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METHODS AND MATERIALS <br />•~ <br />Electrofishing was conducted in a portion of the Williams Fork <br />River located approximately 0.5 miles from the confluence with the Yampa <br />River using a Coffelt Backpack Shocker (Model BP-1). Two transects were <br />established is relation to the coal silo. The upstream transect. included <br />the portion of the river from the silo to approximately 300 yards up- <br />stream, while the downstream transect ranged between the silo and Coal <br />Road Bridge about 700 yards in length. One person held the electrodes <br />and walked upstream, while two people trailed behind and netted fish. <br />Each transect was shocked in 75- 100-yard sections,-which included bath <br />shorelines. The total time of electrofishing for the upstream and <br />downstream transects was 80 minutes each. Since various sectioas did <br />not exhibit data were <br />difference catches oresented for the encir.e tran- <br /> , •~ <br />sect. Fish captured along each transect were placed in a large cor.• <br />tainer. Lengths and weights were taken for ;,11 fish except minnows. <br />Important fish, such as salmonid (trout) species, were weighed and <br />measured immediately after collection to reduce chances of mortality. <br />~J <br />2 <br />