To document the winter diets of Stone's sheep, Rocky Mountain elk, and mule deer from different locations within the Williston Reservoir watershed for the purpose of directing future forage enhancements.

Various sites from the north side of the Peace Arm (for sheep, elk and deer) and the lower Ospika River drainage (for elk and deer).

Collection sites were selected based on known ungulate presence and helicopter accessibility to the site. Winter fecal pellet samples were collected from the snow surface, with each sample consisting of a composite of pellets from 5-10 pellet groups. One sample was collected per site for each time period (month). Diets were determined using fecal fragment analysis. The composition of each sample was determined for forage classes and select taxa; no correction factors were used for potential differences in plant digestibility.

December 1990 to March 1992