- Bitterbush production could be stimulated with topping 

 while serviceberry and chokecherry responded favorably to 

 either spring broadcast burning or topping. 



- Recommended thinning and logging operations on winter 

 ranges adjacent to the reservoir should be investigated 

 to determine optimum size and ratios of conifer thickets 

 to cleared areas. 



Footnotes 



-'•Population estimates for the Kootenai National Forest for 1934- 

 1936 are from US. Dep. Agric. (1937). 



^Population estimates for the Kootenai National Forest for 1937- 

 1958 are f ) om the Annual Wildlife Report prepared by the ranger 

 districts. 



^The population estimates for the Fisher River district from 

 1938-1941 were obtained from the U.S. Dep. Agric. (1956). 



^Population estimates by the Montana Department of Fish and Game 

 for 1951, 1952, and 1954 were obtained from the Quarterly Reports, 

 Wildlife Restoration Division, for the respective year. 



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