Big Spring Creek (5 mile buffer of creek from Lewistown to NW)

Select Wildlife Resources Occurring in Project Area:

  • Elk Winter Range
  • Mule Deer Winter Range
  • Animal or Fish Species of Concern

List of Species of Concern Occurring in Project Area:

  • Flammulated Owl
  • Lark Bunting
  • Sauger
  • Burbot

Comprehensive Fish & Wildlife Conservation Strategy Tier 1 Focus Areas:

  • Little Belt Foothills Terrestrial Focus Area

Comprehensive Fish & Wildlife Conservation Strategy Tier 1 Community Composition:

  • Grassland Complexes 36%
  • Sagebrush and Salt Flats <1%
  • Mixed Shrub/Grassland Association <1%
  • Mixed Broadleaf Forests 2%
  • Riparian and Wetland 9%

State Wildlife Grant Projects Occurring in Area:

  • Native Prairie Fish Survey & Inventory