Vol. 13 No. 4 December (2007)

Published: 2007-12-31

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Independent Refereed Articles

Diatom Indicators of Climate Change in Glacier National Park

Loren L. Bahls

99-109
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Mercury in Mouse Hair: A Monitoring Tool for Environmental Exposure

Thomas Waring, Richard Douglass

110-115
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Risk Assessment of Lead Poisoning in Raptors Caused by Recreational Shooting of Prairie Dogs

Robert M. Stephens, Aran S. Johnson, Regan E. Plumb, Kimberly Dickerson, Mark C. Mckinstry

116-123
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Seasonal and Spawning Movements of Genetically Pure and Hybridized Westslope Cutthroat Trout in the Fan Creek Drainage, Yellowstone National Park

Carrie Brooke

138
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MT American Fisheries Society Meeting Abstracts

The American Fisheries Society 40th Annual Meeting Abstracts

David Schmetterling

124-151
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MT The Wildlife Society Meeting Abstracts

The Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting Abstracts

Carolyn Sime

152-184
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Individualized Meeting Abstracts

Relating Fish Assemblages to Environmental Patterns at Three Multi-State Scales

Robert M. Hughes, Alan T. Herlihy, Jean C. Sifneos

124
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An Outbreak of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia in the Great Lakes: Montana's Next Whirling Disease?

Ken Staigmiller

125
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Nuisance Alga Didymosphenia Geminata: A Threat to our Fisheries

Leah C.S. Elwell

125
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Fish Assembalges in the Powder and Tongue Rivers in Relation to Coalbed Natural Gas Development

Windy N. Davis, Robert G. Bramblett, Alexander V. Zale

126
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Spatiotemporal Variation in Prairie Stream Fish Assembalges

Jason A. Mullen, Robert G. Bramblett, Christopher S. Guy, Alexander V. Zale

126
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Assessment of Post-Stocking Dispersal of Age-1 Pallid Sturgeon: Implications for Acclimation

Eric W. Oldenburg, Christopher S. Guy, William M. Gardner

127
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Population Viability of Arctic Grayling in the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park

Amber C. Steed, Alexander V. Zale, Todd M. Koel, Steven Kalinowski

127-128
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Lae Trout Suppresion in Lake Pend Oreille Idaho - Will it Work?

Ned J. Horner, Michael J. Hansen

128
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Are Anglers Able to Reduce Lake Trout Abundance in Flathead Lake?

Barry Hansen

128-129
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Lake Trout Suppresion in Yellowstone Lake: The Reality of This Battle For Cutthroat Trout Persistence

Todd M. Koel, Patricia E. Bigelow, Philip D. Doepke, Brian D. Ertel

129
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Lake Trout in The Lakes of Glacier National Park, Montana

Michael H. Meeuwig, Christopher S. Guy, Wade A. Fredenberg

129-130
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Lake Trout Population Control in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho: Reversing Lessons From the Great Lakes

Michael J. Hansen, Ned J. Horner

130
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Simple Population Models: What Can They Tell Us About Lake Trout Suppression

Lisa Eby, John Syslo

131
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Analyzing Tradeoffs Between the Threat of Invasion by Nonnative Trout and Effects of Intentional Isolation for Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout Using a Baysian Belief Network

Douglas P. Peterson, Bruce E. Rieman, Michael K. Young, Jason B. Dunham, Kurt D. Fausch

131-132
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Fish Barrier Design in Northcentral Montana

David C Moser

132
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Effects of Road Culverts on Eastern Montana Prairie Fish Assemblages

Leo R. rosenthal, Thomas McMahon, Joel Cahoon, Robert Bramblett, Matt Blank

132-133
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Use of Pit Tag-Detecting Antennas to Assess Culvert Passage of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout in Mulherin Creek, A Tributary of the Yellowstone River

Andrew Solez, Thomas E. McMahon, Joel Cahoon, Robert Gresswell

133
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Fish Passage Planning and Development for Bull Trout at Thompson Falls Dam, Montana

Ginger G. Gillin, L. Brent Mabbott

134
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Expected Changes to the Distribution, Abundance and Life History Exression of Fishes Following the Removal of a Montana Hydroelectric Dam

David A. Schmetterling

134
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Restoration Plan for the Clark Fork River and Blackfoot River Near Milltown Dam

John M. Muhlfeld

135
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Influence of Migratory Barries on Genetic Diversity and Similarity Among Bull Trout Populations in Glacier National Park, Montana

