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Sit down in climbing, and hear the pines sing. 



- John Muir 



The evergreen forests of Montana are far different from the hardwood forests in other parts 

 of the United States. In Montana, the trees are mostly conifers with their roots in the rocky, 

 acid soils of the western mountains or the benches and uplands of the eastern two-thirds of 

 the state. Ground cover is sparse in many places, partly because soils are thin and moisture is 

 low. These forests provide a variety of valuable things— water, timber, livestock grazing, 

 recreation, and wildlife habitat. 



The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation thanks 

 the Iowa State University Press for permission to use illustrations from its 

 publication. Rocky Mountain Trees, by Richard J. Preston. 



