Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA), in partnership with North and South Phillips Grazing Districts and under the counsel of the Falen Law Offices, LLC, has filed a motion to intervene after American Prairie Foundation, Western Watersheds Project, and Defenders of Wildlife filed motions to appeal the recent final decision and requested a stay on this decision. … Read more
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) welcomes today’s announcement from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which published its final rule to rescind the highly-contested 2024 Public Lands Rule, also known as the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. Full rescission is welcomed news for public lands management across the West and for all users who would … Read more
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is celebrating a major victory for Montana ranchers, public lands grazing, and the rule of law following the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final decision on May 8, 2026, to revoke bison grazing permits on seven Phillips County allotments. The decision follows years of advocacy from MSGA, alongside the North … Read more
Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) dropped a landmark decision regarding BLM’s Final Decision to allow bison grazing on seven allotments in Phillips County. DOI and BLM released a Notice of Proposed Decision to rescind the 2022 Final Decision and cancelled all associated allotments, a win for … Read more
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) opened its 141st Annual Convention & Trade Show today, bringing ranchers, industry leaders, and partners together in Billings for a week of policy discussions, education and industry collaboration. Day one featured meetings of the Montana Stockgrowers Foundation (MSF), the Montana Public Lands Council (MPLC), and the Montana Association of State … Read more
On September 11, 2025 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule to rescind the controversial Public Lands Rule, also known as the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. The Public Lands Rule, created and published by the Biden administration, drew staunch, swift criticism from nearly every segment of the public lands use community. … Read more
HELENA, Mont. (April 19, 2024) – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) submitted comments questioning multiple facets of the BLM’s Utility-Scale Solar Development Plan Draft Programmatic Impact Statement (PEIS). The plan includes a swath of alternatives detailing the agency’s criteria for approving solar development applications on agency managed land. The proposal includes a strong focus in … Read more
HELENA, Mont. (April 18, 2024) – The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) recently submitted comments in opposition to the BLM Snowy River CO2 Sequestration Project Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM is planning to partner with Denbury Carbon Solutions to build a carbon storage facility in Carter County, Mont. The project would encompass 100,200 acres of land … Read more
In a recent interview published by the Billings Gazette, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director, Tracey Stone-Manning, expressed positions that were of concern to the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) that we felt needed to be addressed. The first issue being Director Stone-Manning’s statements regarding corner crossing and the second regarding the appeal filed on the … Read more
TERRY, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today provided further opposition to a proposed rule by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which would alter the use of BLM lands to the detriment of recreation, livestock grazing, responsible resource development, and public access. The proposed rule seeks to define “conservation” as a use within the Federal … Read more
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