Michael H. Meeuwig, Christopher S. Guy, Wade A. Fredenberg, Steven T. Kalinowski

135-136
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Big Coulee: An Attempt to Thwart Extinction

Sam Vansickle, Michael Enk

136
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Barrier Assessment of the Chadbourne Diversion Damn on the Sheilds River

Matt Blank, Mike Cox, Drake Burford

136-137
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Fish Losses to Irrigation Diversions On Two Tributaries of The Bitterroot River, Montana

Leslie Bahn, Alexander V. Zale, Christopher G. Clancy, Mark Lere

137
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Efficacy of Fish Screens at Preventing Entrainment of Westlope Cutthroat Trout Juveniles in Three Irrigation Canals of Skalkaho Creek, Montana

Ryan A. Harnish, Alexander V. Zale, Christopher G. Clancy

137-138
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Movement of Anglers and Sedminet Transport: Implications for Moving Aquatic Nuisance Species

Kiza K. Gates, Christopher S. Guy, Alexander V. Zale, Travis B. Horton

138-139
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Environmental Conditions Affecting the Toxicity of Piscicides

Peter J. Brown, Al V. Zale

140
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Collection of Samples to Detect Hybridization: One of These Things May Not Be Like The Other

Matthew P. Corsi, Paul Spruell, Craig Barfoot

140
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Tracking Fluvial Cutthroat Trout Movement with Stable Isotope Markers in a Stream Network

Adam Sepulveda, Winsor Lowe, Warren Colyer

141
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Montana Arctic Grayling: Status, Concerns, and Antidotes

Jim Magee

141
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Can Candidate Conservation Agreements Save Montana's Fluvial Arctic Grayling?

Peter Lamothe

142
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The Restoration of the Upper Big Hole Watershed's Riparian and Instream Habitat Using Candidate Conservation Agreements

Jeff Everett

142
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Improving Stream Flows in the Upper Big Hole Using Candidate Conservation Agreement

Michael J. Roberts

143
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Understanding Entrainment Dynamics and Potential Implications to the Conservation of Arctic Grayling in the Big Hole River

Adam Petersen

143
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Grayling Reintroduction in the Ruby River, Montana

Emily N. Rens

144
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Effects of Spill on the Kootenai River Below Libby Dam in 2006

Ryan M. Sylvester, Brian L. Marotz

145
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Correct Implementation of Variable Flow Flood Control (VARQ) At Libby Dam During 2006 Could Have Avoided Spill and Prevented Impacts to Kootenai River Fish

Brian L. Marotz

145
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Investigations into Rapid Temperature Decreases in the Upper Madison River Downstream From Quake Lake, Montana

Frank J. Pickett, Timothy B. Schulz, Pat Clancy

146
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Estimation of Fish Age Using Otolith Relative Mass

Craig P. Stafford

146
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A New Biochemical Genetic Technique to Examine Hybridization Among Westslope Cutthroat, Yellowstone

John Powell, Robb Leary

147
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Evaluation of Stocking as a Means of Replacing Introduced Trout Populations in Lakes with Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Robb F. Leary, Fred W. Allendorf

147
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Who's Yer Daddy? Photo Documentaton of Bull Trout And Brook Trout Hybridization

Wade A. Fredenberg

148
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Considering Natural Vegetation Development Process in Streambank Stabilization Design

Amy Scary, Tom Parker

148
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Dual-Frequency Indentification Sonar (DIDSON) For Fisheries Applications: Cool Tool or Expensive Toy?

Susan L. Camp, Eric Best, Steve Hiebert

149
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Spawning Abundance of Bull Trout in Relation to Geomorphology, Temperature and Roads in Tributaries of Rock Creek Basin (Missoula and Granite Counties), Montana

Christopher A. Frissell, Gary Carnefix

149-150
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Eustache Creek Mine Site and Stream Channel Reclamation-Planning, Monitoring, and Implementation

Scott Spaulding, Traci Sylte, Rob Roberts

150
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Hebgen Reservoir Activities Update: Still Looking at Factors That Could Potentially Be Limiting Wild Rainbow Trout Recruitment to the Hebgen Fishery

Travis Lehrenz

150-151
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Population Structure and Seasonal Habitat Use of the Northern Pike Population of Cabinet Gorge Reservoir, Montana

Sean S. P. Moran, Shana R. Bernall

151
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Developing Energy, Sustaining Natural Systems: How Do We Do It?

