Table 2 „ Land area by major classes of forest land, Montana, 1949 



Class of land 





Land area 





; Western 

 Montana 



: Eastern : 

 : Montana : 



Total 











Forest land 









Commercial 



8,909 



6,847 



15,756 



Noncommercial 



2,512 



1,564 



4,076 



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Noncommercial 



995 



462 



1,457 



Total forest land 



13,019 



9,340 



22,359 



Nonforest land 1/ 



2.959 



68.324 



71.283 



Total land 



15,978 



77,664 



93,642 



1/ Includes 171,689 acres of water according to Survey standards of 

 area classification but defined by the Bureau of Census as land. 



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