ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This project had its origins in the fertile minds of Dave Genter (MTNHP) and Tom 

 O'Shea (BRD/USGS). Without their initial planning and design efforts in coordination with DK 

 the project wouldn't have seen the light of day. In the early stages (1997) Pete Feigley 

 supervised and fine-tuned the project, both in the office and the field, with the help of MB and 

 Sam Martinez. External field surveys were conducted in 1998 by PH, Tom O'Shea, MB, and 

 Janelle Corn; the bulk of the work was carried out by the latter two individuals. Internal surveys 

 were conducted by PH, DK (who also organized the safety protocols for the project), Sam 

 Martinez, MB, and Tom O'Shea Robin McCulloch (Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology) 

 provided an MSHA training session for those of us scheduled to go underground. John Hinshaw 

 (MTNHP) corrected the GPS data we brought to him, Kate Schletz (MTNHP) interpreted bat 

 calls recorded on cassette tapes at surveyed mines. Tom O'Shea provided numerous suggestions 

 on an earlier draft of this report that significantly improved its content. The project was funded 

 through Cooperative Agreement No. 1434-CR-97-AG-00008 between the USGS-Biological 

 Resources Division, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center and the Montana Natural Heritage 

 Program, under the USGS Species- At-Risk program. 



