Lewistown Feild Office
| Contacts: | Connie Jacobs, 406-622-4000 |
BLM’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center Moves to Winter Hours
FORT BENTION, Mont. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center will change from summer hours to winter hours beginning October 1, 2012.
During the winter the center will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closed on weekends and federal holidays.
Summer hours of operation are from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily from Memorial Day weekend through September 30 of each year.
The Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center is located at 701 7th Street in Fort Benton, Mont. It interprets the grandeur and wonder of Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River and the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. From hands-on exhibits and special educational programs to a relaxing riverside walking trail, the facility tells about the area’s cultural and natural history.
The interpretive center is a public-private partnership between the Bureau of Land Management, the City of Fort Benton, and the River and Plains Society.
For more information, please call the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center at 406-622-4000 or visit www.blm.gov/mt.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.