HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS * 008 

 HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



VERMILLION RIVER 



County: SANDERS 



USGS quadrangle: TROUT CREEK 

 SEVEN POINT MOUNTAIN 

 VERMILLION PEAK 

 MILLER LAKE 



Township: 

 024N 



Range: 

 031W 



Section: 

 12 



TRS comments : 

 SW4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1988 

 1992-06-01 



Elevation: 2340 -3400 



Slope/aspect: 



Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM TROUT CREEK GO NORTH 1.5 MILES ON SR 2 00, RIGHT 5 MILES 

 ON THE BLUE SLIDE ROAD, THEN LEFT 2 MILES UP THE VERMILLION 

 RIVER ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1988: HEN WITH 3 YOUNG OBSERVED. 1989: 2 FEMALES WITH BROODS 



OBSERVED, ONE IN MAPPED LOCATION, ONE IN T24N,R30W,8 

 ,.. (SEVERAL MILES UPSTREAM). 1992: OBSERVED SINGLE MALE 



[T24N,R30W,2] AND SINGLE FEMALE [T24N, R30W, 7 ] ; MALE WAS 



MARKED . 



General site description: 



A CA. 10 MILE STREAM SEGMENT, FROM VERMILLION BAY TO 

 VERMILLION FALLS. 



Land owner /manager : 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY 



Comments: 



PLACER MINING IN AREA. EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT 

 UNKNOWN . 



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 Information source: 



MILLER, V. E. (GENE) . 850 HWY 200 WEST, PLAINS, MT 59859. 

 Specimens: 



Element Occurrence Record 

 Harlequin Duck Surveys in 

 Western Montana: 1992 



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