MTLRS430.xml Guide to the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Grass Conservation Commission records 1929-2000 Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Grass Conservation Commission Finding aid prepared by Ellie Letterman; Updated by Lindsey Mick Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Montana Historical Society 2012; 2024 Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Kramer; Updated by Lindsey Mick2012; 2024 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). Montana Historical Society Archives RS 430_RS 496 Montana. Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Grass Conservation Commission records 1929-2000 22.4 linear feet This collection is a subgroup (Commission) 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. The records of the Montana Grass Conservation Commission consist of subject files and correspondence kept by the Grass Conservation Commission and the Grazing Districts related to grazing and rangeland management. 42:2-6 English

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 Energy Division’s responsibilities have been transferred to the Department of Environmental Quality.

The Montana Grass Conservation Commission Grazing Districts functions were previously under the responsibility of the Conservation District Bureau. The Conservation District Bureau and Montana’s Conservation Districts were organized in the 1930's as a response to the severe erosion problems of the "Dust Bowl" days. Montana's 58 conservation districts are political subdivisions of the state, governed by a board of five elected supervisors. The Conservation District Bureau also maintained responsibility of Montana’s Grazing Districts. The Montana Grass Conservation Commission (MGCC) is a governor-appointed board whose mission is to conserve, protect, restore, and facilitate the proper utilization of grass, forage, and range resources in the state of Montana. The Commission does this by organizing and administering the state grazing districts and by promoting cooperation between the Bureau of Land Managements, the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, and the state districts.

Grazing districts are constructs of the Taylor Grazing Act which was adopted in 1934. These lands, highly valued by stock-growers for their grazing purposes, were vacant, un-appropriated and unreserved land from the public domain (the public domain does not include national forests, parks, monuments, Indian reservations, or railroad grant lands). Much of this land was used prior to the creation of grazing districts, but during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s controversy concerning sustainable grazing practices and rights to forage arose forcing the hand of government to act on these issues. The result was the creation of federally recognized boards that could manage the "preferences," or rights to use the resources of certain parcels of land, of their regional ranching communities.

After the act was put in place, locals in the livestock industry could petition the Secretary of the Interior to have a local district created. If accepted they would form a board that would meet and manage the permits that designated grazing preferences, finances to maintain leases and range improvements, and to generally maintain orderly grazing of the public lands within their district. Montana has seen the creation of many districts in their 70-plus years of operation. The state also has a long-standing history of partnerships with many federal organizations to provide the utmost care in regards to stewardship and the administration of public lands. The maintenance of the public lands in Montana is integral not only to the individual success of the members of the state grazing districts, whose livelihood hinges on a healthy relationship between the land and the livestock, but also on the economic success of Montana.

The 1999 Legislature created the Montana Grass Conservation Commission to assume the Conservation Districts Bureau’s grazing district responsibilities, and operate independently, effective July 1, 1999. The Commission is administratively attached to DNRC. Grazing districts are cooperative, nonprofit groups that set up permitting systems to aid in the management of grazing lands where land ownership is intermingled in order to conserve, protect, restore, and properly utilize grass, forage, and range resources.

The files of the Montana DNRC, Montana Grass Conservation Commission consist of subject files and correspondence kept by the Grass Conservation Commission and the Grazing Districts related to grazing and rangeland management. The Cooperative Grazing District files contain: grazing applications, permits, “Master Lists” of permit owners, correspondence, by-laws of the conservation district, range rules, maps, case files related to range and grazing permits and use, and district organization documentation. Other subject files include incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Grass Conservation Commission, notes related to grazing district visits, meeting minutes, and other miscellaneous reports and documents related to grazing land management.

The files are arranged alphabetically by district name.

Collection is open for research.

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.

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.

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

Acquisition information available upon request

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.

