Excerpt from Land Planning and Classification Report of the Public Domain Lands in the Middle Yellowstone River Area, Montana, 1969: A Missouri River Basin Investigation for Administrative Use Only Based on historic background and detailed field studies, sufficient information is presented in this report, to enable consider ation of specific problems, and to permit recommendations to be made for the management and tenure of the public lands. The purpose of the detailed study of each tract is to direct its use in the best interests of the public, compatible with proper conservation practices. Public agencies, both federal and local, interested in these lands are told of their location, description, and prospective utility by two means, namely this report and the detailed accounts of each isolated tract. For each individual tract of land, an inventory report was prepared, complete with maps, details of condition, and recommendations for management. The detailed reports, summarized in this publication, are filed in the Service Center of the Bureau of Land Management at the Denver Federal Center, with copies of each report in the District Office at Miles City, Montana. 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.