ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We thank E. and K. Werner for help collecting field data. A. Dueker, B. Kennedy, B. 

 Summerfield, and L.Young provided additional help, advice, and interest in this survey. Thanks 

 to J. Erickson (University of Washington) for help with interpretion of bat vocalization 

 recordings. D. Dover, C. Jones, and S. Thweatt assisted with element occurrence and map 

 preparation. Financial support for the project came from the Kootenai National Forest (U.S. 

 Forest Service, Northern Region) and the Montana Natural Heritage Program (Montana State 

 Library, Natural Resources Information System and The Nature Conservancy). 



