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<br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />ELECTROFISHING RECORD <br /> <br />STREAM NAME: Garner Creek CODE #: 44608 STATION #: 1 <br />LOCATION: 1.5 rni upstream from FS 964, T45N R11E S32 DATE: 17 August 1992 <br />PERSONNEL: Alves, Olszak, Estes LENGI'H OF STATION: 500 ft. <br />WIDTH: 3 FT ACREAGE: 0.03 ELEVATION: 9600 ft POP EST MADE? YES <br /> <br />LErrn'H-FRmUENCY RECORD ( INCHES) <br /> <br />SPECIES 1 2 <br />B.. 2 2 <br /> <br />3 4 <br />4 <br /> <br />567 8 <br />331 <br /> <br />9 10111 l12 :13 :14 l15 116 l17 :18 :19 120 :21+: <br /> <br />SUMMARY INFORMATION: > 6.0" <br /> <br />COMMENTS:.The purpose of this inventory was to identify the resident fishery and to evaluate the <br />potential of this stream for introdu~tion of Rio Grande CUtthroat. Garner Creek is a smalL <br />,,- <br /> <br />headwater stream that drains the western slope of the Sanqre de Cristo rrountains and disappears <br />into the Closed Basin of the San Luis Valley. These characteristics alone make it a candidate <br />for introduction of RGN , however the numerous beaver ponds would make it difficult for a derris <br />operation to succeed with total rerooval of unwanted fish. Garner Creek has a resident population <br />of reproducinq brook trout. The population estimate for fish> 6 inches was 337 fish per acre <br />and a biomass of 59 pounds per acre. Garner Creek would make a qood RGN stream due to the <br />I' location, presence of a natural barrier and adequate fish habitat. However, the beaver dams pose <br />a loqistic problem to the success of the derris operation. <br /> <br />I-~- <br />