TABLE 17.—Area of major classes of forest land, by ownership, Montana, 1949 
Western Montana Eastern Montana State 
Ownership class = i Eas 
Com- |Noncom- : Com- |Noncom- i Com- |Noncom- i 
mercial | mercial Reserved Total mercial | mercial Reserved) Total mercial | mercial Reserved) Total 
eS EE NS) eee ae os ee pao | = 
1 | 
1,000 1,000 | 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,900 1,060 1,000 | 1,000 
= acres acres | acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres | acres 
Federally owned or managed: | | | 
National forest...ccis.0 0 s1ecoere 5,068 2,116 | 1,006 8,190 35913 DSN? 503 5,733 8,981 3,433 1,509. | 135,923 
Indian c aoistes:ciersiretevstewciere ieee 380 OS Sareraata } 475 214 PEARSE ao 237 594 | DRE lasacgense 712 
Othenvirsecrccre ste srercins Cte crete 177 28 518 723 469 34 426 929 646 62 944 | 1,652 
Totalinisione es slecstslenrenwee 5,625 2,239 1,524 9,388 4,596 1, 374 929 6,899 | 10,221 ; 3,613 2,453 16, 287 
— —= _— — — —— SS | ee 
State mrec rc arerenicsesvorersve enolate eerererarae 446 40 gl Bie steerer | 486 162 NOS hac ses 172) 608 SWalisacsasoc 658 
(COUN EY: sic psrele siete ior wi nias sta teva evens eveccreseiare 39 Dis eon trereteye 40 36 Dial ersislorarerets 41 75 lise necks | 81 
eas ia z — 
Private 
FLA IMate carrotereiensiorstereyateve eravelorsrerie 831 5 Ouro 881 1,531 (iol Boosgess je 594 2,362 | DS 8 ire ee 2,475 
Industrial and other........... 1,968 182 74 2,224 522 UD a eertecrote 634 2,490 294 | 74 | 2,858 
Motallaearec-s Melcisfeswsiels ceisioe 2,799 232 74 3,105 2,053 U/Snl ee epee 2,228 4,852 407 74 55393) 
Total, all ownerships............ Se (b8=909. 2S S12: 1,598 | 13,019 6, 847 1,564 929 9,340 | 15,756 4,076 2,527 | 22,359 
TABLE 18.—Area of forest in major reserved forest areas, Montana 
Reserved forest Total area 
1,000 
acres 
Yellowstone! National! Parke? vr. cciosc eratecocs siasers vis 7e ete a aes Ta aoe a oe oS EEE Eee CEE a EERE aC Eee 140 
Glacier; National: Parks. jciccsiccvsisscevesore: 3b. ofeieve ahora: S(atctal Oia SiS arase pat oneia serene iv Pava Te TE COTSTSTACR aT de SUSE ETL Teil Rater ie SIS SETS rom INCI SEI eer e eee 793 
Wildiand wilderness areas :zn-national: forests aca secre scsice eis Saeco ciao cose ai tisvascrea Bisinvesesimte lewis wcteve relstatere lasalaceiet ante c/o /s elavelereete stetrnee eels 1,509 
Dota sjeiasps!Sieta tialisve:yie.oigteie rc avers loiete ei steloleret sc Toeelale ore eueies Ties mat aee lea Ieea: GREATER STO Ie DiC e es Fe eee Panel ete eae oleic LEO Reno retens 2,442 
1 Montana part only. 
TABLE 19.—Forest area and timber-volume estimates for Montana, by specified years, 191849 * 
Forest land area s ‘4 
Date Saw-timber 
Commercial Other | Total palin = 
Thousand Thousand Thousand Million 
acres acres acres ft. b. m. 
LOTUS rayataerayese tole is Ate orevajotalore Cheterene Cee ie retorecss Oe eee RO RR ay. AR BO OTAGO OTHE A HOO RGUCrOs SUS GSco oS Mon caea coun oto aS 58, 000 
V2 O)e5 Sa sveretersveler overs ols, ael ate a; eve ore vetaisls lane Seneraisyere tel sre pone ere Nice yl ja] Me veR en erica cameterd Ince num coO RN Aamo sDD loduarsoGoGoNanddoo4 
NOD Sie 5 Tai cere ore ercvsyoveraiaceve: ous avoreleiora toner te teraiie lene raf oiee tats etch oer eres 14, 696 5,926 20, 622 50, 009 
LOS Dora eae epatece eine eves stave rove Ova a reia Oraleo he Sees OTST OS TSS ees 14, 865 5,821 20, 686 49,796 
VS Bie srs c cs aroteleis taeioleio’s: shel eeaet oobter ate: dake eT ON ere a 14,613 6,074 20, 687 49, 965 
DES te Seine ove epaveisionglsfoiein crete weeree rele ere aise ee eee ee 14, 758 9,480 24,238 52,515 
ey UG AOGTABEOOCOOaTO Ton Dadnadn oe A eSB OOHUGCURA CUO GaaCe 15,756 6, 603 22,359 55,960 
1 Only data for 1949 are based on a systematic field survey of the 1938. U.S. Cong., Joint Committee on Forestry. Sen. Doc. 32, 77th 
entire State. Data for the other years are from the following sources: Cong., Ist sess. 1941. 
1918. Fifth Biennial Report of the State Forester of Montana, 1917- 1945. Forest Service basic statistics for U. S. Dept. Agr. Misc. Pub. 
18. 668, Forests and National Prosperity. 1948. 
1920. U. S. Dept. Agr. Stat. Bul. 21, American Forests and Forest 2 Volume estimates for 1918 and 1925 include all forest land; the 
Products. 1928. later estimates are for commercial forests only. Minimum standards 
1925. Univ. Mont. and U. S. Forest Service. Montana Forest and for saw-timber trees were not defined for estimates prior to 1945. The 
Timber Handbook. 1926. 1945 estimates included pines and hardwoods 11.0 inches d. b. h. and 
1932. U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Serv., Region 1. Basic data for larger; minimum diameter of all other species was 13.0 inches. In 
Sen. Doc. 12, 73d Cong., Ist sess. 1931. 1949, the minimum standard was 11.0 inches d. b. h. and larger for 
all species. 
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