ACCESS 



The major transportation system for the utilization 

 of Montana's forests consists of the state and federal 

 primary highways, state highway secondary roads and 

 county roads. Access from these public roads to the 

 major forested areas has been, and will be, provided by 

 the federal agencies administering the public lands in the 

 various areas. These agencies include the U. S, Forest 

 Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Land 

 Management. Access to major forest areas is also 

 provided by road systems constructed by large forest 

 landowners such as the St. Regis Paper Company, Anaconda 

 Company, Glacier Park Company and the Northern Pacific 

 Railway. Access to other forest areas is generally 

 over extensions from the above mentioned primary road 

 systems . 



Although access to most commercial forested areas 

 is provided indirectly by one of these road systems, it 

 is often necessary to obtain permission to use existing 

 roads or to cross another owner's land to obtain access 

 to one's own property. This access can be obtained in 

 one of several ways, including verbal agreement, purchase, 

 road cost-sharing and mutual construction agreements. 



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