3. Other Purticipcnts 



Aduitionol persons proviuinc Goto or reviO;W ort I isteo in thu Literoture Citeo 

 section. 



DATA GAPS AHD nEGOIn-.ElJuATICiiS FOk FUTUut l/Oi^K 



Tht: followino aro recodii.iended in Tht; oroer of their priority for future work. 



(1) Cottonwood/ i gI cnti/dl I uv i u.ii cou^plcxes shouio ue inventoried. Sa.io possible 

 methods for occo.apl i shi hl, this i-re discussea elsowhert; in this report. The 

 first tiisk in cccoi.ipl ish i no this should be to develop 6 stuay plcri for the 

 task. Then funding v/oul'o be sou^jht for the stuoy itself. ;,uch of tht; v;ork 

 could likely be oone in conjunction with othc-r LjPA-funoed projects in 

 northwv-stern i-iontano. 



(2) A iiiore cor.iprehensive set of criteric for evaluation of woterfells should be 

 developea. Criteria \/oula include eostnetic consi aerations. Tne study would 

 be initieted by conouctine a I iterciture roviei; to deter. i.ine whet reseerch hbs 

 been oone in This eree end whether stuoy ..lethoas couic be cdapt^o. Fcl lowing- 

 this, coi.ipile u i.iorc co...prehsn5 i vt inventory, includincj en estiit;;Tic evaluation, 

 of weterfells ^nd rupios to supplement existing i nfon.ietion. 



(3) Additic'nd peer review of the oeta uase and i.iaps produced shoulo be cone 

 stdtcv.'ide. Review .rieeti nv^s should be set up in seven different perts of the 

 state, ^nd ell likuly participants witnin each rojion shoulo oe contacteu and 

 invired to participate. 



(-]) Integrate the natural features data base with tne .'bntana Heritaye Prograi,. data 

 oase and estaolish a systei.,atic r.iethod for r.ioni tori n>j ano periodically upoating 

 the data Dasu for f i I I i n(j in sirnif leant oata ^aps. Pa^es 4o-49 of the Katurc 

 Conservancy's final report (Appencix 0) list hich priority areas for future 

 botanical work. 



Additionol recoiiiinencdd tasi;s in order of priority are: 



(1) incorporate recent chances in the U.S. Fish ano ',,ilalife Service's list of 

 threateneo and enaenv.,ered canoioatc plant s^^ecies, 



(2) Conduct un invcnrory of all state ear.ie ranyes and other areas riianagec by the 

 state. 



(3) l^cor^vorate ^ite ownership into the data oase. 



(4) Aod o Cate>^.ory in thvi uata base on threats or potential threats to each site. 



(5) ',;ork -with The I.'ational Pari; Service, ISFS. a^.Td 3Li^ to complete the inventory 

 within national parl;s ano wilderness areas. 



(C) Add citations for oooitional sources (theses, USCS, reports, etc.) to data 



jntr I 



eS, 



(7) Check /\loen's eastern and western ; ontana i.ionov^raphs in ^rcater detail for 

 siynificant glacial features. 



