cxntacted tt^ Montana Natural Heritage Program director to discuss 

 the possibility of developing baseline data on the occurrence, 

 distribution, relative density, and habitat use of bats on the 

 Forest. The results of the first year of study are presented here. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



Field work for this study was performed by Tan Butts with the 

 assistance of Wendy Wilson and Jeremy Butts. Dave Center of the 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program provided direction, suggestions, 

 editing of reports, field assistance, equipment, and bat 

 identification. Jina Mariani, Deerlodge National Forest, Butte, 

 provided the impetus for the study, funding, a vehicle, and editorial 

 ccrments on the final report. 



