9 TABLE 5 - ESTIMATE OF NEEDS FOR CONSERVATION TREATMENT ON EXPECTED ACREAGE OF 



TAME PASTURE, NATIVE RANGE, GRAZED WOODLAND AND IRRIGATED NATIVE - 



MONTANA. 1975 



III I 



' Tame ' Native ' Grazed ' Irrigated 



^*®™ ' Pasture ' Range ' Woodland « Native 



III I 



1000 1000 iooo iooo 



acres acres acres acres 



Total area . , 1,747 A0,317 3,638 652 



Area not needing treatment or not 

 feasible to treat 493 11,703 1,419 248 



Area needing treatment 1,253 28,614 2,219 404 



Type of problem and area affected: 

 Establishment or reestablishment 



of vegetation » . . 674 683 59 37 



Improvement of vegetative cover . 257 13,878 723 221 

 Protection of vegetative cover 



from; 



^ Overgrazing . . , 241 12,529 1,311 64 



Fire . , 306 16,U7 - l/ 4 



Erosion 112 2,005 - 7 



Rodents 54 415 - 7 



Encroachment of woody and 

 noxious plants 69 1,978 358 61 



Insects and disease 144 4,416 - 13 



Water Management? 

 Excess water 10 147 9 145 



Water conservation 159 1,856 65 211 



Development of stockwater . . . 84 6,664 383 10 



1/ Dashes (-) figures are included in Table 6 - Forest and Woodland 



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