ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We thank Cliff McCarthy, Custer National Forest, for support in all phases of the study. 

 Ashland District coordination and logistical help of Mike Munoz, Ronald Hecker, Joyce 

 Anderson, Fonda Red Wing, Scott Suidiner, and Ramah Brien is gratefully acknowledged. 

 Indispensable Infonnation and comments were provided by David Schmoller independently 

 conducting biological assessment field studies on the District. Shannon Kimball provided 

 fieldwork assistance. Montana Natural Heritage Program data management assistance was 

 provided by Margaret Beer, Debbie Dover, Cedron Jones and Katharine Jurist, with GIS 

 map production by Cedron Jones and John Hinshaw. Taxonomic consultation and use of 

 herbarium facilities for taxonomic reveiw were critical in this project, and gratitude is 

 expressed to Ronald Hartman and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium at the University of 

 Wyoming, Matt Lavin and John Rumely and the Montana State University Herbarium, 

 Peter Stickney and the U.S. Forest Service Herbarium at the Missoula Resource Center, 

 David Dyer and the University of Montana Herbarium, and Ralph Brooks, University of 

 Kansas. Susan Rinehart and Mike Munoz provided comments on draft copies of this 

 report. This work was contracted by Custer National Forest with Montana Natural 

 Heritage Program. 



