Vol. 11 No. 3-4 December (2005)

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Published: 2005-12-01

Independent Refereed Articles

Evidence of Relationships between Tubifex Habitat and Myxobolus Cerebralis Across A Mountian Watershed

Jason C. Burckhardt, Wayne A. Hubert

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Froage Use By White-Tailed Deer in Northwest Montana From an Historical Perspective

Gary L. Dusek, Alan K. Wood, Carolyn A. Sime

58-65
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Ear Tags Versus Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags for Effectively Marking Deer Mice

Amy J. Kuenzi, Misty M. Zumbrun, Kevin Hughes

66-70
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Case Study of a Children's Judo Class: Musculoskeletal Fitness Changes

John Amtmann, Jim Gallagher, Jake Kukay, William K. Spath

71-75
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MT American Fisheries Society Meeting Abstracts

Abstracts of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society

Kate Walker

76-97
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Individualized Meeting Abstracts

Abstracts of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society

Kate Walker

76-77
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Barriers to Prevent Non-Native Fish Movement: A Review

Peter J. Brown, Alexander V. Zale

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Basis of Design For a Fish Barrier in German Gulch Near Anaconda, Montana

Dale E. Miller

77-78
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Efficacy of Fish Screens on Irrigation Diversion Canals at Skalkaho Creek, Montana

Steve Gale, Al Zale, Tom McMahon, Chris Clancy

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Removing Roads to Restore Watersheds on the Clearwater National Forest a Nez Perce Trivbe - Clearwater National Forest Partnership

Rebecca A. Lloyd

79
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Assessment of Road Decommissioning on Stream Habitat in the Flathead National Forest

MAgnus McCaffery, Lisa Eby, Adam Switalski

79-80
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Fire Suppression and Post-Fire Rehabilitation on the Bitterroot National Forest - What Did and Didn't Work For Aquatics

Michael Jakober, Robert Brassfield

80
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Comparison and Use of Streambank Alteration Assessment Methods

Rick Henderson, Jeremiah Heitke

80
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Challenges in Developing and Implementing Ecological Standards For Aquatic Restoration Projects: A Practitioner View

Scott Gillilan

81
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Jocko River Floodplain Restoration Planning Using Suitability Analysis

Tom Parker

81-82
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A Watershed-Based Approach to Restoring Wetland-Riparian Resources and Bull Trout on the Flathead Indian Reservation

Craig Barfoot, Les Evarts, Seth Makepeace

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Native Species Habitat Restoration in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon

John M. Muhlfeld

82-83
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Build it and They Will Come: Early Monitoring Results From the Nevada Spring Creek Restoration Project

Ron Pierce, Ryen Anderson, Don Peters

83
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Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout Populations Before and After a Stream Restoration Project on Big Spring Creek, Montana

Anne Tews

83-84
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Responses of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Populations in the Upper Yellowstone River to In-Stream Flow Restoration

Patrick Byorth

84
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The Cherry Creek Native Fish Introduction Project: Successes and Problems After Two Years of Piscicide Treatment

Pat Clancy

84-85
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Selective Electrofishing Removal Strategies For Non-Native Brook Trout to Facilitate Persistence of Native Cutthroat Trout

D. P. Peterson, K. D. Fausch

85
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Conservation of Westslope Cutthroat Trout by Removal of Brook Trout Using Electrofishing

Bradley B. Shepard, Lee Nelson

85-86
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Predicting Cutthroat Trout Abundance in High-Elevation Streams: Revisiting a Model of Translocation Success

Michael K. Young, Paula M. Guenther-Gloss, Ashely D. Ficke

86
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Behavior and Characteristics of Anglers in Bull Trout Recovery Areas Within the Upper Clark Fork Watershed

Ladd Knotek, Ron Pierce

86-87
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Ground Water Pumping and Streamflow Depletion in Montana

Eloise Kendy

87
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Trammel Net Efficiency For Sturgeon Sampled in the Missouri River: Implications for Sampling Design

Eric W. Oldenburg, Paul C. Gerrity, Christopher S. Guy, William M. Gardner

88
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Habitat Use, Diet, and Growth of Hatchery-Reared Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon and Indigenous Juvenile Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River Above Fort Peck Resrvoir

Paul C. Gerrity, Christopher S. Guy, William M. Gardner

88-89
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Distribution and Status of Montana Prairie Stream Fishes

Robert G. Bramblett, Christopher S. Guy, Alexander V. Zale, Kenneth P. McDonald, Robert H. Snyder

89
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Spaatial Partitioning of Two Sculpin Species in West Central Montana

David A. Schmetterling, Susan B. Adams, David A. Neely

89-90
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Prairie Fish Community Assessments: Scientific Uses with Implications for Conservation