Grazing districts – Montana Rangelands – Montana – Management Montana Natural resources Detailed Description of the Collection District Files 1/1 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes 1943-1950 1/2 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Memorandum of Understanding Between USDA and District 1943-1955 1/3 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District –Annual Work Plan 1945 1/4 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Minutes, Correspondence, Expenses 1939-1944 1/5 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Minutes and Correspondence 1945-1949 1/6 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Cooperative Agreements, Plans of Conservation Operations 1943-1944 1/7 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Annual Commission Reports, Summaries of Applications 1935-1937 1/8 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1935-1941 1/9 Alkali Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – By-Laws, Meeting Minutes, Tract Descriptions 1937-1940 1/10 Angela Cooperative State Grazing District – Curry-Appeal to District Re: Range Size 1967-1969 1/11 Angela Cooperative State Grazing District – Dissolution 1976-1977 1/12 Angela Cooperative State Grazing District – Budget and Finance, Permits and Master Listings 1972-1975 1/13 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Formation 1938-1942 1/14 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Correspondence 1974-1999 1/15 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Agreements 1959-1997 1/16 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1940-1960 1/17 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Pankratz Sublease 1999-2000 1/18 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1959-1998 1/19 Buggy Creek (North Valley County) Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1958-1994 1/20 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Grazing Permits, Correspondence 1935-1936 1/21 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – By-Laws, Resolution 1947-1953 1/22 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1953-1999 1/23 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1939-1952 1/24 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1939-1958 1/25 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Permits, Resolutions, Master Lists 1964-1984 2/1 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – John Weber v. Badlands 1954-1955 2/2 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – BP Langen v. Badlands Cooperative 1950-1951 2/3 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District –Audits 1939-1996 2/4 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1959-1994 2/5 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1939-1952 2/6 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1944-1954 2/7 Big Flat-Woody Island Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists and Audits 1940-1943 2/8 Big Flat-Woody Island Cooperative State Grazing District – Minutes, By-Laws, Map, Range Rules, Grazing Agreements, etc. 1939-1945 2/9 Big Muddy Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Correspondence, Audits 1941-1949 2/10 Big Muddy Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Application Permits 1939-1941 2/11 Big Muddy Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1965-1975 2/12 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Grazing Permits, Meeting Minutes 1939-1998 2/13 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1944-1954 2/14 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – District/State Soil Conservation Committee Joint Study 1968 2/15 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Constitution, By-Laws, Correspondence 1944-1992 3/1 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Ralph Botts, Grazing Rights 1966-1967 3/2 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Stovall Appeal, Grazing Rights 1949 3/3 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Abel Case 1939-1946 3/4 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Plotts and Swanson, Grazing Rights 1946-1947 3/5 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Commission Commission Reports, Correspondence 1935-1937 3/6 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Listing and Financial Statements 1976-1977 3/7 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Hearing Before Montana Grass Conservation Committee and SCS 1950 3/8 Brunelda Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1935 3/9 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1939-1988 3/10 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District – By-Laws, Agreements 1976-1999 3/11 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District –Correspondence, Minutes, Agreements 1935-1976 3/12 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1937-1959 3/13 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District – Grazing License, Cooperative Agreement 1936 3/13 C and B (Chalk Buttes and Box Elder) Cooperative State Grazing District – Balance Sheets 1939-1995 3/15 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Case Files 1940-1965 3/16 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1935-1997 3/17 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1939-1994 3/18 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Gazing Allotments 1935-1991 3/19 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Applications and Summaries 1934-1936 3/20 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Grazing Permits and Case Files 1952 4/1 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence Re: Adjudication 1949-1951 4/2 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements 1944-1996 4/3 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Winnett-Master Sheets and Audits 1941-1960 4/4 