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MONTANA LAND AREA and LAND IN FARMS 

 MONTANA LAND AREA (93.2 Million Acres) 



Ow/ncrship as Percentage of Total 



Sources: BLM. "Public Land Statistics. 1980"; USPS; BIA; Slate of Montana 

 Department of Lands: Total Land Area per 1978 Census of Agriculture. 



LAND IN FARMS & RANCHES (62.3 Million Acres) 



Utilization as Percentage of Total 



Source: 1978 Cenaus of Agriculture, 



