74572 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 14, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 226 

[Docket No. 030716175–4327–03; I.D. No. 

070303A] 

RIN No. 0648–AQ77 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Designation of Critical Habitat for 13 

Evolutionarily Significant Units of 

Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) 

and Steelhead (O. mykiss) in 

Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), propose to 

designate critical habitat for 13 

Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) 

of Pacific salmon (chum, Oncorhynchus 

keta; coho, O. kisutch, sockeye, O. 

nerka; chinook, O. tshawytscha) and O. 

mykiss (inclusive of anadromous 

steelhead and resident rainbow trout) 

listed under the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA). The specific 

areas proposed for designation in the 

rule text set out below include 

approximately 27,553 mi (44,342 km) of 

lake, riverine, and estuarine habitat in 

Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, as well 

as approximately 2,121 mi (3,413 km) of 

marine nearshore habitat in Puget 

Sound, Washington. Some of the 

proposed areas are occupied by two or 

more ESUs. However, as explained 

below, we are also considering 

excluding many of these areas from the 

final designation based on existing land 

management plans and policies, 

voluntary conservation efforts and other 

factors that could substantially reduce 

the scope of the final designations. The 

net economic impacts of ESA section 7 

associated with designating the areas 

described in the proposed rule are 

estimated to be approximately 

$223,950,127, but we believe the 

additional exclusions under review 

could reduce this impact by up to 90 

percent or more. We solicit information 

and comments from the public on all 

aspects of the proposal, including 

information on the economic, national 

security, and other relevant impacts of 

the proposed designation. We may 

revise this proposal and solicit 

additional comments prior to final 

designation to address new information 

received during the comment period.

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

must be received by 5 p.m. P.S.T. on 

February 14, 2005. Requests for public 

hearings must be made in writing by 

January 28, 2005. We have already 

scheduled public hearings on this 

proposed rule as follows: 

Tuesday, January 11, 2005, from 6:30–

9:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel 

Columbia River, 1401 North Hayden 

Island Drive in Portland, OR; 

Thursday, January 13, 2005, from 

6:30–9:30 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel 

Columbia Center, 1101 North Columbia 

Center Blvd. in Kennewick, WA; 

Tuesday, January 18, 2005, from 6:30–

9:30 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Seattle 

Airport, 17001 Pacific Highway South 

in Seattle, WA; and 

Tuesday, January 25, 2005, from 6:30–

9:30 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel Boise 

Downtown, 1800 Fairview Avenue in 

Boise, ID. 

Details regarding the hearing format 

and related information will be posted 

by December 24, 2004, on our Web site 

at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/

salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 

[030716175–4327–03] and RIN number 

[0648–AQ77], by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: 

critical.habitat.nwr@noaa.gov. Include 

docket number [030716175–4327–03] 

and RIN number [0648–AQ77] in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:/

/www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Agency Web site: http://

ocio.nmfs.noaa.gov/ibrm-ssi/

index.shtml. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments at http://

ocio.nmfs.noaa.gov/ibrm-ssi/

process.shtml.

• Mail: Submit written comments and 

information to Chief, NMFS, Protected 

Resources Division, 525 NE Oregon 

Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR, 97232–

2737. You may hand-deliver written 

comments to our office during normal 

business hours at the address given 

above. 

• Fax: 503–230–5435.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Stone at the above address, at 

(503) 231–2317, or by facsimile at (503) 

230–5435; or Marta Nammack at (301) 

713–1401. The proposed rule, maps, 

and other materials relating to this 

proposal can be found on our Web site 

at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/

salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

We are responsible for determining 

whether species, subspecies, or distinct 

population segments of Pacific salmon 

and O. mykiss (inclusive of anadromous 

steelhead and some populations of 

resident rainbow trout) are threatened or 

endangered, and for designating critical 

habitat for them under the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq). To be considered for 

ESA listing, a group of organisms must 

constitute a ‘‘species.’’ Section 3 of the 

ESA defines a species as ‘‘any 

subspecies of fish or wildlife or plants, 

and any distinct population segment of 

any species of vertebrate fish or wildlife 

which interbreeds when mature.’’ Since 

1991 NMFS has identified distinct 

population segments of Pacific salmon 

or O. mykiss by dividing the U.S. 

populations of each species into 

evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) 

which it determines are substantially 

reproductively isolated and represent an 

important component in the 

evolutionary legacy of the biological 

species. (56 FR 58612; November 20, 

1991.) (In some cases, an ESU may 

contain a single population of fish.) 

Under this approach, every Pacific 

salmon and O. mykiss population in the 

U.S. is part of a distinct population 

segment that is eligible for listing as 

threatened or endangered under the 

ESA. In ESA listing determinations for 

Pacific salmon and O. mykiss since 

1991, we have identified 52 ESUs in 

Washington, Oregon, Idaho and 

California. Presently 25 of the ESUs are 

listed as threatened or endangered. One 

additional ESU (Oregon Coast coho) was 

listed as threatened from 1998 to 2004 

when it was removed from the list of 

threatened or endangered species as a 

result of a court order. 

In a Federal Register document 

published on June 14, 2004 (69 FR 

33101), we proposed to list 27 ESUs as 

threatened or endangered. The ESUs 

proposed for listing include 25 

currently-listed species, but in most 

cases the ESUs are being redefined in 

either or both of two significant ways: 

by including hatchery fish that are no 

more than moderately divergent 

genetically from naturally spawning fish 

within the ESU, and in the case of O. 

mykiss species, by including some 

resident trout. We have also proposed to 

list the previously-listed Oregon Coast 

coho (redefined to include some such 

fish reared in hatcheries) and we 

proposed to list one new ESU (Lower 

Columbia River O. mykiss) previously 

believed to be extinct in the wild. In this 

document, ‘‘O. mykiss’’ ESUs refer to 

ESUs including populations of both 

anadromous steelhead and resident 

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rainbow trout. Also, references to 

‘‘salmon’’ in this notice generally 

include all members of the genus 

Oncorhynchus, including O. mykiss. 

This Federal Register document 

describes proposed critical habitat 

designations for the following 13 ESUs 

of salmon and O. mykiss: (1) Puget 

Sound chinook salmon; (2) Lower 

Columbia River chinook salmon; (3) 

Upper Willamette River chinook 

salmon; (4) Upper Columbia River 

spring-run chinook salmon; (5) Oregon 

Coast coho salmon; (6) Hood Canal 

summer-run chum salmon; (7) Columbia 

River chum salmon; (8) Ozette Lake 

sockeye salmon; (9) Upper Columbia 

River O. mykiss; (10) Snake River Basin 

O. mykiss; (11) Middle Columbia River 

O. mykiss; (12) Lower Columbia River 

O. mykiss; and (13) Upper Willamette 

River O. mykiss. 

Section 3 of the ESA defines critical 

habitat as ‘‘the specific areas within the 

geographical area occupied by the 

species, at the time it is listed, on which 

are found those physical or biological 

features (I) essential to the conservation 

of the species and (II) which may 

require special management 

considerations or protection; and 

specific areas outside the geographical 

area occupied by the species at the time 

it is listed that are determined by the 

Secretary to be essential for the 

conservation of the species.’’

Section 3 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1532(3)) also defines the terms 

‘‘conserve,’’ ‘‘conserving,’’ and 

‘‘conservation’’ to mean ‘‘to use, and the 

use of, all methods and procedures 

which are necessary to bring any 

endangered species or threatened 

species to the point at which the 

measures provided pursuant to this 

chapter are no longer necessary.’’

Section 4 of the ESA requires that 

before designating critical habitat we 

must consider the economic impacts, 

impacts on national security and other 

relevant impacts of specifying any 

particular area as critical habitat, and 

the Secretary may exclude any area from 

critical habitat if the benefits of 

exclusion outweigh the benefits of 

inclusion, unless excluding an area from 

critical habitat will result in the 

extinction of the species concerned. 

Once critical habitat for a salmon or O. 

mykiss ESU is designated, Section 

7(a)(2) of the ESA requires that each 

Federal agency shall, in consultation 

with and with the assistance of NMFS, 

ensure that any action authorized, 

funded or carried out by such agency is 

not likely to result in the destruction or 

adverse modification of critical habitat. 

Previous Federal Action and Related 

Litigation 

Many Pacific salmon and O. mykiss

populations in California and the Pacific 

Northwest have suffered broad declines 

over the past hundred years. We have 

conducted several ESA status reviews 

and status review updates for Pacific 

salmon and O. mykiss in California, 

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The 

most recent ESA status review and 

proposed listing determinations were 

published on June 14, 2004 (69 FR 

33101). Six of the currently listed ESUs 

have final critical habitat designations. 

Table 1 summarizes the NMFS scientific 

reviews of West Coast salmon and O. 

mykiss and the ESA listing 

determinations and critical habitat 

designations made to date.

TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ESA LISTING ACTIONS AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATIONS FOR WEST COAST

SALMON AND O. MYKISS

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 56 FR 58619; 11/20/1991 (Final rule).

............................... 56 FR 14055; 04/05/1991 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 58 FR 68543; 12/28/1993 (Final rule).

Snake River sockeye ESU ................... Endangered ............... 1991 57 FR 57051; 12/02/1992 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1991a. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14528; 03/25/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11750; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998d. 

Ozette Lake sockeye ESU ................... Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11750; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997f. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 59 FR 440; 01/01/1994 (Final rule).

............................... 57 FR 27416; 06/19/1992 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 55 FR 49623; 11/30/1990 (Final rule).

............................... 55 FR 12831, 04/06/1990 (Emergency 

rule).

............................... 55 FR 102260; 03/20/1990 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 54 FR 10260; 08/04/1989 (Emergency 

rule).

............................... 52 FR 6041; 02/27/1987 (Final rule).

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SALMON AND O. MYKISS—Continued

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

Sacramento River winter-run chinook 

ESU.

Endangered ............... 1994 Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 50394; 09/16/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998b. 

Central Valley spring-run chinook ESU Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999d. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 50394; 09/16/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998b. 

California Coastal chinook ESU ........... Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999d. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14308; 03/24/99 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1998b. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998e. 

Upper Willamette River chinook ESU .. Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... ............................................................... NMFS 1998b 

............................... Listing Determinations .......................... NMFS 1998e. 

Lower Columbia River chinook ESU .... Threatened ................ 1999 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... 64 FR 14308; 03/24/99 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14308; 03/24/99 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1998b. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998e. 

Upper Columbia River spring-run chinook ESU.Endangered ............... 1999 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14308; 03/24/99 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ESA LISTING ACTIONS AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATIONS FOR WEST COAST

SALMON AND O. MYKISS—Continued

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1998b. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1998e. 

Puget Sound chinook ESU ................... Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11482; 03/09/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 63 FR 1807; 0/12/1998 (Proposal withdrawn).

............................... 59 FR 66784; 12/28/1994 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 59 FR 42529; 08/18/1994 (Emergency 

rule).

............................... 57 FR 23458; 06/03/1992 (Correction).

............................... 57 FR 14653; 04/22/1992 (Final rule).

............................... 56 FR 29547; 06/27/1991 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1991c. 

Snake River fall-run chinook ESU ........ Threatened ................ 1992 Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1999d. 

............................... 58 FR 68543; 12/28/1993 (Final rule).

............................... 57 FR 57051; 12/02/1992 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 63 FR 1807; 0/12/1998 (Proposal withdrawn).

............................... 59 FR 66784; 12/28/1994 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 59 FR 42529; 08/18/1994 (Emergency 

rule).

............................... 57 FR 23458; 06/03/1992 (Correction).

............................... 57 FR 34639; 04/22/92 (Final rule).

............................... 56 FR 29542; 06/27/1991 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 58 FR 68543; 12/28/1993 (Final rule) .. NMFS 1991b. 

Snake River spring/summer-run chinook ESU.Threatened ................ 1992 57 FR 57051; 12/02/1992 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1998b. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 61 FR 56138; 10/31/1996 (Final rule).

............................... 60 FR 38011; 07/25/1995 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 64 FR 24049; 05/05/1999 (Final rule) .. Bryant 1994 

Central California Coast coho ESU ...... Threatened ................ 1996 62 FR 62791; 11/25/1997 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1995a. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 24588; 05/06/1997 (Final rule).

............................... 60 FR 38011; 07/25/1995 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997a. 

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1996c. 

............................... 64 FR 24049; 05/05/1999 (Final rule) .. NMFS 1996e. 

Southern Oregon/Northern California 

Coast coho ESU.

Threatened ................ 1997 62 FR 62791; 11/25/1997 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1995a. 

............................... .......................................................... NMFS 1997a. 

Proposed ................... .......................................................... NMFS 1996b. 

Oregon Coast coho ESU ...................... Threatened* ............... 1998 Listing Determinations .......................... NMFS 1996d. 

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 69 FR 19975; 04/15/2004 (Candidate 

list).

............................... 63 FR 42587; 08/10/1998 (Final rule).

............................... 62 FR 24588; 05/06/1997 (Proposal 

withdrawn).

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ESA LISTING ACTIONS AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATIONS FOR WEST COAST

SALMON AND O. MYKISS—Continued

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

............................... 61 FR 56138; 10/31/1996 (6 mo. extension).

............................... 60 FR 38011; 07/25/1995 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule).

............................... 64 FR 24998; 05/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1995a. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 69 FR 19975; 04/15/2004 (Candidate 

list).

............................... 60 FR 38011; 07/25/1995 (Not warranted).NMFS 1996e. 

Proposed ................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1995a. 

Lower Columbia River coho ESU ......... Threatened ................ 1995 n/a ......................................................... NMFS 1991a. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14508; 03/25/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11774; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1997e. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1999b. 

Columbia River chum ESU ................... Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11774; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14508; 03/25/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11774; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1996d. 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1997e. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1999b. 

Hood Canal summer-run chum ESU .... Threatened ................ 1999 63 FR 11774; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 67 FR 21568; 05/01/2002 (Redefinition 

of ESU).

............................... 62 FR 43937; 08/18/1997 (Final rule).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1996b. 

Southern California O. mykiss∂ ESU .. Endangered ............... 1997 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997b. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 43937; 08/18/1997 (Final rule).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1996b. 

South-Central California Coast O. 

mykiss ESU.

Threatened ................ 1997 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997b. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 43937; 08/18/1997 (Final rule).

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ESA LISTING ACTIONS AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATIONS FOR WEST COAST

SALMON AND O. MYKISS—Continued

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1996b. 

Central California Coast O. mykiss

ESU.

Threatened ................ 1997 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997b. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1996b. 

............................... 63 FR 13347; 03/19/1998 (Final rule) .. NMFS 1997b. 

............................... 62 FR 43974; 08/18/1997 (6 mo. extension).NMFS 1997c. 

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997d. 

California Central Valley O. mykiss

ESU.

Threatened ................ 1998 Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1998a. 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule).

............................... 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 65 FR 36074; 06/07/2000 (Final rule).

............................... 65 FR 6960; 02/11/2000 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 63 FR 13347; 03/19/1998 (Not Warranted).

............................... 62 FR 43974; 08/18/1997 (6 mo. extension).NMFS 1996b. 

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997c. 

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1998a. 

Northern California O. mykiss ESU ...... Threatened ................ 2000 n/a ......................................................... NMFS 2000. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14517; 03/25/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11798; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 43974; 08/18/1997 (6 mo. extension).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1996b. 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1997d. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1999a. 

Upper Willamette River O. mykiss ESU Threatened ................ 1999 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 63 FR 13347; 03/19/1998 (Final rule).

............................... 62 FR 43974; 08/18/1997 (6 mo. extension).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1996b. 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1997c. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1997d. 

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ESU Threatened ................ 1998 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1998a. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 64 FR 14517; 03/25/1999 (Final rule).

............................... 63 FR 11798; 03/10/1998 (Proposed 

rule).

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TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ESA LISTING ACTIONS AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATIONS FOR WEST COAST

SALMON AND O. MYKISS—Continued

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

Current Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) 

status 

Year listed 

Previous ESA listing determinations 

and critical habitat designations—Federal Register citations 

Previous scientific viability reviews and updates 

............................... 62 FR 43974; 08/18/1997 (6 mo. extension).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations ................ NMFS 1996b. 

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal) .... NMFS 1997d. 

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1999a. 

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ESU Threatened ................ 1999 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1999c. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 43937; 08/18/1997 (Final rule).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1996b. 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ESU Endangered ............... 1997 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997b. 

............................... Listing Determinations.

............................... 69 FR 33102; 06/14/04 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... 62 FR 43937; 08/18/1997 (Final rule).

............................... 61 FR 41541; 08/09/1996 (Proposed 

rule).

............................... Critical Habitat Designations.

............................... 68 FR 55900; 09/29/2003 (removal).

............................... 65 FR 7764; 02/16/2000 (Final rule) .... NMFS 1996b. 

Snake River Basin O. mykiss ESU ...... Threatened ................ 1997 64 FR 5740; 03/10/1999 (Proposed 

rule).

NMFS 1997b. 

* Previously listed as a ‘‘threatened’’ species (63 FR 42587, August 10, 1998). Threatened listing set aside in Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans

(Alsea Valley Alliance v. Evans, 161 F.Supp.2d 1154 (D.Or. 2001), appeals dismissed, 358 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2004). ∂ O. mykiss ESUs include both anadromous ‘‘steelhead’’ and resident ‘‘rainbow trout’’ in certain areas (see 69 FR 33101; July 14, 2004). 

On February 16, 2000, we published 

final critical habitat designations for 19 

ESUs, thereby completing designations 

for all 25 ESUs listed at the time (65 FR 

7764). The 19 designations included 

more than 150 river subbasins in 

Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and 

California. Within each occupied 

subbasin, we designated as critical 

habitat those lakes and river reaches 

accessible to listed fish along with the 

associated riparian zone, except for 

reaches on Indian land. Areas 

considered inaccessible included areas 

above long-standing natural impassable 

barriers and areas above impassable 

dams, but not areas above ephemeral 

barriers such as failed culverts. 

In considering the economic impact of 

the February 16, 2000, action, we 

determined that the critical habitat 

designations would impose very little or 

no additional requirements on Federal 

agencies beyond those already 

associated with the listing of the species 

themselves. NMFS reasoned that since it 

was designating only occupied habitat, 

there would be few or no actions that 

destroy or adversely modify critical 

habitat that did not also jeopardize the 

continued existence of the species. 

Therefore, the agency reasoned that 

there would be no economic impact as 

a result of the designations (65 FR 7764, 

7765; February 16, 2000). 

The National Association of 

Homebuilders (NAHB) challenged the 

designations in District Court in 

Washington, DC on the ground that the 

agency did not adequately consider the 

economic impacts of the critical habitat 

designations (National Association of 

Homebuilders v. Evans, 2002 WL 

1205743 No. 00–CV–2799 (D.D.C.)). 

NAHB also challenged NMFS’

designation of Essential Fish Habitat 

(EFH) (Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery 

Management Plan, 2000). While the 

NAHB litigation was pending, the Court 

of Appeals for the 10th Circuit issued its 

decision in New Mexico Cattlegrowers’ 

Association v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 248 F.3d 1277 (10th Cir. 2001) 

(NMCA). In that case, the Court rejected 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) approach to economic analysis, 

which was similar to the approach taken 

by NMFS in the final rule designating 

critical habitat for 19 ESUs of West 

Coast salmon and O. mykiss. The Court 

ruled that ‘‘Congress intended that the 

FWS conduct a full analysis of all of the 

economic impacts of a critical habitat 

designation, regardless of whether those 

impacts are attributable co-extensively 

to other causes.’’ Subsequent to the 10th 

Circuit decision, we entered into and 

sought judicial approval of a consent 

decree resolving the NAHB litigation. 

That decree provided for the withdrawal 

of critical habitat designations for the 19 

salmon and O. mykiss ESUs and 

dismissed NAHB’s challenge to the EFH 

designations. The District Court 

approved the consent decree and 

vacated the critical habitat designations 

by Court order on April 30, 2002 

(National Ass’n of Homebuilders v. 

Evans, 2002 WL 1205743 (D.D.C. 2002)). 

Subsequently, in response to a 

complaint filed in the District of 

Columbia by the Pacific Coast 

Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, 

Institute for Fisheries Resources, the 

Center for Biological Diversity, the 

Oregon Natural Resources Council, the 

Pacific Rivers Council, and the 

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Environmental Protection Information 

Center (PCFFA et al.) alleging that 

NMFS had failed to timely designate 

critical habitat for the 19 ESUs for 

which critical habitat had been vacated 

(as well as the northern California O. 

mykiss ESU), PCFFA and NMFS filed—

and the court approved—an agreement 

resolving that litigation and establishing 

a schedule for designation of critical 

habitat. On July 13, 2004, the D.C. 

District Court approved a First 

Amendment to the Consent Decree and 

Stipulated Order of Dismissal providing 

for a revised schedule for the 

submission of proposed and final rules 

designating critical habitat for the 20 

ESUs to the Federal Register. For those 

ESUs that are included on the list of 

threatened and endangered species as of 

September 30, 2004, and which fall 

under the responsibility of the 

Northwest Regional office of NMFS, 

proposed rules must be submitted to the 

Federal Register for publication no later 

than September 30, 2004. For those 

ESUs that are included on the list of 

threatened and endangered species as of 

November 30, 2004, and which fall 

under the responsibility of NMFS’

Southwest Regional office, proposed 

rules must be submitted to the Federal 

Register for publication no later than 

November 30, 2004. For those of the 20 

ESUs addressed in the proposed rules 

and included on the lists of threatened 

and endangered species as of June 15, 

2005, final rules must be submitted to 

the Federal Register for publication no 

later than June 15, 2005. On September 

17, 2004, NMFS filed a motion with the 

court seeking an additional 60 day 

extension of the deadline for submitting 

to the Federal Register a proposed rule 

for the 13 ESUs subject to the September 

30, 2004, deadline. On October 7, 2004, 

the court granted the motion. 

