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Table 3.9. Summary of Habitat Requirements of Important Game Fish in the Study Area.I Adults Juveniles S D a w n i n c veto- Velo- city Depth Sub- Temp. city Depth Sub- Temp. SDeCIas Time Habitat (ft/sec) (ft) strate OF (ft/sec) (ft) strata OF 2 Cutthroat Trout Spring Small streams with Streams and -- -- Rubble 54-59 Protected areas 0.8-1.6 13-23' Rubble 59 (Salmo clarkii) gravel substrate alpine lakes with cover Rainbow Trout Spring smatter tributaries Small to 1.2-1.3 > 1.75 Gravel 52-67 Protected areas 0.7-1.3 0.9.1.0 Gravel 52-67 (Salmo oardneri) with fine gravel moderately and with cover large rivers sand with moder- ate flows and gravel bottoms Brown Trout Fall Gravel beds in Slower 0-0.8 > 2.5 Sand- 55-70 Protected areas 0-0.3 0.8-2.7 Gravel 55-70 (Salmo trutta) streams moving waters cobble with cover and and lakes cobble Brook Trout Fall In gravels of Well oxy- •- -• -- < 68 Protected areas -- -• -- -- (Satvelinus headwater streams genated, cool with cover fontinalis) streams and lakes Lake Trout Fait Rubble-boulder Deep, cold -- -- -- 50 Protected areas -- -- -- -- (Selvelinus substrata in lakes with cover namavcush) lakes Mountain Fell Gravet-rubble Deep, cold - -- -- Protected areas -- -- -- -- Whitefish substrate Swiftwater with cover (Proso0i rivers wiiliamsoni) Kokenee Salmon Fall Gravel beds along Pelagic -- -- -- 50-59 Protected areas -- -- -- 54-57 (Qncorhvnchus Lakeshore or inlet plankton with covers k ) streams of lakes feeder in lakes w 1 Source: Carlander, 1969; Baxter and Simon, 1970; Scott and Crossmen, 1973; Hickman and Raleigh, 1982; IFG Suitability Data 2--Information is not available.