Bitterroot River and Riparian Forest
![Riparian-main stem of Bitterroot River](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170118030721im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_6/NWRS/Mountain_Zone/Lee_Metcalf/Images/Riparian-Bitterroot%20River%20512%20x%20219.jpg)
"Riparian areas and wetlands occupy less than 4% of Montana’s land surface, and less than 1% throughout the West, yet they support more than 80% of the bird species found in Montana" (The Bitterroot River Important Bird Area brochure, Bitterroot Audubon, online pdf)