Gardiner Ranger District 



Cedar Cr. was fairly high gradient below the OTO Ranch and 

 then leveled out as the valley widened. It was lacking in good 

 feeding sites, because the majority of Cedar Cr. was pool 

 formation and the current is too slow and water levels too low 

 for harlequin habitat. Little Trail Cr. was also too small for 

 any harlequin potential. 



The Hellroaring Cr. drainage contained deep, rocky canyons 

 from the Forest Service boundary upstream a coupe of miles. Two 

 miles above the Hellroaring forest Service Station the meadows 

 begin and the creek meanders and the water flow is practically 

 still. Brundage Cr . was too small. Both the Middle Fork and the 

 North West Fork of Hellroaring Cr . are low gradient, and low 

 flowing creeks. Buffalo Cr. and Slough cr. meandered through 

 meadow areas and did not have extensive vegetation on the stream 

 side. The water levels are too low and the turbulence is absent. 

 Lost Cr. was characterized by steep banks and large boulders and 

 small pools. The three drainages Slough, Buffalo, and 

 Hellroaring, burned during the 1988 fires. The vegetation 

 component and stream habitat may be lacking. 

 Bozeman Ranger District 



The only stream surveyed on this district was Cottonwood Cr. 

 From my starting point in the private land, cattle were grazing 

 leaving a short stretch of creek partially open for approximately 

 one half of a mile. Then the vegetation was thick that gave the 

 creek good cover. It is highly secluded and remote, but island 

 and nesting habitat is lacking. 



