TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT iii 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS 2 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 5 



Bat Detector Surveys 5 



Table 1 . Forest bat presence in old-growth/mature stands and "disturbed" stands 



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Table 2. Forest bat presence in old-growth/mature and riparian stands 8 



Mist-net and Mine Surveys 9 



Summary 9 



Species Present on the Kootenai National Forest 13 



California Myotis 13 



Western Small-footed Myotis 15 



Long-eared Myotis 17 



Little Brown Myotis 19 



Long-legged Myotis 21 



Yuma Myotis 23 



Silver-haired Bat 25 



Big Brown Bat 27 



Hoary Bat 29 



Townsend's Big-eared Bat 31 



Species Potentially Present on the Kootenai National Forest 32 



Fringed Myotis 32 



RECOMMENDATIONS 33 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 35 



Appendix 1 . Field forms used in bat inventories 40 



Appendix 2. Sites of ANABAT surveys 42 



Appendix 3. Locations of bat species detected during the 1994-1995 ANABAT surveys 48 



Appendix 4. Bat species presence on Districts of the Kootenai National Forest 58 



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