MLRA 58B - Northern Rolling High Plains, Southern Part Montana and Wyoming 50,810 km2 (19,620 mi2)

Land Use:
More than two-thirds of this area is in ranches. Most of the remainder is federally owned. Nearly 80 percent of the area is in native grasses and shrubs grazed by cattle and sheep. Gently sloping deep soils, making up about 4 or 5 percent of the area, are dry-farmed to wheat. Narrow strips of land along the Tongue, Powder, and Platte Rivers and some of their tributaries are irrigated. Alfalfa, other hay crops, and feed grains are the principal crops. Some tracts are in tame pasture. The upper slopes and tops of some of the higher buttes and mountains are open woodland.

12/16/98