TABLE 2d 



SUMMER BROOD SURVEY 



HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS 



Side/Overflow Vegetated Overhanging Log Beaver 

 Channels Gravel Bars Vegetation Jams Activity 



Drainage 



FISHER RIVER RD 



3 

 3 

 4 



3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 4 

 3 



4 

 4 

 4 



3 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 3 



3 

 3 



4 



3 

 5 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 



4 

 2 

 3 



2 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 1 



1= Low Value ; 5= High Value 



W.Fk. Yaak 

 Callahan Creek 

 Quartz Creek 

 Spread Creek 



(THREE RIVERS R.D.) 



(THREE RIVERS R.D.) 

 (LIBBY R.D. ) 



(THREE RIVERS R.D.) 



Tie Yaak River also provides potential brood rearing habitat for 

 the harlequin duck. The Yaak River has several reaches of slow, 

 deep water which flows amongst heavy willow, dogwood, and alder 

 bank cover. Overhanging vegetation cover is abundant. However, this 

 high quality habitat is already being well utilized by brood 

 rearing common mergamsers. Twenty-four mergansers were observed on 

 the Yaak River during surveys in 1989. 



The Kootenai River provides marginal habitat for brood rearing. This 

 and the fact that the river level is fluctuated (Libby Dam) so 



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