Carolyn Sime

152-153
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A BLueprint for Energy Self-Reliance: How all of Montana's Energy Needs can Be Met Using Conservation and Clean, Renewable Energy While Creating Jobs, Saving Money, and Revitalizing Rural and Urban Communities

Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO)

153
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Developing a Monitoring Framework for Wolves in Idaho

David E. Ausband, Mike Mitchell, Curt Mack, M. Steve Nadeau, Pete Zager

154
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Ten Years of Wolf-Ungulate Dynamics in the Madison-Fire-Hole Drainage of Yellowstone National Park

Matthew S. Becker, Robert A. Garrott, Patrick J. White

154-155
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Do Natural Gas and Wildlife Mix? Evaluating Effects of Energy Development on Pronghorn in Western Wyoming

Kim Murray Berger, Joel Berger, Jon Beckmann

155
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Road and Landcover Characteristics Affecting Deer Highway Crossings and Mortality Along U.S. Highway 93 on the Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, USA

Whisper R. Camel, Amanda R. Hardy, Marcel P. Huijser, Jodi Hilty

155-156
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The Bird Community in Beetle Outbreak Areas: Surveying for Black-Backed Woodpeckers and Other Species

Amy B. Cilimburg, Richard L. Hutto

156
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A Habitat Conservation Network Based Upon Focal Species: Design for the Inland Rainforest of North America

Lance Craighead, Thomas Olenicki, Brent Brock, Baden Cross, Justin Williams

156-157
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Contaminants in Eggs of Lesser Scaup Nesting on Lower Red Rock Lake, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

Kyle A. Cutting, Jeffrey M. Warren

157
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Predicting Heartwood Decay in Apparently Sound Western Larch for Snag Retention and Management

Angela Daenzer, Jack Ward Thomas, Marcus Jackson

158
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Fish and Herpetofauna in the Powder and Tongue River Basin in Relation to Coalbed Natural Gas Development

Windy N. Davis, Tiffany Holland

158-159
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Sage Grouse Winter Habitat Selection and Energy Development

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

159
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Bat Mortality at Wind Farms: A Summary of Recent Research Findings, and Management Implications for Montana Wind Power Development

Kristi DuBois

159-160
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Aerial Inventory Methods for Greater Sage Grouse

John Ensign, Bernie Hildebrand

160
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Pre-Construction Evaluation of Proposed Wind Power Developments

Dennis Flath, Al Harmata

160-161
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Partitioning Human Impacts on Riparian Bird Distribution Along the Madison and Missouri Rivers, Montana

Robert J. Fletcher, Richard L. Hutto

161
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Evaluating Habitat Restoration Using Bird Communities: A Spatially Explicit Approach and Application to Aquatic Systems

Robert J. Fletcher, Richard L. Hutto, Amy Cilimburg

161-162
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Influence of Post-Fire Timber Harvest of Black-Backed Woodpecker Nest Survival and Nest Site Selection

Chris D. Forristal, Victoria A. Saab, Jay J. Rotella

162
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Conserving the Plains Bison: An Unfinished Conservation Legacy

Curtis H. Freese, Keith E. Aune, Delaney P. Boyd, James N. Derr, Steve C. Forrest, C. Cormack Gates, Peter J.P. Gogan, Shaun M. Grassel, Natalie D. Halbert, Kyran Kunkel, Kent H. Redford, Eric Sanderson

163
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The Use of Fecal DNA to Describe the Genetic Population Structure of the Greater Yellowstone Area Bison with MTDNA

Florence M. Gardipee, Michael P. O'Brien, Gordon Luikart, Fred Allendorf

164
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Elk Behavioral Responses to Re-Establishment of Wolves: The Indirect Consequences of Living in a Risky Environment

Claire N. Gower, Robert A. Garrott, P.J. White, Steve Cherry

164-165
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Effectors of Elk Summer Home-Range Size, Movement and Timing of Fall Migration

Jamin L. Grigg, Robert A. Garrott, Kenneth L. Hamlin

165
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Wildlife Meets Energy Boom

Therese Hartman

166
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Conservation Planning Along Montana's Front Range: Are We Conserving the Right Ecosystem Conditions?