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1964-1997 4/5 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes, Agreements 1941-1954 4/6 Cherry Ridge Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Sheets, Master Lists 1940-1997 4/7 Cherry Ridge Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes, Agreements 1941-1954 4/8 Cherry Ridge Cooperative State Grazing District – Legal Files, Maps 1937 4/9 Cherry Ridge Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Application Permits 1930-1937 4/10 Cherry Ridge Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Agreements 1940-1996 4/11 Coal Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Management Plan 1935-1942 4/12 Coal Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1939-1969 4/13 Coal Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Carnegie, Grazing Rights 1943 4/14 Coal Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1939-1997 4/15 Coal Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1942-1992 4/16 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws, Rules, Meeting Minutes 1941-1963 4/17 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Legal Opinion, Davis Grazing Lease 1971-1985 4/18 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Listing Sheets 1959-1998 4/19 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1936-1960 4/20 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Applications for Permits 1936 5/1 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Memorandum of Understanding, Agreements, Minutes 1934-1964 5/2 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1940-1987 5/3 Crooked Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Commission Reports 1939-1998 5/4 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – “Record of Proceeding – Protest Meeting for Members, Devil’s Basin Grazing Association”, Correspondence 1936-1938 5/5 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Kilby, Butte, and Little Woll 1934-1937 5/6 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1938 5/7 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Articles of Incorporation, Amendments 1976-1992 5/8 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1940-1941 5/9 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Master Lists, Area Capacities 1938-1947 5/10 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Protest Meetings/Appeals Pending 1938-1942 5/11 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes, Maps, Agreements 1941-1971 5/12 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1936-1961 5/13 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1941-1961 5/14 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1940-1962 5/15 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1940-1980 5/16 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, Minutes, Agreements, By-Laws 1939-1992 5/17 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1941-1993 5/18 East Custer Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements 1944-1992 6/1 East Custer Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Officer Lists 1941-1982 6/2 Fallen Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Report to Montana Grass Commission, Minutes, Articles of Incorporation, Financial Lists, By Laws 1947-1958 6/3 Fallen Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1941-1944 6/4 Fallen Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1940 6/5 Fallen Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1949-1951 6/6 Fergus Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Master Lists 1936-1939 6/7 Fort Union Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Master Lists, Minutes 1940-1949 6/8 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Agreements, Rules and Regulations 1939-1999 6/9 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District – N-Bar Ranch, Harry Easton Case Files 1950-1951 6/10 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District –Henry N. Sibbert Case 1950-1952 6/11 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Applications 1937-1943 6/12 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, By Laws, Correspondence 1974-1975 6/13 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1952-1995 6/14 Flatwillow Cooperative State Grazing District - Master Lists, Financial Statements 1940-1993 6/15 Flying V Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements, By Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Maps 1939-1950 6/16 Froze to Death Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1936-1958 7/1 Froze to Death Cooperative State Grazing District - Master Lists, Financial Statements, By Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Correspondence 1939-1993 7/2 Froze to Death Cooperative State Grazing District –Rules and Regulations, By Laws, Correspondence, Maps, 1935-1976 7/3 Froze to Death Cooperative State Grazing District – Permits, Applications 1938-1956 7/4 Froze to Death Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements, Permits 1957-1997 7/5 Grimes Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws, Meeting Minutes, Master Lists 1942 7/6 Grass Range Cooperative State Grazing District – Maps, Correspondence, Agreements, Rules and Regulations, Articles of Incorporation 1938-1999 7/7 Grass Range Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws and Amendments, Correspondence, Financial Statements, Master Lists, Maps 1947-1956 7/8 Grass Range Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1943-1995 7/9 Grass Range Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1939-1999 7/10 Kevin Cooperative State Grazing District – Maps, By Laws, Case Files, Correspondence, Minutes 1940-1943 7/11 Kevin Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Sheets and Financial Statements 1940-1943 7/12 Kevin Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files and Investigations 1941 