Fish Inventory Site FSH0211A54

Site Comments: Unnamed tributary of North Fork Big River.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.4° C	Conductivity: 51.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Glacial, High Turbidity	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 4.9 m 4.3 m Thalweg Depth: 0.25 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (F4) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

		Left Bank	Right Bank
Distance From OHW(m)	0-5
	5-10
	10-20
	20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 78		Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 30 Max: 39 Mean: 34
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 35 Max: 41 Mean: 38
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 35 Mean: 32
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 30 Max: 39 Mean: 34
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)

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