Black Bear Creek: 100(47/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



Y 



N 



High (9/17) 

 Low (10/14) 

 None (7/7) 

 None 

 High (1/4) 

 High (1/3) 

 2001 



Black Bear Creek, a small 1^ order tributary to Bear Creek in the upper Douglas Creek 

 watershed, flows ~7.5 through both public (BLM) and private agricultural land. The upper 

 reaches are public land. Black Bear Creek ranks high on the restoration priority list for non- 

 project streams, due to high potential for downstream water quality benefits and high social and 

 financial rank. Unfortunately, Black Bear Creek currently does not support fish, resulting in a 

 low biological rank despite a high rank in potential water quality benefits. Riparian impairments 

 in the lower reaches include 1) livestock induced stream bank degradation and riparian vegetation 

 suppression, 2) a crushed and undersize culvert, and 3) reduced instream flow from irrigation. 



Buffalo Gulch: 85(62/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



N 



Low (12/17) 

 Moderate (9/14) 

 Low (6/7) 

 None 

 High (1/4) 

 Low (3/3) 

 2002 ' 



Buffalo Gulch, a small 2"** order tributary to the Nevada Creek Reservoir, flows ~7 miles 

 through both public (National Forest) in headwaters and private land in the lower ~4 miles of 

 stream. Buffalo Gulch ranks high in potential water quality benefits, low in native species value, 

 and provides no sport fishery value to the Blackfoot River, resulting in a low total rank for non- 

 project streams. Lower Buffalo Gulch supports moderate densities of resident WSCT and low 

 densities of rainbow trout. Fisheries impairments in the lower ~3 miles of stream include 1) 

 livestock-induced stream bank damage, 2) riparian vegetation suppression and 3) lack of complex 

 fish habitat (instream wood). 



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