Fish Inventory Site FSH0218B70

Site Comments: Upper Bear Creek.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.6° C	Conductivity: 11.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity:	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 7.0 m 6.0 m Thalweg Depth: 0.4 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
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): 108		Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Chinook salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 68 Max: 75 Mean: 71
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 48 Max: 48 Mean: 48
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Species: juvenile rainbow trout		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 75 Max: 75 Mean: 75
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 18	Fish Measured: 9	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 31 Max: 59 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (18)

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