Dave Fullerton, USGS, Federal Center, Denver 



rioter Col ton, USGS, FedordI Center, Denver 



i-,cirvin ililler, liontana 3ureoU of ilines and Geology, Llutte 



Wayne Van Voast, ,'iontana Bureau of i.ines and Geology, billings 



Bob Berganti no, iiontana Bureau of .lines ana Geology, Butte 



Larry French, iiiles Cohiniunity College, iiiles City 



Dennis Swetana, Soil Conservation Service, Rounoup 



Frank (iunshower, iiSU, Dozeman 



These parties were later contacted by telephone ano/or letter. 



Dr. Cliff Iiontagne suggested ttiat soil type localities v/ere of far less 

 idiportance than geological type localities, and that it i/ould probably not be 

 worthwhile to atteivipt to compile the several hundred type locations in i;ontana. Dr. 

 iiontagne volunteered to provide a list of any high priority soil type locations that 

 would be important for the study. Dr. Custer also suggested that the USGS register 

 of geological type locations be reviewed to supplei.icnt Balster's listing. This has 

 was not CiOne unaer the present contract. 



Reviewers were not asked to assign value classes to any sites, although sites 

 that were clearly outstanding or of regional or national significance were usually 

 identified as sucn uy the reviewers. This information was recordeo in written notes 

 from the meetings and also in stick-on notes that were attached to the maps. In 

 addition to providing the value class ratings for sites identifiea uuring the 

 interview, Drs. Alt and llyndman were consulted regarding, the ratings they had 

 previously assigned to the proposed national natural lanomarks. Dr. Alt emphasizeu 

 that those ratings were totally subjective, and he ari-;uea strongly against any 

 attempt to come up with an objective rating system for natural features. Accoraing 

 to Alt, waterfalls should not be rated on the basis of discharge and crop. That's 

 simply hydroelectric potential, which has little relation to "voluo" or 

 "significance" as used in tnis study. Dr. Alt suggested that there is no way to 

 avoiu the need to make subjective value judgnnents (including aestlietic judgments) in 

 rating natural features. This is extremely difficult to do in any case, but is even 

 more aifficult without actual visits to the sites. 



On September 13, lyoS, Tom I'ong reviewed BLi. maps 50-57 with r;ay Brcuninger. Tom 

 also reviewed maps (Jos. 1-5 ana 30-97 witli V/ayne l.etzel . Tnis was a continuation of 

 the August 1G interview with Dr. Breunin^er and Br. -ietzel. Several dozen new sites 

 were identified. Part of the interview witn Dr. Breuningcr was recoroed. 



On September 15, 1985, Larry Thod.pson cjnu Tom Ring conaucted interviews in 

 Bozeman with ilick rluger and Jack Horner of the Museum of th^. Rockies and Jonn 

 iiontagne of the liSU Earth Sciences Departuient. Dr. iiager and Dr. i.ontagne reviewed 

 all the iiiups; Dr. Horner could only stay long enough to review laaps i'os. 1-o5. 

 Before he left. Dr. Horner provided a list of peloontoloiji cal sites unich, in his 

 est! t.iation, are the fi.ost significant in i.entana. 



Drs. Horner ana Hager also said that the entire C. \'.. fiussci I Rational i/ildlifc 

 Refuge should oe considerea a pal eonto I ciji Cu I arKa of natienal si gni f icanct;. Tn^ 

 entire interview was recorded. 



On October 2, Chuck Dalby, DIIRvC, met witii Toiu King ane Larry Thou-.pson to r^vicv/ 

 the i.iaps for the i-iontana Rivers study. The meeting lasted froi.i 1:30 to ••1:00 and only 

 3 few additional sites \;erc recor.i, lendee. 