Dave Stagliano

90
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Environmental and Biological Factors Contributing to Salmincola Sp. Infections in Missouri River Rainbow Trout

Travis Horton, Ken Staigmiller

90-91
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Using an Index of Biotic Integrity as a Surrogate Indicator in the TMDL Process for Priaire Streams

Leanne H. Roulson

91
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Monitoring the Biological, Physical, and Chemical Integrity of the Powder River: Implications for the Sustainable Development of Coalbed Natural Gas

Carol Endicott

91-92
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Toxicity of Coalbed MEthane Discharge Water to Prairie Stream Fishes

Don Skaar, Auida Farag

92
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Consulting 101: A View From Both Sides of the Fence

Ginger Gillin

92
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Risk-Based Viable Population Monitoring

David F. Staples, Mark L. Taper, Bradley B. Shepard

93
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Trophic Position, Habitat Use, and Mercury in Flathead Lake Fish: Insights From Stable Isotopes

Craig P. Stafford, Jack A. Stanford

93
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Seasonal Movement and Habitat Use by Sub-Adult Bull Trout in the Upper Flathead River System, Montana

Clint C. Muhlfeld, Brain Marotz

94
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Age and Growth of Bull Trout in the Lower Clark Fork River System and Factors Affecting the Relative Abundance of Migratory and Resident Life History Forms

Nik Zymonas

94
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Adult Bull Trout Response to Release Above a Dam on the Clark Fork River, Montana

Lawrence L. Lockard, Joseph M. DosSantos

95
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Thermal Requirements of Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Beth A. Bear, Thomas E. McMahon, Alexander V. Zale

95-96
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Status of Burbot in Montana

Melissa Jones-Wuellner, Christopher S. Guy, Kenneth P. McDonald

96
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Seasonal and Diel Distribution of Lake Trout in Lake Mcdonald, Glacier National Park

Andrew M. Dux, Christopher S. Guy, Wade A. Fredenberg

96-97
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A Spatially Explicit Approach for Evaluating Relationships Among Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Habitat, and Disturbance in Headwater Streams

Robert E. Gresswell, Douglas S. Bateman, Christian E. Torgersen, Troy Guy, Steve Hendricks, J. E. B. Wofford

97
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Beaver Effects on Watershed Structure and Gene Flow for Columbia Spotted Frog Populations in Southwestern Montana

Stephen J. Amish, Lisa Eby

98
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Veterinary Interventions, Management, and Conservtion of the Black Rhinoceros in Zimbabwe

Mark Atkinsonn

98-99
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Relative Contributions of Prey, Physical Condition, and Habitat Structure to Predation by Cougars and Wolves in Southwest Montana

Todd Atwood, Eric Gese, Kyran Kunkel

99
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Looking Back to See Our Future: Managing Bison in The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Keith Aune, Jack Rhyan

99-100
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Assessing the Success of Swift Fox Reintroductions on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation: Project Update

David E. Ausband

100
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West Side Story: Genetic Population Structure of Elk Gangs in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Edward O. Garton

100-101
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Assessing the Roles of Nutrition and Habitat Selection in the Decline of a Bighorn Sheep Population

Regan Berkley, Janet Rachlow

101
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Distribution of Pygmy Rabbit on Public Lands in Southwest Montana

Kelly Bockting, Emily Rens

101-102
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The Montana Challenge: Remaining the Last Best Place for Fish and Wildlife in a Changing West

Robert O. Brooks, Tom Palmer, SuzAnne Miller

102
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Spatial Dynamics of the Central Yellowstone Bison Herd: Use of a Road System and Travel Network

Jason E. Bruggeman, Robert A. Garrott, Fred Watson, John Borkowski, P. J. White

102-103
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Canada Lynx and Wolverine: Five Years of Conservation

James J. Claar, Lori Nordstrom, Robert Naney, Nancy Warren, Stephen Mighton

103
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Natal Dispersal of Juvenile Pygmy Rabbits: Preliminary Results

Wendy A. Estes-Zumpf, Janet L. Rachlow

103-104
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Chronic Wasting Disease: National and State Implications

Time Feldner, Neil Anderson

104
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Bison Demography in Yellowstone National Park 1902 to Present

Julie A. Fuller, Robert A. Garrot

104-105
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Indentification of Functional Corridors with Movement Characteristics of Brown Bear on the Kenai Peninsula

Tabitha A. Gravesn, Sean Farley, Michael I. Goldstein

105
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Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road? Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation on a Painted Turtle Population

Kathleen A. Griffin

105-106
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Impacts of Tourism on Behaviro and Demography of Olympic Marmots

