Thirty- four stream reaches fall in to the "moderate priority" category (Figure 64). 

 Streams in this category would receive a moderate level of consideration for funding of 

 fisheries-related restoration. Streams include three reaches of the upper Blackfoot River, 

 many low-elevation tributaries to the Blackfoot River including several spring creeks, as 

 well as a few outliners, including disjunct streams located higher in the watershed. 



Most of the reaches that we consider moderate priorities are small direct 

 tributaries to the Blackfoot River. Most of these are biologically and hydrologically 

 (surface water) connected to the main stem Blackfoot River continually or during high 

 flow periods. These tributaries support fluvial and stream resident WSCT and most 

 support WSCT spawning and rearing. Restoration of these tributaries should be 



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generally viewed from a WSCT metapopulation conservation perspective. The lower 

 portions of these tributaries variably contain rainbow trout, brown trout and brook trout. 

 Streams generally support genetically unaltered WSCT in the upper watershed and 

 introgressed WSCT in tributaries of the lower Blackfoot Watershed. With one exception 



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