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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 4 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 



Bull Trout Recovery 7 



Westslope Cutthroat Trout Recovery 11 



STUDY AREA 12 



PROCEDURES 



Working with Private Landowners 16 



Fish Population Estimators 17 



Whirling Disease Sentinel Cage Studies 18 



WSCT Genetic Investigations 19 



Stream Temperatures 19 



RESULTS/DISCUSSION 



PART I: BLACKFOOT RIVER ENVIRONMENT 



Blackfoot River Discharge 20 



Blackfoot River and Tributary Temperatures 21 



PART II: BLACKFOOT RIVER TROUT POPULATIONS 



Johnsrud Section 22 



Scotty Brown Bridge Section 23 



Wales Creek Section 24 



PART III: RESTORATION-RELATED TRIBUTARY ASSESSMENTS 



Ashby Creek 25 



Arrastra Creek 26 



Bear Creek 27 



Clearwater Irrigation Ditch 28 



Copper Creek 29 



Cottonwood Creek 30 



Chamberlain Creek 31 



Dunham Creek 32 



Hoyt Creek 33 



Jacobsen Spring Creek 34 



Keep Cool Creek 36 



Kleinschmidt Creek 36 



Lincoln Spring Creek 38 



McCabe Creek 42 



