Stream Inventory Report, Caspar Creek (North Fork)

A stream inventory was conducted during the summer of 1995 on the upper reach of Caspar Creek beginning at the confluence with the unnamed tributary locally known as South Fork Caspar Creek. This section of Caspar Creek is locally known and hereafter referred to as North 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 North Fork Caspar Creek. The objective of the biological inventory was to document presence and distribution of juvenile salmonid species. Adult spawning surveys have been conducted on North Fork Caspar Creek. Spawning survey results are available from the California Department of Fish and Game, Region 3 Office in Yountville, California. The United States Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, in Arcata also has fisheries and large woody debris data available.

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.