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<br />O:193G <br /> <br />the:l.r waters are clear and cold and the streams are fast moving. IDdl- <br />vidually the character of the streams varies from small, rather DarrOliT <br />creeks rushing down steep, forest canyons to larger, broad streams <br />flowing swiftly between flat open meadows and woodlands. <br />Species present <br />7. Four species of trout--rainbow, brown, cutthroat, and Eastern <br />brook--occur in Homestake Lake and the streams potentially affected by <br />the Eagle-Arkansas project. All four species are represented in Eagle <br />River and Homestake Creek, with rainbow trout predominating. The East <br />Fork of Eagle River and the tributaries of Homestake Creek have popula_ <br />tions composed principally of either Eastern brook trout or cutthroats. <br />Eastern brook trout is the predominant species in Piney Creek, Tennessee <br />Creek, and the Tennessee Fork and Lake Fork of the Arkansas River. <br />While Homestake Lake is populated predominantly with Eastern brook trout, <br />a small number of cutthroats is also present, <br />Need for existing stream and lake fishery <br />8. In view of the fact that fishing license sales are steadily <br />rising in Colorado, and other stream fisheries are being progressive1;r <br />destroyed by Federal, municipal, and 'private water-development projects, <br />it is reasonable to assume that future use on these streams and Home- <br />stake Lake will increase. The popularity of this 9.+'ea plus the pref- <br />erence for stream fishing in Colorado strengthens tl1is belief. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />