EXH0748026946

FROM : COLUMBIA BIOLOGICAL FAX NO. : 58994GI4G?G? Mar. 15 2882 87:38PM P2 qI I _ III lll _ Assessment of Spawning and Habitat in three Puget Sound Streams, Washington T. W. Hillman J. R. Stevenson D. J. Snyder Reportto: Airport Communities Coalition City Hall 21630 11_ AvenueSouth Des Moines, WA 981S8 April 1999 AR 026946 "7 _ FROM : COLUMBIA 5_IOLOGICAL FAX NO. : 5_gg4GI4G7G7 Mar. 15 2@_2 _7:38PM P3 FINAL REPORT ,, i i TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................... iii INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 1 STUDY AREA ....................................................... I METHODS .......................................................... 2 Habitat ........................................................ 2 Spawning Surveys .............................................. 6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ........................................... 7 Habitat ........................................................ 7 Habitat type .............................................. 7 Habitat condition 8lll.lil=*il lllJllll=mll lll II I l l I l I l = l Spawning • 9I l i . l i I i j p q i i i lllOJellWWllll llllll l'l IIII Ill Redd counts ............................................. 9 Populationstructure ...................................... 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................... 12 REFERENCES ...................................................... 12 FIGURES .......................................................... 13 TABLES ........................................................... 18 APPENDIX .......................................................... 28 BioAnalysts, Inc. xx April 1999 AR 026947 . . .. FROM : COLUMBIABIOLOGICAL FAX NO. : $8994614_7@7 Ma_. iS 2882 @7:39PM P4 FINAL REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We surveyed habitat composition and condition, abundance and distribution of redds (nests), and characteristics of the spawning populations of salmon and trout in Miller, Walker, and Des Moines creel(s, tributaries of Puget Sound. during the 1998- 1999 spawning season. We divided each survey stream into reaches based on geomorphology, channel confinement, and gradient, For…

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