Office of School & Public Lands Duties and Responsibilities

$300 million Permanent Trust Fund
Apportions approximately $12.0 million dollars annually to the state’s school districts and endowed institutions
Issues and maintains over 2,880 grazing leases for 750,000+ acres of trust land. Of those leases, there are currently 1,200 lease holders
Inspects and repairs 98 state owned CCC and WPA Dams
Manages 5.2 million mineral acres
Issues and monitors all mineral leases for the State
Controls noxious weeds on school and public lands, state-owned dams and meandered lakes
Records land transactions for easements on right-of-ways and state-owned lands
Receipting and accounting of about $9 million annually for payments on contracts, grazing, oil, gas, and mineral leases
Serves as the state’s real estate agency by purchasing and selling property as requested by the legislature or other state agencies
Issues Seismic Permits on state-owned mineral acres
As of December 2020 we have 85 leases with producing wells