Acknowledgements 



The Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited (BBCTU), U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Chutney Foundation, North Powell Conservation District, Northwestern Energy 

 and Blackfoot Challenge helped make the 2002 and 2003 fisheries program possible by 

 funding two fisheries technicians. These technicians completed the telemetry studies, 

 assisted in all aspects of project monitoring and watershed coordination, and made many 

 aspects of the restoration work possible. Above all, we thank the BBCTU for their 

 dedicated long-term commitment to all aspects of river restoration, specifically the Fish 

 and Habitat Committee of BBCTU for all their dedicated work including project review, 

 fund-raising and assistance with conflict resolution and project maintenance. The 

 USFWS (Greg Neudecker and Jeff Everett) spent countless hours coordinating and 

 assisting in all project elements and helped ftmd the telemetry study. Dave Rosgen 

 provided insight and training, and helped develop our restoration methods. Regional 

 FWP fisheries staff included contributions of Rod Berg, Winston Morton, Sibley Ligas- 

 Malee, Ladd Knotek, David Schmetterling and Pat Saffel. Glen Phillips and Mark Lere 

 and the Future Fisheries Committee supported the effort through funding, administration 

 and environmental permitting. Other key cooperators expanding their presence in the 

 watershed include Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Western 

 Water Project. We also thank the interns, high school teachers and students, consultants, 

 contractors, volunteers and all the landowners that cooperated on data collections, 

 restoration projects and allowed us access to streams during the 2002 and 2003 field 

 seasons. 



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