report
    
    Dates: 1970-1973
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 13
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Blackfoot River proposals
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 14
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Buffalo Creek Area Study [reports and miscellaneous]
    
    Dates: 1968
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 15-16
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Coal and Water report
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 17
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, “Compound 1080”
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 18
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Environmental Coordinating Committee
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 19
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Environmental Policy
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 20
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Financial Reports
    
    Dates: 1969-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 21
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Geologic Atlas
    
    Dates: 1969-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 22
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Landscape Architect
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 23
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Legislative Auditor’s Committee
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 10 / 24
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Mined Land Reclamation
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 1
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Miscellaneous
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 2
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Modern Water Code
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 3
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Mosquito Abatement Advisory Council
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 4
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Montana Wildlife Federation
    
    Dates: 1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 5
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Newlan Creek Watershed Work Plan
    
    Dates: 1969
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 6
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Nuclear Compact
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 7
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Pesticides
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 8
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Pollution Control Activities
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 9
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Prairie Dog Town [Greycliff]
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 10
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Public Domain Lands Proposed Classification
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 11
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Rangeland Resource Plan
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 12
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, “A Review of Montana Law as it Pertains to the Problem of Making Recreation A Beneficial Use of Water”
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 13
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Refuse Act of 1899
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 14
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Road Improvement in the Fort Peck Area
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 15
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Smith River Planning
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 16
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Science and Technology
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 17
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Sun River Project at Great Falls
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 18
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Water Activities Summaries
    
    Dates: 1970-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 19
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Water Policy
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 20
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Wilderness Act
    
    Dates: 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 21
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
  - Description: GCNRD, Wild and Scenic Rivers
    
    Dates: 1971-1972
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 22
    
    Location: Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development / Subject Files
Water Resources Board
- Minutes
  - Description: Water Resources Board [formerly the State Water Conservation Board], Meetings
    
    Dates: 1960-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 23-24
    
    Location: Water Resources Board / Minutes
- Subject Files
  - Description: WRB, Accounting Report
    
    Dates: 1969 June, 1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 25
    
    Location: Water Resources Board / Subject Files
  - Description: WRB, Director [Douglas Smith]
    
    Dates: 1969-1971
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 26-27
    
    Location: Water Resources Board / Subject Files
  - Description: WRB, Executive Reorganization
    
    Dates: 1969-1970
    
    Container: Box/Folder 11 / 28
    
    Location: Water Resources Board / Subject Files
  - Description: WRB, Meetings [packets of information gathered for meetings]
    
    Dates: 1969 December – 1971 November
    
    Container: Box/Folder 12 / 1-10
    
    Location: Water Resources Board / Subject Files

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Subject Terms

Environmental protection—Montana
Mining – Montana
Water-supply

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office records, 1939-2007

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Location of Collection

Processing Note

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Director’s Office

Correspondence

Subject Files

Montana Governor’s Council on Natural Resources and Development

Minutes

Subject Files

Water Resources Board

Minutes

Subject Files

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Subject Terms