| Merriam Lake | |
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  Merriam Lake  Merriam Lake | |
| Location | Challis National Forest, Custer County, Idaho, US |
| Coordinates | 44°06′55″N 113°45′18″W / 44.1154°N 113.7549°W |
| Basin countries | United States |
Merriam Lake is a lake situated in the Lost River Range in Idaho, surrounded by mountains over 12,000 ft (3,700 m) high. In 2007 the state authorities planted tiger muskies in the lake to better manage the fisheries.[1] Bighorn sheep and Mountain goat are the few mammals disposed to this terrain of central Idaho which Dr. C. Hart Merriam identified as Arctic–alpine when he made a biological survey of the region in 1890.[2][3]
- ^ Department of Fish and Game. State of Idaho. (17 July 2013). "Question: What alpine lakes in Idaho have been planted with tiger muskie?". Idaho Department of Fish and Game website Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Palmer, T. S. “In Memoriam: Clinton Hart Merriam.” The Auk, vol. 71, no. 2, 1954, p. 134. JSTOR website, www.jstor.org/stable/4081567. Accessed 11 Apr. 2020.
- ^ Rust, Henry Judson. “Mammals of Northern Idaho.” Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 27, no. 4, 1946, pp. 308–327. JSTOR website, www.jstor.org/stable/1375338. Accessed 10 Apr. 2020.