Duck population responses to water development in north central Montana

94 Pages·1992·3.2 MB·English

by  Bayless, Shawn Roy, 1964-

Duck
Population
Responses
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DUCKPOPULATIONRESPONSESTOWATERDEVELOPMENT
INNORTHCENTRALMONTANA
by
ShawnRoyBayless
Athesissubmittedinpartialfulfillment
oftherequirementsforthedegree
of
MasterofScience
in
FishandWildlifeManagement
MONTANASTATEUNIVERSITY
Bozeman,Montana
June,1992

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VITA
ShawnRoyBaylesswasbornNovember2,1964inHelena,MontanatoSteveR.and
JudithL.Bayless.AftergraduatingfromHelenaHighSchool,heenlistedintheUnitedStates
Armyforthreeyears.HethenenrolledinFishandWildlifeManagementatMontanaState
University,wherehereceivedhisBachelorofSciencedegreeinJune,1990.Following
graduationthatyearhebeganfieldstudiesinthegraduateprograminFishandWildlife
ManagementatMontanaStateUniversity.HeismarriedtoPatriciaLynnBaylessandhastwo
daughters,LyndsiRaeandJenevieveLee.