Spring Creek (trib. to Cottonwood Cr.): 130(21/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



N 



High (3/1 7) 

 High (5/14) 

 High (4/7) 

 High (20) 

 Low (3/4) 

 Low (3/3) 

 1997,2000 



Spring Creek, a 1^ order tributary to upper Cottonwood Creek, flows ~2.5 miles exclusively 

 through private timber and agricultural lands. Spring Creek scored high in total rank for non- 

 project streams. The high ranking is due to high native species value, high (multi-species) sport 

 fishery value, and potential to increase flows to the Blackfoot River. Spring Creek has low 

 potential to improve downstream water quality and ranks low in social and financial 

 considerations. Located in the bull trout core area. Spring Creek supports WSCT and brook trout 

 and bull trout rearing as recently as 1989. Since 1989, Spring Creek has been diverted on a year- 

 around basis and is now disjunct from Cottonwood Creek. Bull trout have not been detected in 

 more recent sampling. Fisheries impairments in the lower reaches include 1) irrigation impacts 

 (fish passage, entrainment, and dewatering), 2) channel alterations, and 3) suppressed riparian 

 vegetation. 



Strickland Creek: 75(75/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



Y 



N 



Low (14/17) 

 Low (10/14) 

 None (7/7) 

 None 

 High (1/4) 

 Low (3/3) 

 2002 



Strickland Creek, a 2"** order tributary to Halfway Creek, originates on the northern slopes of 

 Gravely Mountain in the Garnet Mountain range. Strickland Creek flows ~6.5 miles exclusively 

 through private ranch land. Strickland Creek ranks low in total rank for non-project streams. 

 This low rank is due to lack of native species, no sport fishery value to the Blackfoot River, and 

 low social and financial rank. Strickland Creek has high potential to improve downstream water 

 quality. We found no salmonids in sampling lower Strickland Creek. Fisheries impairments on 

 lower Strickland Creek include lack of instream complexity and degraded stream banks fi-om 

 excessive livestock access to riparian areas. 



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