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• Christmas Tree Cutting Permits/Tree Cutting Permits
• Employment/Volunteer Opportunities
• Fees (for maps and copies of records)
• Fishing & Hunting Licenses:

Contact the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; outside Montana, contact the appropriate State Fish & Game
• Fossils and Artifacts
• Genealogy
• Ghost Towns/Historic Mines

• Gold Panning

• Hunting/Fishing Licenses:
  Contact the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; outside Montana, contact the appropriate State Fish & Game Department

• Prairie Dog
• Lands Issues:
  Desert Land Entry
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• Maps:

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• Mining Claims:

General Information
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Types of Claims/Entries
• Oil & Gas Leasing:
  General Information
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  LR2000 Database (Bureauwide system)

• Recreation:
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• Rights of Way (WO)

• Surveys:
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  Homestead Entry Surveys
  Mineral Surveys

• Tree Cutting Permits/Christmas Tree Cutting Permits

• Volunteer Opportunities/Employment

• Wild Horse and Burro Program:
  Adopt-A-Horse Program
  Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range:
  PMWHR Brochure (PDF files) Side A, Side B

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