visited in the South Fork Grand River basin 

 recei\ed higher macroin\ertebrate scores than 

 those in the Moreau basin. The 3 sites in the Little 

 Missouri River basin that ranked high for fish as a 

 Medium-Large Prairie Ri\eralso received 

 excellent macroinvertebrate integrity scores. 



Dra/^on/Iies and Damsel/lies. Incidental 

 dragon Hn and damsclll\ observations were made 

 and recorded during the fish and macroinvertebrate 

 surveys. Three dragonfly species were common 

 across most sites (Common Green Darner. Anax 

 Junius: Eight-spotted Skimmer Lihcllula forensis 

 and the Variegated Meadow hawk, Sympelrium 

 corrupium) and no species of concern were noted 

 at any sites. The pale snaketaii. Ophioi^omphus 

 severus. was onl\ spotted at Medium Prairie River 

 sites with good flow and gravel substrates. The 

 damselflies (Familiar Bluet, Eiuillagma civile. 

 Northern Bluet. EnalUiiima cyaihigerum: Eastern 

 Forktail, Ischnuru veriiccilis and the Common 

 Spread wing, testes disjunctus) were common 

 among the sites. Sites with abundant aquatic 

 vegetation (South Fork Moreau #1, North Fork 

 Moreau # I , Crooked Creek, Campbell Creek and 

 Jones Creek # 1 & 2) had abundant populations of 

 larval damselflies as well. 



Amphibian and Reptile Incidentals. Incidental 

 herpetotauna observations were made and 

 recorded in conjunction w ith the fish and 

 macroinvertebrate sur\eys. I hree amphibian 

 species (Woodhouse's Toad, Bufo woodhousii. 

 Great Plains Toad, Bufo co^natus and the 

 Northern Leopard Frog. Raini pipiens ) and 2 

 reptile species (Snapping Turtle. ( hclydni 

 serpentina and Plains Garter Snake, Thamnophis 

 radix) were recorded during the surveys. 



Northern Leopard Frogs had the highest site 

 occupanc\ rate at 72%. 



Integrative Community Assessment. Overall, 



diverse fish and macroinvertebrate communities 

 with high biological integritx are highl\ correlated 

 with good riparian condition and high habitat quality 

 as ranked by the EPA Habitat Qualit\ Inde.x. 

 Community results from the habitat, fish and 

 macroinvertebrate surveys combined to rank the 

 following sites from highest biological integrity to 

 lowest within their aquatic ecological classification 

 codes: 



Medium Prairie River (AES B005): I ) Little 



Missouri Montana site. 2) Little Missouri U2. 3) 

 Little Missouri^ Camp Crook. 4) South Fork 

 Moreau #3 



Northwestern Great Plains Prairie Stream 



(AES COOS): 1 ) South Fork Grand #2, 2) South 

 Fork Grand #1,3) North Fork Moreau River #2, 4) 

 Jones Creek #2, 5) Crooked Creek. 6) South Fork 

 Moreau River #2, 7) Bull Creek 



Intermittent Prairie Stream (AES code D005): 

 1 ) North Fork Moreau #1,2) South Fork Moreau 

 #1:3) Campbell Creek. 4) Spur Creek. 5) Hay 

 Creek. 6) Jones Creek # 1 



Intermittent Fishless Prairie Stream (AES 

 code E005): 1 ) Pine Spring Creek 



Northwestern Great Plains Perennial Spring 



(AES code S()05): I ) Picnic Spring 



Jones Creek site #2. near the confluence with the 

 SouthFork Grand River, has high ecological 

 potential to recover if hydrologic restoration occurs. 



