MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



Look-up Tables for Recreation Databases 



LOOKUP TABLE I - TOURISM BUREAU VACATION REGION 



1= Glacier Country 

 2=Goldwest Country 

 3= Yellowstone Country 

 4= Charlie Russell Country 

 5= Missouri River Country 

 6= Custer Country 



LOOKUP TABLE m - ACCESS 



1= ABUNDANT 



Abundant access exists if the segment is parallelled by or frequoitly intersected by paved or car-suitable roads. 



Access to the river shoreline should also be abundant and permit easy put-in and take-out of boats. 



2=MODERATE 



Moderate access exists if the segment is occasionally parallelled or intersected by good quality roads. Access to 



the shoreline may be restricted in places by topography. Access to put-ins or take-outs is not as easy. 



3=LIMITED 



Limited access exists if the segment is rarely parallelled or intersected by roads; the main access may be by poor 



roads or trails. Shoreline access may be difficult for much of the segmoit's length. 



4=RESTRICTED 



Restricted access exists of the segment is not accessible by road and the shoreline is difficult to reach from adjacent 



lands. 



0=UNKNOWN 



Insufficient information available to evaluate access. 



LOOKUP TABLE IV - INGRESS RATINGS 



1=A stream section bordered almost entirely by a mix of public lands which insure ingress by anglers (excluding 



state school sections). 



2= A stream section bordered by a mix of private and public land where the public land is distributed in such a way 



that no significant portion of the stream is unavailable by vehicle and/or walking. Floating may also be a major 



means of access. 



3 = A stream section bordered by mostly private land where ingress is uncontrolled or readily available by 



permission. This portion may be available by floating or through steam access laws. Also includes corp)orate lands 



that are currently open but could go to individual ownership in the future or company policy regarding ingress could 



change. 



4= A stream section bordered mostly by private land where ingress is limited but some fishing is allowed. Includes 



minor portions where public land or road crossing provides limited ingress. The portion through private land may 



be available by floating or through stream access laws. 



5= A stream section bordered entirely by private land where public fishing is available for a fee or where a small 



group has leased exclusive rights. Legality may be in question on some streams but this category identifies die 



current "fee" or "lease" fishing areas. 



6 = A stream section bordered mostly by private land where little or no ingress by permission is allowed. Floating 

 is precluded by stream size or other physical limitation (no road or public land reach stream). 



7 = A stream or stream segment bordered by public land that is unavailable because of posting on private land or 

 locked gates on private roads. 



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