Past critical habitat designations have 

generated considerable public interest. 

Therefore, in an effort to engage the 

public early in this rulemaking process, 

we published an advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on 

September 29, 2003 (68 FR 55926). The 

ANPR identified issues for 

consideration and evaluation, and 

solicited comments regarding these 

issues and information regarding the 

areas and species under consideration. 

We received numerous comments in 

response to the ANPR and considered 

them during development of this 

proposed rulemaking. Where applicable 

we have referenced these comments in 

this Federal Register notice as well as 

in other documents supporting this 

proposed rule. We encourage those who 

submitted comments on the ANPR to 

review and comment on this proposed 

rule as well. We will address all 

comments in the final rule. 

Methods and Criteria Used To Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat 

Salmon Life History 

Pacific salmon are anadromous fish, 

meaning adults migrate from the ocean 

to spawn in freshwater lakes and 

streams where their offspring hatch and 

rear prior to migrating back to the ocean 

to forage until maturity. The migration 

and spawning times vary considerably 

across and within species and 

populations (Groot and Margolis, 1991). 

At spawning, adults pair to lay and 

fertilize thousands of eggs in freshwater 

gravel nests or ‘‘redds’’ excavated by 

females. Depending on lake/stream 

temperatures, eggs incubate for several 

weeks to months before hatching as 

‘‘alevins’’ (a larval life stage dependent 

on food stored in a yolk sac). Following 

yolk sac absorption, alevins emerge 

from the gravel as young juveniles 

called ‘‘fry’’ and begin actively feeding. 

Depending on the species and location, 

juveniles may spend from a few hours 

to several years in freshwater areas 

before migrating to the ocean. The 

physiological and behavioral changes 

required for the transition to salt water 

result in a distinct ‘‘smolt’’ stage in most 

species. On their journey juveniles must 

migrate downstream through every 

riverine and estuarine corridor between 

their natal lake or stream and the ocean. 

For example, smolts from Idaho will 

travel as far as 900 miles from the 

inland spawning grounds. En route to 

the ocean the juveniles may spend from 

a few days to several weeks in the 

estuary, depending on the species. The 

highly productive estuarine 

environment is an important feeding 

and acclimation area for juveniles 

preparing to enter marine waters.

Juveniles and subadults typically 

spend from 1 to 5 years foraging over 

thousands of miles in the North Pacific 

Ocean before returning to spawn. Some 

species, such as coho and chinook 

salmon, have precocious life history 

types (primarily male fish known as 

‘‘jacks’’) that mature and spawn after 

only several months in the ocean. 

Spawning migrations known as ‘‘runs’’

occur throughout the year, varying by 

species and location. Most adult fish 

return or ‘‘home’’ with great fidelity to 

spawn in their natal stream, although 

some do stray to non-natal streams. 

Salmon species die after spawning, 

except anadromous O. mykiss which 

may return to the ocean and make one 

or more repeat spawning migrations. 

This complex life cycle gives rise to 

complex habitat needs, particularly 

during the freshwater phase (see review 

by Spence et al., 1996). Spawning 

gravels must be of a certain size and free 

of sediment to allow successful 

incubation of the eggs. Eggs also require 

cool, clean, and well-oxygenated waters 

for proper development. Juveniles need 

abundant food sources, including 

insects, crustaceans, and other small 

fish. They need places to hide from 

predators (mostly birds and bigger fish), 

such as under logs, root wads and 

boulders in the stream, and beneath 

overhanging vegetation. They also need 

places to seek refuge from periodic high 

flows (side channels and off channel 

areas) and from warm summer water 

temperatures (coldwater springs and 

deep pools). Returning adults generally 

do not feed in fresh water but instead 

rely on limited energy stores to migrate, 

mature, and spawn. Like juveniles, they 

also require cool water and places to 

rest and hide from predators. During all 

life stages salmon require cool water 

that is free of contaminants. They also 

require rearing and migration corridors 

with adequate passage conditions (water 

quality and quantity available at specific 

times) to allow access to the various 

habitats required to complete their life 

cycle. 

The homing fidelity of salmon has 

created a metapopulation structure with 

distinct populations distributed among 

watersheds (McElhany et al., 2000). Low 

levels of straying result in regular 

genetic exchange among populations, 

creating genetic similarities among 

populations in adjacent watersheds. 

Maintenance of the meta-population 

structure requires a distribution of 

populations among watersheds where 

environmental risks (e.g., from 

landslides or floods) are likely to vary. 

It also requires migratory connections 

among the watersheds to allow for 

periodic genetic exchange and alternate 

spawning sites in the case that natal 

streams are inaccessible due to natural 

events such as a drought or landslide. 

More detailed information describing 

habitat and life history characteristics of 

the ESUs addressed in this proposed 

rulemaking is described later in this 

document. 

Identifying the Geographical Area 

Occupied by the Species and Specific 

Areas within the Geographical Area 

In past critical habitat designations, 

we had concluded that the limited 

availability of species distribution data 

prevented mapping salmonid critical 

habitat at a scale finer than occupied 

river basins. (65 FR 7764; February 16, 

2000). Therefore, the 2000 designations 

defined the ‘‘geographical area occupied 

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by the species, at the time of listing’’ as 

all accessible river reaches within the 

current range of the listed species. 

Comments received on the ANPR 

expressed a range of opinions about the 

appropriate scale for defining occupied 

areas; many expressed concern that the 

2000 designations were overly broad 

and inclusive and encouraged us to use 

a finer scale in designating critical 

habitat for salmon. 

In the 2000 designations, we relied on 

the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) 

identification of subbasins, which was 

the finest scale mapped by USGS at that 

time, to define the ‘‘specific areas’’

within the geographical area occupied 

by the species. The subbasin boundaries 

are based on an area’s topography and 

hydrography, and USGS has developed 

a uniform framework for mapping and 

cataloging drainage basins using a 

unique hydrologic unit code (HUC) 

identifier (Seaber et al. 1986). The code 

contains separate two-digit identifier 

fields wherein the first two digits refer 

to a region comprising a relatively large 

drainage area (e.g., Region 17 for the 

entire Pacific Northwest), while 

subsequent fields identify smaller 

nested drainages. Under this 

convention, fourth field hydrologic 

units contain eight digits and are 

commonly referred to as ‘‘HUC4s’’ or 

‘‘subbasins.’’ In the 2000 designations, 

then, we identified as critical habitat all 

areas accessible to listed salmon within 

an occupied HUC4 subbasin. Since the 

previous designations in 2000, 

additional scientific information has 

significantly improved our ability to 

identify freshwater and estuarine areas 

occupied by salmonids and to group the 

occupied stream reaches into finer scale 

‘‘specific areas.’’

We can now be somewhat more 

precise about the ‘‘geographical area 

occupied by the species’’ because 

Federal, state, and tribal fishery 

biologists have made progress mapping 

actual species distribution at the level of 

stream reaches. The current mapping 

identifies occupied stream reaches 

where the species has been observed. It 

also identifies stream reaches where the 

species is presumed to occur based on 

the professional judgment of biologists 

familiar with the watershed. However, 

such presumptions may not be 

sufficiently rigorous or consistent to 

support a critical habitat designation, 

and we therefore solicit information as 

to which stream reaches are actually 

occupied by the various species 

addressed in this rule.

Much of the available data can now be 

accessed and analyzed using geographic 

information systems (GIS) to produce 

consistent and fine-scale maps. As a 

result, nearly all salmonid freshwater 

and estuarine habitats in Washington, 

Oregon, and Idaho are now mapped and 

available in GIS at a scale of 1:24,000 

(NMFS, 2004a). Previous distribution 

data were often compiled at a much 

coarser scale of 1:100,000 or greater. We 

made use of these finer-scale data for 

the current critical habitat designations, 

and we now believe that they enable a 

more accurate delineation of the 

‘‘geographical area occupied by the 

species’’ referred to in the ESA 

definition of critical habitat. The final 

critical habitat designations will be 

based on the final listing decisions for 

these ESUs due by June 2005 and thus 

will reflect occupancy ‘‘at the time of 

listing’’ as the ESA requires. 

We are now also able to identify 

‘‘specific areas’’ (section 3(5)(a)) and 

‘‘particular areas’’ (section 4(b)(2)) at a 

finer scale than in 2000. Since 2000, 

various Federal agencies have identified 

fifth field hydrologic units (referred to 

as ‘‘HUC5s’’ or hereafter ‘‘watersheds’’) 

throughout the Pacific Northwest using 

the USGS mapping conventions referred 

to above. This information is now 

generally available from these agencies 

and via the internet (California Spatial 

Information Library, 2004; Interior 

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management 

Project, 2003; Regional Ecosystem 

Office, 2004). We used this information 

to organize critical habitat information 

systematically and at a scale that is 

relevant to the spatial distribution of 

salmon. Organizing information at this 

scale is especially relevant to salmonids, 

since their innate homing ability allows 

them to return to the watersheds where 

they were born. Such site fidelity results 

in spatial aggregations of salmonid 

populations that generally correspond to 

the area encompassed by subbasins or 

HUC5 watersheds (Washington 

Department of Fisheries et al., 1992; 

Kostow, 1995; McElhany et al., 2000). 

However, it must be recognized that 

even the fifth field watershed is a very 

broad geographic unit. We therefore 

solicit information on ways to further 

improve the geographical precision of 

our habitat analysis. 

The USGS maps watershed units as 

polygons, bounding a drainage area 

from ridge-top to ridge-top, 

encompassing streams, riparian areas 

and uplands. Within the boundaries of 

any watershed, there are stream reaches 

not occupied by the species. Land areas 

within the HUC boundaries are also 

generally not ‘‘occupied’’ by the species 

(though certain areas such as flood 

plains or side channels may be occupied 

at some times of some years). We used 

the watershed boundaries as a basis for 

aggregating occupied stream reaches, for 

purposes of delineating ‘‘specific’’ areas. 

This document refers to the occupied 

stream reaches within the watershed 

boundary as the ‘‘habitat area’’ to 

distinguish it from the entire area 

encompassed by the watershed 

boundary. 

At the same time, the ESA requires 

that an area cannot be designated as 

critical habitat unless at the time of 

listing it in fact contained physical or 

biological features essential to the 

conservation of the species. The ESA 

does not permit an area lacking such 

features to be designated as critical 

habitat in the hope that it may over time 

acquire such features and therefore aid 

in the conservation of the species. 

The watershed-scale aggregation of 

stream reaches also allowed us to 

analyze the impacts of designating a 

‘‘particular area,’’ as required by ESA 

section 4(b)(2). As a result of watershed 

processes, many activities occurring in 

riparian or upland areas and in nonfish-bearing streams may affect the 

physical or biological features essential 

to conservation in the occupied stream 

reaches. The watershed boundary thus 

describes an area in which Federal 

activities have the potential to affect 

critical habitat (Spence et al. 1996). 

Using watershed boundaries for the 

economic analysis ensured that all 

potential economic impacts were 

considered. Section 3(5) defines critical 

habitat in terms of ‘‘specific areas,’’ and 

section 4(b)(2) requires the agency to 

consider certain factors before 

designating ‘‘particular areas.’’ In the 

case of Pacific salmonids, the biology of 

the species, the characteristics of its 

habitat, the nature of the impacts and 

the limited information currently 

available at finer geographic scales 

made it appropriate to consider 

‘‘specific areas’’ and ‘‘particular areas’’

as the same unit. 

In addition, watersheds are often 

being used in recovery efforts for West 

Coast salmon. In its review of the longterm sustainability of Pacific Northwest 

salmonids, the National Research 

Council’s Committee on Protection and 

Management of Pacific Northwest 

Anadromous Salmonids concluded that 

‘‘habitat protection must be coordinated 

at landscape scales appropriate to 

salmon life histories’ and that social 

structures and institutions ‘‘must be 

able to operate at the scale of 

watersheds’’ (National Research 

Council, 1996). Watershed-level 

analyses are now common throughout 

the West Coast (Forest Ecosystem 

Management Assessment Team, 1993; 

Montgomery et al., 1995; Spence et al.,

1996). There are presently more than 

400 watershed councils or groups in 

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Washington, Oregon, and California 

alone (For the Sake of the Salmon, 

2004). Many of these groups operate at 

a geographic scale of one to several 

watersheds and are integral parts of 

larger-scale salmon recovery strategies 

(Northwest Power Planning Council, 

1999; Oregon Plan for Salmon and 

Watersheds, 2001; Puget Sound Shared 

Strategy, 2002; CALFED Bay-Delta 

Program, 2003). Aggregating stream 

reaches into watersheds allowed us to 

consider ‘‘specific areas,’’ within or 

outside the geographical area occupied 

by the species, at a scale that often 

corresponds well to salmonid 

population structure and ecological 

processes. 

Occupied estuarine and marine areas 

were also considered. In previous 

designations of salmonid critical habitat 

we did not designate marine areas 

outside of estuaries and Puget Sound. In 

the Pacific Ocean, we concluded that 

there may be essential habitat features, 

but they did not require special 

management considerations or 

protection (see Physical or Biological 

Features Essential to the Conservation 

of the Species and Special Management 

Considerations or Protection sections 

below). Several commenters on that 

previous rule questioned the finding, 

and we stated that we would revisit the 

issue (65 FR 7764; February 16, 2000). 

Since that time we have carefully 

considered the best available scientific 

information, and related agency actions, 

such as the designation of Essential Fish 

Habitat under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

We now conclude that it is possible 

to delineate specific estuarine areas in 

Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and 

along the Oregon Coast as well as 

specific nearshore marine areas of Puget 

Sound that are occupied, contain 

physical or biological features essential 

to the conservation of the species, that 

may require special management 

considerations or protection (NMFS, 

2004a). Estuarine areas are crucial for 

juvenile salmonids, given their multiple 

functions as areas for rearing/feeding, 

freshwater-saltwater acclimation, and 

migration (Simenstad et al., 1982; 

Marriott et al. 2002). In many areas, 

especially the Columbia River estuary, 

these habitats are occupied by multiple 

ESUs. We are proposing to designate 

occupied estuarine areas in similar 

terms to our past designations, as being 

defined by a line connecting the furthest 

land points at the estuary mouth.

Nearshore marine areas also provide 

important habitat for rearing/feeding 

and migrating salmonids. Puget Sound 

supports multiple populations of Puget 

Sound chinook and Hood Canal 

summer-run chum salmon (Beamish et 

al., 1998; Washington Department of 

Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and Point No 

Point Treaty Tribes (PNPTT), 2000). As 

noted in previous rulemaking (65 FR 

7764; February 16, 2000), the unique 

ecological setting of Puget Sound 

allowed us to focus on defining specific 

occupied marine areas. As with the 

freshwater areas described above, in 

Puget Sound we identified 19 nearshore 

marine zones (i.e., areas beyond estuary 

mouths) eligible for designation based 

on water resource inventory areas 

defined by the State of Washington 

(NMFS, 2004a; Washington Department 

of Ecology, 2004). However, we are 

considering excluding these areas under 

Section 4(b)(2) of the ESA based on the 

conclusion that the benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designating 

these areas and invite public comment 

on this issue. We did not identify 

offshore marine areas of Puget Sound 

and the Pacific Ocean for reasons 

described below under Physical or 

Biological Features Essential to the 

Conservation of the Species and Special 

Management Considerations or 

Protection. The proposed designation of 

marine nearshore areas in Puget Sound 

is restricted to areas contiguous with the 

shoreline out to a depth no greater than 

30 m relative to the mean lower low 

water. This nearshore area generally 

coincides with the maximum depth of 

the photic zone in Puget Sound and 

contains physical or biological features 

essential to the conservation of 

salmonids (Mazer and Shepard, 1962; 

Bakkala, 1970; Mathews and Senn, 

1975; Fraser et al., 1978; Peterman, 

1978; Sakuramoto and Yamada, 1980; 

Martin et al., 1986; Healey, 1982; Bax, 

1983; Salo, 1991, as cited in Johnson et 

al., 1997; WDFW and PNPTT, 2000; 

Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem 

Restoration Program, 2003; Williams et 

al., 2003). 

For salmonids in marine areas farther 

offshore, it becomes more difficult to 

identify specific areas where essential 

habitat can be found. Links between 

human activity, habitat conditions and 

impacts to listed salmonids are less 

direct in offshore marine areas. Perhaps 

the closest linkage exists for salmon 

prey species that are harvested 

commercially (e.g., Pacific herring) and, 

therefore, may require special 

management considerations or 

protection. However, because salmonids 

are opportunistic feeders we could not 

identify ‘‘specific areas’’ beyond the 

nearshore marine zone where these or 

other essential features are found within 

this vast geographic area occupied by 

Pacific salmon. Moreover, prey species 

move or drift great distances throughout 

the ocean and would be difficult to link 

to any ‘‘specific’’ areas. 

Unoccupied Areas 

ESA section 3(5)(A)(ii) defines critical 

habitat to include ‘‘specific areas 

outside the geographical area occupied’’

if the areas are determined by the 

Secretary to be ‘‘essential for the 

conservation of the species.’’ NMFS 

regulations at 50 CFR 424.12(e) 

emphasize that we ‘‘shall designate as 

critical habitat areas outside the 

geographical area presently occupied by 

a species only when a designation 

limited to its present range would be 

inadequate to ensure the conservation of 

the species.’’ With one exception, we 

are not proposing to designate these 

stream reaches at this time but are 

instead soliciting further information. 

For the Hood Canal summer run chum 

salmon ESU, we are proposing 

approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) of 

unoccupied (but historically utilized) 

stream reaches determined to be 

essential for the conservation of this 

ESU. 

Primary Constituent Elements and 

Physical or Biological Features Essential 

to the Conservation of the Species 

In determining what areas are critical 

habitat, agency regulations at 50 CFR 

424.12(b) require that we must 

‘‘consider those physical or biological 

features that are essential to the 

conservation of a given species * * *, 

including space for individual and 

population growth and for normal 

behavior; food, water, air, light, 

minerals, or other nutritional or 

physiological requirements; cover or 

shelter; sites for breeding, reproduction, 

and rearing of offspring; and habitats 

that are protected from disturbance or 

are representative of the historical 

geographical and ecological distribution 

of a species.’’ The regulations further 

direct us to ‘‘focus on the principal 

biological or physical constituent 

elements * * * that are essential to the 

conservation of the species,’’ and 

specify that the ‘‘known primary 

constituent elements shall be listed with 

the critical habitat description.’’ The 

regulations identify primary constituent 

elements (PCE) as including, but not 

limited to: ‘‘roost sites, nesting grounds, 

spawning sites, feeding sites, seasonal 

wetland or dryland, water quality or 

quantity, host species or plant 

pollinator, geological formation, 

vegetation type, tide, and specific soil 

types.’’ An occupied area must contain 

one or more of the PCEs at the time the 

species is listed to be eligible for 

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designation as critical habitat; an area 

lacking a PCE may not be designated in 

the hope it will acquire one or more 

PCEs in the future. 

NMFS biologists developed a list of 

PCEs specific to salmon for the ANPR 

(68 FR 55926; September 29, 2003), 

based on a decision matrix (NMFS, 

1996) that describes general parameters 

and characteristics of most of the 

essential features under consideration in 

this critical habitat designation. We 

received very few comments specifically 

addressing PCEs. As a result of 

biological assessments supporting this 

proposed rule (see Critical Habitat 

Analytical Review Teams section), we 

are now proposing slightly revised 

PCEs. 

The ESUs addressed in this proposed 

rulemaking share many of the same 

rivers and estuaries and have similar life 

history characteristics and, therefore, 

many of the same PCEs. These PCEs 

include sites essential to support one or 

more life stages of the ESU (sites for 

spawning, rearing, migration and 

foraging). These sites in turn contain 

physical or biological features essential 

to the conservation of the ESU (for 

example, spawning gravels, water 

quality and quantity, side channels, 

forage species). Specific types of sites 

and the features associated with them 

include: 

1. Freshwater spawning sites with 

water quantity and quality conditions 

and substrate supporting spawning, 

incubation and larval development; 

2. Freshwater rearing sites with water 

quantity and floodplain connectivity to 

form and maintain physical habitat 

conditions and support juvenile growth 

and mobility; water quality and forage 

supporting juvenile development; and 

natural cover such as shade, submerged 

and overhanging large wood, log jams 

and beaver dams, aquatic vegetation, 

large rocks and boulders, side channels, 

and undercut banks; 

3. Freshwater migration corridors free 

of obstruction with water quantity and 

quality conditions and natural cover 

such as submerged and overhanging 

large wood, aquatic vegetation, large 

rocks and boulders, side channels, and 

undercut banks supporting juvenile and 

adult mobility and survival; 

4. Estuarine areas free of obstruction 

with water quality, water quantity, and 

salinity conditions supporting juvenile 

and adult physiological transitions 

between fresh- and saltwater; natural 

cover such as submerged and 

overhanging large wood, aquatic 

vegetation, large rocks and boulders, 

and side channels; and juvenile and 

adult forage, including aquatic 

invertebrates and fishes, supporting 

growth and maturation.

5. Nearshore marine areas free of 

obstruction with water quality and 

quantity conditions and forage, 

including aquatic invertebrates and 

fishes, supporting growth and 

maturation; and natural cover such as 

submerged and overhanging large wood, 

aquatic vegetation, large rocks and 

boulders, and side channels. 

