ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



This project could not have been completed without the willing assistance 

 of numerous groups. DSL, the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment 

 Station, and Region 1, Cooperative Forestry and Pest Management jointly wish 

 to acknowledge the following agencies, organizations, and individuals for their 

 contributions and cooperation: 



Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 



Soil Conservation Service 



Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 



Beaverhead National Forest 



Deerlodge National Forest 



Flathead National Forest 



Gallatin National Forest 



Helena National Forest 



Lewis and Clark National Forest 



Lolo National Forest 



Clerk and Recorder's offices in Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, 



Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Powell, and Silver 



Bow Counties 

 Assessors' offices in Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Granite, 



Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Powell, and Silver Bow 



Counties 

 Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks 

 Plum Creek Timber Company, Incorporated 

 Champion International Corporation 

 USDI Bureau of Land Management 

 Local landowners who granted access to their lands. 



For collecting inventory data, DSL recognizes the forest inventory crew, 

 which included: supervisor Brian Long; inventory foresters Jim Huter, Steve 

 Wallace, Dave Remington, Pete Metzmaker, and Bob Dillon; inventory techni- 

 cians Kurt Gelderman, Mark Hannah, Steve Jorgenson, Jeff Rupkalvis, and 

 Randy Piearson; and secretary Caroline Flink. For consulting, adopting, and 

 developing special inventory procedures, DSL recognizes: Hal Hunter and 

 Frank Kirschten of the Soil Conservation Service, and Vince Frezzo of the 

 Forestry Division (forest land range inventory); Jeff Jahnke and Paul Klug of 

 the DSL (silvicultural treatment opportunities inventory); Terry Lonner of the 

 Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (wildlife use inventory); and 

 Bill Fischer of the Forest Service (fuel loading inventory). DSL also recog- 

 nizes: Brian Long and Bob Dillon of the Forestry Division for writing this 

 report; Diane Smith for editing it; Bob Dillon and Kurt Gelderman of the 

 Forestry Division for the photographs used in this report; and the Montana 

 Department of Administration, Publications and Graphics Bureau for helping 

 with the graphics, layout, and printing. Earl Salmonson and Don Artley of 

 the Forestry Division provided direction for the project. 



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