Lake fish distribution compiled and maintained by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP).
Purpose:
Display and/or analysis of known fish distribution for Montana lakes.
Time period of content:
Beginning date: 1999
Ending date: January 1, 2008
Currentness reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and update frequency: Annually
Access constraints: None.
Use constraints:
Not appropriate for use at scales larger than 1:100,000.
Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. This data set is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) makes no representations or warranties whatsoever with respect to the accuracy or completeness of this data set and assumes no responsibility for the suitability of this data set for a particular purpose. FWP will not be liable for any damages incurred as a result of errors in this data set.
Species may occur in areas not currently depicted in this layer, or in areas for which comprehensive surveys have not been conducted. Site-specific surveys are frequently necessary to determine the presence of species - absence of a species presence in a data layer is not evidence of absence. Additionally, the presence of one species does not imply that other species were searched for but not found.
Attribute accuracy report: Varies on the data source.
Lineage:
Source information:
Source scale denominator: 100000
Process step:
Fish distribution lake polygons are a combination of 24k and 100K sources including NHD, USFS and Tribal data layers. Polygons are also digitized as needed to represent fish sampling or distribution.