The largest aunount of information, particularly regard- 

 ing biological populations, has been gathered on streams in 

 the Lolo, Deer Lodge and Bitterroot National Forests. During 

 the summer of 1985, approximately 150 macroinvertebrate 

 samples were collected on streams in these three forests. 

 Some fish population data was also gathered during 1985 in 

 cooperation with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and 

 Parks. 



FUTURE ACTIVITIES ; According to the draft Forest Plans 

 recently prepared by all seven national forests in the basin, 

 the frequency of sediment and biological monitoring activi- 

 ties will increase over the next decade. The Clark Fork 

 River Basin Project and Region I of the U. S. Forest Service 

 are working on a Memorandum of Understanding to better 

 coordinate the methods and objectives of state and federal 

 sediment monitoring activities in the basin. 



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