Suzanne Cox Griffin, L. Scott Mills, Tanguy Valois

106
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Bat Use of Highway Bridges in South-Central Montana

Paul Hendricks, Susan Lenard, Coburn Currier, Joseph Johnsonn

106-107
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Development and Application of a Mass Estimation Method: Weddell Seals as a Case Study

Darren S. Ireland, Robert A. Garrott, Jay Rotella, Jeff Banfield

107
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Evaluation of Hunter Management Strategies Utilized By Montana's Block Management Program

Kelvin R. Johnson, Robert A. Garrott, Dean Lueck

107-108
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Developing a 4-H Wildlife Program in Montana

Carolyn M. Johnson-Nistler, James E. Knight

108
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Wildlife Abundance in Response to Leafy Spurge Control with Sheep

Carolyn M. Johnson-Nistler, James E. Knight, Marc W. Kenyon, Roy L. Fenster

108-109
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Carnivore Conservation Trust: A Model for Joint Private-Government Funding to Conserve and Manage Carnivores in North America

Timothy J. Kaminski, Wayne D. Owens, James F. Gore

109
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Conservation of Native Canada Lynx in Northwest Wyoming: Promise and Pitfalls of Agency Management

Timmothy J. Kaminski, Sarah R. Dewey, Barbara M. Franklin, Robert A. Oakleaf

110
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Assessing Grizzly Bear Populations Status at an Ecosystem Scale

Katherine C. Kendall, Jeffrey B. Doty

110-111
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The Effect of Snow Compaction on coyote and Lynx Winter Ecology

Jay A. Kolbe, John R. Squires, Leonard F. Ruggiero, Daniel H. Pletscher

111
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Highway Crossing and Mortality Patterns of Black Bear for Wildlife Passage Planning in Northwest Montana

Karin R. McCoy, Chris Servheen

112
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Factors Affecting Survival of Female Greater Sage Grouse in South Phillips County, Montana, 2001-2004

Brendan J. Moynahan, Jack Ward Thomas, Mark S. Lindberg

112-113
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Factors Influencing Nest Survival and Productivity of Lewis's Woodpeckers Breeding in Aspen Riparia Woodlands

Karen R. Newlon, Jay J. Rotella, Victoria A. Saab

113
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Common Loon Breeding Ecology and Population Status in Northwest Montana

Justin Paugh, Jay Rotella, Dave Willey, Gael Bissell

114
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Prairie Dog Conservation in Montana: Past, Present and Future

Allison Puchniak, Heidi Youmans, Kristi DuBois

114-115
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Snowshoe Hare Fecal Pellet Deposition and Disappearance Rates Near Seeley Lake, Montana

Pilar Rivera, Daniel Pletscher

115
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The Impacts of the Forest Highways Program on Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat: A Growing Threat

Christopher Servheen, Gayle Joslin

115-116
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Factors Influencing Wildlife Use of Underpasses and Culverts Along I-90 in Western Montana

Rebecca Shoemaker, Christopher Servheen

116
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How Does Harvest Mortality Affect Sage Grouse Population Dynamics?

Jenny Sika, Jay Rotella, Jay Newell

117
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From Lemons to Lemonade: The State of Gray Wolf Conservation and Management in Montana

Carolyn A. Sime, Edward E. Bangs, Joe Fontaine, Val Asher, Liz Bradley, Kent Laudon, Mike Ross, Jon Trapp

117-118
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Movements of Lynx at Multiple Scales in Northwest Montana: Preliminary Results

John R. Squires, Leonard F. Ruggiero, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Jay Kolbe

118
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Elk Use of Forage and Cover in Response to Wildfire and Severe Snow Conditions

Michael J. Thompson, G. Ross Baty, C. Les Marcum

118-119
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Wolf Den Site Selection in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Jon R. Trapp, Paul Beier, Curt Mack, David R. Parsons

119
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The Efficacy of Using Snow Tracks in Providing Genetic Data From Wolverine and Other Carnivores

Todd J. Ulizio, Daniel H. Pletscher, John R. Squires, Michael K. Schwartz, James J. Claar, Leonard F. Ruggiero

120
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West Nile Virus and Sage Grouse: An Update

Brett L. Walker, David E. Naugle, Kevin E. Doherty

120-121
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Multi-Scale Factors Related to Snowshoe Hare Densities in Fragmented Forests

Carly Walker, L. Scott Mills, Karen E. Hodges, Gary Koehler

121
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A Cat Race Tail... of Houndsmen, Biologists, Administrators, Committees and Lawmakers in Northeast Montana - A History of Montana HB 142

Jim Williams

121-122
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Behavioral Responses of Elk to the Threat of Wolf Predation: Sex-Specific Constraints

John Winnie, Scott Creel

122
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