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Thvrv February 1». 1W2 (Sac J) SANOV (Ore ) POST—5
Boulder Creek habitat surprisingly active
by M IC H A E L P. JO N ES
Poat Correspondent
Boulder ('reek, w ith a
mini-hydroelectnc project
proposed above its mouth,
is considered an excellent
habitat for fish, according
to an Oregon Fish and
W ild life
C o m m issio n
biologist.
Ja y M assey, a fish
biologist with the commis
sion, said that two sampl
ings of the stream were
made this past summer to
determine the tributary's
importance to the area's
fish runs
Because of the hillsides
along the creek had been
ciearcut in the summer of
I960 by a previous owner,
utilizing methods in viola
tion of the state's Forest
P ra ctice s Act, it was
believed to have been
reduced to a minor role
It was (eared that the
la rg e
q u a n titie s
of
sedimentation that washed
into the stream had upset
the delicate balance of the
water's ecology, destroy
ing the spawning areas
The water temperature
of the stream was also of
concern, said Massey With
the trees along the creek
having been logged, the
n ece ss ary shade was
removed The warming of
a stream can be detrimen
tal to sustaining fish life,
said Massey
Demo convention set Feb. 13
The Clackamas County
Democratic Party will con
vene a one-day Platform
Convention Feb 13, accor
din g to L o rn a Long,
c h a irp e rs o n
of
the
C la c k a m a s
C ounty
Democratic Central Com
mittee
T he co nvention w ill
assemble at the Gladstone
S e n io r
C e n te r,
1020
Portland Ave , Gladstone,
beginning at 8 30 a m
It
is open to a ll
democrats registered to
vote in the county
Citizens wishing to par
ticipate as delegates must
present voter registration
cards as evidence of their
attachment to the party
A 12 registration fee will
be charged
The convention's keynote
speaker will be attorney
Norman Stoll. Stoll has
been active in Oregon's
D e m o c ra tic P a rty for
years, and was on the staff
of the Neurenberg War
Trials Commission at the
end of World War II
He address will focus on
Keagonomics.
Also of concern were the
numerous log jams, which
c re a te d a s e rie s of
blockages that affected the
migration and passage of
steelhead, salmon and
trout
On J u ly 20 a s ta ff
member of the commission
visited the sited and sampl
ed the stream with a
backpack shocker, which is
a device that sends an elec
tric a l charge into the
stream to stun the fish The
fish will then float to the top
where they are identified
and counted A short time
la t e r
th e y
r e v iv e
themselves without any ap
parent harmful effects.
The stream ’s sampling
was conducted 500 feet
below, to 500 feet above, a
bridge at the end of a spur
road.
C o m m is sio n
s ta ff
members hiked into the
steep and rugged area to
shock the stream. As a
result of the large numbers
of fish counted, it was
learned that the logging
had not had the impact on
the fisheries that was first
believed, that it is still a
suitable habitat for fish
A commission report
stated that “good number
of steelhead fry and yearl
mgs were collected per
hundred feet of stream
sampled.*’ However, “ony
a small portion of the
stream could be fished with
the small shocker."
T h e s a m p lin g
also
revealed that there were
coho fingerlings in two
overflow channels, a good
distance above the mouth
According to the com
mission's report, the “ pro
posed hydroelectric project
would reduce the stream
flow through this section of
the creek”
When Massey testified at
a S tate W ater Po licy
Review Board hearing con
cerning a study permit for
the project, the informa
tion was greeted by some
s k e p tic is m
fro m
the
hydro's developer. Steven
Sweitzer of Hoodland
S w e itz e r
re q u e s te d
another sampling, and ask
ed that this one be done
above where the proposed
diversion structure is to be
constructed
On Aug. 14 Pat Keeley,
fish biologist with the com
mission, and Douglas Case,
experimental biological aid
with the commission, con
ducted another electronic
fishing sample of Boulder
Creek
They were accompanied
by Sweitzer and M arc
Bachman, the owner of a
fly shop to Welches.
The commission stafl
took the sampling from 25t
feet upstream, to 250 feet
downstream, of the propos
ed diversion dam
Below the diversion site,
six coho fingerlings from
last fall’s spawn were col
lected. Also collected were
25 steelhead fry and 14
adult steelhead a year old
or older.
Above the site, eight coho
fingerlings from last fa ll’s
spawn were found, as well
as 25 steelhead fry and 14
adult steelhead
During the three hours
spent sampling the stream.
Cottids ( bullhead ) were
also o bserved in the
stream. And, although the
stream is said to be an ex
c e lle n t one fo r tro u t
fishing, no cutthroat were
collected or observ ed in the
two sampling areas
Even though the sampl
ing showed a high fish
count, the commission in
dicated that this doesn't
re p re s e n t the e n tir e
population
According to a memo by
Keeley w ritten shortly
after the electronic sampl
ing. most of the waters
within the two 250-foot sec
tions were not sampled
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