7/13 Kevin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1940-1957 7/14 Kilby Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, By Laws, Correspondence, Agreements 1938-1992 7/15 Kilby Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Permits and Master Lists 1938-1960 7/16 Kilby Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Goffena Ranch and Livestock vs. Kilby Butte 1934-1935 8/1 Kilby Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Financial Statements, By Laws 1960-1992 8/2 Lohman Cooperative State Grazing District – Map, Constitution, Management Plan, Correspondence 1935-1989 8/3 Lohman Cooperative State Grazing District – Permits, Minutes, Correspondence, Map, By Laws, Amendments 1937-1960 8/4 Lohman Cooperative State Grazing District –Master Lists, Financial Statements 1939-1986 8/5 Lohman Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists and Financial Statements 1942-1985 8/6 Musselshell/North Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, By Laws, Minutes 1934-1944 8/7 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Commission Reports, Correspondence, Minutes, Maps, Master Lists, Management Plans, Grazing Permits 1935-1945 8/8 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1935-1960 8/9 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – “Preference Review Commensurate Property Survey” 1955-1956 8/10 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District –River Rat Trust, By Laws, Handbooks 2000 8/11 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps, Articles of Incorporation, Amendments 1990-1992 8/12 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Correspondence 1966-1967 8/13 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Constitution, Correspondence, Case Files 1978-1992 8/14 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District –Correspondence, Grazing Permits 1981-1996 8/15 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Correspondence: Lettengarver 1956 9/1 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1939-1997 9/2 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Yde, Lettengarver 1956 9/3 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Fink Appeal 1953-1954 9/4 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements 1943-1998 9/5 Indian Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1951-1996 9/6 Lower Judith Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Correspondence, 1938-1941 9/7 Lower Judith Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Minutes, Permits, Correspondence 1938-1941 9/8 Lower Judith Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Applications and Permits 1940 9/9 Lower Judith Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps, Master Lists 1939-1944 9/10 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, By Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Amendments, Financial Statements, Management Plan 1939-1999 9/11 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1941-1998 9/12 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Master, Financial Statements 1958-1991 10/1 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1938-1948 10/2 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements 1942-1993 10/3 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Constitution, Maps, Minutes, Memorandum of Understanding, Work Plans, Agreements 1935-1957 10/4 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1953-1961 10/5 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1939-1952 10/6 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1939-1997 10/7 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1953-1954 10/8 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Hearings, By Laws, Correspondence, Resolution 1965-1999 10/9 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District –Correspondence, Land Descriptions 1939 10/10 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Demessamaker vs. North Valley 1949 10/11 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps, Financial Statements, Grazing Licenses, Commission Reports, Master Lists 1936-1999 10/12 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – White Livestock vs. North Valley, Master Lists, Correspondence, Maps 1936-1938 11/1 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1936-1994 11/2 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1949-1959 11/3 North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1940-1948 11/4 Petroleum/Fergus Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1939-1956 11/5 Petroleum/Fergus Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, By Laws 1943-1954 11/6 Petroleum/Fergus Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Master Lists, Reports 1939-1956 11/7 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, Correspondence 1974-1975 11/8 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Hammergreen 1941 11/9 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, Amendments, Agreements 1939-1945 11/10 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District –Correspondence 1939-1995 11/11 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Constitution, By Laws, Correspondence 1936 11/12 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, Permits, Minutes, Master Lists 1937-1938 11/13 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1938-1999 11/14 Red Butte Cooperative State Gazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists, Correspondence, Maps, Amendments, Articles of Incorporation, Minutes, 1940-1997 12/1 Red Butte Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1949-1997 12/2 Smith Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, By Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Financial Statements, Master Lists 1973-1992 12/3 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – Program and Work