. A descriptive analysis of Montana's forest resources. Forests and forestry Montana Statistics; Timber Montana Statistics. Figure 6.—Spruce-fir forest on the Montana-Idaho border. The subalpine zone is the highest and forms the upper timberline. In this cold, snowy environment little timber or cattle forage is produced, but the zone yields high amounts of water and wildlife food and cover and is highly prized for recreation. In each of these broad zones, there are many habitat types that have unique combinations of understory vegetation. The habitat types are providing an increasingly refined
. A descriptive analysis of Montana's forest resources. Forests and forestry Montana Statistics; Timber Montana Statistics. Figure 6.—Spruce-fir forest on the Montana-Idaho border. The subalpine zone is the highest and forms the upper timberline. In this cold, snowy environment little timber or cattle forage is produced, but the zone yields high amounts of water and wildlife food and cover and is highly prized for recreation. In each of these broad zones, there are many habitat types that have unique combinations of understory vegetation. The habitat types are providing an increasingly refined basis for evaluating land capacity for wildlife, water, recreation, timber, and other uses. Montana's forest lands vary from scattered bottomland stringers cf cotton- wood in the eastern portions of the State to large, dense stands of pine, fir, and other coniferous species on mountain slopes in the western portion. Forests are more dominant west of the Continental Divide, where they cover 80 percent of the total land area, as compared with east of the Divide, where forests cover 12 percent of the land (fig- 7). Ownership is of particular significance in analyzing Montana's forest re- source because there are some striking differences in laws, policies, and management objectives among various forest owners. The Federal Government manages about 17 million acres of Montana's forest land. Another to million acres (depending on the definition of "forest land") is in private and 5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schweitzer, Dennis L; Benson, Robert E. , joint author; McConnen, Richard J. , joint author; Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah). Ogden, Utah : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
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