Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Issued over 9 years ago
Summary
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This report discusses 43 possible wilderness character monitoring measures for Charles M. Russell and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuges. In 2011, measures were developed for Charles M. Russell and UL Bend NWR during a sixmonth assessment guided by a Wilderness Fellow. The measures developed emphasize important game species: bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, and grouse, as well as important wildlife species in decline such as blacktailed prairie dogs and blackfooted ferrets. The measures do not, however, specifically emphasize the refuges trust species: sharptailed grouse and pronghorn antelope. Another emphasis of the measures developed is the scattered nature of wilderness areas across the refuge.