Plan, Correspondence 1941 12/4 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Case Files, Rules, Articles of Incorporation 1971-1999 12/5 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws, Agreements, Rules and Regulations, Maps 1997 12/6 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Case Files 1954-1968 12/7 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District –Financial Statements, Master Lists 1949-1994 12/8 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1948-1961 12/9 Prairie County Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1957-1991 13/1 Prairie Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1939-1946 13/2 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – By Lays 1975-1983 13/3 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1939-1997 13/4 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District - Financial Statements, Master Lists 1962-1993 13/5 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District - Financial Statements, Master Lists 1962-1993 13/6 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District - Financial Statements, Master Lists 1952-1962 13/7 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District - Financial Statements, Master Lists 1942-1952 13/8 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists 1940-1947 13/9 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Maps, Agreements, Constitution 1934-1950 14/1 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1951-1960 14/2 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Cooperative Grazing Agreement 1949-1999 14/3 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Appeals, Legal Opinions 1961-1966 14/4 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Koechel vs. South Phillips, Appeal 1958 14/5 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Summary of Application for Permits, Map 1936-1937 14/6 South Bear Paw Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Grazing Permits, Application 1936-1937 14/7 South Bear Paw Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws, Agreement, Correspondence 1936-1954 14/8 South Bear Paw Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1943-1954 14/9 South Bear Paw Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1938-1945 14/10 South Bear Paw Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1942-1952 14/11 Tobacco Root Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Boundaries, Master Lists, Maps, Articles of Incorporation, Hearings, By Laws 1939-1960 14/12 Tobacco Root Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Case Files 1948-1981 14/13 Waterloo Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1938-1980 15/1 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, Work Plan 1939-1941 15/2 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Grazing Permits, Correspondence 1936 15/3 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Articles of Incorporation, By Laws, Meeting Minutes 1939-1961 15/4 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1939-1998 15/5 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1941-1997 15/6 Weede Cooperative State Grazing District –Rules and Regulations, Meeting Minutes, Articles of Incorporation 1939-1991 15/7 Weede Cooperative State Grazing District – By Laws, Articles of Incorporation, Correspondence 1934-1999 15/8 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Constitution, Correspondence 1931-1961 15/9 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1944-2000 15/10 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1941-1995 15/11 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Financial Statements, Master Lists 1948-1994 15/12 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Map 1939-1999 15/13 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Hellstern vs. Willow Creek 1939-1945 15/14 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Work Plan, Memorandum of Understanding, Maps, Management Plan 1954-1976 16/1 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Map 1939-1960 16/2 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Appeal of Hunter 1952 16/3 Willow Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Sheets and Financial Statements 1939-1997 16/4 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Sheets and Financial Statements 1939-1996 16/5 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Agreements, Maps, Minutes 1939-1954 16/6 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Work Plan, Correspondence 1942-1951 16/7 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1950-1992 16/8 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Investigation Re: Livestock Trespassing 1953 16/9 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Range Survey 1955 16/10 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Organization, By Laws, Correspondence 1935-1977 16/11 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Correspondence 1956-1977 16/12 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files 1942-1972 16/13 Wayne Creek Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files / Testimony: Murphy, Re: Membership 1942 16/14 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, By Laws, Agreements, Articles 1939-1999 16/15 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, By Laws, Agreements, Articles 1939-1999 16/16 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Hearing Before Grass Commission, Constitution 1935-1941 16/17 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Maps, Work Plan, Correspondence, Reports 1938-1942 16/18 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Weingart Land and Livestock Appeal 1971 17/1 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Hill Appeal Hearing 1941-1967 17/2 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence 1944-1966 17/3 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Master