This report of the Upper Missouri River Basin presents a preliminary analysis of the physical and economic features of the area in Montana and Wyoming embraced within the headwaters of the Missouri River tributary to Canyon Ferry Dam which is located near Helena, Montana. The purpose is to describe pertinent features which relate to the program for the development and use of the public domain lands in the comprehensive resource development program for the Missouri River Basin. The report is intended to serve as a guide in carrying out detailed studies of problems pertaining to the use and management of approximately one an one-quarter million acres of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in furtherance of the integrated comprehensive resource developmental program of the Department of the Interior in the Missouri River Basin. The appended map of the Upper Missouri River Basin shows the location of land in different types of ownership.

Excerpt from Preliminary Land Planning and Classification Report as Relates to the Public Domain Lands in the Big Horn Basin and Clark Fork of the Yellowstone (Wyoming and Montana): A Missouri River Basin Investigation Climatologically, the ba81n has extremes varying from year-around snow cover and heavy precipitation in the mountains to semi-desert conditions in the basin proper. Summers are relatively short and Winters long. Winters are rigorous but are usually less extreme than in the Great Plains east of the mountains. Vegetation varies from desert salt-brush at lower elevations to alpine associations, including conifer timber and mountain meadows in the high mountains. Public lands under the supervision of the Bureau of Land Management are located for the most part on the valley floor and foothill portion of the basin and as a group have a relatively sparse vegetative cover. These semi-arid lands, however, have an important place in the year-long livestock operational setup for basin operators, Since they provide a large part of the range livestock feed for winter, Spring and fall, as well as some for the summer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Preliminary Land Planning and Classification Report of the Public Domain Lands in the Belle Fourche Basin in Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming: A Missouri River Basin Investigation Buttes, a mass of igneous rocks forming a small group of prominent summits of which the highest reaches an altitude of feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Preliminary Land Planning and Classification Report of the Public Domain Lands in the Milk River Area, Montana: A Missouri River Basin Investigation; For Administrative Use Only Conditions and problems highlighted in this report are intended to benefit the management and development of public land resources and point the way to further study where needed. Subsequent reports on portions of the general area will include the detail study needed in connection with the public domain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.