Table 3. --Total land and water area in western Montana 



by ownership class, 1977 



Ownership class Area 



- - - Acres - - 



Land: 



National Forest 12,543,715 



Bureau of Land Management 1,347,784 



National Park Service 645,287 



Indian trust lands 616,451 



State 1,449,728 



Forest industry^ 1,662,500 



Private^ 7,363,906 



Total land area 25,629,371 



Census water 390,586 



Total land and water ^ 26,019,957 



^Forest industry is a component of private ownership, 

 but because of its importance to the western Montana 

 timber supply situation, area and resource statistics for 

 forest industry are shown separately in this and other 

 tables dealing with owner groups in this report. 



^On this and all following tables, the private 

 ownership category includes farmer-owned and other private 

 ownerships, a small acreage of county and municipal 

 ownership, and miscellaneous Federal ownership excluding 

 National Park Service lands. 



^U.S. Bureau of the Census, land and water area of 

 the United States, 1980. 



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