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Natural Resource Clinics
DNRC Forestry and Trust Land Management Divisions
Supervising Attorney: Mark Phares
Faculty Supervisor:
Professor Elizabeth Kronk
406.243.6781
elizabeth.kronk@umontana.edu
Academic Year – Maximum of 2 students
Summer – Maximum of 1 student
Satisfies Environmental and Natural Resource Law Certificate Requirement
Prerequisite: Introduction to Environmental Law , effective Fall 2012
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (“DNRC”)
Forestry and Trust Land Management Divisions conduct a wide array of legal
services, including prosecuting and defending laws suits, conducting administrative
hearings, drafting contracts and rights-of-way, and providing day-to-day legal
advice to agency personnel. DNRC Clinical Students would conduct and/or
assist with many of these legal services, and would conduct a host of legal
research and drafting projects.
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Forestry
Division has responsibility for suppressing wildland fires, and for maintaining
the health of Montana’s forests. It does so through the administration
of programs for community forestry, streamside management zones, and the reduction
of hazards related to the harvest of forest products on private property.
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Trust
Land Management Division manages over five million acres of surface land and
6.2 million acres of minerals lands. It holds these lands in trust for
the financial benefit of several State of Montana institutions as provided
in Montana’s Enabling Act. State trust land uses range from forest
management, real-estate management in the form of residential, cabinsite and
commercial leases, agricultural and grazing management, and oil and gas development.
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