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<br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />n ~,.194;2 <br /> <br />Effects of Proiect <br />24. Tennessee Creek and the Tennessee Fork of the Arkansas River <br />will be subject to severe scouring and channelization by with-the- <br />project flows. It is estimated that these flows will be as high as <br />500 second-feet. A large amount of trout habitat will be lost and that <br />remaining will be of poor quality. <br />Lake Fork of the Arkansas River drainage <br />Extent and Q""litv of Habitat <br />25. JAke Fork of the Arkansas.-tJpstream :from Turquoise Lake, <br />Lake Fork of the Arkansas will be seriously affected for a bout 4 miles. <br />In size and other physical characteristics Lake Fork is quite similar <br />to Tennessee Fork. It meanders slowly through f'lat meadows and marshes <br />bordered at intermittent intervals by willow thickets and beaver ponds. <br />The streambed varies :from gravel and rock to mud. <br />26. Mill Oreek.-...A.quatic habitat on Mill Oreek, a tributary to <br />Lake Fork of the Arkansas River, will be affected for approximately <br />0.1 mile upstream :from the confluence of the two streams. The quality <br />of the habitat is good. <br />tJtil:l,~tion <br />27. Lake Fork is regarded as good trout stream and receives <br />moderately heavy fishing use. Mill Oreek is lightly fished., <br /> <br />E~rects of Profect <br /> <br />28. Increas,ed with-the-project flows will cause severe scouring <br />and channelization on Mill Oreek and Lake Fork of the Arkansas River. <br />As a result, much of the trout habitat will be destroyed and the quality <br />of that remaining will be poor. <br /> <br />," <br />