ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We thank Doug Perkinson for his help throughout the study. Surveys of many sites were 

 done in conjunction with S. G. Beckstrom and Erik Werner. Additional help, location of 

 possible survey sites, information on herp observations, and other support was provided by A. 

 Bratkovich, J. Davies, D. Dorman, A. M. Dueker, R. Galloway, C. E. Barbat-Hidy, T. Hidy, J. 

 Holyfield, L. Johnson, W. J. Johnson, M. Moeller, M. Natale, E. Pfalzer, L. Young, M. Zweifel, 

 and other Forest Service personnel. A special note of thanks to Kay and Joe Burk for their 

 assistance and to Don Jones for information on species locations. D. D. Dover, C. Jones, and S. 

 Thweatt assisted with element occurrence and map preparation. Financial support for the project 

 came from the Kootenai National Forest (U.S. Forest Service, Northern Region) and the Montana 

 Natural Heritage Program (Montana State Library, Natural Resources Information System and 

 The Nature Conservancy). 



Museum records were received from: American Museum of Natural History, Academy of 

 Natural Science, Brigham Young University, California Academy of Science, Carnegie Museum, 

 University of Puget Sound Museum, Field Museum of Natural History, Glacier National park 

 Museum, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Kansas, Los Angeles County Museum, 

 Louisiana State University Museum of Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard, 

 Milwaukee Public Museum, Montana State University Museum, Michigan State University 

 Museum, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Northern Louisiana University 

 Museum, University of Colorado Museum, University of Georgia Museum of Natural History, 

 University of Idaho Museum, University of Michigan Museum, University of South Dakota, 

 United States National Museum of Natural History, University of Texas - Arlington, University 

 of Texas - El Paso, and Peabody Museum - Yale. 



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