Stream Inventory Report, Unnamed Caspar Creek Tributary (Middle Fork Caspar Creek)

A stream inventory was conducted during the summer of 1995 on an unnamed tributary of Caspar Creek locally known and hereafter referred to as Middle 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 Middle Fork Caspar Creek. The objective of the biological inventory was to document the presence and distribution of juvenile salmonid species. There is no known record of adult spawning surveys having been conducted on Middle Fork Caspar Creek.

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.