6. Offshore marine areas with water 

quality conditions and forage, including 

aquatic invertebrates and fishes, 

supporting growth and maturation. 

The habitat areas designated in this 

proposal currently contain PCEs within 

the acceptable range of values required 

to support the biological processes for 

which the species use the habitat. It is 

important to note that the contribution 

of the PCEs to the habitat varies by site 

and biological function, illustrating the 

interdependence of the habitat elements 

such that the quality of the elements 

may vary within a range of acceptable 

conditions. An area in which a PCE no 

longer exists because it has been 

degraded to the point where it no longer 

functions as a PCE cannot be designated 

in the hope that its function may be 

restored in the future. 

Special Management Considerations or 

Protection 

An occupied area cannot be 

designated as critical habitat unless it 

contains physical and biological 

features that ‘‘may require special 

management considerations or 

protection.’’ Agency regulations at 

424.02(j) define ‘‘special management 

considerations or protection’’ to mean 

‘‘any methods or procedures useful in 

protecting physical and biological 

features of the environment for the 

conservation of listed species.’’ Many 

forms of human activity have the 

potential to affect the habitat of listed 

salmon species: (1) Forestry; (2) grazing; 

(3) agriculture; (4) road building/

maintenance; (5) channel modifications/

diking; (6) urbanization; (7) sand and 

gravel mining; (8) mineral mining; (9) 

dams; (10) irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals; (11) river, estuary, and 

ocean traffic; (12) wetland loss/removal; 

(13) beaver removal; (14) exotic/invasive 

species introductions. In addition to 

these, the harvest of salmonid prey 

species (e.g., herring, anchovy, and 

sardines) may present another potential 

habitat-related management activity 

(Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

1999). In recent years the Federal 

government and many non-federal 

landowners have adopted many changes 

in land and water management practices 

that are contributing significantly to 

protecting and restoring the habitat of 

listed species. Thus, many of the 

available special management 

considerations or protections for these 

areas are already in place, and the need 

for designating such areas as critical 

habitat is diminished correspondingly. 

We request comment on the extent to 

which particular areas may require 

special management considerations or 

protection in light of existing 

management constraints. The 

contributions of these management 

measures are also relevant to the 

exclusion analysis under section 4(b)(2) 

of the ESA, and will be considered 

further in a later section of this notice. 

Military Lands 

The Sikes Act of 1997 (Sikes Act) (16 

U.S.C. 670a) required each military 

installation that includes land and water 

suitable for the conservation and 

management of natural resources to 

complete, by November 17, 2001, an 

Integrated Natural Resource 

Management Plan (INRMP). An INRMP 

integrates implementation of the 

military mission of the installation with 

stewardship of the natural resources 

found there. Each INRMP includes: An 

assessment of the ecological needs on 

the installation, including the need to 

provide for the conservation of listed 

species; a statement of goals and 

priorities; a detailed description of 

management actions to be implemented 

to provide for these ecological needs; 

and a monitoring and adaptive 

management plan. Among other things, 

each INRMP must, to the extent 

appropriate and applicable, provide for 

fish and wildlife management, fish and 

wildlife habitat enhancement or 

modification, wetland protection, 

enhancement, and restoration where 

necessary to support fish and wildlife 

and enforcement of applicable natural 

resource laws. 

The recent National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 

(Public Law No. 108–136) amended the 

ESA to limit areas eligible for 

designation as critical habitat. 

Specifically, section 4(a)(3)(B)(i) of the 

ESA (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(B)(i)) now 

provides: ‘‘The Secretary shall not 

designate as critical habitat any lands or 

other geographical areas owned or 

controlled by the Department of 

Defense, or designated for its use, that 

are subject to an integrated natural 

resources management plan prepared 

under section 101 of the Sikes Act (16 

U.S.C. 670a), if the Secretary determines 

in writing that such plan provides a 

benefit to the species for which critical 

habitat is proposed for designation.’’

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To address this new provision we 

contacted the Department of Defense 

and requested information on all 

INRMPs that might benefit Pacific 

salmon. (In response to the ANPR (68 

FR 55926, September 29, 2003) we had 

already received a letter from the U.S. 

Marine Corps regarding this and other 

issues associated with a possible critical 

habitat designation on its facilities in 

the range of the Southern California O. 

mykiss ESU, which is not addressed in 

this notice). The military services 

identified 16 installations in 

Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with 

INRMPs in place or under development. 

We determined that the following 11 

facilities with INRMPs overlap with 

habitat areas under consideration for 

critical habitat designation: (1) Naval 

Submarine Base, Bangor; (2) Naval 

Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport; (3) 

Naval Ordinance Center, Port Hadlock 

(Indian Island); (4) Naval Radio Station, 

Jim Creek; (5) Naval Fuel Depot, 

Manchester; (6) Naval Air Station, 

Whidbey Island; (7) Naval Air Station, 

Everett; (8) Bremerton Naval Hospital; 

(9) Fort Lewis (Army); (10) Pier 23 

(Army); and (11) Yakima Training 

Center (Army). The first ten facilities are 

located within the range of the Puget 

Sound chinook salmon ESU, and two of 

these sites—Bangor and Port Hadlock 

(Indian Island)—are also within the 

range of the Hood Canal summer-run 

chum salmon ESU. The Army’s Yakima 

Training Center is located within the 

range of the Upper Columbia River O. 

mykiss ESU. All of these INRMPs are 

final except for Pier 23 and Bremerton 

Naval Hospital, which should be 

finalized in the near term. 

We identified habitat of value to listed 

salmonids in each INRMP and reviewed 

these plans, as well as other information 

available regarding the management of 

these military lands. Our preliminary 

review indicates that each of these 

INRMPs addresses habitat for 

salmonids, and all contain measures 

that provide benefits to ESA-listed 

salmon and steelhead (NMFS, 2004b). 

Examples of the types of benefits 

include actions that control erosion, 

protect riparian zones, minimize 

stormwater and construction impacts, 

reduce contaminants, and monitor listed 

species and their habitats. Also, we have 

received information from the DOD 

identifying national security impacts at 

all of their affected sites if designated as 

critical habitat (see Impacts on National 

Security section). Our consideration of 

such impacts is separate from our 

assessment of INRMPs, but the result is 

that we are not proposing to designate 

critical habitat in areas subject to the 

final INRMPs or the draft INRMPs for 

Pier 23 and for the Bremerton Naval 

Hospital.

Critical Habitat Analytical Review 

Teams 

To assist in the designation of critical 

habitat, we convened several Critical 

Habitat Analytical Review Teams 

(Teams) organized by major geographic 

domains that roughly correspond to 

salmon recovery planning domains. The 

Teams consisted of Federal salmonid 

biologists (from NMFS and other federal 

natural resource agencies) with 

demonstrated expertise regarding 

salmonid habitat within the domain and 

habitat specialists. The Teams were 

tasked with assessing biological 

information pertaining to areas under 

consideration for designation as critical 

habitat. 

The Teams examined each habitat 

area within the watershed to determine 

whether the stream reaches or lakes 

occupied by the species contain the 

physical or biological features essential 

to conservation. The Teams also relied 

on their experience conducting section 

7 consultations to determine whether 

there are management activities in the 

area that threaten the currently-existing 

primary constituent elements identified 

for the species. Where such activities 

occur, the Teams concluded that there 

were ‘‘any methods or procedures useful 

in protecting physical and biological 

features’’ for the area (50 CFR 424.02(j)) 

and therefore that the features ‘‘may 

require special management 

considerations or protection.’’

However, the Teams were not asked 

to evaluate the effects of existing 

management protections on the species, 

or analyze the usefulness of protective 

methods or procedures in addressing 

risks to PCEs. Thus, the Teams’

evaluations do not reflect the extent to 

which an area will contribute to 

conservation of the species in the 

absence of a critical habitat designation. 

In addition to occupied areas, the 

definition of critical habitat also 

includes unoccupied areas if we 

determine the area is essential for 

conservation. Accordingly, the Teams 

were next asked whether there were any 

unoccupied areas within the historical 

range of the ESUs that may be essential 

for conservation. Where information 

was currently available to make this 

determination, the Teams identified 

those currently unoccupied areas 

essential for conservation (i.e. in Hood 

Canal summer chum ESU). In most 

cases, the Teams did not have 

information available that would allow 

them to draw that conclusion. The 

Teams nevertheless identified areas they 

believe may be determined essential 

through future recovery planning 

efforts. These are identified under the 

Species Descriptions and Area 

Assessments section, and we are 

specifically requesting information 

regarding such areas under Public 

Comments Solicited. 

The Teams were next asked to 

determine the relative conservation 

value of each area for each ESU. The 

Teams scored each habitat area based on 

several factors related to the quantity 

and quality of the physical and 

biological features. They next 

considered each area in relation to other 

areas and with respect to the population 

occupying that area. Based on a 

consideration of the raw scores for each 

area, and a consideration of that area’s 

contribution in relation to other areas 

and in relation to the overall population 

structure of the ESU, the Teams rated 

each habitat area as having a ‘‘high,’’

‘‘medium’’ or ‘‘low’’ conservation value. 

The rating of habitat areas as having 

a high, medium or low conservation 

value provided information useful for 

the discretionary balancing 

consideration in ESA section 4(b)(2). 

The higher the conservation value for an 

area, the greater may be the likely 

benefit of the ESA section 7 protections. 

The correlation is not perfect because 

the Teams did not take the additional 

step of separately considering two 

factors: how likely are section 7 

consultations in an area (that is, how 

strong is the ‘‘Federal nexus’’), and how 

much protection would exist in the 

absence of a section 7 consultation (that 

is, how protective are existing 

management measures and would they 

likely continue in the absence of section 

7 requirements). We considered the 

Teams’ ratings one useful measure of 

the ‘‘benefit of designating a particular 

area as critical habitat’’ as contemplated 

in section 4(b)(2). We are soliciting 

public comment on approaches that 

would better refine this assessment. 

As discussed earlier, the scale chosen 

for the ‘‘specific area’’ referred to in 

section 3(5)(a) was a watershed, as 

delineated by the USGS. There were 

some complications with this 

delineation that required us to adapt the 

approach for some areas. In particular, 

a large stream or river might serve as a 

rearing and migration corridor to and 

from many watersheds, yet be 

embedded itself in a watershed. In any 

given watershed through which it 

passes, the stream may have a few or 

several tributaries. For rearing/migration 

corridors embedded in a watershed, the 

Teams were asked to rate the 

conservation value of the watershed 

based on the tributary habitat. We 

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assigned the rearing/migration corridor 

the rating of the highest-rated watershed 

for which it served as a rearing/

migration corridor. The reason for this 

treatment of migration corridors is the 

role they play in the salmon’s life cycle. 

Salmon are anadromous—born in fresh 

water, migrating to salt water to feed 

and grow, and returning to fresh water 

to spawn. Without a rearing/migration 

corridor to and from the sea, salmon 

cannot complete their life cycle. It 

would be illogical to consider a 

spawning and rearing area as having a 

particular conservation value and not 

consider the associated rearing/

migration corridor as having a similar 

conservation value. 

Most of the preliminary Team 

findings were sent to state and tribal 

comanagers for review and comment; 

findings for the Oregon Coast coho 

salmon ESU were not submitted for 

comanager review due to time 

constraints (see Previous Federal 

Rulemaking section). These comanager 

reviews resulted in several changes to 

the Teams’ preliminary assessments 

(e.g., revised fish distribution as well as 

conservation value ratings) and helped 

to ensure that the Teams’ revised 

findings (NMFS, 2004a) incorporated 

the best available scientific data. These 

revised preliminary assessments, along 

with this proposed rulemaking, will 

once again be made available to these 

comanagers, as well as the general 

public and peer reviewers, during the 

public comment period leading up to 

the final rule. The Teams will be 

reconvened to review the comments and 

any new information that might bear on 

their assessments before we publish 

final critical habitat designations. 

Lateral Extent of Critical Habitat 

In past designations we have 

described the lateral extent of critical 

habitat in various ways ranging from 

fixed distances to ‘‘functional’’ zones 

defined by important riparian functions 

(65 FR 7764, February 16, 2000). Both 

approaches presented difficulties, and 

this was highlighted in several 

comments (most of which requested that 

we focus on aquatic areas only) received 

in response to the ANPR (68 FR 55926; 

September 29, 2003). Designating a set 

riparian zone width will (in some 

places) accurately reflect the distance 

from the stream on which PCEs might 

be found, but in other cases may overor understate the distance. Designating 

a functional buffer avoids that problem, 

but makes it difficult for Federal 

agencies to know in advance what areas 

are critical habitat. To address these 

issues we are proposing to define the 

lateral extent of designated critical 

habitat as the width of the stream 

channel defined by the ordinary highwater line as defined by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) in 33 CFR 

329.11. In areas for which ordinary 

high-water has not been defined 

pursuant to 33 CFR 329.11, the width of 

the stream channel shall be defined by 

its bankfull elevation. Bankfull 

elevation is the level at which water 

begins to leave the channel and move 

into the floodplain (Rosgen, 1996) and 

is reached at a discharge which 

generally has a recurrence interval of 1 

to 2 years on the annual flood series 

(Leopold et al., 1992). Such an interval 

is commensurate with nearly all of the 

juvenile freshwater life phases of most 

salmon and O. mykiss ESUs. Therefore, 

it is reasonable to assert that for an 

occupied stream reach this lateral extent 

is regularly ‘‘occupied’’. Moreover, the 

bankfull elevation can be readily 

discerned for a variety of stream reaches 

and stream types using recognizable 

water lines (e.g., marks on rocks) or 

vegetation boundaries (Rosgen, 1996). 

As underscored in previous critical 

habitat designations, the quality of 

aquatic habitat within stream channels 

is intrinsically related to the adjacent 

riparian zones and floodplain, to 

surrounding wetlands and uplands, and 

to non-fish-bearing streams above 

occupied stream reaches. Human 

activities that occur outside the stream 

can modify or destroy physical and 

biological features of the stream. In 

addition, human activities that occur 

within and adjacent to reaches upstream 

(e.g., road failures) or downstream (e.g., 

dams) of designated stream reaches can 

also have demonstrable effects on 

physical and biological features of 

designated reaches.

In the relatively few cases where we 

are proposing to designate lake habitats 

(e.g., Lake Ozette), we believe that the 

lateral extent may best be defined as the 

perimeter of the water body as 

displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale 

topographic maps or the elevation of 

ordinary high water, whichever is 

greater. In estuarine and nearshore 

marine areas we believe that extreme 

high water is the best descriptor of 

lateral extent. For nearshore marine 

areas we focused particular attention on 

the geographical area occupied by the 

Puget Sound ESUs (chinook and Hood 

Canal summer-run chum salmon) 

because of the unique ecological setting 

and well-documented importance of the 

area’s nearshore habitats to these 

species (see the Geographical Area 

Occupied by the Species and Specific 

Areas within the Geographical Area

section). We are proposing the area 

inundated by extreme high tide because 

it encompasses habitat areas typically 

inundated and regularly occupied 

during the spring and summer when 

juvenile salmon are migrating in the 

nearshore zone and relying heavily on 

forage, cover, and refuge qualities 

provided by these occupied habitats. 

However, it may be more appropriate to 

use the ordinary high water level in 

estuarine and nearshore marine areas 

and we request comment on this issue. 

As noted above for stream habitat areas, 

human activities that occur outside the 

area inundated by extreme or ordinary 

high water can modify or destroy 

physical and biological features of the 

nearshore habitat areas, and Federal 

agencies must be aware of these 

important habitat linkages as well. 

Species Descriptions and Area 

Assessments 

This section provides descriptions of 

the 13 subject Pacific salmon and O. 

mykiss ESUs noting specific life-history 

traits and associated habitat 

requirements, and summarizes the 

Teams’ assessment of habitat areas for 

each ESU. The Teams’ assessments 

addressed PCEs in the habitat areas 

within watersheds (as well as rearing/

migration corridors and nearshore zones 

for some ESUs). For ease of reporting 

and reference these watersheds have 

been organized into ‘‘units’’ based on 

their associated subbasin. Similarly, we 

assigned units to (1) distinct corridors 

outside the spawning range of several 

Columbia River Basin ESUs and (2) 

nearshore zones assessed for two Puget 

Sound ESUs. 

Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU 

The Puget Sound chinook ESU 

includes all naturally spawned 

populations of chinook salmon from 

rivers and streams flowing into Puget 

Sound including the Strait of Juan De 

Fuca from the Elwha River, westward, 

including rivers and streams flowing 

into Hood Canal, South Sound, North 

Sound and the Strait of Georgia in 

Washington (64 FR 14208; March 24, 

1999). We have proposed that 22 

artificial propagation (i.e., hatchery) 

programs also be considered to be part 

of the ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 

2004)): the Kendal Creek Hatchery, 

Marblemount Hatchery (fall, spring 

yearlings, spring subyearlings, and 

summer run), Harvey Creek Hatchery, 

Whitehorse Springs Pond, Wallace River 

Hatchery (yearlings and subyearlings), 

Tulalip Bay, Soos Creek Hatchery, Icy 

Creek Hatchery, Keta Creek Hatchery, 

White River Hatchery, White 

Acclimation Pond, Hupp Springs 

Hatchery, Voights Creek Hatchery, Diru 

Creek, Clear Creek, Kalama Creek, 

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Dungeness/Hurd Creek Hatchery, and 

Elwha Channel Hatchery Chinook 

hatchery programs. 

The Puget Sound chinook ESU 

includes genetically similar spring-, 

summer-, and fall-run chinook 

populations that overlap substantially in 

their migration and spawn timing 

(Myers et al., 1998). A Technical 

Recovery Team (TRT) has been formed 

to assist recovery planning efforts in the 

Puget Sound domain. The Puget Sound 

TRT has released several recent 

technical reports describing 

independent populations of chinook 

salmon in Puget Sound (Ruckelshaus et 

al., 2001, 2002, 2004). To date the Puget 

Sound TRT has identified 22 

independent chinook populations: the 

North Fork Nooksack River, South Fork 

Nooksack River, Lower Skagit River, 

Upper Skagit River, Lower Sauk River, 

Suiattle River, Upper Sauk River, 

Cascade River, North Fork Stillaguamish 

River, South Fork Stillaguamish River, 

Skykomish River, Snoqualmie River, 

North Lake Washington, Cedar River, 

Green/Duwamish River, Puyallup River, 

White River, Nisqually River, 

Skokomish River, Mid-Hood Canal, 

Dungeness River, and Elwha River. 

Some naturally spawning aggregations 

of chinook were not recognized as part 

of these populations (e.g., the Deschutes 

River in South Puget Sound). The TRT 

has concluded that chinook salmon 

using smaller streams in south and 

central Puget Sound probably did not 

occur there in large numbers historically 

and were not independent populations. 

It is not clear whether these smaller 

streams are occupied due to recent 

hatchery releases or whether historically 

they supported small satellite ‘‘sink’’

populations that were dependent on 

larger independent ‘‘source’’

populations (Ruckelshaus et al., 2002; 

B. Graeber, NMFS, personal 

communication). The Puget Sound TRT 

has identified five ‘‘geographic regions 

of diversity and correlated risk’’ in 

Puget Sound that are intended to assist 

in evaluating the need for a geographical 

distribution of viable populations across 

the range of such regions in an ESU 

(Ruckelshaus et al., 2002). The regions 

are based on similarities in 

hydrographic, biogeographic, geologic, 

and catastrophic risk characteristics and 

where groups of populations have 

evolved in common (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002). The Puget Sound chinook salmon 

ESU occupies all of these regions.

Adult spring-run chinook salmon in 

the Puget Sound typically return to 

freshwater in April and May and spawn 

in August and September (Orrell, 1976; 

WDFW et al., 1993). Adults migrate to 

the upper portions of their respective 

river systems and hold in pools until 

they mature. In contrast, summer-run 

fish begin their freshwater migration in 

June and July and spawn in September, 

while summer/fall-run chinook salmon 

begin to return in August and spawn 

from late September through January 

(WDF et al., 1993). In rivers with an 

overlap in spawning time, temporal 

runs on the same river system maintain 

a certain amount of reproductive 

isolation through geographic separation. 

The majority of Puget Sound fish 

emigrate to the ocean as subyearlings. 

Many of the rivers have well-developed 

estuaries that are important rearing 

areas for emigrating ocean-type smolts. 

In contrast, the Suiattle and South Fork 

Nooksack Rivers have been 

characterized as producing a majority of 

yearling smolts (Marshall et al., 1995). 

Glacially influenced conditions on the 

Suiattle River may be responsible for 

limiting juvenile growth, delaying 

smolting, and producing a higher 

proportion of 4- and 5-year-old 

spawners compared to other Puget 

Sound chinook stocks which mature 

predominantly as 3- and 4-year-olds. 

Based on Coded Wire Tag (CWT) 

recoveries in ocean fisheries, Puget 

Sound chinook stocks exhibit similar 

marine distributions in Canadian coastal 

and Puget Sound waters. 

Myers et al. (1998) also noted that 

anthropogenic activities have limited 

the access to historical spawning 

grounds and altered downstream flow 

and thermal conditions. Water diversion 

and hydroelectric dams have prevented 

access to portions of several rivers. 

Watershed development and activities 

throughout the Puget Sound, Hood 

Canal, and Strait of Juan de Fuca regions 

have resulted in increased 

sedimentation, higher water 

temperatures, decreased large woody 

debris recruitment, decreased gravel 

recruitment, a reduction in river pools 

and spawning areas, and a loss of 

estuarine rearing areas (Bishop and 

Morgan, 1996). These impacts on the 

spawning and rearing environment may 

also have altered the expression of many 

life-history traits, and masked or 

exaggerated the phenotypic 

distinctiveness of many stocks. 

