does not hinder fish life. Beaver Creek is of value to resident 

 trout, and of some possible value to steelhead at high water stages. 

 The lower section of the stream is of potential value to salmon. 



13JJ. Meadow Creek . — (August 23-2$, l?Ulj Parkhurst and 

 Zimmer.) Meadow Creek enters the Grande Ronde River approximately 

 18^ miles above the town of LaGrande. The stream is about 2k miles 

 long, of which the lower 11-| miles were surveyed. It was considered 

 to be of no possible value to salmon above the terminus of the survey 

 because -the flow had decreased to less than 2 c.f.s. The stream was 

 US feet wide near the mouth, and was discharging only about 10 c.f.s., 

 the survey being conducted at low water stage. The gradient is moder- 

 ate to fairly steep, with numerous shallow riffles comprising good 

 spawning areas. It was estimated that there were Ij7,000 sq.yd. of 

 suitable spawning area constituting 23 percent of the stream bed in 

 the section surveyed. Numerous beaver dams were found, several con- 

 stituting barriers to fish at low water. A low^temporary, loose rock 

 dam located approximately 6 miles above the mouth was also a barrier 

 at low water. Meadow Creek formerly supported a good run of chinook 

 salmon. This run has been depleted to the point of extermination. 

 The entire stream is inaccessible to anadromous fish at low water 

 stages because of dams in the main Grande Ronde River. A fair spring 

 run of steelhead was reported, and a few small resident trout and 

 numerous rough fish were observed. Meadow Creek is of no present 

 value to salmon, but with some stream improvements it would be of 

 good potential value. 



13JJ-(1)« Dark Canyon Creek . — (2). McCoy Creek .— (3). Marley 

 Creek . — (U). Burnt Corral Creek . — (5)» Battle Creek . — (6)» Campbell 

 Creek.— and (7). Bear Creek .— (August 23-25, 19Ulj Parkhurst and 

 Zimmer,) These are all small tributaries to Meadow Creek in the section 

 surveyed. Their discharges ranged from ^ c.f ,s. to 2 c.f.s, at the time 

 of the survey, McCoy Creek being the largest. None was considered of 

 any possible value to salmon, although a few steelhead trout were re- 

 ported to enter them at high water stages. 



13KK. Fly Creek , — (August Hi, 19U1} Zimmer.) Fly Creek enters 

 the Grande Ronde River approximately 23 miles above the town of LaGrande. 

 It was discharging about 1 c.f.s. at the time of the survey, which was 

 an extreme low water stage. The stream is of no possible value to 

 salmon, but is of some slight value to resident trout, and possibly of 

 slight value to steelhead trout at high water stages. 



13LL. Sheep Creek .— (August 28, 19Ulj Parkhurst and Zimmer.) 

 Sheep Creek enters the Grande Ronde River approximately 32 miles above 

 the town of LaGrande. The stream is approximately 10 miles long, of 

 which the lower 6 miles were surveyed. It was 15 feet wide near the 

 mouth and was discharging about h c.f.s. at the time of the survey. 

 The flow was less than 2 c.f.s. at the upper terminus of the survey. 

 The gradient is slight to moderate, with numerous shallow riffles, good 



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