36C4. North Fork 216 



Clearwater River 



69 



36CS. Orofino Creek 



36C6. Lolo Creek 



5+ 



64 



36C7. Lawyer Creek 59 



36C8. Middle Fork 38 



Clearwater River 



36C8A. Lochsa River 



36C8B. Selway River 160 



36C8C. South Fork 120 



Clearwater River 



36D. Asotin Creek 



36E. Grande Ronde 320 



River 



86 



107 



120 



120 



234 



272 



36EI. Joseph Creek 72 



36E2. Wenaha River 35 



36E3. Wallowa River 88 



72 



130 



Most of main North 

 Fork, lower one-half 

 of Little North 

 Fork, and Kelly 

 Cr., and lower 

 portions of many 

 small tributaries. 



Lower Orofino Cr. 

 and lower tributary. 



Most of Lolo Cr. 



Lower portion. 



Throughout Midi] 

 Fork and 

 tributaries. 



Throughout Lochsa 

 R. and many small 

 tributaries. 



Throughout main 

 Selway R, and many 

 small tributaries. 



Lower section. 



L'pper Asotin Cr., 

 North and South 

 Forks. 



Most of upper and 

 middle main stream 

 tributaries — Look- 

 inggiass. Clark, 

 Phillips, Indian, 

 Willow, Catherine. 

 Five-Point, Beaver, 

 Meadow, and Sheep 

 Creek. Other trib- 

 utaries listed below. 



Joseph Cr., and its 

 tributaries, Cotton- 

 wood, Swamp, 

 Crow, and Chesnim- 

 nus Creeks, and 

 smaller tributaries 

 in system. 



Main Wenaha R. 

 and tributaries. 

 Crooked and Butte 

 Creeks, North and 

 South Forks, and 

 number of smaller 

 tributaries. 



Most of main 

 Wallowa R., and 

 Dry, Hurricane, and 

 Prairie Creeks. 

 Larger tributaries 

 listed below. 



About same. 



-About same. 



.■\bout 



About same. 



New areas opened, 

 larger now. 



Stream blocked by 

 dam about 32 km. 

 above mouth for 14 

 years. 



About same. 



Some reduction in 

 upper Grande Ronde 

 and tributaries due 

 to gold dredging 

 and channel 

 relocation. 



Same. 



Part of Hurricane 

 and Prairie Creeks. 



Many kilometers of excellent spawning 26. (*) 



and rearing areas. North Fork produces 



large steelhead trout, many weighing over 



9 kg. Sport fishermen took about 14,000 



in 1957-58. Dworshak Dam, now under 



construction, will inundate about 45 



percent of spawning area in North Fork 



drainage. Hatchery propagation will 



be used to compensate for spawning 



area losses, but plans for passage of 



fish above dam are uncertain at this 



time. 



Series of falls 10 km. up blocks fish. 21. 26. (*) 

 Low stream flow and high summer 

 temperature reduce value. 



Has many tributaries with suitable 21, 26, (*) 

 spawning areas, but only small portion 

 used. Stream has fault in common 

 with others In area — low water. 



Low flows and turbid water caused by 21, 26, (*) 

 silt detract from this small stream. In 

 spite of this, small runs of steelhead 

 trout persists. 



Large amount of spawning available in 21, 

 main Middle Fork but fish prefer up- 

 river areas. Stream improvements in 

 progress. 



26. (') 



Reported to have good run. 

 has been detrimental. 



21. 26. (*) 



21. 26, (•) 



21. 26, (M 



System has many excellent spawning 

 areas with resting pools and rearing 

 areas. Steep terrain, accompanied by 

 large rubble, limits spawning to lower 

 sections of tributaries. 



Because large part of considerable spawn- 

 ing area in Selway is within a wilder- 

 ness area, it is especially valuable trout 

 habitat. Selway Falls, 32 km. up, has 

 been laddered, opening up new excellent 

 areas. 



Fish ladder at Washington Water Power 

 Company Dam, destroyed by high water 

 in 1949, was not replaced. Dam re- 

 moved in 1963 to permit passage to 

 upstream spawning and rearing areas. 

 Restocking and stream improvement 

 program now under way, which should 

 put many excellent tributaries into use 

 again. 



Formerly supported large runs. Still 

 produces fair run, has many good shallow 

 riffles with adequate resting pools. 



Steelhead trout, once abundant in this 26, 33 

 system, are now fewer, but still con- 

 tribute substantially to sport and lower 

 river commercial fisheries. 



Logging 26, 33 



Large amount of suitable spawning area; 26, 33 

 fair sized, but depleted run. 



Former large runs are reduced somewhat 26, 33 

 but still a good producer. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



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