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Ninepipe Reservoir

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Lake name:
Ninepipe Reservoir
Location:
Montana
HydroLAKE ID:
105494
GRanD ID:
324
Latitude:
47.440789
Longitude:
-114.130767
Surface area (km2):
4.2
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1923
Management agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake use:
irrigation recreation
Region associations:
Ninepipe NWR
Comments:
The refuge is in a glacial terminal moraine within a complex of wetlands.

Summary of Surveys (5)

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    14 June 2010, 14 June 2011
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y and N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 162 2010
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 86 2011
Max Nests 1 to 100 81 2010
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 43 2011
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Doney et al. are observers for 2010, Wightman and Lichtenberg are observers for 2011. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas. Survey date given here is the only date provided.

Survey Citation:
Weydemeyer, W. 1975. Half-Century Record of the Breeding Birds of the Fortine Area, Montana: Nesting Data and Population Status. The Condor 77:281–287.

  • Time period
    11 July 1969
  • Source
    Notes
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 presence 1969
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence 1969
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks 1 to 100 51 1969
Most Recent Chicks 1 to 100 17-51 1969

Comments:

Author is a rancher with propoerty near Fortine. Been observing birds from 1920 to 1973 at his property and beyond. Observed 17 broods from one-third to half-grown but did not name number of chicks. Estimated range as 1 to 3 chicks per brood for minimum and maximum chick count.

Survey Citation:
Table 1 of Western Colonial Waterbird Surveys 2009-2016. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

  • Type
    boat
  • Time period
    2010, 2016
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 presumably >100 2016
Most Recent Adults 101 to 500 presumably >100 2016
Max Nests 101 to 500 102 2016
Most Recent Nests 101 to 500 102 2016
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Part of the Western Colonial Waterbird Monitoring and Inventory (WCWS), this data is from Table 1. Number of nests at top annually monitored sites for selected species, 2009-2016. Western grebes are a non-targeted species. I have no narrative report nor other details. Four sites are in this table. No counts in 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Survey Citation:
Appendix 1 of Western Colonial Waterbird Surveys 2009-2011. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

  • Type
    boat
  • Time period
    2010, 2011
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 162 2010
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 86 2011
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Part of the Western Colonial Waterbird Monitoring and Inventory (WCWS), this data is from Appendix 1. Wetland sites visited for colonial-nesting waterbirds in Montana, 2009-2011. Numbers represent estimated number of breeding birds. I have no narrative report nor other details.

Survey Citation:
Tilly, F. 2017. Colonial Nesting Waterbird Surveys for Montana. Montana Audubon.

  • Type
    boat
  • Time period
    May 2016, July 2017
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 presumably >100 2016, 2017
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence 2017
Max Nests 101 to 500 132 2016
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 8 2017
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Table 1 with data was not included in this narrative report for 2017. Comparisons with 2016 provided so I included 2016 count numbers though this is a 2017 report.

Sources of Information

  • Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
  • Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
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