FOREWARD 



Montana is primarily a Rangeland State. This Renewable Natural Resource 

 is the basis for the state's largest income-producing industiy, livestock 

 production. 



Rangelands, comprising JOfo of the State, not only produce forage for 

 livestock and wildlife, but also protect watersheds and provide recreation 

 values. This resource is of prime importance to the urban public as well 

 as range operators. 



To recognize the important role that the resource plays, Governor Thomas 

 L. Judge hosted the Nation's first Governor's Conference on Rangeland in 

 Billings, Montana, September 22nd and 25rd, 1976. 



Many state and international authorities on rangeland participated in 

 the program. 



The following presentations are published as a permanent record of the 

 conference. 



Submitted by the Montana Advisory Board to the Society for Range Management- 

 Old West Regional Range Program: 



Dennis Nathe, Chairman Robert Ross 



Emmet A. Butcher Carl Wambolt 



Willie Milliron 0. M. Ueland 



Richard Kurth Robert Neumann, Alternate 



John Hollenback Harold Simmes, Alternate 



Peter V. Jackson Walt Steingruber, Alternate 



