years. The short, steep streams are partic- 

 ularly vulnerable to drying during droughts and 

 to severe scouring during flash floods . These 

 factors influence the sport fishery much more 

 strongly than fishing regulations or fishing 

 pressures. Thus, from a long-range point of 

 view, the streams are considered marginal for 

 trout, and they must be managed as such. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



The assistance of the following persons 

 in the planning, conduct, and reporting of the 

 study is gratefully acknowledged: Dr . Willis 

 King and Mr. Phillip S. Parker, U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service; Superintendent Guy Edwards 

 (retired). Superintendent R. Taylor Hoskins, 

 and Mr. O. L. Wallis, Aquatic Biologist, Na- 

 tional Park Service; and Mr. Robert G. Martin, 

 Chief, Fish EJivision, and fishery biologists of 

 the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland 

 Fisheries. 



I am grateful also to Messrs. Robert G. 

 Piper, Howard N. Larsen, and Donald F. Mairs, 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for their critical 

 review of the manuscript. 



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