Nevertheless, PCEs exist under current 

conditions in these areas today and 

therefore, as explained earlier, NMFS is 

proposing to designate these areas as 

critical habitat. 

Juvenile chinook salmon in 

freshwater feed on a variety of terrestrial 

and aquatic insects and crustaceans, 

while subadults feed on similar items as 

well as larger prey including fishes, 

shrimp, and squid (Scott and Crossman, 

1973). One study noted that adults in 

marine waters forage on a large array of 

fish species, especially herring and sand 

lance (Pritchard and Tester, 1944, as 

cited in Scott and Crossman, 1973). 

The Puget Sound Team’s assessment 

for this ESU addressed habitat areas 

within 61 occupied watersheds in 18 

associated subbasins (identified below 

as ‘‘units’’ with unique HUC4 numbers) 

as well as the nearshore marine area. As 

part of its assessment, the Team 

considered the conservation value of 

each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats across the range of 

the five geographical regions of 

correlated risk identified by the Puget 

Sound TRT. The Puget Sound Team 

evaluated the conservation value of 

habitat areas on the basis of the physical 

and biological habitat requirements of 

Puget Sound chinook salmon, consistent 

with the PCEs identified for Pacific 

salmon and O. mykiss described under 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat. 

Unit 1. Strait of Georgia Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17110002) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 428 sq mi (1,109 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 71 

mi (114.3 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). However, Ruckelshaus 

et al. (2001, 2004) did not identify any 

historically independent populations in 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

urbanization. Of the three watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 2. Nooksack Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110004) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 795 sq mi (2,059 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 256 

mi (412 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). Ruckelshaus et al.

(2001, 2004) identified two historically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin: North Fork Nooksack River 

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and South Fork Nooksack River. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

roadbuilding. Of the five watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

four were rated as having high and in 

one were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU.

Unit 3. Upper Skagit Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110005) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, five of which are occupied 

and encompass approximately 999 sq 

mi (2,587 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 105 mi (169 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified six historically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Lower 

Skagit River, Upper Skagit River, 

Cascade River, Lower Sauk River, 

Suiattle River, and Upper Sauk River. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

dams, forestry, and roadbuilding. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in four of the occupied watersheds in 

this subbasin warrant a high rating and 

those in one warrant a medium rating 

for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 4. Sauk Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110006) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 741 sq mi (1,919.2 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 118 mi (189.9 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified three historically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin: Lower Sauk River, Suiattle 

River, and Upper Sauk River. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including forestry and 

roadbuilding. Of the four watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 5. Lower Skagit Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110007) 

This subbasin contains two occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 447 sq mi (1,157.7 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 149 mi (239.8 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified six historically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Lower 

Skagit River, Upper Skagit River, 

Cascade River, Lower Sauk River, 

Suiattle River, and Upper Sauk River. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications/

diking, forestry, wetland loss/removal, 

and urbanization. Of the two watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

both were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 6. Stillaguamish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110008) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 704 sq mi (1,823.3 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 132 mi (212.4 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified two historically independent 

populations in this subbasin: North Fork 

Stillaguamish River and South Fork 

Stillaguamish River. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including forestry, 

roadbuilding, urbanization, and wetland 

loss/removal. Of the three watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 7. Skykomish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110009) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 853 sq mi (2,209.3 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 153 mi (246.2 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified one historically independent 

population (Skykomish River) in this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

roadbuilding. Of the five watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 8. Snoqualmie Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110010)

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, two of which are occupied 

and encompass approximately 504 sq 

mi (1,305.3 sq km). Fish distribution 

and habitat use data from WDFW 

identify approximately 90 mi (144.8 km) 

of occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified one historically independent 

population (Snoqualmie River) in this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture and forestry. Of 

the two watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in both were rated 

as having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 9. Snohomish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110011) 

This subbasin contains two occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 278 sq mi (720 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 101 

mi (162.5 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

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(WDFW, 2003). Ruckelshaus et al.

(2001, 2004) identified two historically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin: Skykomish River and 

Snoqualmie River. The Team concluded 

that all occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, dams, forestry, 

and urbanization. Of the two watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

one were rated as having high and those 

in the other were rated as having 

medium conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 10. Lake Washington Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17110012) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 619 sq mi (1,603.2 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 190 mi (307.4 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

these watersheds. Lake Washington 

contains approximately 40 sq mi (103.6 

sq km) of lake habitat in these 

watersheds and the Team identified 

three additional small tributaries to the 

southern portion of the lake that are 

important rearing habitat for this ESU 

(Tabor et al., 2002). Ruckelshaus et al.

(2001, 2004) identified two historically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin: North Lake Washington and 

Cedar River. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including channel modifications/diking, 

dams, forestry, irrigation impoundments 

and withdrawals, and urbanization. Of 

the four watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in one were rated as 

having high and those in three were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 11. Duwamish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110013) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 487 sq mi (1,261.3 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 171 mi (275.2 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified one historically independent 

population (Green/Duwamish River) in 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, dams, forestry, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and urbanization. Of the 

three watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 12. Puyallup Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110014) 

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds occupied by this ESU, and 

these watersheds encompass 

approximately 996 sq mi (256.4 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 243 

mi (391.1 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). Ruckelshaus et al.

(2001, 2004) identified two historically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin: Puyallup River and White 

River. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, dams, forestry, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, urbanization. Of the five 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all were rated as having 

high conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 13. Nisqually Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110015) 

This subbasin contains three 

watersheds, two of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 472 sq mi (1,222.5 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 82 mi (132.0 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified one historically independent 

population (Nisqually River) in this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, dams, and 

urbanization. Of the two watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

both were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 14. Deschutes Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110016) 

This subbasin contains two occupied 

watersheds occupied encompassing 

approximately 168 sq mi (435.1 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 53 

mi (85.3 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). However, Ruckelshaus 

et al. (2001, 2004) did not identify any 

historically independent populations in 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, and 

grazing. Of the two watersheds reviewed 

by the Team, habitat areas in both were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 15. Skokomish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110017)

This subbasin contains a single 

watershed encompassing approximately 

248 sq mi (642.3 sq km). The Skokomish 

River population is the only historically 

independent population documented in 

this subbasin/watershed by Ruckelshaus 

et al. (2001, 2004). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 72 mi (115.9 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watershed (WDFW, 2003). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including channel 

modifications/diking, dams, forestry, 

and urbanization. The Team also 

concluded that habitat areas in this 

watershed warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

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Unit 16. Hood Canal Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110018) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds occupied encompassing 

approximately 605 sq mi (1,567sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 59 

mi (95.0 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). The Mid-Hood Canal 

population is the only historically 

independent population documented in 

this subbasin by Ruckelshaus et al.

(2004). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, 

roadbuilding, and urbanization. Of the 

six watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high, those in one were rated as 

having medium, and those in three were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 17. Kitsap Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110019) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 721 sq mi (1,867 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 56 

mi (90.1 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in the watersheds 

(WDFW, 2003). However, Ruckelshaus 

et al. (2001, 2004) did not identify any 

historically independent populations in 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, grazing, 

and urbanization. Of the four 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all were rated as having 

low conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 18. Dungeness/Elwha Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17110020) 

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds, three of which are 

occupied, and encompass 

approximately 695 sq mi (1,800 sq km). 

Ruckelshaus et al. (2001, 2004) 

identified two historically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Dungeness 

River and Elwha River. Chinook salmon 

in the Port Angeles Harbor watershed 

are not currently assigned to a 

historically independent population for 

this ESU. Fish distribution and habitat 

use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 47 mi (75.6 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

roadbuilding, and urbanization. Of the 

three watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 19. Nearshore Marine Areas 

The nearshore marine area considered 

by the Team includes that zone from 

extreme high water out to a depth of 30 

meters and adjacent to watersheds 

occupied by the ESU (described above). 

The Team assessment focused on this 

area because it generally encompasses 

photic zone habitats supporting plant 

cover (e.g., eelgrass and kelp) important 

for rearing, migrating, and maturing 

chinook salmon and their prey. Also, 

PCEs that may require special 

management considerations or 

protection are more readily identified in 

this zone (e.g., destruction of vegetative 

cover due to docks and bulkheads). 

Deeper waters are occupied by subadult 

and maturing fish, but it is unclear if 

these areas contain PCEs that require 

special management considerations or 

protection. The Team concluded that 

habitat areas in all nearshore zones of 

Puget Sound (including areas adjacent 

to islands), Hood Canal, and the Strait 

of Juan de Fuca (to the mouth of the 

Elwha River) warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). These habitat areas are found 

along approximately 2,376 miles (3,824 

km) of shoreline within the range of this 

ESU. 

Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon 

ESU

The Lower Columbia River chinook 

ESU includes all naturally spawned 

populations of chinook salmon from the 

Columbia River and its tributaries from 

its mouth at the Pacific Ocean upstream 

to a transitional point between 

Washington and Oregon east of the 

Hood River and the White Salmon 

River, and includes the Willamette 

River to Willamette Falls, Oregon, 

exclusive of spring-run chinook salmon 

in the Clackamas River (64 FR 14208; 

March 24, 1999). We have proposed that 

17 artificial propagation programs also 

be considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the Sea Resources 

Tule Chinook Program, Big Creek Tule 

Chinook Program, Astoria High School 

(STEP) Tule Chinook Program, 

Warrenton High School (STEP) Tule 

Chinook Program, Elochoman River 

Tule Chinook Program, Cowlitz Tule 

Chinook Program, North Fork Toutle 

Tule Chinook Program, Kalama Tule 

Chinook Program, Washougal River 

Tule Chinook Program, Spring Creek 

NFH Tule Chinook Program, Cowlitz 

Spring Chinook Program in the Upper 

Cowlitz River and the Cispus River, 

Friends of the Cowlitz Spring Chinook 

Program, Kalama River Spring Chinook 

Program, Lewis River Spring Chinook 

Program, Fish First Spring Chinook 

Program, and the Sandy River Hatchery 

(Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (ODFW) stock #11) Chinook 

hatchery programs. 

Myers et al. (2003) identified 31 

historical demographically independent 

chinook salmon populations in this ESU 

consisting of three life history types 

(spring-, fall-, and late fall-run). It is 

estimated that 8 to 10 historical 

populations in the ESU have been 

extirpated or nearly so. The Willamette/

Lower Columbia TRT has placed groups 

of populations in this recovery planning 

domain into ‘‘strata’’ (McElhany et al., 

2002). The strata are based on major lifehistory characteristics (e.g., species runtypes) and ecological zones. The Lower 

Columbia River chinook ESU inhabits 

three ecological zones (Coast Range, 

Cascade, and Columbia Gorge) and 

contains three life-history types

(spring-, fall-, and late-fall run chinook 

salmon), resulting in six strata for this 

ESU: Coast range fall-run populations; 

Cascade spring-, fall-, and late fall-run 

populations; and Columbia Gorge 

spring- and fall-run populations 

(McElhany et al., 2002). Recovery 

planning will likely emphasize the need 

for a geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

strata in the ESU (Ruckelshaus et al., 

2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Of the Pacific salmon, chinook 

salmon exhibit the most diverse and 

complex life history strategies. Chinook 

salmon follow one of two general 

freshwater cycles: stream or ocean type. 

After emerging from the gravel, streamtype chinook salmon reside in fresh 

water for a year or more before 

migrating to the ocean. Ocean-type 

chinook salmon migrate to the ocean 

within their first year. These two types 

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of chinook salmon have different life 

history traits, geographic distribution, 

and genetic characteristics. Chinook in 

the lower Columbia River generally 

follow an ocean-type life history cycle. 

Runs are designated on the basis of 

when adults enter freshwater; however, 

distinct runs may also differ in the 

degree of maturation at river entry and 

time of spawning. Early, spring-run 

(stream-maturing) chinook salmon tend 

to enter freshwater as immature or 

bright fish, migrate upriver (holding in 

suitable thermal refuges for several 

months), and finally spawn in late 

summer and early autumn. Late, fall-run 

(ocean maturing) chinook salmon enter 

freshwater at an advanced stage of 

maturity, move rapidly to their 

spawning areas on the main stem or 

lower tributaries of the rivers, and 

spawn within a few days or weeks of 

freshwater entry. Fall chinook dominate 

chinook salmon runs in the Lower 

Columbia River chinook ESU. The once 

abundant natural runs of fall and spring 

chinook have been largely replaced by 

hatchery production. Large chinook 

runs continue to return to many of their 

natal streams, but there are few 

sustained, native, naturally reproducing 

populations. 

Adult spring chinook return to the 

Lower Columbia River at 4 to 5 years of 

age. They enter the Columbia River in 

March and April and generally enter 

natal basins from March through June, 

well in advance of spawning in August 

and September. Spring chinook 

typically spawn in headwater areas 

where higher gradient habitat exists. 

Successful spawning depends on 

sufficient clean gravel of the right size, 

in addition to the constant need of 

adequate flows and water quality. Fall 

chinook return to the Columbia River at 

3 to 4 years of age, although 5-year olds 

are common in some populations. They 

enter fresh water from August to 

September and spawning generally 

occurs from late September to 

November, with peak spawning activity 

in mid-October. Bright fall Chinook 

adults enter the Columbia River August 

to October; dominant age class varies by 

population and brood year, but is 

typically age 4. Spawning occurs in 

November to January, with peak 

spawning in mid November. 

Chinook salmon eggs incubate 

throughout the autumn and winter 

months. As with other salmonids, water 

temperature controls incubation time 

and affects survival. During incubation, 

clean, well-oxygenated water flow is 

critical. Floods and scouring, 

dewatering, and sedimentation can 

result in high egg mortality. In the 

Lower Columbia River, spring chinook 

fry emerge from the gravel from 

November through March; peak 

emergence time is likely December and 

January. Fall chinook fry generally 

emerge from the gravel in April, 

depending on the time of egg deposition 

and incubation water temperature. The 

emerging fry migrate quickly to 

protected waters and off-stream areas 

where they can find food and refuge 

from predators and high flows.

After emerging from the gravel in the 

spring, most fall chinook fry rear in the 

freshwater habitat for 1 to 4 months 

before emigrating to the ocean as 

subyearlings. A few fall chinook remain 

in fresh water until their second spring 

and emigrate as yearlings. Conversely, 

spring chinook emerge from the gravel 

earlier than fall chinook, generally in 

the late winter/early spring. Normally, 

spring chinook spend one full year in 

fresh water and emigrate to sea in their 

second spring. After emergence fry 

generally search for suitable rearing 

habitat within side sloughs, side 

channels, spring-fed seep areas, and 

along the outer edges of the stream. 

These side margin, off-channel, and 

slough areas are vital for early juvenile 

habitat. The presence of woody debris 

and overhead cover aid in food and 

nutrient inputs, and provide refuge from 

predators during early freshwater 

residence. 

Juvenile chinook salmon in 

freshwater feed on a variety of terrestrial 

and aquatic insects and crustaceans, 

while subadults in the ocean feed on 

similar items as well as larger prey 

including fishes, shrimp, and squid 

(Scott and Crossman, 1973). One study 

noted that adults in marine waters 

forage on a large array of fish species, 

especially herring and sand lance 

(Pritchard and Tester, 1944, as cited in 

Scott and Crossman, 1973). 

The Lower Columbia River Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 47 occupied 

watersheds in 10 subbasins (identified 

below as ‘‘units’’ with unique HUC4 

numbers), as well as the lower Columbia 

River rearing/migration corridor. As part 

of its assessment, the Team considered 

the conservation value of each habitat 

area in the context of the productivity, 

spatial distribution, and diversity of 

habitats across the range of the six lifehistory type and ecological strata 

identified by the Willamette/Lower 

Columbia TRT. The Lower Columbia 

River Team evaluated the conservation 

value of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Lower Columbia River 

chinook salmon, consistent with the 

PCEs identified for Pacific salmon and 

O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17070105) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

8 of which are occupied by this ESU 

and encompass approximately 1,370 sq 

mi (3,548.3 sq km). Fish distribution 

and habitat use data from ODFW and 

WDFW identify approximately 145 mi 

(233.4 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the watersheds, including a 23-mi 

(37-km) segment of the Columbia River 

(ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 2003). Myers 

et al. (2003) identified a single 

ecological zone (Columbia Gorge) 

containing four fall-run (Lower Gorge 

tributaries, Upper Gorge tributaries, Big 

White Salmon River, and Hood River) 

and two spring-run (Big White Salmon 

River and Hood River) historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The Upper 

Gorge tributaries fall-run and Big White 

Salmon fall- and spring-run populations 

have been classified by the TRT as 

‘‘core’’ populations (i.e., historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’ (McElhany et al., 

2003)). Native spring-run chinook 

salmon are believed to be extirpated in 

this subbasin, although efforts are 

underway to reestablish these fish. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, dams, forestry, and 

roadbuilding. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in six of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

high rating and those in two warrant a 

medium rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

noted that two watersheds contain a 

high value rearing and migration 

corridor in the Columbia River 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team also considered 

whether blocked historical habitats 

above Condit Dam (on the White 

Salmon River) may be essential for 

conservation of the ESU. The Team 

determined that accessing this habitat 

would likely provide a benefit to the 

ESU, especially for spring-run chinook 

salmon of which there are only two 

historical populations in the Gorge 

region. However, the Team concluded 

that it was unclear whether the areas 

above Condit Dam are essential for 

conservation of the entire ESU, 

especially in comparison to other, more 

extensive, historical habitats that may 

be of greater potential benefit to the ESU 

(e.g., areas in the Upper Lewis River). 

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We seek comment on whether these 

areas should be proposed as critical 

habitat. 

Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080001) 

This subbasin contains nine occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,076 sq mi (2,787 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 217 mi (349.2 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds, including a 26-mi (41.8-km) 

segment of the Columbia River (ODFW, 

2003a,b; WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified two ecological zones 

(Cascade and Columbia Gorge) 

containing five fall-run (Lower Gorge 

tributaries, Sandy River early fall, Sandy 

River late fall, Washougal River, and 

Salmon Creek/Lewis River) and one 

spring-run (Sandy River) historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The Sandy 

River late fall- and spring-run chinook 

salmon have been classified by the TRT 

as ‘‘core’’ populations (i.e., historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’ (McElhany et al.

2003)). Also, the TRT classified the 

Sandy River spring- and late fall-runs 

and the Salmon Creek/Lewis River fallrun as genetic legacy populations (i.e., 

some of ‘‘the most intact representatives 

of the genetic character of the ESU’’

(McElhany et al. 2003)). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including channel 

modifications, dams, forestry, 

roadbuilding, and urbanization. Of the 

nine watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in seven were rated as 

having high, those in one were rated as 

having medium, and those in one were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

also noted that one watershed contains 

a high value rearing and migration 

corridor in the Columbia River 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team also concluded 

that inaccessible reaches above the Bull 

Run Dam complex in the Bull Run River 

watershed may be essential to the 

conservation of the ESU. The Team 

concluded that these unoccupied areas 

may be essential for conservation 

because (1) they once supported TRT 

core and genetic legacy populations 

(Sandy River spring- and late fall-runs) 

and (2) they contain non-inundated 

habitats that are likely in good to 

excellent condition (i.e., the watershed 

provides domestic drinking water for 

the City of Portland and may have been 

some of the better spawning areas) 

(Sieglitz, 2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

The Team noted that NMFS’’ status 

review of this ESU stated that habitat 

loss due to ‘‘extensive hydropower 

development projects’’ posed a serious 

threat to this ESU (NMFS, 2003). This 

report also expressed serious concerns 

associated with dramatic declines in the 

spring-run life history type (which 

inhabits this watershed). Therefore, the 

Team concluded that the ESU would 

likely benefit if the extant population of 

spring-run fish had access to spawning/

rearing habitat upstream. We seek 

comment on whether these areas should 

be proposed as critical habitat.

Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080002) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, two of which are currently 

occupied by this ESU and the remaining 

four of which are now blocked by 

Merwin Dam and others upstream. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 456 sq mi (1,181 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 68 

mi (109.4 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (WDFW, 

2003). Myers et al. (2003) identified a 

single ecological zone (Cascade) 

containing one spring-run (Lewis River), 

one fall-run (Salmon Creek/Lewis River) 

and one late fall-run (Lewis River) 

historical demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The TRT 

has classified the Lewis River springand late fall-run populations as ‘‘core’’

populations (historically abundant and 

‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) and the Lewis River late fallrun and Salmon Creek/Lewis River fallrun populations as genetic legacy 

populations (some of ‘‘the most intact 

representatives of the genetic character 

of the ESU’’) (McElhany et al. 2003). 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications, 

dams, forestry, and roadbuilding. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in both of the occupied watersheds in 

this subbasin warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also concluded that 

inaccessible reaches above Merwin, 

Yale and Swift dams may be essential to 

the conservation of the ESU. The Team 

believed that these unoccupied areas 

may be essential because: (1) They once 

supported TRT core and genetic legacy 

populations; and (2) they contain noninundated habitats that are likely in 

good condition relative to other more 

urbanized watersheds in the Cascade 

region (Lower Columbia River Fish 

Recovery Board, 2003; McElhany et al., 

2003). The Team noted that NMFS’

status review of this ESU stated that 

habitat loss due to ‘‘extensive 

hydropower development projects’’

posed a serious threat to this ESU 

(NMFS, 2003). This report also 

expressed serious concerns associated 

with dramatic declines in the spring-run 

life history type (which inhabits this 

watershed). Therefore, the Team 

concluded that the ESU would likely 

benefit if the extant population of 

spring-run fish had access to spawning/

rearing habitat upstream. We seek 

comment on whether these areas should 

be proposed as critical habitat. 

