CONTENTS 



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The forest survey in Montana 1 



Forest land 2 



Timber volume 3 



Pole processing - a new industry 4 



High quality pulpwood 5 



Eighty sawmills operate in the unit 6 



Statistical data by county 



Table 1. Forest land area 7 



Table 2. Timber volume 8 



Standard statistical data for unit 



Table 3. Land area by major use 9 



Table 4. Forest land area by economic class 9 



Table 5. Commercial forest land by species group and 



stand-size class 10 



Table 6. Board-foot volume on commercial forest land by 



species 11 



Table 7« Cubic-foot volume on commercial forest land by 



species 12 



Table 8. Board-foot volume on commercial forest land by 



stand-size class and diameter group 13 



Table 9. Cubic-foot volume on commercial forest land by 



stand-size class and diameter group 13 



Table 10. Cubic-foot volume on commercial forest land by 



species group, tree size and class of material 14 



Table 11. Average volume per acre by stand-size class . . 14 



Definitions 15 



Forest survey method 16 



Accuracy of the data 17 



List of forest survey reports for Montana 19 



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