MONTANA NATtmAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 

 Common Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2B,SZN Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010. 019 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: TRAIL CREEK ' -^ 

 EO rank : C/B 



EO rank comments: 4-6 PAIRS PRESENT; NO FISHING OR BOATING; ACCESS 



MODERATE TO DIFFICULT EXCEPT TO LANDOWNERS BELOW 

 FLATHEAD NF. MAY BE PART OF A LARGER COMPLEX WITH 

 KISHENEHN CREEK EO#28 . DUCKS HAVE ALSO BEEN 

 REPORTED ON RED MEADOW AND WHALE CREEKS WITH 2 

 KM. 



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County: FLATHEAD - ' ' - 



USGS quadrangle: TRAILCREEK 

 MOUNT HEFTY 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 037N 022W 30 SE4NE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



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Elevation: 3800 - 4280 

 1990 Slope/aspect: 



1994-08-01 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



TAKE THE NORTH FORK FLATHEAD ROAD PAST POLEBRIDGE TO FS ROAD #114, 

 THEN CA. 3 MILES WEST. 



Element occurrence data: 



PROBABLY 2 TO 4 BROODS PRODUCED EACH YEAR. (SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA 

 ON FILE AT MTNHP.) 



General site description: 



A CA. 7 MILE SEGMENT OF MOUNTAIN STREAM, SECTIONS OF WHICH ARE 

 INTERMITTENT DURING LATE SUMMER. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, GLACIER VIEW RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT UNKNOWN. 



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