private landowners, comprised of homesites, ranch land and private timber lands. Gladstone Creek is a 

 3679 acre third order watershed with 89% forest cover. It is a Class I stream under the Montana SMZ Law 

 and Rules, with both perennial and intermittent surface flow. French Creek is a 1 590 acre second order 

 watershed with 91% forest cover. It is a perennial Class I stream. 



The proposed sale watershed analysis area has been further divided into 8 unnamed tributary watersheds 

 draining Gladstone Creek and Wolf Creek to facilitate hydrologic analysis and cumulative watershed effects 

 assessment. A description of those drainage areas follows: 



Tributarv# 1: This 204 acre watershed is a perennial Class ! stream that receives approximately 25 inches 

 of annual precipitation. This first order tributary flows through a very steep draw at approximately 5% 

 gradient. Surface flow was lost 1 00 feet upstream of the confluence with Gladstone Creek. 



Tributary # 2: This 1 50 acre watershed is an intermittent Class II drainage that receives approximately 25 

 inches of annual precipitation. The upper reaches showed no signs of surface flow this year, however, 

 there was surface connectivity with Gladstone Creek. 



Tributary # 3: This 171 acre watershed is and intermittent Class II drainage receiving approximately 25 

 inches of annual precipitation. The total acreage has been combined with tributary # 4 to accommodate the 

 relative small area. There were no signs of surface flow contributing to tributary # 4 at the time of field 

 inspection. 



Tributary #4: This 171 acre watershed is an intermittent Class II drainage receiving approximately 25 inches 

 of annual precipitation. Surface flow only existed above the confluence with tributary # 3. There was no 

 surface flow to Gladstone Creek, however, there was concentrated spring seepage and flow at the mouth, 

 but flow contributed to an old channel bed that is disconnected from the mainstem of Gladstone Creek. 



Tributary # 5: This 262 acre watershed is an intermittent Class II drainage that receives approximately 25 

 inches of annual precipitation. The majority of the landscape surrounding this drainage is very dry and 

 bony ground. The upper reaches had isolated segments of ponded surface water and spring seepage. 

 The middle portion had a short reach of surface flow. The lower portion of the drainage had defined bed 

 and banks with no surface flow or surface connectivi^y to Gladstone Creek. 



Tributary #6: This 54 acre watershed is ephemeral draw with no evidence of any recent surface flow. 



Tributap/# 7: This 42 acre watershed is a Class 111 stream, with segments of both surface and subsurface 

 flow. This drainage may contribute seasonal surface flow to Bear Gulch. 



Tributary #8: This 40 acre watershed is a Class 111 stream that contributes seasonal surface flow to French 

 Creek. 



Regulatory Framework: 



This portion of the Upper Ivlissouri River Basin, including all of the Wolf Creek drainage, is classified B-1 in 

 the Montana Water Quality Standards. Waters classified B-1 are suitable for drinking, culinary and food 

 processing purposes after conventional treatment; bathing, swimming and recreation; growth and 

 propagation of salmonoid fishes and associated aquatic wildlife, v/aterfowl and furbearers; and agricultural 

 and industrial water supply. State water quality regulations prohibit any increase in sediment above 

 "naturally occurring" concentrations in waters classified B-1 (ARM 16.20.618 2(0). 



"Naturally occurring" means conditions or materials present from runoff or percolation over which man has 

 no control or from developed land where all reasonable land, soil and water conservation practices have 

 been applied. "Reasonable land, soil and water conservation practices" include methods, measures or 



