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Section 77g,2p (c) Continued. <br />• Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled at each location using a <br />Surber bottom sampler. Relative abundance of rubble, gravel, sand, <br />silt and clay were also recorded. <br />During July of 1979, the percent cover of aquatic macrophytes on <br />the lower Foidel Creek site and the lower Fish Creek site were <br />determined and mapped. The two sites are designated on the Twenty- <br />mile Mammalian Observation (Map 17). <br />Fish. According to the Fisheries Inventory conducted by the CDOW <br />(1972), Fish Creek and Middle Creek are classified as fair and poor <br />respectively for cold water fisheries potential. Species present <br />in Fish Creek and Middle Creek. were reported to be 50 percent brook <br />trout and 50 percent cutthroat trout. The sampling sites and dates <br />are not available. <br />On August 5th and 6th, 1975, fish were qualitatively sampled at the <br />• seven locations found in the Twentymile Park Mammalian Observations <br />(Map 17), utilizing a Smith-Root Type VII backpack electrofisher. <br />Approximately 50 meters of stream were sampled at each of the upper <br />and middle stations on Fish Creek and the two stations on Middle <br />Creek. Insufficient water was available to operate the electrofisher <br />on Foidel Creek so a dip net was employed to capture fish at these <br />sites. Fish captured were counted, measured, and identified by <br />species. <br />Samples for aquatic mac roinvertebrates were collected on July 5, <br />1979 from four of the stations sampled in 1975 using a one square <br />foot Surber sampler and a pole mounted Ekman dredge. The location <br />of each station is shown on the Twentymile Park Mammalian Observations <br />(Map 17). With the exception of upper Foidel Creek and the adjacent <br />reservoir (Reservoir No. 1), two Surber samples and two Ekman <br />dredge samples were collected at each of the remaining three 1975 <br />stations. <br />• <br />779-144 <br />