occur approximately 1 mile below Yaak Falls in the canyons and 

 above the Burnt Dutch Road bridge near mile post 13. 



Seventeen Mile Creek, The South Fork and The East Fork of 

 the Yaak River all appear to have quality habitat and have 

 records of harlequin sightings. The North Fork of the Yaak River 

 has good habitat. Unconfirmed reports of harlequin ducks 

 congregating in swampy portions of the river approximately 1 mile 

 north of the Canadian border needs to be investigated. The 

 portion of the West Fork of the Yaak River which runs beside 

 trail #318 also appears to have good habitat and is relatively 

 secluded. Additionally, Keeler Creek appears to have good 

 habitat. 



Libby District - Harlequin ducks appear to use the Kootenai 

 River as a traditional migratory route. We speculate that some 

 tributaries of the Kootenai serve as nesting grounds. Quartz 

 Creek is probably one of these streams. While we did not locate 

 any harlequins on Quartz Creek during surveys in 1989 or 1990, 

 previous sightings (Table 4) and the availability of habitat 

 indicate to us that Quartz Creek is an important stream. 



West Fisher Creek appears to have very good habitat and 

 warrants additional surveys and evaluation. Our surveys of 

 portions of Cherry Creek, Libby Creek and lower Granite Creek 

 indicate that quality habitat exists but human disturbance is 

 moderate to high in some areas. Pipe Creek also has portions 

 with quality habitat and areas of high human caused disturbance. 



Cabinet District - Rock Creek appears to have quality 



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