﻿Project Area Wildlife Census 



This census was designed to collect data that would alLow comparison of 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 area censused included: the entire 

 Kootenai River and its shorelines from 50 m (164 ft) below the proposed dam outlet 

 to the upper end of the proposed reservoir; the land that would be inundated by the 

 dam at a forebay elevation of 610 m (2,000 ft); the land that would be affected by 

 railroad relocation; and alL remaining land between U.S. Highway 2 and the Kootenai 

 River (see appendix B) . The entire area was censused for three consecutive days 

 during each month of January, April, June, and August 1982, following the 

 instructions outLined in the baseline report (DNRC 1979, appendix F) . 



Bald Eagle Survey 



The Kootenai River between Libby and Troy was surveyed for bald eagLes on 

 January 6 and 8, 1982 (1 count each day), following the methods of Meyer (1979). 

 Observations were made from U.S. Highway 2. Bald eagLes seen during project area 

 wildlife censuses and other monitoring field work also were recorded. 



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