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I J1n000? v U i.1.J J id I I I I I I I I electronics, automobile assembly, light industrial activity, paper and lumber production, and chemical and petroleum production. At present, most industrial activities are located in the southern subbasins. Opportunities to participate in diverse forms of outdoor recreation activities are numerous throughout the basin. In certain subbasins, including the Upper Missouri, Yellowstone, and in the western portion of the Platte-Niobrara subbasin, recreation and tourism are basic to the overall economy, with recreational activities serving as the primary industry for some local areas. Land Use The entire Missouri River Basin became the property of the U.s. Government as part of the Louisiana purchase in 1803. Although substantial land holdings are retained today as Federal public domain, more than 86 percent of the basin's land is in private, Indian, state, and county ownership. Large Federal tracts are managed by the Forest Service (19.4 million acres), Bureau of Land Management (18.5 million acres), National Park Servce (2.3 million acres), Corps of Engineers (2.2 million acres), the Water and Power Resources Service (1.0 million acres); and lesser acreages (1.4 million acres) managed by the military, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Agricultural Research Service. About 12 million acres, or 4 percent, of the nearly 284 million acres of privately held lands are Indian lands. Title to this land is held in trust by the U.S. Government, but it is legally considered private land owned either by individuals of native American or Indian descent or by tribes. Based upon estimates made for the U.S. Water Resources Council's 1975 National Water Assessment, approximately 298 million acres or 92 percent of all land in the Missouri Basin is used for agricultural purposes. More than half of the agricultural land is used for pasture and rangeland. Forest and I I I I I I I I I I 2-15