Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Region III.

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Published: 1952

Total Pages: 68

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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.