ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The Montana Natural Heritage Program, through Dave Center, 

 and the U. S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management's 

 Challenge Cost Share Programs provided funding for this study. 

 The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, through the 

 Bozeman and Dillon offices, provided field and computer equipment 

 as well as some personnel for the project. Gary Senger was very 

 helpful in the field and generated the isopleths for this report. 

 Brad Shepard, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 

 provided ideas, suggestions and overall guidance for this study. 

 Bob McFarland, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 

 aided in the computer analysis of data and the generation of this 

 report. Kal Caya at Montana State University provided comments 

 on the final draft. 



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