﻿METHODS 



Field techniques and analytical methods used in this study were as 

 described in the baseline studies report (DNRC 1979, pp. 109-112) and the 

 first monitoring report (DNRC 1981). Three biologists worked in the study 

 area during the study period (see table 1). A brief summary of methods 

 employed for individual study segments follows. 



Table 1. Schedule of September 1980 - September 1981 field work, 

 Kootenai Falls wildlife monitoring study. 



Dates 



Observer (s) ( 1) Type of Field Work 



October 14-19, 1980 



PN 



Riparian wildlife census, bighorn 

 sheep count . 



January 7-9, 1981 PN 



April 3-7, 24, 1981 LT, SK 



Riparian wildlife census, bald eagle 

 survey, bighorn sheep counts. 



Riparian wildlife census, bighorn 

 sheep tracking, bighorn sheep count, 

 amphibian and reptile search, 

 census of Yaak Falls. 



June 2, 12-16, 1981 



LT, SK 



Riparian wildlife census, harlequin duck 

 survey, bighorn sheep count, amphibian 

 and reptile search. 



July 31 & 

 August 2-5, 1981 



PN 



Riparian wildlife census, harlequin duck 

 survey, bighorn sheep counts, amphibian 

 and reptile search, small mammal 

 trapping. 



(1) 



PN 



L^ 

 SK 



Pat Nichols 

 Larry Thompson 

 Stacy Kiser 



Species List Update 



The species lists presented in the baseline report (DNRC 1979) were 

 updated. 



Project Area Wildlife Census 



This census was designed to collect data that would allow comparing 

 wildlife use of the project area between months and between years. The 

 methods used were patterned after the standard winter bird study (Kolb 1965) 

 and breeding bird census techniques (Hall 1964, Van Velzen 1972) used in the 

 original inventory, but were expanded to include all vertebrate species. The 



