TABLE OF CONTENTS 



LIST or FlfaURES iii 



LIST OF TABLES v 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Background 1 



The Kootenai Falls Project 1 



Overall Study Scope and Object! \)(es 1 



The Study Area 5 



HABITATS OF THE STUDY AREA 7 



The Kootenai River and Kootenai Falls 7 



Preliminary Cover and Terrian Classification 7 



Habitat Categories n 



INVENTORY 13 



Methods 13 



General . 13 



Large Mammal Survey 13 



Riparian Habitat Transects 19 



Water Bird Survey and Census 19 



Bald Eagle Survey 20 



Bird Census 20 



Small Mammal Trapping 20 



Reptile and Amphibian Survey 22 



Results 22 



Sunmary of Fauna Observed 22 



Water Bird Survey and Census 30 



Riparian Habitat Transects | 33 



Winter Bird Survey and Breeding Bird Census 38 



Sniall Mammal Trapping 38 



Furbearer Harvest Data 38 



Species Accounts -- Birds 42 



Species Accounts -- Mannials 51 



Summary of Habitat Relations '.'.'.'.'. 70 



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ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATING MEASURES 



Habitat Alteration 80 



