List of Figures (continued) 



Figure 20. South Fork Moreau River #3 (AES BOOS) run/pool habitat, lootcing upstream 



near Hoover, SD 22 



Figure 21. South Fori< Moreau River #3 (AES 6005) exposed layer of dense fossils in right bank 22 



Figure 22. South Fork Moreau River #3 (AES B005) petrified tree stumps on right bank 22 



Figure 23. South Fork Grand River #2 (AES COOS) with reference condition landscape and 



local-reach overview from bridge 2S 



Figure 24. South Fork Grand River #2 (AES COOS) bottom of reach looking upstream 25 



Figure 25. South Fork Grand River #2 (AES COOS) bottom of reach looking downstream 25 



Figure 26. South Fork Grand River #1 (AES COOS) looking downstream towards county bridge 27 



Figure 27. South Fork Grand River #1 (AES COOS) bottom riffle of reach looking upstream 27 



Figure 28. South Fork Grand River #1 (AES COOS) top 1 SOm long pool 27 



Figure 29. South Fork Grand River #1 (AES COOS) catfish seined in the top pool 27 



Figure 30. North Fork Moreau River (AES COOS) Marty Bridge site not sampled 29 



Figure 31. North Fork Moreau River #2 (AES COOS) upper riffle looking downstream 29 



Figure 32. North Fork Moreau River #2 (AES COOS) bottom of reach looking upstream 29 



Figure 33. Jones Creek #2 (AES COOS) pool upstream from road crossing 32 



Figure 34. Jones Creek #2 (AES COOS) pools below the road crossing 32 



Figure 35. Jones Creek #2 (AES COOS) typical green sunfish, an introduced species 32 



Figure 36. Jones Creek #2 (AES COOS) riffle downstream from road crossing 32 



Figure 37. Crooked Creek (AES COOS) looking upstream near Cox Church 35 



Figure 38. South Fork Moreau River #2 (AES COOS) pool habitat, looking upstream near 



Rte. 85 bridge 37 



Figure 39. South Fork Moreau River #2 (AES COOS) pool habitat, top of reach 37 



Figure 40. South Fork Moreau River #2 (AES COOS) pool habitat, cottonwood trees top of reach 37 



Figure 41. Bull Creek (AES COOS) a silt-impaired Great Plains stream near Brown Rd 39 



Figure 42. North Fork Moreau River # 1 (AES DOOS)pool #3 looking upstream 42 



Figure 43. North Fork Moreau River #1 (AES DOOS)pool #2 looking upstream 42 



Figure 44. South Fork Moreau River #1 (AES DOOS) vegetative pool habitat, looking from bridge 44 



Figure 45. South Fork Moreau River #1 (AES DOOS) beaver dam pool habitat 44 



Figure 46. South Fork Moreau River # 1 (AES DOOS) pool habitat looking up 44 



Figure 47. Campbell Creek (AES DOOS) pool looking downstream towards Brown's Pond 47 



Figure 48. Campbell Creek (AES DOOS) pool looking upstream towards inlet 47 



Figure 49. Spur Creek (AES DOOS) a tributary to SF Moreau River looking upstream 49 



Figure SO. Spur Creek (AES DOOS) a backed up section behind a culvert 49 



Figure 51. Hay Creek (AES DOOS) a tributary to SF Moreau River looking upstream 51 



Figure 52. Hay Creek (AES DOOS) aquatic water-plantain (Alisma triviale) 51 



Figure 53. Jones Creek #1 (AES DOOS) small remaining pool in reach S3 



Figure 54. Jones Creek #1 (AES DOOS) dead snapping turtle found on side of Rte. 85 bridge 53 



Figure 55. Pine Spring Creek (AES EOOS) a Great Plains Fishless Intermittent Stream with 



moderate landscape integrity and degraded local conditions 55 



List of Tables 



Table 1 . Site descriptions for study sites included in the TNC Slim Buttes surveys 4 



Table 2. Fish metrics and classification offish species captured in the Slim Buttes Region (2006) 7 



Table 3. Impairment determinations from the MMI and O/E (RIVPACS) models 8 



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