Pheasant 

 Heaven 



Nine-pipe Wildlife Management Area 



b\ John Fralev and John Grant 



JUST EAST OF CHARLO in the 

 morning shadow of the Mission 

 Mountains, there's an oasis of bird 

 habitat Ulce no other in western Mon- 

 tana. Formed by glaciers that scoured 

 the landscape some 12.000 years ago. 

 enriched early this century by con- 

 sliiiclion of the Flathead Irrigation 

 Project, and modified by decades of 

 agricultural activity, the wetland, 

 grassland, and cropland habitats form- 

 ing the Ninepipe Wildlife Management 

 Area ( WMA) are home to a great 

 variety of wildlife species. 



