ENDNOTES 



1 I'hc initial rcspKiasc of the Forest Sfr\icc wus aguin to reject a drairuige wide Fnvironmental Impact State 

 nieiit (The idea wus first raised in the early 19"'0s by the Rixk Creek Advisory Committee.) Sec the letter 

 to Bill Bradt from Deerlodge Forest Sujx^rvLsor Van C. Elsbemd and Lolo Forest Supcr\'isor Orvillc DanieLs, 

 February 20. 1991. Bradt is undaunted. ' V(t couldn't ask for two more ecologically-minded supervisors," he sa>-s 



2. Lolo-Clearwater Forest Defense members Mark VC^tkins and Randy Scott, telephone interviews, March. IWl 

 See also the Missoulian article of March 12, 19^)1 



3. On the Deerlodge, 42.2 million board feet will be offered; on the Lolo, 27,26. See Rock Creek Fisheries 

 Management Plan. Sept. 1989— Sept. 1W4, Montana rx-partment of FLsh, Wildlife and Parks. Some r per- 

 cent of National Forest lands in the drainage have been identified for timber and range management 



■i. Nearly 64 million board feet of timber were logged from 1959 through 1968; more than 81 million board 

 feet were logged from 1969 through 1978. 



5. Skip Rosquist, a hydrologist on the Lolo National Forest, can be consulted about efforts to coordinate monitor- 

 ing in the drainage 



6. Rock Creek Fisheries Management Plan, op. cit. The 28 members of the committee included outfitters, land- 

 owners, real estate brokers, fish and game dubs, Forest Service representatives and others. 



^. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks memo, Rock Creek Recreation Plan, February 2", 199() 



8. Rock Creek Fisheries Management Plan, op. cit. 