Unit 4. Lower Columbia/Clatskanie 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080003) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 841 sq mi (2,178 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 170 mi (273.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). Myers et al. (2003) identified two 

ecological zones (Coast Range and 

Cascade) containing five fall-run 

(Elochoman River, Mill Creek, Kalama 

River, Clatskanie River, and Scappoose 

River) and one spring-run (Kalama 

River) historical demographically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin. The Elochoman River fall-run 

population has been classified by the 

TRT as a ‘‘core’’ population (i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’

(McElhany et al., 2003)). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

two were rated as having high, those in 

three were rated as having medium, and 

those in one were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 5. Upper Cowlitz Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080004) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,030 sq mi (2,667.7 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

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approximately 104 mi (167.4 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). All of this 

habitat is located upstream of 

impassable dams (Mayfield and 

Mossyrock) and only accessible to 

anadromous fish via trap and haul 

operations. Myers et al. (2003) 

identified one ecological zone (Cascade) 

containing one fall-run (Upper Cowlitz 

River) and two spring-run (Upper 

Cowlitz River and Cispus River) 

historical demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. Both 

spring-run populations have been 

classified by the TRT as ‘‘core’’

populations (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’ (McElhany et al. 2003)). In 

addition, the TRT classified the Upper 

Cowlitz River spring-run population as 

a genetic legacy population (i.e., one of 

‘‘the most intact representatives of the 

genetic character of the ESU.’’) 

However, there are significant 

uncertainties about the remaining stock 

structure in this subbasin (Myers et al., 

2003). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the five watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU.

Unit 6. Lower Cowlitz Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080005) 

This subbasin contains eight occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,460 sq mi (3,781.4 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 350 mi (563.3 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

(WDFW, 2003). Habitat in two 

watersheds—Tilton River and Riffe 

Reservoir—is located upstream of 

impassable dams (Mayfield and 

Mossyrock) and only accessible to 

anadromous fish via trap and haul 

operations. Data from WDFW identified 

very little chinook salmon distribution 

in the Riffe Reservoir watershed (and 

did not identify the Riffe and Mayfield 

lakes as occupied habitat). However, the 

Team determined that these lakes are 

occupied and contain PCEs for rearing/

migrating juveniles based on 

information regarding migrants 

described in Wade (2000) as well as 

their own knowledge of trap and haul 

operations in this subbasin. Myers et al.

(2003) identified one ecological zone 

(Cascade) containing four fall-run 

(Coweeman River, Toutle River, Lower 

Cowlitz River, and Upper Cowlitz River) 

and four spring-run (Toutle River, 

Tilton River, Upper Cowlitz River, and 

Cispus River) historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The latter 

two spring-run populations as well as 

the Toutle River and Lower Cowlitz 

River fall-run populations have been 

classified by the TRT as ‘‘core’’

populations (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’ (McElhany et al. 2003)). In 

addition, the TRT classified the Upper 

Cowlitz River spring-run and 

Coweeman River fall-run as genetic 

legacy populations (i.e., some of ‘‘the 

most intact representatives of the 

genetic character of the ESU.’’) The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the eight 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in four were rated as 

having high and those in four were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that four watersheds (Riffe 

Reservoir, Jackson Prairie, East Willapa, 

and Coweeman River) contained habitat 

areas with high value rearing and 

migration corridors connecting high 

value habitat areas upstream with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 7. Lower Columbia Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17080006) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 515 sq mi (1,334 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from the ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 120 mi (193.1 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). Myers et al. (2003) identified a 

single ecological zone (Coast Range) 

containing three fall-run historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin (Grays 

River, Youngs Bay, and Big Creek). The 

Big Creek fall-run population has been 

classified by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’

population (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’ (McElhany et al. 2003)). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the three 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 8. Middle Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090007) 

The occupied portion of this subbasin 

is downstream of Willamette Falls and 

includes a single watershed (Abernethy 

Creek) encompassing approximately 134 

sq mi (347.0 sq km) as well as a short 

segment (approximately 1 mile (1.6 km)) 

of the Willamette River downstream of 

Willamette Falls. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 3 mi (4.8 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The 

occupied portions of the subbasin are in 

the Cascade ecological zone identified 

by Myers et al. (2003), but the TRT did 

not associate fish in this area with a 

historical demographically independent 

population (McElhany et al., 2003). 

However, the mouth of Abernethy Creek 

enters the Willamette upstream and in 

close proximity (less than 0.6 mi (1 km)) 

to the mouth of the Clackamas River 

which does contain a fall-run 

population identified by the TRT. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, dams, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in the Abernethy 

Creek watershed are of low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU.

Unit 9. Clackamas Subbasin (HUC4# 

17090011) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, two of which are occupied 

by this ESU (Lower Clackamas and 

Eagle Creek) and encompass 

approximately 270 sq mi (699.3 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from the ODFW identify approximately 

54 mi (86.9 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

a single ecological zone (Cascade) 

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containing a single historical 

demographically independent 

population in this subbasin (Clackamas 

River fall-run). This fall-run population 

has been classified by the TRT as a 

‘‘core’’ population (i.e., historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’ (McElhany et al.

2003)). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the two watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

one (Lower Clackamas River) were rated 

as having high and those in the other 

(Eagle Creek) were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 10. Lower Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090012) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 407 sq mi (1,054.1 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

89 mi (143.2 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

a single ecological zone (Cascade) 

containing two fall-run historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin (Clackamas 

River and Scappoose River). The 

Clackamas River fall-run population has 

been classified by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’

population (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’ (McElhany et al. 2003)). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, 

urbanization, and wetland loss and 

removal. Of the three watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

one were rated as having high and those 

in two were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 11. Lower Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define this corridor as that 

segment of the Columbia River from the 

confluences of the Sandy River (Oregon) 

and Washougal River (Washington) to 

the Pacific Ocean. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 118 mi (189.9 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (ODFW, 2003a,b). After 

reviewing the best available scientific 

data for all of the areas within the 

freshwater and estuarine range of this 

ESU, the Team concluded that the lower 

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team noted that this corridor connects 

every watershed and population in this 

ESU with the ocean and is used by 

rearing/migrating juveniles and 

migrating adults. The Columbia River 

estuary is a particularly important area 

for this ESU as both juveniles and adults 

make the critical physiological 

transition between life in freshwater and 

marine habitats (Marriott et al., 2002). 

Management activities that may affect 

the PCEs in this corridor include 

channel modifications, roadbuilding, 

river/estuary traffic, roadbuilding, 

urbanization, and wetland loss and 

removal.

Upper Willamette River Chinook 

Salmon ESU 

The Upper Willamette River chinook 

ESU includes all naturally spawned 

populations of spring-run chinook 

salmon in the Clackamas River and in 

the Willamette River, and its tributaries, 

above Willamette Falls, Oregon (64 FR 

14208; March 24, 1999). We have 

proposed that seven artificial 

propagation programs also be 

considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the McKenzie 

River Hatchery (ODFW stock # 24), 

Marion Forks/North Fork Santiam River 

(ODFW stock # 21), South Santiam 

Hatchery (ODFW stock # 23) in the 

South Fork Santiam River, South 

Santiam Hatchery in the Calapooia 

River, South Santiam Hatchery in the 

Mollala River, Willamette Hatchery 

(ODFW stock # 22), and Clackamas 

hatchery (ODFW stock # 19) spring-run 

chinook hatchery programs. 

Historically, the Willamette River 

Basin provided sufficient spawning and 

rearing habitat for large numbers of 

spring-run chinook salmon. The 

predominant tributaries to the 

Willamette River that historically 

supported spring-run chinook salmon 

all drain the Cascade Range. The 

Willamette/Lower Columbia TRT has 

identified each of these seven drainages 

as an historically demographically 

independent population: Clackamas, 

Molalla, North Santiam, South Santiam, 

Calapooia, McKenzie, and Middle Fork 

Willamette rivers. The TRT also noted 

that reports of ‘‘Chinook salmon in 

westside tributaries have continued to 

the present; however it is unlikely the 

abundance of spawners in any of these 

tributaries constitutes a 

[demographically independent 

population].’’ Approximately 30 to 40 

percent of total historical habitat is now 

inaccessible behind dams. These 

inaccessible areas, however, represent a 

majority of the historical spawning 

habitat. This restriction of natural 

production to just a few areas increases 

the ESU’s vulnerability to 

environmental variability and 

catastrophic events. The Willamette/

Lower Columbia TRT has identified 

groups of populations in this recovery 

planning domain into ‘‘strata’’ intended 

to assist in evaluating ESU-wide 

recovery scenarios (McElhany et al., 

2002). The strata are based on major lifehistory characteristics (e.g., species runtypes) and ecological zones. The upper 

Willamette River chinook ESU consists 

of a single stratum as it consists of a 

single run-type (spring-run fish) that 

spawns within a single ecological zone 

(the Willamette River). Recovery 

planning will likely emphasize the need 

for a geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

strata/regions in an ESU (Ruckelshaus et 

al., 2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Spring-run chinook salmon 

populations in the upper Willamette 

River basin and Clackamas River have 

been strongly influenced by extensive 

transfers of hatchery fish throughout the 

ESU for nearly 100 years, as well as the 

introduction of non-native fall-run 

chinook salmon. Prior to the laddering 

of Willamette Falls, passage by 

returning adult salmonids (just 

upstream of the confluence of the 

Clackamas and Willamette rivers) was 

only possible during winter and spring 

high-flow periods. Low flows during the 

summer and autumn months prevented 

fall-run salmon from accessing the 

upper Willamette River Basin. This 

isolation has provided the potential for 

significant local adaptation of Upper 

Willamette River spring-run chinook 

relative to other Columbia River 

populations. The early run-timing of 

adult Willamette River spring-run 

chinook salmon relative to other lower 

Columbia River spring-run populations 

is viewed as an adaptation to flow 

conditions at Willamette Falls. In some 

years fish returning to the upper 

Willamette River Basin historically may 

have strayed into the Clackamas River 

when conditions at Willamette Falls 

prevented upstream passage. Therefore, 

similarities between Clackamas River 

and upper Willamette River spring-run 

fish may reflect an historical and 

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evolutionary association between the 

two groups. 

Upper Willamette River chinook 

salmon begin appearing in the Lower 

Willamette River in February, but the 

majority of the run ascends Willamette 

Falls in April and May, with a peak in 

mid-May. Currently, the migration of 

adult spring-run chinook salmon over 

Willamette Falls extends into July and 

August. Historically, passage over the 

falls may have been marginal in June, 

due to diminishing flows, with only 

larger fish being able to ascend. 

Adults spawn in both mainstem and 

tributary habitats of eastside drainages 

to the Willamette River typically from 

late July to October. The juvenile lifehistory characteristics of Upper 

Willamette River spring-run salmon 

appear to be highly variable. Fry emerge 

from February to March, although 

sometimes as late as June. Juveniles 

appear to emigrate continuously out of 

the tributaries and into the mainstem 

Willamette River as fry (late winter to 

early spring), fingerlings (fall to early 

winter), and yearlings (late winter to 

spring). Most juveniles enter the ocean 

as yearlings after overwintering and 

rearing in the mainstem Willamette and 

Columbia rivers. In general, the majority 

of spring chinook salmon returning to 

the upper Willamette River basin 

currently mature at 4 and 5 years old.

The Upper Willamette River Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 56 occupied 

watersheds in 10 associated subbasins 

(identified below as ‘‘units’’ with 

unique HUC4 numbers) as well as the 

lower Willamette/Columbia River 

rearing/migration corridor. As part of its 

assessment, the Team considered the 

conservation value of each habitat area 

in the context of the productivity, 

spatial distribution, and diversity of 

habitats across the range of the single 

life-history type and ecological stratum 

identified by the Willamette/Lower 

Columbia TRT. The Team evaluated the 

conservation value of habitat areas on 

the basis of the physical and biological 

habitat requirements of Upper 

Willamette River chinook salmon, 

consistent with the PCEs identified for 

Pacific salmon and O. mykiss described 

in the Methods and Criteria Used to 

Identify Proposed Critical Habitat 

section. 

Unit 1. Middle Fork Willamette 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17090001) 

This subbasin contains 10 occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,367 sq mi (3,541 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

273 mi (439.4 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Middle Fork Willamette 

River) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, dams, forestry, and 

roadbuilding. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in four of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

high rating and those in six warrant a 

medium rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

noted that the habitat areas with 

medium overall ratings contained a high 

value rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 2. Coast Fork Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090002) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 664 sq mi (1,719.8 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

44 mi (70.8 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) did not 

identify a demographically independent 

population in this subbasin, and Kostow 

(1995) characterized them as extinct. 

Myers et al. (2003) noted that reports of 

‘‘Chinook salmon in westside tributaries 

have continued to the present; however 

it is unlikely the abundance of spawners 

in any of these tributaries constitutes a 

[demographically independent 

population].’’ However, recent data from 

ODFW (ODFW, 2004a,b) indicate that 

several watersheds in this subbasin 

likely contain important rearing and 

migration PCEs. Therefore, the Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, dams, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in all four watersheds 

in this subbasin warrant a low rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 3. Upper Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090003) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,872 sq mi (4,848 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

225 mi (362.1 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

possibly four demographically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin. Myers et al. (2003) also noted 

that reports of ‘‘Chinook salmon in 

westside tributaries have continued to 

the present; however it is unlikely the 

abundance of spawners in any of these 

tributaries constitutes a 

[demographically independent 

population].’’ However, recent data from 

ODFW (ODFW, 2004a,b) indicate that 

some watersheds (e.g., Marys and 

Luckiamute rivers) in this subbasin 

likely contain important rearing and 

migration PCEs. Therefore, the Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, forestry, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in three of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

medium rating and those in three 

warrant a low rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also concluded that all reaches of 

the Willamette River within this 

subbasin constitute a high value rearing 

and migration corridor connecting 

upstream populations (e.g., those in the 

McKenzie, Middle Fork Willamette, and 

Calapooia Rivers) and high value habitat 

areas with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 4. McKenzie River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090004) 

This subbasin contains seven 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,339 sq mi (3,468 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

268 mi (431.3 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (McKenzie River) in this 

subbasin. This is probably the only selfsustaining population above Willamette 

Falls, and possibly in the entire ESU 

(Myers et al., 2003; NMFS, 2003). The 

Team concluded that all of the occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

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migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, dams, forestry, and 

roadbuilding. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in five of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

high rating and those in two warrant a 

medium rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU.

Unit 5. North Santiam River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090005) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

and encompass approximately 315 sq 

mi (815.8 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 125 mi (201.2 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in these 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003A,B). Myers et 

al. (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (North Santiam River) in this 

subbasin. Historically accessible areas 

in the three uppermost watersheds of 

this subbasin are now blocked by Big 

Cliff and Detroit dams. These dams 

block access to approximately 70 

percent of the historic spawning area in 

this subbasin (Myers et al., 2003). The 

Team concluded that all of the occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, dams, forestry, and 

roadbuilding. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in two of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

high rating and those in one warrant a 

medium rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

concluded that the three inaccessible 

watersheds (Upper North Santiam, 

North Fork Breitenbush River, and 

Detroit Reservoir/Blowout Divide Creek) 

may be essential to the conservation of 

the ESU. All three watersheds are 

presently occupied by hatchery chinook 

salmon which are trapped downstream 

and released into these watersheds. The 

Team determined that the Detroit 

Reservoir/Blowout Divide Creek 

watershed would have a lower overall 

conservation value due to the large areas 

inundated by Detroit Reservoir. The 

Team concluded that these unoccupied 

areas may be essential because: (1) They 

once supported a TRT core population; 

(2) they contain non-inundated habitats 

that are still relatively abundant and in 

fair to good condition and improving; 

(3) there is evidence that the areas can 

support significant natural production; 

and (3) the naturally-reproducing 

population below Big Cliff Dam has 

limited spawning PCEs and appears to 

suffer from high mortality rates 

(Willamette National Forest [WNF], 

1994; WNF, 1995; WNF, 1996; WNF, 

1997; Ziller et al., 2002; McElhany et al., 

2003). The Team noted that NMFS’

status review of this ESU stated ‘‘the 

declines in spring chinook salmon in 

the Upper Willamette River ESU can be 

attributed in large part to the extensive 

habitat blockages caused by dam 

construction.’’ In addition, the Team 

also noted that providing passage at 

dams and diversions has been identified 

as a key potential conservation measure 

for Willamette River salmon (Martin et 

al., 1998; Bastasch et al., 2002). 

Therefore, the Team determined that 

access to these areas would likely 

promote the conservation of the ESU. 

We seek comment on whether these 

areas should be proposed as critical 

habitat. 

Unit 6. South Santiam River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090006) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, six of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 766 sq mi (1,983.9 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

169 mi (272 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in these watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Two watersheds in the upper 

Middle Santiam River (Quartzville 

Creek and Middle Santiam River) are 

blocked by Green Peter Dam. Myers et 

al. (2003) identified one historically 

independent population (South Santiam 

River) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications, 

forestry, and roadbuilding. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in 

three of the watersheds in this subbasin 

warrant a high rating and those in three 

warrant a medium rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 7. Middle Willamette River 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17090007) 

This subbasin consists of four 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 712 sq mi (1,844 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 158 

mi (254.3 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat (all rearing/migration) in these 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers et 

al. (2003) identified only a small portion 

of the spawning range of one 

demographically independent 

population (North Santiam River) in this 

subbasin, although six populations use 

this subbasin for rearing/migration. The 

Team concluded that all of these 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that all of the habitat areas in this 

subbasin’s watersheds warrant a low 

rating for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). However, that 

assessment pertained solely to the 

tributary habitat areas in these 

watersheds (e.g., Ash, Rickreall, and 

Harvey creeks), not the mainstem 

Willamette River. The Team concluded 

that all reaches of the Willamette River 

within this subbasin constitute a high 

value rearing and migration corridor. 

These high value reaches connect nearly 

all populations and watersheds in this 

ESU (except those in the Clackamas 

River) with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 8. Yamhill River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17090008) 

This subbasin contains seven 

watersheds, four of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 495 sq mi (1,282 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 71 

mi (114.3 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat (all used for rearing or 

migration) in these watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) did not 

identify a demographically independent 

population in this subbasin. Myers et al.

(2003) noted that reports of ‘‘Chinook 

salmon in westside tributaries have 

continued to the present; however it is 

unlikely the abundance of spawners in 

any of these tributaries constitutes a 

[demographically independent 

population].’’ However, recent data 

(ODFW, 2004a,b) indicate that several 

watersheds in this subbasin likely 

contain important rearing and migration 

PCEs. Therefore, the Team concluded 

that all of these occupied areas contain 

rearing and migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in all four occupied 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

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low rating for conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU.

Unit 9. Molalla/Pudding River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090009) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 875 sq mi (2,266 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 181 

mi (291.3 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in these watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Team concluded that all 

of the occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, 

roadbuilding, and urbanization. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in two of the watersheds in this 

subbasin warrant a medium rating and 

those in four warrant a low rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 10. Clackamas River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090011) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 942 sq mi (2,440 sq km). 

This is the only subbasin with spawning 

habitat for this ESU below Willamette 

Falls. Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

137 mi (220.5 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in these watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Clackamas River) in this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

of the occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, dams, forestry, 

roadbuilding, and urbanization. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in five of the watersheds in this 

subbasin warrant a high rating and those 

in one warrant a low rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 11. Lower Willamette/Columbia 

River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define the lower Willamette/

Columbia River corridor as that segment 

from the confluence of the Willamette 

and Clackamas rivers to the Pacific 

Ocean. This corridor also includes the 

Multnomah Channel portion of the 

Lower Willamette River. Watersheds 

downstream of the Clackamas River 

subbasin (Johnson Creek and Columbia 

Slough/Willamette River watersheds) 

are outside the spawning range of this 

ESU and likely used in a limited way as 

juvenile rearing habitat for this ESU. 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 137 

mi (220.5 km) of occupied riverine and 

estuarine habitat in this corridor 

(ODFW, 2003a,b). After reviewing the 

best available scientific data for all of 

the areas within the freshwater and 

estuarine range of this ESU, the Team 

concluded that the lower Willamette/

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team noted that this corridor connects 

every watershed and population in this 

ESU with the ocean and is used by 

rearing/migrating juveniles and 

migrating adults. The Columbia River 

estuary is a particularly important area 

for this ESU as both juveniles and adults 

make the critical physiological 

transition between life in freshwater and 

marine habitats (Marriott et al., 2002). 

Management activities that may affect 

the PCEs in this corridor include 

channel modifications, roadbuilding, 

river/estuary traffic, roadbuilding, 

urbanization, and wetland loss and 

removal. 

Upper Columbia River Spring-run 

Chinook Salmon ESU 

The Upper Columbia River spring-run 

chinook ESU includes all naturally 

spawned populations of chinook salmon 

in all river reaches accessible to chinook 

salmon in Columbia River tributaries 

upstream of the Rock Island Dam and 

downstream of Chief Joseph Dam in 

Washington, excluding the Okanogan 

River (64 FR 14208; March 24, 1999). 

We have proposed that six artificial 

propagation programs also be 

considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the Twisp River, 

Chewuch River, Methow Composite, 

Winthrop NFH, Chiwawa River, and 

White River spring-run chinook 

hatchery programs. 

