DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING VALUE CLASSES 



A. Procedure for Criterion 1 - Species and Habitat Value of Stream Reach 

 I. Standards and Associated Points 



. Stand - 

 Poln'ta— ard 



15 



2/ 

 I Highest-valued habitat— for class A species of special 



3/ 

 conceroi' 



10 



11 High priority habitat for class A species of special concern. 



or 

 Highest-valued habitat for class B species of special concern. 



Ill Substantial habitat for class A soecies of special concern. 



or 

 High priority habitat for class B species of special concern. 



or 

 Highest-valued habitat for class C species of special concern. 



IVA Substantial habitat for class B species of special concern. 



or 

 High priority habitat for class C species of special concern. 



1.5 IVB Substantial habitat for class C special of special concern. 



Limited habitat for any species of special concern. 



Abundan 



Ml 



Al 



population of: (1) native not species of special 



concern^' or (2) non-native game or sport spec 



les ot 

 iesl'- 



VIA Common abundance of: (1) native not species of special concern 

 or (2) non-native game or sport species. 



.2 VIB Same as VIA only abundance rating is uncommon or unknown. 



VII Same as VIA only abundance is rated as rare, M (species absent 



but might be present if habitat problem corrected) or E (species 

 expected but not verified). 



or 

 Presence of any non-native non-sport species. 



VIII 



Esthetics is 3 or higher (on a scale of 1 lowest to 5 highest) , 



IX Stream is one of few streams or only one in the immediate area 

 and is important to community for scientific study, nature 

 study and/or recreation. 



Stream is a spring stream or spring creek. 



\J Points are awarded for each species meeting a standard. 



2/ Habitat designations: highest-valued, high priority, substantial, and limited are 



based on Judgement decisions of fisheries managers. 

 3/ See list of species of special concern in Appendix. 

 5/ See list of Montana fish species In Appendix. 



