To develop a comprehensive wildlife conservation plan for the State of Montana by September 2005. The plan will consider the broad range of the state’s wildlife and associated habitats, with appropriate emphasis placed on species with the greatest conservation need. The plan will also consider the funding available for the conservation of those species.

11/15/2002 - 6/30/2007  (Completed)

• T.O. Smith

Aquatic
• Big Hole River
• Bitterroot River
• Blackfoot River
• Jefferson River
• Lower Clark Fork River
• Lower Missouri River
• Lower Yellowstone River
• Middle Clark Fork River
• Middle Missouri River & Tributaries
• Powder River
• Tongue River
• Upper Yellowstone River & Tributaries

Terrestrial
• Bighorn Intermountain Basin
• Bitterroot/Frenchtown Valley
• Central MT Broad Valleys
• Deerlodge Valley
• Flathead River Valley
• Little Belt Foothills
• Mission/Swan Valley & Mountains
• Missouri Coteau
• Montana Glaciated Plains
• Montana Sedimentary Plains
• Montana Shale Plains
• Northern Tobacco Root Mountains & Foothills
• Powder River Basin/Breaks/Scoria Hills
• Rocky Mountain Front Foothills
• Shale Scablands
• South Elkhorn Mountains
• Southwest Montana Intermountain Basins & Valleys
• Upper Yellowstone Valley

Aquatic
• Mountain Streams
• Prairie Streams

Terrestrial
• Grassland Complexes
• Mixed Shrub/Grassland
• Riparian and Wetland
• Sagebrush and Salt Flats
• Woody Draws and Aspen Galleries

• Montana’s Comprehensive Fish and Wildlife Conservation Strategy. 2005. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, 1420 East Sixth Avenue, Helena, MT 59620.
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