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I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I are lined with trees, shrubs, and grasses in the study area. Large rocks that were previously located on the bank have washed down into the stream. The Killt River is rated as Value Class III according to the U. S. Fish and llildl1f. Servic.'s 1978 Stream Evaluation Kap for Kontana. The riv.r provides substantial habitat for highly valued fish sp.cies and is considered a good walleye fishery in the vicinity of Kalta. Thr.atened or endangered fish are not known to exist in the str.... No threatened or endangered wildlife species are mown to inhabit the study area, although the peregrine falcon and bald .agle ..y occur as sea- sonal migrants. Th. terrestrial habitat value is av.rag., and there are no wetlands in the illllediate study area. The right bank of the stream is urbanized, and the opposite bank is spars.ly populated. SOCIAL AND ECOROlIIC SETTIWCl PooulatiOll. The 1980 U.S. Census report.d a population of 2,367 persons for Malta, which compar.s to 5,367 within Phillips County and 786,690 for the State of Kontana. Kalta's 1980 population repr.s.nts an approximate 8-p.rcent increase ov.r the 1970 population of 2,195 persons. A slight decrease of less than 1 percent was experienced within the county from the 1970 population of 5,387 persons. Th. 1987 .stimat. of the population within Kalta and Phillips County is 2,585 persons and 5,700 p.rsons, respectively. This is a 9-percent increase for Kalta and a 6-percent increase for Phillips County over the 1980 data. A migration tr.nd has been taking plac. from small towns and rural areas into Kalta. Kalta's size is average when compared to other cities along the northern tier of Kontana. EmDlovment. The major sources of employment for p.rsons in Kalta and Phillips County are agriculture and mining. Phillips County labor data show that of the 5,700 persons living in the county, there are 2,835 persons employed, both fulltime and partti... Agriculture employs more 6