Table of Contents 



Introduction 1 



Procedures 2 



Game Mammals 2 



Game Birds 2 



Songbirds 2 



Raptors 3 



Nongame Mammals 3 



Amphibians and Reptiles 3 



Description of Study areas 3 



Sweeney-Snyder 3 



Greenleaf-Mlller 5 



Foster Creek 5 



Sand Creek 10 



Birney 10 



Kirby l6 



Tongue River Dam 16 



Vegetation Type Descriptions l6 



Ponderosa Pine Series 21 



Ponderosa Pine Subtype 21 



Snowberry Subtype 21 



Juniper Subtype 21 



Creeping Juniper Subtype 21 



Sagebrush Subtype 21 



Skunkbush Suby tpe 24 



Grassland Subtype. 24 



Juniper Series 24 



Sagebrush Subtype 24 



Skunkbush Subtype 24 



Grassland Subtype 27 



Sagebrush/Grassland Series „ „ 27 



Big Sagebrush Subtype 27 



Silver Sagebrush/Greasewood Subtype « <, » . 27 



Skunkbush Subtype o 27 



Xeric Grassland Subtype 27 



Riparian Series 30 



Deciduous Tree Subtype 30 



Deciduous Shrub Subtype 30 



Riparian Grass Subtype 30 



Pioneer Porb Subtype 30 



Agricultural Series 33 



Upland Subtype 33 



Creek Bottom Subtype 33 



Results and Discussion 33 



Sweeney-Snyder 33 



Mule Deer 33 



Population characteristics 33 



Distribution 36 



Vegetation type usage 4l 



Activity 4l 



Use of topography 41 



Use of exposure 41 



Use of Slope 46 



Antelope. . . . „ 46 



Population characteristics 46 



