Table of Contents 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 



Bull Trout Recovery 7 



Westslope Cutthroat Trout Recovery 11 



INTRODUCTION 15 



STUDY AREA 17 



PROCEDURES 



Working with Private Landowners 21 



Fish Population Estimators 22 



Whirling Disease Sentinel Cage Studies 24 



WSCT Geneticlnvestigations 24 



Stream Temperatures 25 



Natural Channel Design 25 



RESUL TS/DISCUSSION 



PARTI: BLACKFOOT RIVER ENVIRONMENT 



Blackfoot River Discharge 27 



Blackfoot River and Tributary Temperatures 28 



PART II: BLACKFOOT RIVER TROUT POPULATIONS 



Johnsrud Section 29 



Scotty Brown Bridge Section 30 



Wales Creek Section 31 



PART III: RESTORATION-RELATED TRIBUTARY ASSESSMENTS 



Bear Creek 32 



Blanchard Creek 33 



Clearwater Irrigation Ditch 34 



Copper Creek 34 



Cottonwood Creek 35 



Chamberlain Creek 36 



Dunham Creek 37 



Elk Creek 38 



Gold Creek 40 



Kleinschmidt Creek 41 



McCabe Creek 42 



Monture Creek 43 



Nevada Spring Creek 44 



