RESULTS PART II: Prioritization of 33 project streams 



Streams in Results Part II are organized alphabetically and include location information, 

 land ownership patterns along with general fisheries information, past restoration projects, and 

 current fisheries impairments. These summaries also contain the stream's overall watershed 

 score and rank (1/83) adjacent to stream name (e.g. Ashby Creek: 95(49/83), and the year(s) of 

 the FWP tributary report. The Literature Cited portion of the report contains the full citation for 

 FWP reports. 



Despite a large number of completed restoration projects, project streams still support 

 extensive fisheries-related impairments including: 1) 9 streams with road crossing problems, 2) 

 13 streams with irrigation impacts, 3) 13 streams with channel alterations, 4) 20 streams that lack 

 habitat complexity, 5) 23 stream with degraded riparian vegetation, 6) 14 streams with instream 

 flow potential, 7) 1 1 streams with poor road drainage, 8) 1 8 streams with grazing degradation, 9) 

 4 streams with recreation impacts, and 10) 7 streams with whirling disease. 



Ashby Creek: 95(49/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



Y 



Low (16/17) 

 Low (9/10) 

 Low (6/7) 

 None 

 High (1/4) 

 Moderate (2/3) 

 2001,2002 



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Ashby Creek, a 2° order tributary to Camas Creek in the Union Creek watershed, flows ~8 

 miles through public land in upper reaches and private agricultural land in the lower -5.5 miles. 

 Ashby Creek ranks low on the restoration priority list for project streams. Low native species 

 value and lack of sport fishery value contributes this ranking, despite high potential for 

 downstream water quality benefits. Ashby Creek supports a genetically pure population of 

 resident WSCT along with brook trout. Densities are generally low for both species although 

 WSCT numbers increase in the upstream direction. Fisheries-related impairments, located in the 

 middle and lower reaches, include 1) irrigation (fish passage and dewatering), 2) channel 

 alterations, 3) lack of complex fish habitat (instream wood), 4) excessive livestock access to 

 riparian areas, and 5) elevated sediment from road drainage. 



Bear Creek (R.M. 12.2): 125(28/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



2001,2002 



Y 



Low (11/17) 

 Low (7/10) 

 Moderate (4/7) 

 High (20) 

 Low (3/4) 

 High (1/3) 

 1997, 1999, 



2000, 



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