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I <br />riffle ^reas), while a 30-70 ratio is described as ideal <br />• by [he Colorado DOi? (1970. Tlic natural channel o: <br />i Trout Creelc is meandering, wi;:h steep, undeXCUt bs^.~s in <br />j i[s lower reaches south aRd cos[ of the proposed aiioing <br />, <br />activities. <br />~ Food supply availabl=. to the trout population in Trout <br />I <br />Creelc (primarily aquatic invertebrates) is fair in <br />i <br />quality and quancit~, and general condition of the _ish <br />in the stream is rated as fair. <br />I <br />There are very few non-game soecies [o compete wit: trout <br />for available habitat in Trout Creek. Non-game species <br />in the stream are white suckers, mottle sculpir.s, red <br />~ shiners, and speckled dace (Everhart and Seaman, 1971). <br /> Fish Creek is populated with brook and rainbow Crcut in <br />j a 70-30 percent species composition ratio (Colorado DO!d, <br />I 1972). The stream is stocked with rainbow trout at <br /> random time intervals by the Colorado DOFI, at locations <br />~ above proposed minir.~ activity. There is some natural <br />~ reproduction of brook trout in Fish Creelc, and overall <br /> fish population condition is stable. <br />I <br />Physical and chemical quality of Fish Creek is poor in <br /> the vicinity of the .-oposed actions. Critical lir_it- <br /> ing factors for the fish population in Fish Creek on clie <br /> Energy Fuels property are: (1) water temperature c.~hich <br /> are marginal (greater than SOo F in scale stream seg- <br /> ments during the summer and early fall; 60-GSo P is ~en- <br /> 111 <br />