TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT iii 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iii 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS AND MATERIALS .' 3 



RESULTS 3 



DISCUSSION 7 



Distribution 7 



Detectability 7 



Habitat Patches 7 



Research Methods 11 



STATE\VIDE MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESEARCH NEEDS 12 



LITERATURE CITED 15 



APPENDIX 1. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 



LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES 



Table 1. Sites trapped during 1995 northern bog lemming surveys on the BLM Garnet Resource 

 Area 4 



Table 2. Sites examined for northern bog lemming habitat, but found unsuitable or only 



marginally suitable 5 



Table 3. Results of snap trapping during 1995 northern bog lemming surveys 6 



Table 4. Plant communities present at 6 northern bog lemming sites 8 



Table 5. Characteristics of known bog lemming sites, plus several additional sites in the Sunday 

 Creek complex, in Montana 10 



Figure 1 . Map of Northern Bog Lemming locations in Montana and sites surveyed in 1995. ... 2 



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