TABLE OF CONTENTS 



LIST OF FIGURES ^^ 



LIST OF TABLES ^^ 



LIST OF APPENDICES ^ 



INTRODUCTION ^ 



Study Areas and Objectives j 



Approach , 



METHODS 2 



General Aerial and Ground Surveys 9 



Waterfowl Survey and Census 2 



Monitoring of Raptor Nests and Grouse Leks 2 



Roadside Wildlife Survey 2 



Small Mammal Trapping 2 



Lagomorph Survey 3 



WEATHER ^ 



VEGETATION AND HABITATS 5 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -7 



Wildlife Species Parameters 7 



Tabular Summarv y 



Narrative Accounts for Selected Species 21 



Bird Community Parameters 35 



Waterfowl Communities 35 



Roadside Wildlife Survey 35 



Small Mammal Community Parameters 45 



AREAS OF SPECIAL CONCERN 5I 



RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE MONITORING 55 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5g 



LITERATURE CITED 55 



APPENDICES ^^ 



