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i / / / I / j j I J ! " '[ , I I :r- . , .. , \. '1''-. 9'?~~:! I . . :',!",'~':, : .:: :"::'('l:lt trout spccil2s. !=...-:<< i:-: :.: ....:<e ()f prl'viding a sport r-or t!,e most p~rt the entire ~~orth fi~hery without supplemental stocking. ~":.;." \C'!"i :". ".:,':-:', "ld J 1 ~verage 1.5 surf~ce acres of Hater per mile of fishing '.:,::,"'. ,....;: ""h spedes include brook trout (Char), Germ~n brown trout, y~' 'L'".:,~,.:..' ,..:: throat trout, and rainbo,,'s. Some rough fish may be found iT: ::,e leo.,';' :",,'tions of the river. Past records indicate that fish have Qei'i: int",'.'.:""',' by stocking of catchable size, natural reproduction and pr,'batl-'. :,'1' ~.t'ilrs prior to the last ten to twenty years stocking by p~~king jO' f';:gerlings by pack horse. be Roun :;"tional Forest has rated this river as a 6 on a scale from 1 to 1(1. Tlli:, i, considered a good rating for a fishery. This rating was made d;J:'ing th,' cv:lluation work done for the 1976 Range and Wildlife Habitat a::::.seSSnlcnt. The ~.\iddk Fork of the Elk River is approximately 5 miles long. Gilpin CH,'k illld :;01,' Creek join at Slavonia to form the head of the Middle Fork. All S mill':' of the Jliddle Fork of the Elk River flow through National Forest L2nd~. The 'Iiddh' r-ork will average 1.5 surface acres of water per mile of fishing I,atel'. ,blll fish species include brook trout (Char), German brown trout, )'el101,st<'ll" cut throat trout, and Rainbows. Some rough fish may be found in the lOI'Cl' sections of the river. Past records indicate th~t fish have been introduced by stocking of catchable size, natural reproduction and probanly m;lny years ago stocking by packing in fingerlings by pack horse. The ROlltt ~~tional Forest has rated the ~1iddle Fork as an 8 during the ev~ lll~tion l<ark done for the 1976 Range and Wildlife Habitat assessl'lent. TIll' SOllth r-ork of the Elk River is approximately 15 miles long and begins belo" The nome. The river is entirely on National Forest lan-d. The upper J/:' of t'\e river is small and several small streams including Wolverine Creek, \iorth Creek, and Ptarmigan flOl< into it from drainages heading in '.It. Zirkel. ~lost of these waters contain small brook and cut throat trout "pecies. For the most part the entire South Fork of the Elk River is capahle of urovining a sport fishery without supplemental stocking. TIle South Fork averages 0.72 surface acres of water per mile of fishing water. Main fish species include brook trout (Char), German bro~~ trout and rainbow. Sone rough fish may be found in the lower sections of the river and cut throat arc probably found near the headwaters. Past records indicate that fish have been introduced by stocking of catchable size, natural reproduc- tion ann probably for yours prior to the last twenty years stocking by racking in fingerlings hy pack horse. TIle floutt \iotional Forest has rated this river as a 6 during the evalu~tion '.:01'); done for the 1976 R~nge and \"ildlife Habitat assessment.