FINDINGS IN BRIEF 



1. 



2 . Occurrence of forest land 



To study the forest situation, 

 the State was divided into 

 two units: Western, west of 

 the Continental Divide, and 

 Eastern, east of the Divide . 

 The Western Unit has 58 per- 

 cent of the forest in the 

 State and the Eastern 42 per- 

 cent. (See table 2.) 



3. 



L and area 



Of the 93.6 million acres of 

 land in Montana about one fourth 

 is forest. The total forest 

 area is 22,359,000 acres. (See 

 table 2.) 



Classes of forest land ' 



The 22. 4 million acres of forest 

 land in Montana is classified as 

 follows: Commercial 71 percent, 

 noncommercial IS, and reserved 11. 

 (For definitions of these classes 

 see page 42. ) / 



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