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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I temperatures in the Little Snake River declined and were cooler than minimum temperatures in the Yampa River, while maximum daily temperatures remained higher in the Little Snake River. This pattern of Little Snake River temperatures fluctuating higher and lower than Yampa River temperatures continued until mid- August when maximum daily temperatures in the Little Snake River dropped to levels cooler than maximum temperatures in the Yampa River. By mid-August, Little Snake River maximum daily temperatures also dropped below maximums in the Yampa River. Water quality parameters were relatively constant on three sampling occasions in May and June during runoff but conductivity, hardness, alkalinity and secchi depth increased and dissolved oxygen declined in September during baseflow (Table 41. Fish community sampling Nine nonnative and seven native fish species were collected including endangered Colorado pikeminnow and humpback chub. Native fishes were more abundant and widespread than nonnative fishes. Of the 11,370 fish collected, including larvae, juveniles, and adults combined, 72 % were native species composed of 43% flannelmouth sucker lCatostomus latipinnis) , 16% speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus), 10% bluehead sucker (C. discobolus), 3%, roundtail chub, and less than 1 % of humpback chub, Colorado pikeminnow, and mottled sculpin combined (Table 5). Nonnative species were composed of 18% sand shiner (Notropis stramineus), 5% redside shiner (Richardsonius balteatus), 2% red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) 1 % fathead minnow lPimephales promelas), 1 % white sucker (C. commersom) and less than 1 % each of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), channel catfish (lctalurus punctatus), creek chub ISemotilus atromaculatus) and plains 11