Forest and woodland grazed — Substantial acreages of land classified 

 as forest and woodland and expected to be used for pasture and range M 

 in 1975 are shown in Table 5„ Also included are the estimates of the " 

 acreages needing treatment for each of the problems previously des- 

 cribed for pasture and range except for the items covering protection 

 of vegetative cover from fire, erosion, and rodents since the acreage 

 affected by these problems were estimated in the consideration of the 

 forest and woodlands needs. 



Other Land 



In arriving at the estimate of about 85 thousand acres needing treatment 

 and feasible to treat (Table 7) it was recognized that (1) other land is 

 not subject to the problems that accompany tillage, (2) some of the acre- 

 age had such a low potential for productive use that treatment was not 

 economically feasible, and (3) that problems on other land affecting near- 

 by cropland, pasture and range, or forest and woodland have been considered 

 in the estimates for those land uses. 



Other land was divided into groupings identical to those for cropland. How- 

 ever, the estimates shown in Table 7 do not show the subgroupings of second- 

 ary problems. Such estimates were developed by County Needs Committees and 

 summarized for the state but were not considered of sufficient importance 

 to include in this table. Of the "other land" needing treatment about 

 62,000 acres are in farms. About 21,000 acres of "other land" had no problem. 



TABLE 7 - ESTIMATE OF NEEDS OF CONSERVATION TREATMENT ON EXPECTED ACREAGE OF 



OTHER LAND. MONTANA. 1975 



' Adequately ' Needing ' 

 ' treated or ' treatment ' Needing 

 Total ' not feasible' & feasible' treatment 

 Acreage' to treat ' to treat ' in farms 



Type of Problem 



Land with no problems that 

 limit use ,,0, ,«,,.« 



Land on which the dominant 

 problem is erosion by water 

 or wind or both ,,,,,,, 



Land on which dominant problem 

 is excess water » ,,..., , 



Land on which the dominant 

 problems are caused by un- 

 favorable soil conditions , » 



Land on which the dominant 

 problems are caused by 

 climatic conditions . , . . 



Total acreage other land 



1000 Ac . 

 21 



177 



22 



388 



6 



617 



1000 Ac. 



1000 Ac. 1000 Ac. 



148 



u 

 342 



532 



29 

 8 



46 



2 



85 



62 



23 