Jonathan Haufler, Amy Ganguli, Carolyn Mehl, Scott Yeats

166
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Wolf and Elk Oredator-Prey Dynamics in Banff National Park Alberta

Mark Hebblewhite

167
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Postcards from the Edge: A Snapshot of the Effect of Oil and Gas Development of Large Mammals in Alberta's Forests

Mark Hebblewhite, Fiona Schmiegelow, Stan Boutin, Jacqui Frair, Gordon Stenhouse, Cormack Gates

167-168
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Effects of Coalbed Natural Gas Development on Herpetofauna in the Powder River Basin

Tiffany D. Holland, Robert G. Bramblett, Windy N. Davis

168
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Success of Grizzly Bear Population Augmentation in Northwest Montana

Wayne F. Kasworm, Michael F. Proctor, Christopher Servheen, David Paetkau

168-169
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Aspen Height, Stem-Girth and Survivorship in an Area of High Ungulate Use

Richard B. Keigley, Michael R. Frisina

169
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Montana Wetland and Riparian Mapping Center

Gregory M. Kudray, Thomas Schemm, Bryce A. Maxell

169-170
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At-Scale Adaptive Management in Recovery Efforts for Piping Plovers on Alkali Lakes in North Dakota and Montana

Brain Martin, Adam Ryba, Eric Rosenquist

170
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Does Enzootic Plague Affect Black-footed Ferret Survival?

Marc R. Matchett, Dean Biggins, Valerie Kopcso, Tonie Rocke

171
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Aspen Restoration by Beaver on Yellowstone's Northern Range

Samuel D. McColley, Bok Sowell, Dan Tyers

171-172
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Snowshoe Hare Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat Use in Glacier National Park

L. Scott Mills, Karen E. Hodges, Ellen Cheng

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Influence of Pack Size, Demography, and Human-Caused Mortality on Breeding Pair of Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Michael S. Mitchell, David E. Ausband, Carolyn Sime, Edward E. Bangs, Michael Jimenez, Curt M. Mack, Thomas J. Meier, M. Steve Nadeau, Douglas W. Smith

173
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BLM's Developement of an Approach to Monitoring Regional-Scale Impacts of Energy Development on Wildlife

Brendan J. Moynahan

174
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West Nile Virus and Greater Sage Grouse

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

174-175
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Impacts of Oil Exploration and Production to Waterfowl Production Areas Managed by the USDI Fish and Wildlife Services Northeast Montana Wetland Management District (WMD)

Karen J. Nelson, Jon C. Reiten, Mike Rabenberg

175
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Habitat and Subdivision Growth Models for Predicting Past and Future Habitat Loss From Rural Subdivision Development

Tom Olenicki

176
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Idiot Wind: The Wisdom of Bob Dylan

Daniel H. Pletscher

177
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The Effects of Highways on Elk Habitat in the Western United States and Proposed Mitigation Strategies

Bill Ruediger, Ken Wall, Robin Wall

177
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Climate Trends and Ecosystem Responses in Montana

Steven W. Running

178
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The Role of the USDI Fish and Wildlfie Service in Permitting Energy Development in Montana

Shawn Sartorius

178
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Evaluating Impacts of Natural Gas Development on Mule Deer in Western Wyoming

Hall Sawyer, Ryan Nielson, Dale Strickland, Lyman McDonald

178-179
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Assessing Fisher Distribution and Connectivity in the U.S. Rocky Mountains Using Non-Invasive Genetic Sampling

Michael K. Schwartz

179
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Survival Costs of Reproduction During the Hunting Season Greater Sage Grouse: A Case Study in Central Montana

Jenny Sika, Jay Rotella, Jay Newell

179-180
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Distribution of Swift fox in the Proposed Valley County Wind Energy Project Area ini Northeast Montana

Joanne E. Stewart, Victoria Moffeett, Elizabeth Ausband

180
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Off-Site and/or Compensatory Mititgation in Relation to Large Scale Development

Dan O. Stroud

180-181
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Wyoming Mitigation Concepts

Dan O. Stroud

181
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A Review of Energy Development in Montana; The How, What and Why

Dale Tribby

181
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A Synopsis of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Related to Coal Bed Natural Gas Development

Dale Tribby

182
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Greater Sage Grouse Population Response to Energy Development and Habitat Loss

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

182
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Highlights from 15 Years of White-Tailed Deer Research in Northwestern Montana

Alan K. Wood, Gary L. Dusek, Stephen T. Hoekman, John T. Morgan, Carolyn Sime, Matthew A. Messer, Justin A. Gude

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Large-Scale Genetic Structure of Black-Backed Woodpeckers

Jennifer C. Woolf

183-184
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Patterns and Rates of Wolverine Movement Using GPS Technology in Glacier National Park, Montana

Rick Yates, Jeffrey P. Copeland

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Vol. 13 No. 4 December (2007)

Full Issue

Independent Refereed Articles

MT American Fisheries Society Meeting Abstracts

MT The Wildlife Society Meeting Abstracts

Individualized Meeting Abstracts

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