ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This project was made possible through support of the Montana Natural Heritage 

 Program - a collaborative effort of The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Resource 

 Information System - and a Challenge Cost Share agreement with the (former) Lewistown 

 District, Bureau of Land Management. Michelle Williams and Dave Genter secured the initial 

 contract that got this project going. Tim Novotny supervised the supplemental contract that 

 covered the field work reported herein. Pete Feigley, David Kampwerth, Sam Martinez, and 

 Mike Roedel all assisted with the cave counts, trapping, or both. Mike Bogan (USGS) verified 

 tentative identifications on bat skulls recovered from Azure Cave in 1997 and 1998. Dennis 

 Flath (Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks) provided data on the bats collected during 

 the 1978 cave inventory. Tom Butts shared information from his 1993 and 1994 trips to Azure 

 Cave, and Don Sasse clarified some points about his visit to the cave in 1991. Kevin Ryan and 

 his staff at Zortman Mining, Inc. provided logistical support and access to abandoned mines in 

 1996 that laid the foundation for the supplemental work of 1997-1998. Thanks to them all. 



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