m research projects in Idaho, including Cassirer (1989) , who 



studied harlequin distribution and status on the Nez Perce 

 National Forest and Wallen and Groves (1988, 1989) efforts on 

 harlequin distribution, breeding biology and nesting habitat in 

 northern Idaho. 



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SURVEY AREA 



All of the surveys completed were in the Flathead National 

 Forest, northwest Montana and most were in the Bob Marshall, 

 Great Bear and Scapegoat Wilderness Areas of the Forest (Fig. 1) . 

 A few streams were surveyed in the non-wilderness area of the 

 Forest (see Table 1) . The surveys were conducted along three 

 main drainages; the South and Middle Forks of the Flathead River 

 and the Spotted Bear River. Tributaries and side creeks of these 

 drainages comprised the remainder of the survey mileage. Two days 

 were spent on the southern end of the Forest surveying Monture 

 Creek and the North Fork of the Blackfoot River, sections of 

 which lie in the adjacent Lolo National Forest. 



