Burnt Bridge Creek: 65(79/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



N 



Low (16/17) 

 Low (11/14) 

 Low (6/7) 

 None 

 Low (3/4) 

 Low (3/3) 

 1999 



Burnt Bridge Creek, a small 1** order tributary to Gold Creek in the lower Blackfoot River 

 watershed, flows ~2 miles through both private land and a small portion of public land near the 

 mouth. Burnt Bridge Creek ranks low on the restoration priority list for non-project streams. 

 Although located in a bull trout core area. Burnt Bridge Creek ranks low in native sf>ecies value, 

 low in potential water quality benefits and currently provides no sport fishery value to the 

 Blackfoot River. Burnt Bridge Creek supports only resident brook trout in low densities. 

 Fisheries impairments include 1) an entrenched and altered stream channel, 2) elevated stream 

 sediment levels from poor road drainage, 3) undersize culverts, 4) localized areas of riparian 

 vegetation suppression, and 5) reduced instream flows from irrigation. 



California Gulch: 85(62/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Qualitv: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



Y 



N 



Low (12/17) 



Moderate (9/14) 



Low (6/7) 



None 



High (1/4) 



Low (3/3) 



2002 



California Gulch, a small 2"^ order tributary to Buffalo Gulch in the upper Nevada Creek 

 watershed, flows -3.5 miles through both public (National Forest) and private land in the lower 

 ~2 miles. High potential water quality benefits, low native species value, low social rank, and no 

 sport fishery value to the Blackfoot River, ranks California Gulch low on the restoration priority 

 list for non-project streams. California Gulch supports only resident WSCT. Fisheries 

 impairments in the lower ~2 miles include 1) lack of complex fish habitat (instream wood), 2) 

 livestock-induced stream bank degradation and riparian vegetation suppression, and 3) reduced 

 instream flows from irrigation. 



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