Stream Inventory Report, Caspar Creek

A stream inventory was conducted during the summer of 1995 on Caspar Creek, starting at the Highway 1 bridge and ending at the confluence with the unnamed tributary designated locally as South Fork Caspar Creek. The inventory was conducted in two parts: habitat inventory and biological inventory. The objective of the habitat inventory was to document the habitat available to anadromous salmonids in Caspar Creek. The objective of the biological inventory was to document the presence and distribution of juvenile salmonid species. Adult spawning surveys, juvenile index reach surveys, and juvenile downstream migrant trapping surveys, have been conducted on Caspar Creek. The data from those surveys is available from the California Department of Fish and Game Region 3 Office in Yountville, California. 

The objective of this report is to document the current habitat conditions, and recommend options for the potential enhancement of habitat for chinook salmon, coho salmon and steelhead trout. Recommendations for habitat improvement activities are based upon target habitat values suitable for salmonids in California's north coast streams.