



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Able assistance in the collection and compilation of field data was 

 provided by Bruce Rehwinkel, Jim Brammer, Dick Oswald, and Fred Nelson. The 

 figures in this report were prepared by Sharon Tiller. The University of 

 Montana Genetics Laboratory performed electrophoretic analysis of westslope 

 cutthroat trout. Bruce Rehwinkel and Dick Vincent conducted the fish 

 population analysis. Fred Nelson performed the computer analysis of the 

 cross-sectional data for the instream flow analysis. Dick Oswald conducted 

 and wrote the aquatic invertebrate portion of the evaluation. Glen Phillips 

 conducted and wrote the water quality portion of the evaluation with the 

 assistance of Kurt Hill. Duane Klarich of Systems Technology, Inc. conducted 

 and wrote the periphyton portion of the evaluation. The manuscript was 

 compiled by Jerry Wells and Fred Nelson and prepared by EXECUTEC documentation 

 service and Wanda Myers. 



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