Fish Inventory Site FSH0223A02

Site Comments: Tributary of Kahiltna River.

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.3° C	Conductivity: 163.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Feric	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Sand, Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 13.3 m 3.8 m Thalweg Depth: 0.18 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (C5) 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): 380		Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Beaver dam(s) upstream may be a population barrier.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Arctic grayling		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 62 Max: 62 Mean: 62
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: Beaver dam(s) upstream may be a population barrier.
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4	Fish Measured: 2	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 48 Max: 79 Mean: 63
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Comments: Beaver dam(s) upstream may be a population barrier.
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3)
Comments: Beaver dam(s) upstream may be a population barrier.

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