Spring-run chinook salmon in this 

ESU have a stream-type life history, 

which means that they enter freshwater 

before they are fully mature and finish 

maturing during their upriver spawning 

run. Three demographically 

independent populations of naturally 

spawning spring-run chinook salmon 

are identified for this ESU: the 

Wenatchee, Entiat, and Methow River 

Basin populations. Principally due to 

the small number of independent 

populations, the Interior Columbia 

Basin TRT (ICBTRT, 2003) has not 

identified separate major groupings or 

strata for the Upper Columbia River 

spring-run chinook ESU. Nonetheless, 

recovery planning will likely emphasize 

the need for a viable geographical 

distribution of the three populations 

comprising this ESU (Ruckelshaus et al., 

2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Adults returning to the Wenatchee 

River enter fresh water from late March 

through early May, and those returning 

to the Entiat and Methow Rivers enter 

fresh water from late March through 

June. The run timing of Upper Columbia 

River spring-run chinook tends to be 

relatively earlier in low flow years, and 

later in high flow years. Adults 

migrating upriver hold in deeper pools 

or under cover until the onset of 

spawning. Adults may spawn in the 

areas where they hold, or move further 

into smaller tributaries. Peak spawning 

for all three populations occurs from 

August to September, though the timing 

is highly dependent upon water 

temperature. The egg incubation/alevin 

stage occurs from August into 

December, and emergence occurs into 

March. The juveniles typically spend 1 

year in freshwater before migrating 

downstream, primarily in May and June. 

Most adults return after spending 2 

years in the ocean, although 20 to 40 

percent return after 3 years at sea. 

The Middle and Upper Columbia 

River Team’s assessment for this ESU 

addressed habitat areas within 15 

occupied watersheds in four associated 

subbasins (identified below as ‘‘units’’

with unique HUC4 numbers), as well as 

the Columbia River rearing/migration 

corridor. As part of its assessment, the 

Team considered the conservation value 

of each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats in the context of 

each of the three populations in the 

ESU. The Middle and Upper Columbia 

River Team evaluated the conservation 

value of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Upper Columbia River 

spring-run chinook salmon, consistent 

with the PCEs identified for Pacific 

salmon and O. mykiss described above 

in the Methods and Criteria Used to 

Identify Proposed Critical Habitat 

section. 

Unit 1. Chief Joseph Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020005)

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by the ESU and encompass 

approximately 817 sq mi (2,116 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

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from WDFW identify approximately 42 

mi (67.6 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watershed (WDFW, 2003). 

However, the Team determined that 

occupied reaches in two watersheds 

(Jordan/Tumwater and Foster Creek) did 

not contain PCEs for this ESU because 

these reaches are located upstream of 

the uppermost population in the ESU 

(Methow River) and in areas that were 

likely to be of very minimal 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Methow River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas in the Upper 

Columbia/Swamp watershed contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, dams, 

fire activity and disturbance, forestry, 

grazing, and roadbuilding. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in this 

watershed warrant an overall medium 

rating for conservation value to the ESU 

and that the rearing and migration 

corridor in Columbia River reaches 

downstream of the confluence of the 

Methow River were of high conservation 

value (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 2. Methow Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020008) 

This subbasin contains seven 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,823 sq mi (4,722 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 202 mi (325.1 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watershed (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Methow River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, fire activity and 

disturbance, forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

roadbuilding. Of the seven watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

five were rated as having high and those 

in two were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also noted that the 

watersheds with habitat areas having 

medium overall ratings (Middle Methow 

River and Lower Methow River) contain 

a high value rearing and migration 

corridor connecting high value habitat 

areas upstream with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 3. Upper Columbia/Entiat 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17020010) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds (but two of these consist of 

a rearing/migration corridor 

downstream of Rock Island Dam—see 

Unit 5 below). The two watersheds in 

this subbasin with tributary habitat (i.e., 

tributaries to the Columbia River 

mainstem) encompass approximately 

907 sq mi (2,349.1 sq km). Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

WDFW identify approximately 103 mi 

(165.8 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The 

Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) 

identified three demographically 

independent populations (Methow 

River, Entiat River, and Wenatchee 

River) occupying this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, fire 

activity and disturbance, forestry, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

two watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in one were rated as having 

high and those in the other were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

concluded that both watersheds contain 

high value rearing and migration 

corridors connecting high value habitat 

areas upstream with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 4. Wenatchee Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020011) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,328 sq mi (3,440 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 182 mi (292.9 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Wenatchee River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, fire 

activity and disturbance, forestry, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

five watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in three were rated as 

having high and those in two were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 5. Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define the Columbia River 

corridor as that segment from Rock 

Island Dam downstream to the Pacific 

Ocean. Rock Island Dam is located near 

the downstream border of the Entiat 

River watershed, which was the furthest 

downstream watershed with spawning 

or tributary PCEs identified in the range 

of this ESU. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 448 mi (721 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (WDFW, 2003). After 

reviewing the best available scientific 

data for all of the areas within the 

freshwater and estuarine range of this 

ESU, the Team concluded that the 

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team noted that this corridor connects 

every watershed and population in this 

ESU with the ocean and is used by 

rearing/migrating juveniles and 

migrating adults. The Columbia River 

estuary is a particularly important area 

for this ESU as both juveniles and adults 

make the critical physiological 

transition between life in freshwater and 

marine habitats (Marriott et al., 2002). 

Management activities that may affect 

the PCEs in this corridor include 

channel modifications, dams, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

roadbuilding, river/estuary traffic, 

roadbuilding, urbanization, and wetland 

loss and removal. 

Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU 

The Oregon Coast coho ESU includes 

all naturally spawned populations of 

coho salmon in Oregon coastal streams 

south of the Columbia River and north 

of Cape Blanco (63 FR 42587; August 

10, 1998). We have proposed that five 

artificial propagation programs also be 

considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the North 

Umpqua River (ODFW stock # 18), Cow 

Creek (ODFW stock # 37), Coos Basin 

(ODFW stock # 37), Coquille River 

(ODFW stock # 44), and North Fork 

Nehalem River (ODFW stock # 32) coho 

hatchery programs.

Geographical isolation is an important 

factor in the evolution of these separate 

populations within or between basins. 

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The Oregon Coast coho ESU is, in 

general, composed of relatively small 

basins (the Umpqua basin, an exception 

to this general rule, is a relatively large 

basin characterized by diverse 

vegetation and geology). The distance 

between saltwater entry points of each 

basin may significantly affect the level 

of migration or connectivity among 

populations. Some populations may be 

significantly affected by migrants from 

larger or more productive systems The 

Oregon-Northern California Coast TRT 

has putatively identified 19 

‘‘functionally’’ and ‘‘potentially’’

independent populations and 48 

additional dependent populations 

(Lawson et al., 2004). The functionally 

and potentially independent 

populations include: the Necanicum 

River, Nehalem River, Tillamook Bay, 

Nestucca River, Salmon River, Siletz 

River, Yaquina River, Beaver Creek, 

Alsea River, Siuslaw River, Siltcoos 

River (lake), Tahkenitch Creek (lake), 

Lower Umpqua River, Upper Umpqua 

River, Tenmile Creek (lake), Coos Bay, 

Coquille River, Floras Creek, and Sixes 

River populations. Recovery planning 

will likely emphasize the need for a 

geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of the ESU 

(Ruckelshaus et al., 2002; McElhany et 

al., 2003). Ecological strata or regions 

have not been identified for the Oregon 

Coast coho ESU. The TRT noted that, 

given the dominant influence of the 

ocean on the Oregon Coast climate, 

ecological conditions are relatively 

uniform throughout the ESU. The 

Umpqua River Basin is an exception, 

with inland areas being drier and 

experiencing more extreme 

temperatures than the coastal areas. 

Ecological differences within the ESU 

relate to the effects of local topography 

on rainfall, and of local geology on 

vegetation composition and slope 

stability. 

Adult coho salmon begin migrating 

into coastal streams and rivers with the 

first freshets in the fall. Spawning 

begins in November, peaking in 

December or January, and may continue 

into March. Eggs hatch in the spring and 

fry grow rapidly to the parr stage by 

early summer or early fall. Parr then 

seek out areas protected from high flows 

and spend a second winter in freshwater 

before migrating to the ocean as smolts 

from March through June. Smolt 

outmigration timing and smolt size 

appear to respond to small-scale habitat 

variability and have been shown to be 

affected by anthropogenic activities 

including: habitat degradation (Moring 

and Lantz, 1975) and habitat restoration 

(Johnson et al., 1993; Rodgers et al., 

1993). About 20 percent of males mature 

at age 2 and return to freshwater as 

‘‘jacks’’ in the same year they entered 

the ocean as adults. Although the 

production of jacks is a heritable trait in 

coho salmon (Iwamoto et al., 1984), the 

proportion of jacks in a given coho 

salmon populations is strongly 

influenced by environmental factors 

(Silverstein and Hershberger, 1992). The 

remainder of juveniles rear in the ocean 

for 18 months and return as 3-year-old 

adults in the following fall. 

Habitat capacity for coho salmon on 

the Oregon Coast has significantly 

decreased from historical levels (NMFS, 

2003). During periods of poor ocean 

survival, high quality habitat is 

necessary to sustain coho populations 

(Nickelson and Lawson, 1998). The 

following habitat features have been 

identified as important to the recovery 

of Oregon Coast coho salmon (IMST, 

2002): structure and function of lowland 

areas, wetland, floodplains, and riparian 

forests; the presence of large wood on 

beaches and stream banks, and in 

streams, channels, estuaries, and 

floodplains; water quality, including 

temperature; hydrologic function and 

flow regimes; connectivity of rivers with 

floodplain and off-channel habitats; and 

the presence of diverse native plant 

communities subject to natural 

disturbance regimes. 

The Oregon Coast Team’s assessment 

for this ESU addressed habitat areas 

within 80 occupied watersheds in 13 

associated subbasins (identified below 

as ‘‘units’’ with unique HUC4 numbers). 

As part of its assessment, the Team 

considered the conservation value of 

each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats across the range of 

the populations identified by the 

Oregon-Northern California Coast TRT. 

The Oregon Coast Team evaluated the 

conservation value of habitat areas on 

the basis of the physical and biological 

habitat requirements of Oregon Coast 

coho salmon, consistent with the PCEs 

identified for Pacific salmon and O. 

mykiss described above in the Methods 

and Criteria Used to Identify Proposed 

Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Necanicum River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17100201) 

This subbasin contains a single 

watershed which is occupied by the 

ESU and encompasses approximately 

137 sq mi (355 sq km). Fish distribution 

and habitat use data from ODFW 

identify approximately 87 mi (140 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

putatively identified one ‘‘potentially’’

independent population (the 

Necanicum River population) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including: forestry, grazing, and 

urbanization. The Oregon Coast Team 

concluded that habitat areas in the one 

occupied watershed comprising this 

subbasin are of medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 2. Nehalem River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17100202)

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 855 sq mi 

(2,214.4 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 675 mi (1,086.3 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘functionally’’

independent population (the Nehalem 

River population) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including: agriculture, forestry, grazing, 

and urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all but one watershed were rated as 

having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 3. Wilson-Trask-Nestucca Rivers 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17100203) 

This subbasin contains nine 

watersheds, each of which are occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 889 sq mi 

(2,302 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 632 mi (1,017.1 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified two ‘‘functionally’’

independent populations (the Tillamook 

Bay and Nestucca River populations) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

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forestry, urbanization, and river, estuary 

and ocean traffic. Of the nine 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in seven were rated as 

having high, and those in two were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 4. Siletz-Yaquina Rivers Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17100204) 

This subbasin contains nine 

watersheds, eight of which are occupied 

by the ESU and encompass 

approximately 642 sq mi (1,663 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 612 

mi (984.9 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Oregon-Northern 

California Coast TRT (2003) identified 

three ‘‘functionally’’ or ‘‘potentially’’

independent populations (the Salmon, 

Siletz, and Yaquina River populations) 

in this subbasin. The Team concluded 

that all occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, sand and gravel 

mining, urbanization, and river, estuary, 

and ocean traffic. Of the eight 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in three were rated as 

having high, and those in five were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 5. Alsea River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17100205) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 690 sq mi 

(1,787.1 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 559 mi (899.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003A,B). The 

Oregon-Northern California Coast TRT 

(2003) identified two ‘‘functionally’’ or 

‘‘potentially’’ independent populations 

(the Beaver Creek and Alsea River 

populations) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, sand and gravel 

mining, and urbanization. Of the eight 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in four were rated as 

having high, those in three were rated 

as having medium, and those in one (the 

Big Creek/Vingie Creek watershed) were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 6. Siuslaw River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17100206) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 776 sq mi 

(2,010 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 774 mi (1,245.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘functionally’’

independent population (the Siuslaw 

River population) in this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, and urbanization. Of 

the eight watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in six were rated as 

having high, and those in two were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 7. Siltcoos River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17100207

This subbasin contains one watershed 

which is occupied by the ESU and 

encompasses approximately 131 sq mi 

(339.3 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 137 mi (220.5 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified two ‘‘potentially’’

independent populations (the Siltcoos 

River (lake) and Tahkenitch Creek (lake) 

populations) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: forestry, grazing, 

and urbanization. The Oregon Coast 

Team concluded that habitat areas in 

the one occupied watershed comprising 

this subbasin is of high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 8. North Fork Umpqua River 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17100301) 

This subbasin contains 12 watersheds; 

however, due to habitat blockage from 

the Soda Springs Dam, only the lower 

seven watersheds are accessible to 

Oregon Coast coho salmon. These seven 

occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 924 sq mi (2,393.2 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

175 mi (281.6 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Oregon-Northern 

California Coast TRT (2003) identified 

one ‘‘functionally’’ independent 

population (the Upper Umpqua River 

population) that is contained within this 

subbasin and the South Fork Umpqua 

River subbasin (HUC4# 17100302, 

below). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including: agriculture, forestry, grazing, 

and urbanization. Of the seven 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in one watershed were 

rated as having high, those in three 

watersheds were rated as having 

medium, and those in three watersheds 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 9. South Fork Umpqua River 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17100302) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

of which 12 are occupied by the ESU 

encompassing approximately 1,727 sq 

mi (4,473 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 693 mi (1,115.3 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘functionally’’

independent population (the Upper 

Umpqua River population) that is 

contained within this subbasin and the 

North Fork Umpqua River subbasin 

(HUC4# 17100301, above). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, sand and gravel 

mining, and urbanization. Of the 12 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

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habitat areas in one watershed were 

rated as having high, those in eight 

watersheds were rated as having 

medium, and those in three watersheds 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 10. Umpqua River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17100303) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 1,514 sq mi 

(3,921 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 1,083 mi (1,742.9 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘functionally’’

independent population (the Lower 

Umpqua River population) that is 

contained within this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, urbanization, and river, 

estuary, and ocean traffic. Of the eight 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in five watersheds were 

rated as having high, those in two 

watersheds were rated as having 

medium, and those in one watershed 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 11. Coos River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17100304) 

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 737 sq mi 

(1,909 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 541 mi (870.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘potentially’’

independent population (the Coos Bay 

population) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, and urbanization. Of 

the four watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in all four were 

rated as having high conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU.

Unit 12. Coquille River Subbasin (HUC4 

# 17100305) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, each of which is occupied 

by the ESU. These watersheds 

encompass approximately 1,057 sq mi 

(2,738 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 546 mi (878.7 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The OregonNorthern California Coast TRT (2003) 

identified one ‘‘functionally’’

independent population (the Coquille 

River population) in this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, and urbanization. Of 

the six watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in four were rated 

as having high, those in one were rated 

as having medium, and those in one 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 13. Sixes River Subbasin (HUC4 # 

17100306) 

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, two of which are occupied 

by the ESU and encompass 

approximately 290 sq mi (751.1 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 149 

mi (239.8 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Oregon-Northern 

California Coast TRT (2003) identified 

two ‘‘potentially’’ independent 

populations (the Sixes River and Floras 

Creek populations) in this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including: agriculture, 

forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

sand and gravel mining. Of the two 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in one were rated as having 

high, and those in the other were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon 

ESU 

The Hood Canal summer-run chum 

salmon ESU includes all naturally 

spawned populations of summer-run 

chum salmon in Hood Canal and its 

tributaries as well as populations in 

Olympic Peninsula rivers between Hood 

Canal and Dungeness Bay, Washington 

(64 FR 14508; March 25, 1999). We have 

proposed that eight artificial 

propagation programs also be 

considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the Quilcene 

NFH, Hamma Hamma Fish Hatchery, 

Lilliwaup Creek Fish Hatchery, Union 

River/Tahuya, Big Beef Creek Fish 

Hatchery, Salmon Creek Fish Hatchery, 

Chimacum Creek Fish Hatchery, and the 

Jimmycomelately Creek Fish Hatchery 

summer-run chum hatchery programs. 

Sixteen historical demographically 

independent populations of Hood Canal 

summer-run chum have been identified 

for this ESU: eight extant populations 

(the Union River, Lilliwaup Creek, 

Hamma Hamma River, Duckabush 

River, Dosewallips River, Big/Little 

Quilcene River, Snow and Salmon 

creeks, Jimmycomelately Creek 

populations), and eight extirpated or 

possibly extirpated populations (the 

Dungeness River, Big Beef Creek, 

Anderson Creek, Dewatto Creek, Tahuya 

River, Skokomish River, Finch Creek, 

and Chimacum Creek populations) 

(WDFW and PNPTT, 2000). The Puget 

Sound TRT has identified 5 ‘‘geographic 

regions of diversity and correlated risk’’

in Puget Sound (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002). The regions are based on 

similarities in hydrographic, 

biogeographic, geologic, and 

catastrophic risk characteristics and 

where groups of populations have 

evolved in common (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002). The Hood Canal summer-run 

chum salmon ESU occupies two of these 

regions—the Strait of Juan de Fuca and 

Hood Canal. Recovery planning will 

likely emphasize the need for a 

geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

regions in an ESU (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Hood Canal summer-run chum are the 

southernmost occurrence of the 

summer-run life history for the species. 

The ESU appears to be uniquely 

adapted to the local habitat conditions, 

with this life-history persisting in what 

otherwise would be deemed an 

inhospitable environment. The summer 

chum streams are characterized by low 

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summer/fall flows and likely experience 

elevated stream temperatures during the 

summer chum spawning periods. Given 

the return timing of summer-run chum 

and the associated low flow conditions 

of spawning streams, chum are confined 

to the lower reaches of the streams 

(Crawford, 1997; Turner, 1995). 

Degradation of spawning habitat, 

reduced river flows, increased 

urbanization of the Kitsap Peninsula, 

and increased pinniped populations in 

Hood Canal have been cited as habitat 

limiting factors for the Hood Canal 

summer-run chum ESU (Johnson et al.,

1997).

The Summer Chum Salmon 

Conservation Initiative (WDFW and 

PNPTT, 2000) provides a 

comprehensive overview of this ESU 

and describes the following life history 

and habitat requirements. Migration to 

spawning grounds occurs from late 

August through late October. Adults 

generally spawn in low gradient, lower 

mainstem reaches of natal streams, 

typically in center channel areas due to 

the low flows encountered in the late 

summer and early fall. Eggs incubate in 

redds for 5 to 6 months, and fry emerge 

between January and May. After 

hatching, fry move rapidly downstream 

to subestuarine habitats. WDFW and 

PNPTT (2000) noted that successful 

incubation and rearing depends on a 

variety of conditions including: (1) The 

presence of adequate large woody debris 

to reduce scour of incubating eggs and 

moderate peak winter flow velocities, 

(2) the absence of excessive fines within 

spawning gravel, (3) stable channel 

configuration, and (4) access to 

floodplain and off-channel areas. 

Subestuary deltas support a diverse 

array of habitats (tidal channels, 

mudflats, marshes, and eelgrass 

meadows) that provide essential rearing 

and transition environments for this 

ESU. Juveniles rear in these habitats for 

days to weeks before entering the ocean, 

and returning adults stage in 

subestuaries before ascending natal 

streams to spawn. Juveniles feed 

primarily on plankton and epibenthic 

organisms, while subadults feed on 

similar items as well as larger prey 

(including fishes and squid). Most 

adults mature and spawn as 3- and 4-

year old fish (WDFW and PNPTT, 2000). 

The Puget Sound Team’s assessment 

for this ESU addressed habitat areas 

within 12 occupied watersheds in four 

associated subbasins (identified below 

as ‘‘units’’ with unique HUC4 numbers) 

as well as the nearshore marine area. As 

part of its assessment, the Team 

considered the conservation value of 

each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats across the range of 

the two geographical regions of 

correlated risk identified by the Puget 

Sound TRT. The Puget Sound Team 

evaluated the conservation value of 

habitat areas on the basis of the physical 

and biological habitat requirements of 

Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon, 

consistent with the PCEs identified for 

Pacific salmon and O. mykiss described 

above in the Methods and Criteria Used 

to Identify Proposed Critical Habitat 

section. 

Unit 1. Skokomish Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110017) 

This subbasin contains a single 

occupied watershed encompassing 

approximately 245 sq mi (635 sq km). 

The Skokomish River population is the 

only historic population documented in 

this subbasin/watershed (WDFW and 

PNPTT, 2000). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 13 mi (20.9 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the subbasin/watershed (WDFW and 

PNPTT, 2000). The Team concluded 

that all of these occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including channel 

modifications/diking, dam operations, 

forestry, and urbanization. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in this 

watershed warrant a medium rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 2. Hood Canal Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110018) 

This subbasin contains seven 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 715 sq mi (1,852 sq km). 

