STUDY NUMBER ; 2.6 



ORGANIZATION ; Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks 

 (MDFWP) 



TITLE OF STUDY ; Middle Clark Fork River Instream Flow and 

 Fishery Study 



CONTACTS ; Pat Graham - MDFWP, Helena - 444-5686 



Dennis Workman - MDFWP, Missoula - 721-5808 

 Rod Berg - MDFWP, Missoula - 721-5808 

 Don Peters - MDFWP, Missoula - 721-5808 



OBJECTIVE ; Quantify the status of the trout fishery in the 

 middle portion of the Clark Fork River (from the confluence 

 of the Blackfoot River to the Flathead River) relative to 

 present and projected water quality, habitat and instream 

 flow conditions. 



DURATION ; 1983 - 1987 



CURRENT STATUS ; Trout population estimates have been 

 conducted at sections below Mllltown, above the Bitterroot 

 River and near Superior. Brown trout spawning site surveys 

 have been conducted in the autumn. Trout movement data has 

 been generated using jaw tagging at the Superior section. 

 This information, along with fish population estimates for 

 1983 and 1984 at Superior is contained in a DFWP job progress 

 report; 



Western Montana Fishery Investigation Project No. 

 F-12-R-31 Job; lb (July, 1985) 



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