Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest - Fisheries Monitoring Reports

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Fishing | Restoration & Enhancement | Monitoring | Education

Fishing

[Photograph]: Angler with a fall Chinook Salmon caught on a fly rod.

40 pound plus bright fall chinook salmon on a flyrod are a reality on the lower Rogue River. (Photo courtesy of Jon Hazlett)

[Photograph]: Angler with a fall Chinook Salmon caught on a fly rod.

A happy angler holding the bounty of the productive Rogue River in hand. (Photo courtesy of Jon Hazlett)

[Photograph]: Native coastal cutthroat trout.

Several streams on the Rogue River and Siskiyou National Forests provide quality fishing for native coastal cutthroat trout.

[Photograph]: Wild winter steelhead caught ona fly in Applegate River.

This wild winter steelhead was caught and released on an egg fly on the Applegate River.

[Photograph]: Fall Chinook Salmon caught on a fly rod.

Another chrome beauty landed on the Rogue River. (Photo courtesy of Jon Hazlett)

[Photograph]: Back country lake angler with his catch.

Many Wilderness lakes in the rugged Siskiyou and Cascade Mountains provide a primitive fishing opportunity for brook, rainbow, and cutthroat trout.

[Photograph]: Fish Lake angler with a full line of trout.

This gentleman and his friends had no problem filling their trout limits on Fish Lake located on the Ashland Ranger District.

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Restoration and Enhancement

[Photograph]: Streambed restoration on Beaver Creek.

Placing large wood in streams with helicopters or other mechanisms helps collect spawning gravels and restores stream habitat by providing cover and complexity for juvenile salmon, steelhead, and resident trout.

[Photograph]: Placing salmon carcasses in Bitterlick Creek.

Adding hatchery salmon carcasses to several streams on the Forest helps restore depleted nutrient levels and serves as a energy source for the entire aquatic ecosystem.

[Photograph]: Removing a dman to increase the amount of coho salmon habitat.

Removing this concrete diversion dam that was no longer being used increased the amount of coho salmon habitat by over a quarter-mile in a stream on the Applegate Ranger District.

[Photograph]: Restorative planting of a riparian area on the Ashland Ranger District.

On the Ashland Ranger District, planting native trees and shrubs is an effective restoration technique along riparian zones that have been damaged by floods and other disturbances.

[Photograph]: Heavy equipment enhancing warmwater fish habitat in Applegate Lake.

Heavy equipment is used to enhance warmwater fish habitat in Applegate Lake. Logs, boulders, brush rows and thousands of recycled Christmas trees improve habitat complexity and attract black bass and sunfish.

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Monitoring

[Photograph]: Forest service biologist holding a native green sturgeon in the Rogue River.

Forest Service biologists are involved with studying the mysterious native green sturgeon found in the lower Rogue River.

[Photograph]: Biologists estimating the number of summer steelhead adutos and half-pounders.

A tough job: estimating abundance of summer steelhead adults and half-pounders meant snorkeling 11 miles of a remote, Wilderness river on the Gold Beach Ranger District. Biologists towed their gear behind them on float tubes and spent three nights on sandbars under the stars.

[Photograph]: Forest Service employee surveying an angler on the Applegate Ranger District to quantify fish population information.

Forest Service fisheries employees on the Applegate Ranger District survey anglers to quantify fishing pressure, catch and harvest rates, and user values. Data collected from these surveys are used in making management decisions regarding stocking rates, habitat enhancement, and facility upgrades.

[Photograph]: Biologist conducting a snorkel census of coho salmon.

Snorkel censuses are used on the Prospect Ranger District to quantify spawning and rearing success of Federally-threatened coho salmon.

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Education

[Photograph]: 'Salmon Tent' a large salmon-shaped and decorated tent used for educational activities.

Forest Service fisheries biologist reading an interactive story to elementary school children from inside the Salmon Tent.

[Photograph]: Salmon Tent with kids in costume during an educational activity.

The Salmon Tent and its related costumes are staffed with Forest Service fisheries biologists and used at community fairs and celebrations. Kids love the bright costumes and role-playing activities in the Web of Life display.

[Photograph]: Group of students viewing a National Forest stream recreation.

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest fisheries biologists are involved with many environmental education events in local communities. During this event held at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, biologists re-created a National Forest stream in the classroom with natural substrate, macroinvertebrates, amphibians, and fishes. Over 250 middle school students participated in this hands-on educational symposium and were able to observe the diversity found in a local mountain stream and learn relations between water quality and productive ecosystems.