Lists 1939-1945 17/4 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Applications for Permits, Correspondence, Maps 1934 17/5 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1949-1998 17/6 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1939-1950 17/7 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements 1950-1996 17/8 North Fork Cooperative State Grazing District – Master Lists, Financial Statements, Permits 1935-1997 17/9 North Fork Cooperative State Grazing District – Master lists, Financial Statements 1939-1995 17/10 Glendale Cooperative State Grazing District – Articles of Incorporation, By Laws, Correspondence 1934-1942 17/11 Mosquito Squires Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps 1934-1939 17/12 Mud Springs Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps, Minutes, Articles 1934-1940 18/1 Miscellaneous Cooperative State Grazing Districts – Correspondence, Maps 1934-1997 18/2 Cooperative State Grazing Districts – Supreme Court Decisions 1944-1948 18/3 Weede Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Shaw Bros. vs. Weede Cooperative 1960 18/4 Fort Union Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Permit Applications 1940-1941 18/5 Mitzpah/Pumpkin Creek Cooperative State Grazing District, Correspondence, Agreements 1935 18/6 North Custer Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Applications for Permits 1940-1941 18/7 Shepherds Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Applications, Master Lists 1935-1941 18/8 Sunday Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Correspondence, Maps, Constitution 1935 18/9 Three Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Minutes, Correspondence, Applications for Permits 1935-1936 18/10 C and B Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Farwell vs. C and B 1943 18/11 Chain Buttes Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files, Appeals: Hedman, McArthur, Kamrath 1952 18/12 Devil’s Basin Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Graves Bros. and Swingle vs. Devil’s Basing 1946 18/13 Williams Coulee Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Sult Appeal 1952 18/14 Willow Creek/North Valley Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Appeal 1940 18/15 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Busenbeck, Appeal 1953 18/16 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Forward vs. North Phillips 1949 18/17 North Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Liese/Van Voast vs. North Phillips 1948-1956 18/18 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files 1948 18/19 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Koechel vs. South Phillips Appeal 1951 18/20 Badlands Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Etchart Ranch Appeal 1950-1951 19/1 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: South Phillips Withdraw/Boundary Changes 1948 19/2 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: South Phillips vs. Phillips 1952 19/3 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Clausen vs. Pole Creek 1945 19/4 North Valley; Chain Buttes; Badlands; Winnett; Cherry Ridge; Various Case Files 1941-1959 19/5 Winnett Cooperative State Grazing District – Cahill, Area Controversy 1958-1959 19/6 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: James Appeal 1951 19/7 Buffalo Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Tempero 1957 19/8 Pole Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Park Appeal 1945 19/9 Wayne Creek Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Murphy Protest 1942 19/10 Prairie Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Jones, Decision on Appeal 1948-1951 19/11 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Carberry Decision 1952 19/12 North Fork Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Morrison Appeal 1941 19/13 South Phillips Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Koss Appeal 1960 19/14 Badland Cooperative State Grazing District – Case Files: Burke Appeal 1950 Minutes 19/15 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Meeting Minutes – Book I (1 of 4) 1939 April 14 - 1944 January 6 19/16 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Meeting Minutes – Book I (2 of 4) 1939 April 14 - 1944 January 6 19/17 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Meeting Minutes – Book I (3 of 4) 1939 April 14 - 1944 January 6 19/18 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Meeting Minutes – Book I (4 of 4) 1939 April 14 - 1944 January 6 District Visit Notes 19/19 District visit -- Buffalo Creek 1979 19/20 District visit -- Buggy Creek 1979 19/21 District visit -- C and B 1979 19/22 District visit -- Chain Butte 1979 19/23 District visit –East Custer 1979 19/24 District visit -- Fort Pease 1979 19/25 District visit -- Froze-to-Death 1979 19/26 District visit -- Indian Butte 1979 19/27 District visit -- North Phillips 1979 19/28 District visit -- Pole Creek 1979 19/29 District visit -- Red Butte 1979 19/30 District visit -- South Phillips 1979 19/31 District visit -- Tobacco Root 1980 19/32 District visit -- Wayne Creek 1980 19/33 District visit -- Weede Creek 1980 19/34 District visit -- Willow Creek 1979 19/35 District visit -- Winnett 1979 Miscellany 19/36 Prairie Pothole - Environmental Impact Statement 1980 19/37 Grazing Districts – Montana Annotated Code / Notes 1961-1970 19/38 Grazing Districts – District Advisors: Miscellaneous; Minutes; Correspondence; Rules and Regulations 1934-1936 19/39 Montana Grazing Commission: Correspondence Re: CCC Camps 1935-1936 20/1 Montana Grazing Commission – State Planning, Correspondence, Meetings 1935-1936 20/2 Montana State Cooperative Grazing Districts – County Agents 1936 20/3 Montana State Grazing Association – Correspondence, Resolution 1936 20/4 Montana Grazing Commission – Correspondence, House