Resource Management
Resource Management
The Forest encompasses more than 3 million acres in southern Montana and northwestern South Dakota. Made up of a series of distinctive landscapes and “island” mountain ranges that transition between western mountainous terrain to eastern pine savanna. Stretching more than 400 road miles, the forest is a highly diverse landscape ecologically, socially, economically, and culturally.
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Riley Pass Mine Clean-up
An Uranium Mine Clean-up site from the 1950's, including maps, newsletters and documents. Approximately 250 acres of disturbed highwall, pit floor, and spoils areas are identified and are being reclaimed. Hazards within the Riley Pass area include high walls, pit floor, unstable overburden, elevated radioactive materials, and heavy metals.
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Inventory & Monitoring Reports
Inventory and Monitoring - Implementation & Effectiveness Monitoring reports for timber sales, prescribed burns, travel plans, vegetation monitoring and more.
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Minerals
Information pertaining to unpatented claims, geology, mines, and reclamation on the Forest.
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Air Resource Information Monitoring
Monitoring of air quality and Air Quality Related values (AQRS's) in or around Class 1 areas.
Spotlights
Land and Realty Management
Land and realty management on the Custer Gallatin Forest enhances natural resource stewardship, provides visitor experiences, improves access, and authorizes different uses.
Watershed
The Forest encompasses watershed resources from warm intermittent prairie streams to cold, high elevation lakes and creeks draining Montana’s highest mountain peaks.
Wildlife
Food Storage Order & IBMP
Homeowner Safety Resources
The Custer Gallatin National Forest is part of a fire adapted ecosystem.
Timber Sales
Currently Advertised | Remarks |
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CG Periodic Sale Announcement FY23 (2) |
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Northern Rockies Stewardship BPA |
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FY24 Periodic Sale Announcement (1) |
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FY 2023 Sale Summary |
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Fifteen Mile Timber Sale |
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Alerts & Warnings
- Leverich Trail Closure BMW Helo Ops
- Pryor Caves Seasonal Area Closure
- Beartooth Ranger District Road and Trail Closures 01-11-82-23-05
- East Rosebud Road 2177 and East Rosebud Trail 15_Closure 01-11-82-23-03
- 01-11-04-23-03 Yellowstone Ranger District Camping Area Closure
- Road 478 Closure (South Fork Madison Road) 01-11-07-23-01
- Woody Creek Road Closure
- Hyalite Target Shooting Closure
- Road #3089, Closure, Sioux Ranger District
- McConnell Fishing Access and Beattie Gulch Area Shooting Closures
- Hyalite Drainage Proposed Permanent Recreational Target Shooting Restriction