RESULTS PART 11; Prioritization of 50 non-project streams 



Non-project streams support a wide range of impairments not yet addressed from a 

 restoration standpoint. Identified fisheries impairments include: 1) 19 streams with poor road 

 crossings, 2) 18 streams with irrigation impacts, 3) 18 streams with channel alterations, 4) 14 

 streams that lack complexity, 5) 14 stream with degraded riparian vegetation, 6) 16 streams with 

 poor instream flow, 7) 25 streams with poor road drainage, 8) 31 streams with grazing 

 degradation, 9) 5 streams with recreation impacts, 10) 6 streams with mining impacts, and II) 

 one stream with residential impacts. 



Alice Creek: 130(21/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Alice Creek, an upper Blackfoot River 2°^ order tributary, flows ~16 miles through a 

 checkerboard of public (National Forest) and private ranch land. The lower ~3 miles of stream is 

 exclusively private. Alice Creek ranks high on the restoration priority list for non-project 

 streams. Supporting bull trout spawning and rearing, and a population of fluvial WSCT, ranks 

 Alice Creek high in native species value. It also provides a low (single species) sport fishery 

 value to the Blackfoot River and ranks low in potential water quality benefits. Recent fish 

 population sampling found no fish in lower Alice Creek and low densities of fluvial WSCT in 

 middle reaches. The upper reaches support low densities of WSCT and brook trout. Fisheries 

 impairments near mile 2 include 1) the lack of complex fish habitat (instream wood), 2) localized 

 stream banks degradation and 3) an instream road crossing from recreational users. 



Arkansas Creek, a small l" order tributary to Ashby Creek in the Union Creek watershed, 

 flows ~5 miles through private (Plum Creek and agricultural) land. It ranks moderate in potential 

 water quality benefits, low in native species value, and provides no sport fishery value to the 

 Blackfoot River, giving Arkansas Creek a low total ranking on the restoration priority list for 

 non-project streams. Arkansas Creek supports pure resident WSCT and brook trout in its lower 

 and middle reaches. WSCT densities are low but increase slightly in the upstream direction, 



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