Upper Clark Fork River Basin Wildlife Data-GIS

Dan Hook, a retired Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks wildlife biologist, compiled and converted historical aerial sighting wildlife data in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin to GIS format for the NRDP.  The data is housed at the Montana State Library within the Natural Resource Information Systems (NRIS) website.  The data coverage includes lands that:

• Drain into Silver Bow Creek between its headwaters near Butte and the Warm Springs Ponds; or 
• Drain into the Upper Clark Fork River between its headwaters below Warms Springs Ponds and its confluence with Rock Creek.  This area includes Upper Clark River drainage (Little Blackfoot drainage), and the Flint Creek drainage.

Prospective applicants for NRDP grant funds considering projects in these drainages are encouraged to take advantage of these available maps and population data compiled from aerial surveys conducted by biologists from the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.  This data can assist in describing current conditions and predicting benefits to wildlife resources.  Available data includes information on elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goat and moose sightings and distribution.  The elk data is the most extensive, with aerial surveys data compiled from 1988 to 2002.  Available maps include sighting locations for these species, winter range for elk and deer, and summer range for antelope.  Via the following table, you can access the available metadata and map information. 

All data available for download through NRIS as shapefiles. 

All MAPS require the use of Adobe Arcobat Reader

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