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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



This report represents the culmination of a study utilizing data 

 collected by fisheries biologists of the Montana Department of Fish and 

 Game between 1966 and 1976. Much of the data was collected and sum- 

 marized by Dr. William Miller, Norman W. Peterson, Barry M. Schaplow, 

 and Harold R. Stevenson. Other department biologists who participated 

 in the study are Allen A. Elser, Ronald G. Marcoux, Bruce May, E. 

 Richard Vincent and Alfred H. Wipperman. The manuscript was reviewed 

 by Eley P. Denson, Dr. Calvin M. Kaya, Richard H. Kennedy, Ronald G. 

 Marcoux, Dr. William Miller, Norman W. Peterson, and Donald L. Tennant. 

 Dr. Donald R. Reichmuth, Marietta Smith, and Dr. Kenneth J. Tiahrt 

 assisted with the analyses of data. 



The Bureau of Reclamation provided the Montana Department of 

 Fish and Game $138,000 to conduct this study. Additional funding 

 was provided through Dingell -Johnson Project F-9-R, Montana. 



