MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 

 Conunon Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S2B,SZN 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: C2 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010. 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



•I. :■: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EG rank comments : 



County: SANDERS 



MARTEN CREEK 



C/B 



5 PAIRS PRESENT IN 1993, FEWER IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 



3-4 OTHER STREAMS WITHIN 20 KM WITH TOTAL OF 



9-12 PAIRS; NO BOATING, LITTLE FISHING. 



USGS quadrangle: NOXON 



BLOOM PEAK 



Range: Section: 

 032W 32 



Township: 



025N 



Precision: M 



Survey date : 



First observation: 198 6 



Last observation: 1993-07-29 



TRS comments : 

 ADDITIONAL SECTIONS 



Elevation: 2330 - 2850 

 Slope/aspect: 



Size (acres) : 



Location: 



THE SOUTH AND NORTH FORKS OF MARTEN CREEK ARE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 

 NOXON RESERVOIR, CA. 8 MILES NW OF TROUT CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



GENERALLY 2 TO 4 PAIRS BREED. (SPECIFIC OBSERVATION DATA ON FILE AT 

 MTNHP . ) 



General site description: 



MOUTH OF MARTEN CREEK IS MAPPED. THIS EO INCLUDES THE NORTH BRANCH 

 (CA. 5 MILES) AND SOUTH BRANCH (CA. 1.5 MILES) AS CONTIGUOUS HABITAT. 



Land owner/manager: L 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: '•.'"'''.-;, r-' .: : 



Information source: REICHEL, JAMES D. [ZOOLOGIST] MONTANA NATURAL 



HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: (406) 

 444-3009. 



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