Technical Resources

Soil and Vegetation Inventory of Near-pristine Sites in Montana

Written by:
Robert L. Ross, State Range Conservationist
Earl P. Murray, Range Conservationist
June G. Haigh, Soil Scientist

Published by:
USDA Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Bozeman, Montana
July 1973

Acknowledgment:
We wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the ranchers and many others who helped make this inventory possible.

If you encounter any problems with the file provided on this page, please contact Technical Resources at 406-587-6822.

The following documents are available in Adobe Reader format. The publication can be downloaded in the following segments:

Front Cover (2-sided; PDF; 722 KB)
Preface (PDF; 169 KB)
Pages 4 to 5 (PDF; 50 KB)
Pages 6 to 17 (PDF; 65 KB)
Page 18 (PDF; 28 KB)
Pages 19 to 27 (PDF; 511 KB)
Page 28 (PDF; 21 KB)
Pages 29 to 55 (PDF; 924 KB)
Color Map 1 Near Pristine Vegetation (PDF; 1.2 MB)
Color Map 2 Geographical Areas (PDF; 534 KB)
Color Map 3 Average Annual Precipitation Zones (PDF; 1.2 MB)
Last Pages (PDF; 108 KB)

The complete publication can also be downloaded as a single large document:

Soil and Vegetation Inventory of Near Pristine Sites in Montana (PDF; 5.6 MB)