Dams

Kerry R. Hubble February 13 2013

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Migration Funneling around the Dams leading to the Salish Mountains

Two large Reservoirs, Libby and Hungry Horse… North of Missoula is suburbia, flathead Valley is sprawl Lard wildlife funnel -Migration provides travel from Mountainous Glacier Park, Bob Marshall ...15 wildernesses converge es travel western of eastern passage into North Fork and upper Whitefish, leaving a State Forest then a National Flathead Forest. then Beaver Lake, At US 93 Barn Crossing they free to cross into Tally Lake -Salish Mountains towards Washinton.

Hungry Horse Dam 1944 backs water up 34 miles but the head of the dam is near a busy commercial area. This is the beginning of 22 miles wide of metropolitan Flathead Valley. Point is migrating wildlife now have to egress north through the park then move across through Upper Whitefish Dranage–Swift Creek into Beaver Lakes and cross Highway 93-Valley at this Salish Mountains Corridor

If you study a map. Know something about animal behavior and movement, you will soon see there's barricades that funnel wildlife through unpopulated or less populated areas and these two Reservoirs effect and direct that. During the second WW they weren't thinking –worrying wildlife.

Libby Dam built in the late 60’s is like a fence unless you’re a bird or fish. Backs water up 71 miles, many into Canada. That British Columba popular recreation area is a heavy populated also,

This North to South barricade stops wildlife movement and directs them southerly into the Tally Lake area . This is the only place for the connectivy of two Grizzly Bear Recovery areas, if we don't set aside vital land now it will only get more complicated in the future.

From Flathead Lake to Phoenix Az. there is one animal bridge on the Reservation located on the out skirts of Missoula . 2013

Highway slaughter from highways and contact with people incidents take many that try to cross, migrate Montana.

Right is Katherine C. Kendall, USGS Glacier Field Station, Glacier National Park, Opinion.

Map left show 3 major Dams and Lakes, small Red box is vital Habitat that wildlife funnel through this pass to cross the valley. From Flathead Lake south is mostly suburbia with one animal bridge near Missoula 140 miles south.

Northern Divide Grizzly Bear Project

Hungry Horse Images

Glacier Park

Flathead Valley Suburbia ...all the way to Missoula

Salish Mountains Wildlife Corridor Tally Lake Star Meadows

Libby Montana

To maintain Grizzly Gene Pool—maintaining... Migration must egress east to West, migration route must use Montana , Idaho , British Columbia to Washington must cross Highway 93 ...Research show route is exiting west, Glacier , Northfork to Upper Whitefish via Salish Mountains….thus cross busy US 93 northwest of whitefish.