MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS 



Common Name: HARLEQUIN DUCK ' 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2B,SZN Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: ABNJB15010. 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: VERMILION RIVER 

 EO rank: D/C 



EG rank comments: 3 PAIRS PRESENT IN 1993, FEWER IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 



3-4 OTHER STREAMS WITHIN 20 KM WITH TOTAL OF 

 9-12 PAIRS; LITTLE BOATING OR FISHING; 1/2 WITH 

 DIFFICULT ACCESS. 



County: SANDERS 



USGS quadrangle: TROUT CREEK 



SEVEN POINT MOUNTAIN , . - . 

 VERMILLION PEAK 

 MILLER LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 024N 031W 12 SW4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 2340 - 3400 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1992-06-01 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM TROUT CREEK GO NORTH 1.5 MILES ON SR 200, 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) 

 CORPORATE TIMBERLANDS 



Comments : 



PLACER MINING IN AREA. EXTENT OF OCCUPIED BREEDING HABITAT UNKNOWN. 



Information source: MILLER, VERNON E. (GENE). 850, HIGHWAY 200 WEST, 



PLAINS, MT 59859. 



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