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<br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />0:1939 <br /> <br />Homestake Creek drainage <br />Extent An!'! Qualitv of Habitat <br />15. Hoillestake Creek.--Downstream from Gold Park, Homestake Creek <br />is one of the larger streams and provides 12 miles of the most valuable <br />trout habitat in the area. (See plates I and II.) The water is clear <br />and cold and fiows rapidly as it follows a slightly meandering cotll'se <br />through a broad, rather open w.lley. The stream bottom consists of <br />boulders, rubble, and gravel, and there is a good interspersion of <br />pool and riffie areas. Deep pools and overhanging banks furnish cover <br />for trout, and the many beaver ponds along this stretch of the stream <br />provide excellent trout habitat. <br />16. Home stake Creek trihutaries.-The 5 tributaries of Homestake <br />Creek that will be affected by the project are French Creek, Fancy <br />Creek, Missotll'i Creek, East Fork of Homestake Creek, and Middle Fork <br />of Homestake Creek. (See plates III and IV.) The portions of these <br />streams which will be affected b.1 the project and the affected segment <br />of Homestake Creek upstream from Gold Park total about 9 miles of trout <br />water. Because of their general similarity, these streams are des- <br />cribed herein as a group. For the most part, they are rather steep, <br />and the water spills rapidly through narrow canyons and, in some places, <br />cascades over waterfalls. Pools are small and less in number than the <br />riffie areas, On other parts of thefle streams, where the gradient is <br />more gentle, pools are larger and more extensive. The streambed is of <br />boulders, rubble, and gravel. Overhanging banks, log jams, and large <br />roeks furnish' cover for fish. Water in all the streams is clear and <br />cold. <br />