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MLRA 61 - Black Hills Foot Slopes

South Dakota and Wyoming
8,400 km2 (3,240 mi2)

Land Use:
Most of this area is in farms and ranches. Native grass is used mainly for livestock grazing. Some of the less sloping parts are farmed mainly to alfalfa and small grains for livestock feed. Ponderosa pine grows in some parts marginal to the Black Hills.


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12/16/98