WDFW and PNPTT (2000) identified the 

following historic populations in this 

subbasin: Union River, Lilliwaup Creek, 

Hamma Hamma River, Duckabush 

River, Dosewallips River, Big/Little 

Quilcene River, Big Beef Creek, 

Anderson Creek, Dewatto Creek, Tahuya 

River, and Finch Creek. Several of these 

have undergone recent extirpations but 

are now occupied through natural 

recolonization or re-introduction 

(WDFW and PNPTT, 2000; NMFS, 

2004a). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 50 mi (80.5 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003; NMFS, 

2004a; WDFW, 2004). The Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

channel modifications/diking, forestry, 

and urbanization. The Team also 

concluded that habitat areas in six of the 

watersheds in this subbasin warrant a 

high rating, and those in one warrant a 

medium rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

identified two streams (Finch Creek and 

Anderson Creek) that are currently 

unoccupied but essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. These streams 

historically supported independent 

populations of summer-run chum 

salmon (WDFW and PNPTT, 2000) and, 

due to the limited number of areas 

occupied by this ESU, are likely to be 

important areas for ESU expansion 

during recovery (NMFS, 2004a). 

Moreover, the Summer Chum Salmon 

Conservation Initiative (WDFW and 

PNPTT, 2000) is being implemented and 

recommends both streams for 

reintroduction of summer-run chum. 

Unit 3. Kitsap Subbasin (HUC4# 

17110019) 

This subbasin contains a single 

occupied watershed encompassing 

approximately 82 sq mi (212.4 sq km). 

The Chimacum Creek population is the 

only historic population documented in 

this subbasin/watershed (WDFW and 

PNPTT, 2000). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watershed (WDFW, 2003; WDFW, 

2004). The Team concluded that this 

occupied area contains spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in this watershed 

warrant a high rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team identified an additional 5-mile (8-

km) stream segment in Chimacum Creek 

that is currently unoccupied but 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. This stream segment historically 

supported the Chimacum Creek 

population of summer-run chum salmon 

(WDFW and PNPTT, 2000) and, due to 

the limited number of areas occupied by 

this ESU, is likely to be an important 

area for ESU expansion during recovery 

(NMFS, 2004a). 

Unit 4. Dungeness-Elwha Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17110020) 

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 350 sq mi (906 sq km). 

WDFW and PNPTT (2000) identified the 

following historic populations in this 

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subbasin: Dungeness River, 

Jimmycomelately Creek, and Snow/

Salmon creeks. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 19 mi (30.6 km) of 

occupied riverine/estuarine habitat in 

the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). The 

Team concluded that all of these 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including channel modifications/diking, 

forestry, and urbanization. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in two 

of the watersheds in this subbasin 

warrant a high rating, and those in one 

warrant a medium rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU.

Unit 5. Nearshore Marine Area 

The nearshore marine area considered 

by the Team includes that zone from 

extreme high water out to a depth of 30 

m and adjacent to watersheds occupied 

by the ESU (described above). The Team 

assessment focused on this area because 

it generally encompasses photic zone 

habitats supporting plant cover (e.g., 

eelgrass and kelp) important for rearing, 

migrating, and maturing chum salmon 

and their prey. Also, PCEs that may 

require special management 

considerations or protection are more 

readily identified in this zone (e.g., 

destruction of vegetative cover due to 

docks and bulkheads). Deeper waters 

are occupied by subadult and maturing 

fish, but it is unclear if these areas 

contain PCEs that require special 

management considerations or 

protection. The Team concluded that all 

nearshore habitat areas from the 

southern terminus of Hood Canal 

northeast to Dungeness Bay in the Strait 

of Juan de Fuca warrant a high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). These habitat areas are found 

along approximately 402 miles (647 km) 

of shoreline within the range of this 

ESU. 

Columbia River Chum Salmon ESU 

The Columbia River chum salmon 

ESU includes all naturally spawned 

populations of chum salmon in the 

Columbia River and its tributaries in 

Washington and Oregon (64 FR 14508; 

March 25, 1999). We have proposed that 

three artificial propagation programs 

also be considered part of the ESU (69 

FR 33101; June 14, 2004): the Chinook 

River (Sea Resources Hatchery), Grays 

River, and Washougal River/Duncan 

Creek chum hatchery programs. 

The Willamette/Lower Columbia 

River TRT identified 16 historical 

demographically independent 

populations of chum in the Columbia 

River: the Youngs Bay, Grays River, Big 

Creek, Elochoman River, Clatskanie 

River, Mill Creek, Scappoose Creek, 

Cowlitz River fall-run and summer-run, 

Kalama fall-run, Salmon Creek fall-run, 

Lewis River fall-run, Clackamas River 

fall-run, Washougal River fall-run, 

Lower Gorge tributaries fall-run, and the 

Upper Gorge tributaries fall-run 

populations (Myers et al., 2003). All but 

two of these historical populations 

appear to have been extirpated, or 

nearly so. Although the historical record 

for Columbia River chum salmon is 

limited, it is clear that chum salmon 

were present in most tributaries to the 

lower Columbia River and to some 

extent in the mainstem (Myers et al., 

2003). Populations in the Coast Range 

tributaries (e.g., Grays River) differ in 

peak spawning activity by 

approximately a month relative to the 

Lower Gorge tributaries population. 

Differences in the time of spawning may 

be related to differences in water 

sources (rainfall in the Coast Range vs. 

groundwater in the Lower Gorge). There 

is insufficient information to provide a 

clear understanding of the migration 

dynamics among chum populations in 

the Columbia River, and hence the 

specific habitat characteristics to which 

local chum populations may be adapted 

is not understood. In general, extant 

Columbia River chum spawning 

aggregations are most abundant in the 

lower mainstem and off-channel areas. 

The TRT has placed groups of 

populations in this recovery planning 

domain into ‘‘strata’’ intended to assist 

in evaluating ESU-wide recovery 

scenarios (McElhany et al., 2002). The 

strata are based on major life history 

characteristics (e.g., species run types) 

and ecological zones. The Columbia 

River chum salmon ESU inhabits three 

ecological zones (Coast Range, Cascade, 

and Columbia Gorge) and contains a 

single life history type (fall run), 

resulting in a total of three strata for this 

ESU (McElhany et al., 2002). Recovery 

planning will likely emphasize the need 

for a geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

strata/regions in an ESU (Ruckelshaus et 

al., 2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Intensive monitoring of chum 

spawning escapement is conducted in 

three Washington tributaries in the 

lower Columbia Basin-Grays River, 

Hardy Creek, and Hamilton Creek and 

in the mainstem Columbia River near 

Ives Island. The latter three populations 

are located immediately downstream of 

Bonneville Dam. Chum salmon 

populations exist in other river systems 

of the lower Columbia, but are not 

consistently monitored and are assumed 

to be extremely low in abundance. 

Chum salmon returning to the 

Columbia River are considered a fall 

run. Adult fall run chum salmon return 

to the Columbia River from mid-October 

through November, but apparently do 

not reach the Grays River until late 

October–early December. Spawning 

occurs in the Grays River from early 

November to late December. Fish 

returning to Hamilton and Hardy Creeks 

begin to appear in the tributaries in 

early November, and their spawn timing 

is more protracted (mid-November–midJanuary). 

Chum seldom show persistence in 

surmounting river blockages and falls, 

which may be why they usually spawn 

in lower river reaches. Spawning chum 

salmon typically dig their redds in the 

mainstem or in side channels of rivers, 

often in areas just above tidal influence. 

They spawn in shallower, slowerrunning streams and side channels more 

frequently than do other salmonids. In 

some locations, subgravel flow 

(upwelled groundwater from seeps and 

springs) may be important in the choice 

of redd sites by chum salmon. Many 

Columbia River chum have been found 

to select spawning sites in areas of 

upwelling groundwater. New spawning 

grounds for chum were recently 

discovered along the northern Columbia 

River shoreline near the I–205 Glen 

Jackson Bridge where groundwater 

upwelling occurs. A significant number 

of chum returning to Hamilton Creek 

spawn in a spring-fed channel, and 

portions of the Grays River and Hardy 

Creek populations spawn in the area of 

springs. Hundreds of chum salmon once 

returned to spawn within spring-fed 

areas along Duncan Creek; efforts have 

been completed to restore passage to 

these productive areas and protect the 

springs that feed them. 

Chum do not have a clearly defined 

smolt stage, but are nonetheless capable 

of adapting to seawater soon after 

emerging from gravel. Downstream 

migration may take only a few hours or 

days in rivers where spawning sites are 

close to the mouth of the river. 

Historical information concerning the 

timing of chum salmon emigration in 

the lower Columbia River is limited. 

Recent seining projects conducted in the 

Grays River and at Ives Island indicate 

outmigration occurs from March 

through May and peaks from mid-April 

to early May. 

Chum salmon juveniles, like other 

anadromous salmonids, use estuaries to 

feed before beginning long-distance 

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oceanic migrations. However, chum and 

ocean-type chinook salmon usually 

have longer residence times in estuaries 

than do other anadromous salmonids. 

The period of estuarine residence 

appears to be the most critical phase in 

the life history of chum salmon and may 

play a major role in determining the size 

of the subsequent adult run back to 

fresh water. Chum salmon spend more 

of their life history in marine waters 

than other Pacific salmonids. Juveniles 

feed primarily on plankton and 

epibenthic organisms, while subadults 

feed on similar items as well as larger 

prey (including fishes and squid). Most 

adults mature and spawn as 3-year old 

fish.

The Lower Columbia River Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 19 occupied 

watersheds in 6 subbasins (identified 

below as ‘‘units’’ with unique HUC4 

numbers), as well as the lower Columbia 

River rearing/migration corridor. As part 

of its assessment, the Team considered 

the conservation value of each habitat 

area in the context of the productivity, 

spatial distribution, and diversity of 

habitats across the range of the six lifehistory types and ecological strata 

identified by the Willamette/Lower 

Columbia TRT. The Lower Columbia 

River Team evaluated the conservation 

value of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Lower Columbia River 

chinook salmon, consistent with the 

PCEs identified for Pacific salmon and 

O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17070105) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

3 of which are occupied by this ESU 

(almost exclusively as rearing/migration 

habitat) and encompass approximately 

669 sq mi (1,733 sq mi). This subbasin 

may be the upstream extent of the 

species’ distribution in the entire 

Columbia River basin (Myers et al., 

2003). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 26 mi (41.8 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds, including a 22-mi (35.4-km) 

segment of the Columbia River (WDFW, 

2003). Myers et al. (2003) identified a 

single ecological zone (Columbia Gorge) 

containing two historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin (Upper 

Gorge Tributaries and Lower Gorge 

Tributaries). The Lower Gorge 

Tributaries population has been 

classified by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’

population (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) as well as a genetic legacy 

population (i.e., one of ‘‘the most intact 

representatives of the genetic character 

of the ESU’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain rearing or migration (and 

possibly spawning) PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the three 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all were rated as having 

high conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080001) 

This subbasin contains nine 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 571 sq mi (1,479 sq km). 

This subbasin contains some of the 

principal spawning habitat for the entire 

ESU (e.g., in Hardy and Hamilton creeks 

and adjacent areas of the mainstem 

Columbia River). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from the WDFW 

identify approximately 84 mi (135.2 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds, including a 26-mi (41.8-km) 

segment of the Columbia River (ODFW, 

2003a,b; WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified two ecological zones 

(Cascade and Columbia Gorge) 

containing three historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Lower 

Gorge Tributaries, Washougal River, and 

Salmon Creek. The Lower Gorge 

Tributaries population has been 

classified by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’

population (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) as well as a genetic legacy 

population (i.e., one of ‘‘the most intact 

representatives of the genetic character 

of the ESU’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications, 

forestry, roadbuilding, and urbanization. 

Of the three watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in all were rated as 

having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that the Columbia Gorge 

Tributaries watershed, in addition to the 

important mainstem spawning areas, 

also contains a high value rearing and 

migration corridor in the Columbia 

River connecting upstream habitat areas 

with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080002) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, two of which are currently 

occupied by this ESU with the 

remaining four blocked by Merwin Dam 

and others upstream. Occupied 

watersheds encompass approximately 

456 sq mi (1,181 sq km). Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

WDFW identify approximately 71 mi 

(114.3 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). Myers 

et al. (2003) identified a single 

ecological zone (Cascade) containing 

one historical demographically 

independent population in this 

subbasin (Lewis River). The TRT has 

classified this as a ‘‘core’’ population 

(historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’) and 

the East Fork Lewis River summer-run 

population as a genetic legacy 

population (one of ‘‘the most intact 

representatives of the genetic character 

of the ESU’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications, 

forestry, roadbuilding, sand/gravel 

mining, and urbanization. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in both 

of the occupied watersheds warrant a 

high rating for conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 4. Lower Columbia/Clatskanie 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080003) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 543 sq mi (1,406 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 51 

mi (82.1 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in these watersheds (WDFW, 

2003). Myers et al. (2003) identified two 

ecological zones (Coast Range and 

Cascade) containing five historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Kalama 

River, Mill Creek, Elochoman River, 

Clatskanie River, and Scappoose River. 

The Elochoman River population has 

been classified by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’

population, i.e., historically abundant 

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and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’ (McElhany et al. 2003). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the three 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all were rated as having 

high conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 5. Lower Cowlitz Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080005)

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, six of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 1,102 sq mi (2,854 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 243 mi (391.1 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified one ecological zone 

(Cascade) containing a single historical 

demographically independent 

population (Cowlitz River) of chum 

salmon in this subbasin. This 

population has been classified by the 

TRT as a ‘‘core’’ population (i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’) and 

a genetic legacy population (i.e., one of 

‘‘the most intact representatives of the 

genetic character of the ESU’’) 

(McElhany et al., 2003). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

three were rated as having high and 

those in three were rated as having 

medium conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team also noted 

that two watersheds (East Willapa and 

Coweeman River) contained high value 

rearing and migration corridors 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 6. Lower Columbia Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17080006) 

This subbasin contains three 

watersheds, two of which (Grays Bay 

and Big Creek) are occupied by this ESU 

and encompass approximately 304 sq 

mi (787.4 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW and WDFW 

identify approximately 62 mi (99.8 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). The Team received recent data 

from ODFW (Turner, NMFS, personal 

communication) indicating that the Big 

Creek watershed is occupied by this 

ESU, even though ODFW data identifies 

these reaches as ‘‘historically 

occupied.’’ Myers et al. (2003) identified 

a single ecological zone (Coast Range) 

containing three demographically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin (Grays and Chinook Rivers, 

Youngs Bay, and Big Creek). The 

Youngs Bay, Grays and Chinook Rivers, 

and Big Creek populations have been 

classified by the TRT as ‘‘core’’

populations (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). In 

addition, the TRT classified the Grays 

and Chinook Rivers population as a 

genetic legacy population (i.e., one of 

‘‘the most intact representatives of the 

genetic character of the ESU.’’) The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and wetland loss and removal. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in both of the occupied watersheds 

warrant a high rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 7. Lower Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define this corridor as that 

segment of the Columbia River from the 

confluences of the Sandy River (Oregon) 

and Washougal River (Washington) to 

the Pacific Ocean. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 118 mi (189.9 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (WDFW, 2003). After 

reviewing the best available scientific 

data for all of the areas within the 

freshwater and estuarine range of this 

ESU, the Team concluded that the lower 

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. Other 

upstream reaches of the Columbia River 

corridor (within Units 1 and 2 above) 

are also high value for rearing/

migration. The Team noted that this 

corridor connects every watershed and 

population in this ESU with the ocean 

and is used by rearing/migrating 

juveniles and migrating adults. The 

Columbia River estuary is a particularly 

important area for this ESU as both 

juveniles and adults make the critical 

physiological transition between life in 

freshwater and marine habitats (Marriott 

et al., 2002). Management activities that 

may affect the PCEs in this corridor 

include channel modifications, 

roadbuilding, river/estuary traffic, 

roadbuilding, urbanization, and wetland 

loss and removal. 

Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon ESU 

The Ozette Lake sockeye salmon ESU 

includes all naturally spawned 

populations of sockeye salmon in Ozette 

Lake and streams and tributaries 

flowing into Ozette Lake, Washington 

(64 FR 14528; March 25, 1999). We have 

proposed that two artificial propagation 

programs also be considered part of this 

ESU (69 FR 133101; June 14, 2004): the 

Umbrella Creek and Big River sockeye 

hatchery programs. The Puget Sound 

TRT considers the Ozette Lake sockeye 

ESU to be comprised of one historical 

population with multiple spawning 

aggregations. 

Migration of adult sockeye salmon 

(typically 4-year-old fish) up the Ozette 

River generally occurs from April to 

early August (WDFW et al., 1993). High 

water temperatures in the lake and river 

and low water flows in the summer may 

create a thermal block to migration and 

influence timing of the sockeye salmon 

migration (LaRiviere, 1991). Recorded 

water temperatures in late-July and 

August in the Ozette River near the lake 

outlet have exceeded the temperature 

range over which sockeye salmon are 

known to migrate (Gustafson et al., 

1997). 

Disjunct spawning times for fish at 

different beach spawning sites within 

the lake suggest that Ozette Lake 

sockeye may be composed of discrete 

subpopulations or spawning 

aggregations (Dlugokenski et al., 1981). 

The primary existing spawning 

aggregations occur in two beach 

locations, Allen’s and Olsen’s beaches, 

and in two tributaries, Umbrella Creek 

and Big River. Both of the tributary 

spawning groups were initiated through 

a hatchery introduction program. 

Spawning fish are occasionally found in 

other tributaries and may occur at other 

beach locations within the lake (Makah 

Fisheries, 2000). The extent to which 

sockeye spawned historically in 

tributaries to the lake is controversial 

(Gustafson et al., 1997), but it is clear 

that multiple beach-spawning 

aggregations of sockeye occurred 

historically, and that genetically distinct 

kokanee currently spawn in large 

numbers in all surveyed lake tributaries 

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(except Umbrella Creek and Big River). 

During low water levels in summer, 

much of the available beach spawning 

habitat may become exposed (Bortleson 

and Dion, 1979). 

Eggs and alevins reside beneath fine 

gravel/cobble generally from 1.3 to 10.2 

cm in diameter (Reiser and Bjornn, 

1979). Incubation is temperature 

dependent and generally takes as little 

as 50 days (or less) or more than 5 

months (Hart, 1973). After hatching 

most juveniles spend one winter in 

Ozette Lake rearing before outmigrating 

to the ocean as 2-year-old fish during 

April and May (Dlugokenski et al., 

1981). Juvenile sockeye feed primarily 

on plankton and a variety of terrestrial 

and aquatic insects (Hart, 1973; Scott 

and Crossman, 1973). The fish typically 

spend 2 years in the northeast Pacific 

Ocean foraging on zooplankton, squid, 

and, infrequently, on small fishes (Scott 

and Crossman, 1973).

The Puget Sound Team’s assessment 

for this ESU addressed habitat areas in 

the one occupied watershed. The Team 

evaluated these habitat areas on the 

basis of the physical and biological 

habitat requirements of Ozette Lake 

sockeye salmon, consistent with the 

PCEs identified for Pacific salmon and 

O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Ozette Lake Subbasin (HUC4# 

17100101) 

This subbasin includes a single 

watershed encompassing approximately 

101 sq mi (262 sq km), with Ozette Lake 

being the dominant feature. Fish 

distribution and habitat use type data 

from WDFW identify approximately 40 

mi (64.4 km) of occupied riverine/

estuarine habitat in this watershed 

(WDFW, 2003). In addition, Ozette Lake 

covers approximately 12 sq mi (31.1 sq 

km) and contains important spawning 

beaches and rearing areas. The Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contained PCEs, including 

spawning beaches, lake and river 

rearing habitat, and river migration 

corridors (NMFS, 2004a). Management 

activities that may affect PCEs in this 

watershed include, but are not limited 

to, forestry and introduction of exotic 

invasive plants. This watershed 

supports the one and only population 

constituting this ESU; therefore, the 

Team concluded that the habitat areas 

in this watershed warrant a high rating 

for conservation value to the ESU. 

While the Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas that may be essential 

for this ESU, they did note that tributary 

streams near lake spawning beaches 

may have a major influence on PCEs 

(e.g., sedimentation and substrate 

recruitment). 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

The Upper Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU includes all naturally spawned 

populations of anadromous O. mykiss in 

streams in the Columbia River Basin 

upstream from the Yakima River, 

Washington, to the U.S.-Canada border 

(62 FR 43937; August 18, 1997). We 

have proposed that resident populations 

of O. mykiss below impassible barriers 

(natural and manmade) that co-occur 

with anadromous populations also be 

included in the Upper Columbia River 

O. mykiss ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 

2004). The ESU membership of native 

resident populations above recent 

(usually man-made) impassable barriers, 

but below natural barriers, has not been 

resolved. These resident populations are 

provisionally not considered to be part 

of the Upper Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU until such time that significant 

scientific information becomes available 

affording a case-by-case evaluation of 

their ESU relationships. We have 

proposed that six artificial propagation 

programs also be considered part of the 

ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 2004): the 

Wenatchee River, Wells Hatchery (in the 

Methow and Okanogan Rivers), 

Winthrop NFH, Omak Creek, and the 

Ringold O. mykiss hatchery programs. 

The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(2003) did not identify separate major 

ecological groupings strata for this ESU 

due to the relatively small number of 

populations. Four populations are 

identified for the Upper Columbia River 

O. mykiss ESU: the Wenatchee River, 

Methow River, Entiat River, and 

Okanogan Basin population. 

