Animals - Montana Natural Heritage Program

The Montana Natural Heritage Program systematically collects information on Montana's sensitive, threatened, and endangered <a href="http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/plants/plant_intro.html">plants</a>, <a href="http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/aninmal/anml_intro.html">animals</a>, plant communities and other biological features of Montana. <p> The Montana Natural Heritage Program provides a reliable, comprehensive clearinghouse for information on Montana's biodiversity, and since its inception has answered thousands of questions from federal, state and local government, industry, private organizations and citizens. <p> Established by the Montana State Legislature in 1983, the program is located in the <a href="http://msl.state.mt.us">Montana State Library</a>, where it is part of the <a href="http://nris.state.mt.us/index.html">Natural Resource Information System</a>. It is also part of the <a href="http://www.heritage.tnc.org">Natural Heritage Network</a>, with comparable programs in all 50 states, most Canadian provinces, and 14 Latin American countries. <p> If you can't find the information you need in these pages, feel free to submit an electronic <a href="http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/requests/">data request</a> or contact us by phone, mail, <a href="mailto:mtnhp@state.mt.us">email</a> or fax. <p> <a href="http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/animal/anml_intro.html">Sensitive, Threatend, and Endangered Animals of Montana</a> <p> <a href="http://nhp.nris.state.mt.us/plants/plant_intro.html">Sensitive, Threatend, and Endangered Plantss of Montana</a> <p> This website is best viewed with a browser that supports frames. <p> Both Netscape's <a href="http://home.netscape.com">Navigator/Communicator</a> and Microsoft's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com">Internet Explorer</a> support frames. <p>