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erally considered opti:cum Cor trout), (2) more pool arena <br />• than riffle areas (65 p~_rcent pools to 35 percent riffl~,c:), <br />(3) generally turbid water f1o~a throughout most o£ the ye;ir, <br />(4) low averaFc floc, velocity, (5) widely meandcri~:g <br />natural streams channel with steeply undercut and eredinE <br />bar.};s, and (5) lack of a:i adequate food supply (macro- <br />invertebrates) for the e:;isting trout population. :he <br />only non-game fish species which occur in Fish Cree <br />are white suckers, sculpi:is, red shiners, and spec:::led <br />dace and fathead minnows. <br />Benthic :tacroinvertebrates <br />According to the report prepared by 4'en*_z (1974) r..ayflics <br />and midges are the two cost common benthic macroinvartebrates <br />(insects which spend at least a portion of nymphal stages <br />• of [heir life cycle in association with the stream bottom) <br />found in the study area. Other aquatic invertebrates <br />found in streams in the analysis area include stoneflies, <br />caddisflies, and black flies (Wentz 1974). <br />Dames and Moore established a series of aquatic sar..?ling <br />stations within the subject area in 1975. These sights <br />were monitared in July, August, and September of 1975. <br />Endangered or Threatened Species <br />There is no threa[enc' or endangered aquatic life en or <br />around any of the three lease applications. <br />• <br />112 <br />