FM/FISH 328 Forestry-Fisheries Interactions

Assignment 3:

stream-fish

Format

Submit your answer to “Collect It” as pdf file, with your e-mail in the name header

Make sure to reference your answers, where appropriate with links, references etc.

As part of a larger project the local land manager is asked to evaluate the conditions with respect to fish habitat conditions in the Reese Creek watershed. At some point you will have to do a Watershed analysis for the Reese watershed. As part of that you need to establish in which basin and watershed administrative unit (WAU) Reese Creek is located. (provide source)

1. WAU location of Reese Creek watershed 10 pts

2. Stream Typing

Type the streams within the Reese Creek watershed according to the current typing system as outlined by DNR. Clearly state the parameters you use in establishing fish reaches or how far fish can go (provide references, sources). .

3 Fish Information 20 pts

• What fish species can you expect to occur in Reese Creek
• Identify locations of known or potential passage barriers (natural and man caused) based on the map material supplied below
• Identify stream reaches based on DNR’s Watershed module for potential fish habitat and presence

Clearly state the assumptions and parameters you use in this task

4 Rules and Regs on stream crossings and structures 20pts

A road crosses Reese Creek near survey point HAP-81-78-7. Currently it is a culvert. What do the current regulations say with regard to this culvert. Does it have to be replaced with a new structure?

5 Watershed delineation and Flow calculations 20 pts

In order to check the flow capacity of the current culvert near survey point HAP-81-78 we need to know the Qmax. Of interest are the 100-year flow and the 5-year flow rate. Mark the drainage boundary on the map provided and using that information establish the flow rates

6. Primer on fish blockages 30pts

Critical is the determination of fish blockages, both man-made and natural. Man-made blockages are eventually removed, so ultimately do not prevent fish from moving up if other conditions are favorable. So, you have to send out an in-experienced “Arts & Sciences student working for you during the summer to localize and identify stream blockages in the watershed. For that purpose you put together a “primer” on fish blockages which tells/defines what they are (e.g. examples and short descriptions in your words plus links/sources (max 2 pages)