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Since 1962 state forest lands have supplied about two percent of the 

 total Montana timber harvest. Since 1974 the state forest lands have 

 supplied about one percent of the total timber harvest. 



Approximately 70 percent of state forest lands have been developed in 

 some respect. 



4. Bureau of Land Management forest lands 



The BLM manages 314,700 acres in Montana as commercial forest land. To 

 a large extent this land occurs as scattered parcels interspersed with 

 private. Forest Service or state lands. 



BLM forest lands are managed under the principles of multiple use, 

 sustained-yield and environmental quality. Forest management is defined 

 by the BLM (1975) to include the management of land along with wildlife, 

 water, minerals, timber, recreation, forages, and other resource values 

 associated with it. The major laws governing management of BLM forest 

 lands are the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Clean Air Act, Fish 

 and Wildlife Coordination Act, Federal Environmental Pesticide Act, 

 Taylor Grazing Act, Multiple Use Act, National Environmental Policy 

 Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. 



