Montana Revokes Public Land Orders for Oil Shale and Historic District Lands

Summary

The State of Montana has revoked two public land orders, allowing for the transfer of 821.37 acres of land to the state under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, which will open the land to surface entry and nonmetalliferous mining, as well as mining for the Bannack National Historic District, unless closed by overlapping withdrawals or temporary segregations of record.