Bills 1936 20/5 Taylor Grazing Act – Amendments to Grazing Laws, Federal/State 1934-1935 20/6 Grazing Prospects: WPA, Valley Cooperative Committee, Phillips County 1935 20/7 Montana State Grazing Districts: Range Surveys undated 20/8 Montana Grass Conservation Commission, Grazing District Protests – Permits, Correspondence 1939 20/9 Grazing Conferences, Lewistown 1938-1939 20/10 Montana Grazing Commission: Miscellaneous 1935-1938 20/11 Division of Grazing – Second Annual District Advisors’ Conference, Utah 1936 20/12 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Leases, Correspondence 1935-1952 20/13 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Correspondence 1941-1970 20/14 Montana State Grazing Commission – Meeting Minutes, Election of First Board, Reports, Maps 1935-1936 20/15 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Minute Book I 1949-1961 20/16 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Minute Book II 1968-1971 20/17 Montana Grass Conservation Commission – Memorandums 1951-1960 20/18 Louis Archibeault – Chairman, Correspondence 1952-1961 20/19 M. Teigen – Miscellaneous Correspondence 1953-1960 20/20 State Controller’s Office/Grass Conservation Commission – Budget, Correspondence 1951-1962 20/21 Governor - Correspondence 1939-1960 20/22 Secretary of State - Correspondence 1940-1959 20/23 Soil Conservation Service – Petitions/Cooperation With State Grazing Districts (Memorandum of Understanding) 1940-1947 20/24 Soil Conservation Service – Correspondence 1949-1959 20/25 Soil Conservation Service – Correspondence 1947-1948 20/26 Soil Conservation Service – Regional Correspondence 1940-1950 20/27 Soil Conservation Service – Correspondence 1940-1955 20/28 PR Material – Clippings, District Tours 1949-1960 20/29 Commission Biennial Reports to Governor 1938-1960 20/30 US Forest Service Correspondence 1940-1958 21/1 Grazing Preference/Transfer Applications, Correspondence, Resolutions 1953-1960 21/2 Bureau of Indian Affairs Correspondence 1952 21/3 Grazing District Policies 1943-1944 21/4 Grazing Districts, IRS 1940-1953 21/5 Washington D.C. – Senator Murray Correspondence 1936-1960 21/6 Grazing Districts/Soil Conservation Service – Cooperative Agreement, Term Permits, Correspondence 1940-1943 21/7 Grass Conservation Commission, Grazing Service, US Department of Interior – Cooperative Agreement 1936-1942 21/8 US Department of Interior Grazing Service- Correspondence 1938-1945 21/9 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1939-1946 21/10 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1938 21/11 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1937 21/12 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1936 21/13-14 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1935 21/15 Letters of Interest 1935-1936 21/16 Montana Grazing Association – Lewistown Meeting 1939 21/17 Bureau of Land Management – Grazing Dispute 1969-1970 21/18 Grazing Districts – Administration Meetings 1951-1952 21/19 Grazing Districts – Educational Meetings 1952-1954 21/20 Interagency Range Commission Meetings 1941-1950 21/21 Montana Natural Resources Council – Minutes and Correspondence 1948-1951 21/22 Grazing Districts – Cooperative Agreements 1976 21/23 “Report of Information for the Governor’s Committee on Reorganization and Economy” 1941 21/24 Grazing Districts Handbook 1947-1953 21/25 Proposed Redwater Grazing District 1942-1943 21/26 Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence 1939 21/27 Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence 1940 21/28 Billings Office Correspondence 1940 22/1 Billings Office Correspondence 1939 22/2 General Field Reports – J. D. Reid 1940 22/3 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad – Agricultural Agent Correspondence 1945-1951 22/4 County Commissioner Correspondence 1938-1946 22/5 Chairman Dan Fulton Correspondence 1949-1951 22/6 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1940-1957 22/7 James B. Grierson, Honorary Chairman, Myers, MT – Correspondence 1938-1954 22/8 Jack Jarrett, Field Agent – Correspondence/Diaries 1939-1940 22/9 J.C. Miller – State Grazing Administrator, Finance Reports 1938-1939 22/10 Ed Kottas – Lewistown – Correspondence 1952-1953 22/11-13 H. M. Montgomery – Secretary – Correspondence 1940-1955 22/14 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1948-1971 22/15 WPA Planning Board 1934-1936 22/16 Attorney General Correspondence, Case Files, Resolutions 1935-1936 22/17 Montana State Planning Board Correspondence Re: State Relief 1936-1937 22/18 New Districts – Outline of Procedures 1938-1958 22/19 Miscellaneous – Correspondence, Clippings 1940-1961 22/20 Case Files, Legal Opinions 1939-1991 22/21 Montana Association of State Grazing Districts – Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1948-1960 22/22 Correspondence, Reports, Minutes 1976-1999 22/23 Montana Wool Growers Association 1936-1961 22/24 Montana Livestock, Stockgrowers Association – Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1936-1961 22/25 Annual Reports 1939-1941 22/26 Grazing District Memos 1941-1961 22/27 Montana Attorney General Correspondence 1939-1958 23/1 Memorandum, Master Lists, By Laws, Memorandum of Understandings 1939-1953 23/2 Land Disposal Files 1954-1957 23/3 US Department of Interior – Correspondence 1935-1937 23/4 State Legislation 1946-1961 23/5 Memorandum of Understanding – Department of Interior and Resettlement Administration 1935-1941 23/6 State of Land Office – Correspondence 1939-1940 23/7 Proposed Memorandum of Understanding – Bureau of Land Management, US forest Service, Grass Conservation Commission 1943-1981 23/8 Montana State College – Agriculture Experiment – Miscellaneous Correspondence 1936-1945 23/9 Montana State University – Correspondence 1947-1961 23/10 Grazing Lands Education and Bureau Management Practices 1986-1992