Table 2.8 — Rangeland area in the contiguous States by ecosystem and section, region, 



and State, 1976 



(Thousand acres) 





Total 

 rangeland 

 and other 



Grasslands 



Section, region, 



Total 



Mountain 



Mountain 



Plains 





Desert 



Annual 



Wet 







forest 



grass- 



grass- 



meadow 



grass- 



Prairie 



grass- 



grass- 



grass- 



Alpine 





land 



lands 



lands 



lands 





lands 



lands 



lands 





North: 























Northeast: 























Connecticut 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0,0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



0.0 



Delaware 



(') 



n 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



(') 



.0 



Maine 



.4 



.4 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.4 



.0 



Maryland 



83.7 



83,7 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



83.7 



.0 



Massachusetts 



.1 



.1 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.1 



.0 



New Hampshire 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



New Jersey 



60.5 



60.5 



,0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



60.5 



.0 



New York 



1.8 



1.8 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1.8 



.0 



Pennsylvania 



,1 



.1 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.1 



.0 



Rhode Island 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Vermont 



.2 



.2 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.2 



.0 



West Virginia 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Total 



146.8 



146.8 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



_. _ _ , . 



146.8 



.0 



North Central: 























Illinois 



.3 



.3 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.3 



.0 



Indiana 



3.1 



3.1 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 







.0 



3.1 



.0 



Iowa 



38.4 



38.4 



.0 



.0 



,0 



38.4 







.0 



.0 



.0 



Michigan 



.4 



.4 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.4 



.0 



Minnesota 



155.8 



155.8 



.0 



.0 



.0 



155.8 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Missouri 



1,447.6 



1,447.6 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1,447.6 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Ohio 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Wisconsin 



7.0 



7.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



6.3 



.0 



.0 



.7 



.0 



Total 



1,652.6 



1,652.6 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1,648.1 



.0 



.0 



4.5 



.0 



Total, North 



1,799.4 



1,799.4 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1,648.1 



.0 



.0 



151.3 



.0 



South: 























Southeast: 























Florida 



2,189.1 



2,189.1 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



2,189.1 



.0 



Georgia 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



North Carolina 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



,0 



South Carolina 



20.0 



20.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



20.0 



.0 



Virginia 



27.5 



27.5 



.0 



.0 



.0 



7.5 



.0 



.0 



20.0 



.0 



Total 



2,236.6 



2,236.6 



.0 



.0 



.0 



7.5 



.0 



.0 



2,229.1 



.0 



South Central: 























Alabama 



54.0 



54.0 



.0 



.0 







52.8 



.0 



.0 



1.2 



.0 



Arkansas 



.2 



.2 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.2 



.0 



Kentucky 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Louisiana 



516.6 



516.6 



.0 



.0 



.0 



20.0 



.0 



.0 



496.6 



.0 



Mississippi 



19.7 



19.7 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



19.7 



.0 



Oklahoma 



9,300.9 



8,696.1 



.0 



.0 



4,877.9 



3,818.2 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Tennessee 



400.4 



400.4 



.0 



.0 



.0 



400.0 



.0 



.0 



.4 



.0 



Texas 



91,598.8 



44,350.4 



.0 



.0 



31,376.1 



9,292.2 



2,749.9 



.0 



932.2 



.0 



Total 



101,890.6 



54,037.4 



.0 



.0 



36,254.0 



13,583.2 



2,749.9 



.0 



1,450.3 



.0 



Total, South 



104,127.2 



56,274.0 



.0 



.0 



36,254.0 



13,590.7 



2,749.9 



.0 



3,679.4 



.0 



Rocky Mountain and 























Great Plains: 























Rocky Mountain: 























Arizona 



58,823.6 



10,354.7 



425.2 



52.5 



.0 



.0 



9,877.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



Colorado 



35,227.4 



19,421.1 



1,365.2 



413.6 



15,270.0 



1,723.4 



53.8 



.0 



15.7 



579.4 



Idaho 



24,182.4 



1,797.6 



654.5 



506.1 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



12.1 



624.9 



Montana 



54,155.6 



49,299.5 



11,765.4 



196.9 



36,994.4 



.0 



.0 



.0 



1.9 



340.9 



Nevada 



62,735.7 



635.5 



309.9 



244.7 



.0 



.0 



.0 



.0 



80.9 



.0 



New Mexico 



59,831.8 



25.789.0 



766.1 



20.5 



14,097.7 



.0 



10.881.2 



.0 



20.6 



2.9 



Utah 



39,614.7 



2,469.5 



386.6 



74.8 



.0 



.0 



1,181.8 



.0 



328.4 



497.9 



Wyoming 



47,607.9 



23,830.1 



1,201.7 



347.5 



20,667.3 



.0 



.0 



.0 



15.6 



1,598.0 



Total, Rocky Mountain 



382,179.1 



133,597.0 



16,874.6 



1,856.6 



87,029.4 



1,723.4 



21,993.8 



.0 



475.2 



3,644.0 



'Less than 0.05 thousand acres 



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