Unlike Pacific salmon, O. mykiss are 

capable of spawning more than once 

before death. However, it is rare for 

anadromous O. mykiss to spawn more 

than twice before dying, and most that 

do so are females. Anadromous O. 

mykiss can be divided into two basic 

run types based on their level of sexual 

maturity at the time they enter fresh 

water and the duration of the spawning 

migration. The stream-maturing type, or 

summer run, enters fresh water in a 

sexually immature condition and 

requires several months in fresh water 

to mature and spawn. The oceanmaturing type, or winter run, enters 

fresh water with well-developed gonads 

and spawns relatively shortly after river 

entry. Anadromous fish in the Upper 

Columbia River O. mykiss ESU are made 

up entirely of summer O. mykiss.

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss

spawn in cool, clear streams with 

suitable gravel size, depth, and current 

velocity. They sometimes also use 

smaller streams for spawning. Adult O. 

mykiss enter fresh water between May 

and October. During summer and fall 

before spawning, they hold in cool, 

deep pools. They migrate inland toward 

spawning areas, overwinter in the larger 

rivers, resume migration to natal 

streams in early spring, and then spawn. 

In general, adults in this ESU spawn 

later than in most downstream 

populations—often remaining in fresh 

water for a year before spawning. 

Depending on water temperature, O. 

mykiss eggs may incubate for 1.5 to 4 

months before hatching. Rearing takes 

place primarily in the faster parts of 

pools, although young-of-the-year are 

abundant in glides and riffles. Some 

older juveniles move downstream to 

rear in larger tributaries and mainstem 

rivers. Productive O. mykiss habitat is 

characterized by complexity—primarily 

in the form of large and small wood. 

The dry habitat conditions in the Upper 

Columbia River are less conducive to O. 

mykiss survival than in many other 

parts of the Columbia River Basin. 

Although the life history of this ESU is 

similar to that of other inland O. mykiss,

smolt ages are some of the oldest on the 

West Coast (up to 7 years old), probably 

due to the area’s cold water 

temperatures. The cold stream 

temperatures also lead to the possibility 

that many fish in this ESU may be 

thermally-fated to a resident (rainbow 

trout) life history regardless of whether 

they are the progeny of resident or 

anadromous O. mykiss parents. Most 

current natural production occurs in the 

Wenatchee and Methow River systems, 

with a smaller run returning to the 

Entiat River. Very limited spawning also 

occurs in the Okanagan River Basin. 

Most of the anadromous fish spawning 

in natural production areas are of 

hatchery origin. The limited data 

available indicate that anadromous O. 

mykiss smolts in this ESU are 

dominated by 2-year-olds. It also 

appears that anadromous O. mykiss

from the Wenatchee and Entiat rivers 

return to fresh water after 1 year in salt 

water, whereas those in the Methow 

River primarily return after 2 years of 

ocean residence. 

The Middle and Upper Columbia 

River Team’s assessment for this ESU 

addressed habitat areas within 31 

occupied watersheds in 10 associated 

subbasins (identified below as ‘‘units’’

with unique HUC4 numbers), as well as 

the Columbia River rearing/migration 

corridor. As part of its assessment, the 

Team considered the conservation value 

of each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats in the context of 

each of the four populations in the ESU. 

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The Middle and Upper Columbia River 

Team evaluated the conservation value 

of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Upper Columbia River 

O. mykiss, consistent with the PCEs 

identified for Pacific salmon and O. 

mykiss described above in the Methods 

and Criteria Used to Identify Proposed 

Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Chief Joseph Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020005) 

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by the ESU and encompass 

approximately 817 sq mi (2,116 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 42 

mi (67.6 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watershed (WDFW, 2003). 

The Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) 

identified two demographically 

independent populations (Methow 

River and Okanogan River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, dams, fire activity 

and disturbance, forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

three watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in one were rated as having 

medium and those in two were rated as 

having low conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team noted 

that the Upper Columbia/Swamp 

watershed contains a high value 

migration corridor for the Methow River 

and Okanogan River populations, 

connecting upstream habitat areas with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU.

Unit 2. Okanogan Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020006) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 2,650 sq mi (6,863 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 131 mi (210.8 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watershed (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Okanogan River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, fire activity and 

disturbance, forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, and roadbuilding. Of 

the five watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high and those in three were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also noted that the watersheds 

with habitat areas having medium 

overall ratings contain a high value 

rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 3. Similkameen Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020007) 

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, one of which (Lower 

Similkameen River) is occupied by the 

ESU. This watershed encompasses 

approximately 69 sq mi (179 sq km); 

other historically occupied areas in this 

subbasin are now blocked by Enloe 

Dam. Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 4 mi (6.4 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watershed (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Okanogan River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, dams, forestry, 

grazing, and roadbuilding. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in the 

Lower Similkameen River watershed 

warrant a high rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also believed that historically 

occupied areas upstream of Enloe Dam 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. The Team noted that a recent 

report describing habitat and fish 

conditions in this subbasin (Talayco, 

2002) observed that Enloe Dam blocks 

access to more than 95 percent of the 

potential anadromous fish habitat in the 

Similkameen River and that there is 

‘‘significant potential for increasing 

spawning and rearing habitat available 

to anadromous fish in this subbasin by 

addressing passage barriers such as 

Enloe Dam.’’ This report also noted that 

‘‘recently there has been interest in 

relicensing the Enloe Dam, and fish 

passage alternatives are being 

investigated.’’ Therefore, the Team 

concluded that the ESU would likely 

benefit if the extant population had 

access to spawning/rearing habitat 

upstream. We seek comment on whether 

these areas should be proposed as 

critical habitat. 

Unit 4. Methow Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020008) 

This subbasin contains seven 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,823 sq mi (4,722 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 216 mi (347.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watershed (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Methow River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, fire activity and 

disturbance, forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

roadbuilding. Of the seven watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 5. Lake Chelan Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020009) 

This subbasin contains two 

watersheds, one of which (Lower 

Chelan) is occupied by the ESU and 

encompasses approximately 262 sq mi 

(679 sq km). Most of the stream reaches 

in this watershed are above the Lake 

Chelan gorge and were likely 

historically inaccessible to anadromous 

fish. Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

lowermost reach of this watershed 

(WDFW, 2003). The Interior Columbia 

Basin TRT (2003) did not associate a 

demographically independent 

population with this subbasin but 

Kaputa (2002) noted that a priority 

management goal for the Chelan River is 

to provide spawning and rearing habitat 

for O. mykiss in area near the 

confluence with the Columbia River. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, fire activity and 

disturbance, forestry, grazing, and 

roadbuilding. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in the Lower Chelan 

watershed warrant a medium rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

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2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 6. Upper Columbia/Entiat 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17020010) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,491 sq mi (3,862 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 185 mi (298 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). All four 

demographically independent 

populations in this ESU (Okanogan 

River, Methow River, Entiat River, and 

Wenatchee River) occupy this subbasin 

(ICBTRT, 2003). The Team concluded 

that all occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, fire 

activity and disturbance, forestry, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

four watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in three were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that the Lake Entiat watershed 

contains a high value rearing and 

migration corridor connecting high 

value upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU.

Unit 7. Wenatchee Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020011) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,328 sq mi (3,440 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 242 mi (390 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Wenatchee River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, fire 

activity and disturbance, forestry, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

five watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in four were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 8. Moses Coulee Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020012) 

This subbasin contains two 

watersheds, one of which (Rattlesnake 

Creek) is occupied by the ESU and 

encompasses approximately 218 sq mi 

(565 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) did not 

associate a demographically 

independent population with this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, and irrigation 

impoundments. The Team also 

concluded that habitat areas in the 

occupied watershed warrant a low 

rating for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 9. Lower Crab Subbasin (HUC4# 

17020015) 

This subbasin contains two 

watersheds, only one of which (Lower 

Crab Creek) is occupied by the ESU and 

encompasses approximately 400 sq mi 

(1,036 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identified 

very little occupied riverine habitat in 

the subbasin (WDFW, 2003). However, 

the Team concluded that this was 

inaccurate and cited distribution 

information in Quinn (2001) that O. 

mykiss likely spawn further upstream in 

Crab Creek. The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) did not associate a 

demographically independent 

population with this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, and 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in the Lower Crab 

Creek watershed warrant a medium 

rating for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 10. Upper Columbia/Priest Rapids 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17020016) 

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by the ESU and encompass 

approximately 929 sq mi (2,406 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 113 

mi (182 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the subbasin (WDFW, 2003). All four 

demographically independent 

populations identified by the Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) occupy this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, dams, fire activity 

and disturbance, forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and roadbuilding. Of the 

three watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also noted that these 

watersheds also contain a high value 

rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 11. Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define the Columbia River 

corridor as that segment from the 

confluence of the Yakima and Columbia 

rivers downstream to the Pacific Ocean. 

This confluence is located in the 

Columbia River/Zintel Canyon 

watershed which was the furthest 

downstream watershed with spawning 

or tributary PCEs identified in the range 

of this ESU. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 330 mi (531 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (WDFW, 2003). After 

reviewing the best available scientific 

data for all of the areas within the 

freshwater and estuarine range of this 

ESU, the Team concluded that the 

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team noted that this corridor connects 

every watershed and population in this 

ESU with the ocean and is used by 

rearing/migrating juveniles and 

migrating adults. The Columbia River 

estuary is a particularly important area 

for this ESU as both juveniles and adults 

make the critical physiological 

transition between life in freshwater and 

marine habitats (Marriott et al., 2002). 

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Management activities that may affect 

the PCEs in this corridor include 

channel modifications, dams, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

roadbuilding, river/estuary traffic, 

urbanization, and wetland loss and 

removal. 

Snake River Basin O. mykiss ESU 

The Snake River Basin O. mykiss ESU 

includes all naturally spawned 

populations of anadromous O. mykiss in 

streams in the Snake River Basin of 

southeast Washington, northeast 

Oregon, and Idaho (62 FR 43937; August 

18, 1997). We have proposed that 

resident populations of O. mykiss below 

impassible barriers (natural and 

manmade) that co-occur with 

anadromous populations also be 

included in the Snake River Basin O. 

mykiss ESU. The ESU membership of 

native resident populations above recent 

(usually man-made) impassable barriers, 

but below natural barriers, has not been 

resolved. These resident populations are 

provisionally not considered to be part 

of the Snake River Basin O. mykiss ESU 

until such time that significant scientific 

information becomes available affording 

a case-by-case evaluation of their ESU 

relationships. Recent genetic data 

suggest that native resident O. mykiss

above Dworshak Dam on the North Fork 

Clearwater River are part of this ESU. 

We have proposed that native resident 

O. mykiss populations above Dworshak 

Dam on the North Fork Clearwater River 

be considered part of the Snake River 

Basin O. mykiss ESU. Hatchery rainbow 

trout that have been introduced to the 

Clearwater River and other areas within 

the ESU are not considered part of the 

ESU. We have proposed that six 

artificial propagation programs be 

considered part of the ESU (69 FR 

33101; June 14, 2004): the Tucannon 

River, Dworshak NFH, Lolo Creek, 

North Fork Clearwater, East Fork 

Salmon River, and the Little Sheep 

Creek/Imnaha River Hatchery O. mykiss

hatchery programs. 

The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(ICBTRT, 2003) has identified 6 ‘‘major 

groupings’’ of populations in the Snake 

River Basin O. mykiss ESU. The 

groupings are based on similarities in 

genetic distances, distances between 

spawning aggregates, life history, and 

habitat or environmental considerations. 

Recovery planning will likely 

emphasize the need for a geographical 

distribution of viable populations across 

the range of such regions in an ESU 

(Ruckelshaus et al., 2002; McElhany et 

al., 2003; McClure, 2004 [pers comm.]). 

The Snake River O. mykiss ESU is 

distributed throughout the Snake River 

drainage system, including tributaries in 

southeast Washington, eastern Oregon 

and north/central Idaho. Snake River O. 

mykiss migrate a substantial distance 

from the ocean (up to 930 mi (1,497 

km)) and use high elevation tributaries 

(typically 3,300–6,600 ft; 1,005.8–

2,011.7 m) above sea level) for spawning 

and juvenile rearing. Snake River O. 

mykiss occupy habitat that is 

considerably warmer and drier (on an 

annual basis) than other O. mykiss

ESUs. 

Snake River Basin O. mykiss are 

generally classified as summer run, 

based on their adult run timing patterns. 

Summer O. mykiss enter the Columbia 

River from late June to October. After 

holding over the winter, summer O. 

mykiss spawn during the following 

spring (March to May). Managers 

classify up-river summer O. mykiss runs 

into two groups based primarily on 

ocean age and adult size upon return to 

the Columbia River. Those classified as 

A-run O. mykiss are predominately age1 ocean fish, while B-run O. mykiss are 

larger, predominately age-2 ocean fish. 

With one exception (the Tucannon 

River production area), the tributary 

habitat used by Snake River O. mykiss

ESU is above Lower Granite Dam. Major 

groupings of populations and/or 

subpopulations can be found in: (1) the 

Lower Snake River tributaries; (2) the 

Imnaha River drainage; (3) the Grande 

Ronde River system; (4) the Hells 

Canyon tributaries; (5) the Clearwater 

River drainages; and (6) the Salmon 

River drainages. Resident O. mykiss are 

believed to be present in many of the 

drainages used by Snake River basin O. 

mykiss. Very little is known about 

interactions between co-occurring 

resident and anadromous forms within 

this ESU (NMFS, 2003). 

The Snake River Basin Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 271 occupied 

watersheds in 25 associated subbasins 

(identified below as ‘‘units’’ with 

unique HUC4 numbers) as well as the 

lower Snake/Columbia River rearing/

migration corridor. As part of its 

assessment, the Team considered the 

conservation value of each habitat area 

in the context of the productivity, 

spatial distribution, and diversity of 

habitats in the context of each of the six 

major groupings identified by the TRT 

for this ESU. The Team evaluated the 

conservation value of habitat areas, on 

the basis of the physical and biological 

habitat requirements of Snake River 

Basin O. mykiss, consistent with the 

PCEs identified for Pacific salmon and 

O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section.

Unit 1. Hells Canyon Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060101) 

This subbasin contains three 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 541 sq mi 

(1,401 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW, U.S. Forest 

Service (USFS), Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), and Idaho 

Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) 

identify approximately 152 mi (245 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) determined 

that although the streams in this 

subbasin are geographically separated 

from other major spawning areas, none 

of these tributaries appears to be large 

enough to support an independent 

population. However, the Team 

determined that maintaining this area 

may be important for ESU viability or 

other conservation goals. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including grazing and dams. 

Of the three watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in all were rated as 

having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that the northern end of the 

subbasin provides rearing and migration 

habitat for the Imnaha River population. 

The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 2. Imnaha River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060102) 

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 851 sq mi 

(2,204 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 357 mi (575 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Imnaha River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, roads, 

and urbanization. Of the five watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

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may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 3. Lower Snake/Asotin Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060103) 

This subbasin contains three 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 704 sq mi 

(1,823 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW, WDFW, 

USFS, BLM, and IDFG identify 

approximately 196 mi (315 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

three demographically independent 

populations (Asotin Creek, Lower 

Grande Ronde, and Little Salmon and 

Lower Salmon tributaries) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, urbanization, and exotic/

invasive species introductions. Of the 

three watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all were rated as having 

high conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU.

Unit 4. Upper Grande Ronde River 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060104) 

This subbasin contains eleven 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 1,637 sq mi 

(4,240 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 789 mi (1,270 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Upper Grande Ronde River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the 11 watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

9 were rated as having high and those 

in 2 were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also noted that the 

watersheds with habitat areas having 

medium overall ratings contain a high 

value rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 5. Wallowa River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060105) 

This subbasin contains six watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 954 sq mi (2,471 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 265 

mi (427 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the watersheds (ODFW, 2003). The 

Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) 

identified one demographically 

independent population (Wallowa 

River) occupying this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

five were rated as having high, and 

those in one were rated as having 

medium conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team noted that 

the Middle Wallowa River watershed 

contains a high value rearing and 

migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas upstream with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 6. Lower Grande Ronde Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060106) 

This subbasin contains seven 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 1,518 sq mi 

(3,932 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW and WDFW 

identify approximately 576 mi (927 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003; WDFW, 

2003). The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(2003) identified two demographically 

independent populations (Lower 

Grande Ronde River and Joseph Creek) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, road building/

maintenance, river traffic, and exotic/

invasive species introductions. The 

Team also concluded that all of the 

habitat areas in these seven watersheds 

warrant a high rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 7. Lower Snake/Tucannon 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060107) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 1,458 sq mi 

(3,777 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 325 mi (523 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Asotin Creek and 

Tucannon River) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, hydroelectric 

dams, forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, road 

building/maintenance, recreational 

facilities and activities, river traffic, and 

exotic/invasive species introductions. 

Of the eight watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high, those in two were rated as 

having medium, and those in four were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

noted that one of the watersheds with 

habitat areas having a medium overall 

rating (Snake River/Penawawa Creek) 

and one with low overall ratings (Snake 

River/Steptoe Canyon ) contain a high 

value rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value upstream habitat 

areas with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 8. Palouse River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060108)

This subbasin contains one watershed 

that is occupied by this ESU. The 

occupied watershed encompasses 

approximately 199 sq mi (515 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from WDFW identify approximately 8 

mi (13 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the watersheds (WDFW, 2003). The 

Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) did 

not identify a demographically 

independent population occupying this 

subbasin. However, the Team 

determined that this area may provide 

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spawning habitats during years of high 

abundance or favorable habitat 

conditions. Additionally, the Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture and 

hydroelectric dams. The Team also 

concluded that habitat areas in the 

Lower Palouse River watershed warrant 

a low rating for conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 9. Upper Salmon Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060201) 

This subbasin contains 27 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 2,119 sq mi (5,488 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG, and USFS 

identify approximately 551 mi (887 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Upper Mainstem Salmon 

River and East Fork Salmon River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the 27 watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

20 were rated as having high, those in 

six were rated as having medium, and 

those in one were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team noted that three of the 

watersheds with habitat areas having 

medium overall ratings (Salmon River/

Kinnikinic Creek, Salmon River/Slate 

Creek, Yankee Fork/Jordan Creek) 

contain a migration corridor connecting 

high value habitat areas upstream with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 10. Pahsimeroi Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060202) 

This subbasin contains seven 

watersheds, three of which are currently 

occupied by this ESU. The occupied 

watersheds encompass approximately 

376 sq mi (974 sq km) ; other 

historically occupied areas in this 

subbasin are now blocked by irrigation 

impoundments and low stream flows 

due to irrigation withdrawals. Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

BLM, IDFG, and USFS identify 

approximately 51 mi (82 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). In addition, 

the Team identified 83 mi (134 km) of 

unoccupied riverine habitat that may be 

essential for conservation of the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Interior Columbia 

Basin TRT (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Pahsimeroi River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. Of the three 

occupied watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in one were rated as 

having high and those in two were rated 

as having medium conservation value to 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

believed that historically occupied areas 

within three watersheds (Big Creek, 

Pahsimeroi River/Goldberg Creek, 

Upper Pahsimeroi River) may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. We seek comment on whether 

these areas should be proposed as 

critical habitat. 

Unit 11. Middle Salmon-Panther 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060203) 

This subbasin contains 23 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,821 sq mi (4,716 sq km) 

and 1,987 mi (3,198 km) of streams. Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

BLM, IDFG, and USFS identify 

approximately 340 mi (547 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

four demographically independent 

populations (Lemhi River, North Fork 

Salmon River, Pahsimeroi River, 

Panther Creek) within this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, hydroelectric dams, 

forestry, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. Of the 

23 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 16 were rated as having 

high, those in 6 were rated as having 

medium, and those in one were rated as 

having low conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team noted 

that two of the watersheds with habitat 

areas having medium overall ratings 

(Panther Creek/Trail Creek and Salmon 

River/Williams Creek) contain a 

migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas upstream watersheds 

with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU.

Unit 12. Lemhi Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060204) 

This subbasin contains 14 watersheds, 

10 of which are currently occupied by 

this ESU. The occupied watersheds in 

this subbasin encompass approximately 

862 sq mi (2,233 sq km). Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

BLM, IDFG, and USFS identify 

approximately 112 mi (180 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). In addition 

to the occupied riverine habitat, the 

Team determined that there are 191 mi 

(307 km) of unoccupied riverine habitat 

that may be essential for conservation of 

the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). These segments 

of unoccupied riverine habitat are found 

within both occupied and unoccupied 

watersheds. The Interior Columbia 

Basin TRT (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Lemhi River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including channel modifications/diking, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. Of the 10 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 9 watersheds were rated 

as having high and those in 1 watershed 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also believed that historically 

occupied areas within four watersheds 

(Big Timber Creek, Eighteen Mile Creek, 

Hawley Creek, Texas Creek) may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. We seek comment on whether 

these areas should be proposed as 

critical habitat. 

Unit 13. Upper Middle Fork Salmon 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060205) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,506 sq mi (3,901 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 572 mi (921 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

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two demographically independent 

populations (Upper Middle Fork 

Salmon River and Lower Middle Fork 

Salmon River) occupying this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. The Team rated 

all of the habitat areas in these 

watersheds as having high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 14. Lower Middle Fork Salmon 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060206) 

This subbasin contains 17 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,373 sq mi (3,556 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 340 mi (547 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Lower Middle Fork Salmon 

River) occupying this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

mineral mining, recreational facilities 

and activities, and road building/

maintenance. The Team rated all of the 

habitat areas in these watersheds as 

having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 15. Middle Salmon-Chamberlain 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060207) 

This subbasin contains 19 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,715 sq mi (4,442 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG, and USFS 

identify approximately 402 mi (647 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Chamberlain Creek and 

Panther Creek) occupying this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

forestry, fire activity and disturbance, 

grazing, irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. Of the 19 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 14 were rated as having 

high, those in 3 were rated as having 

medium, and those in 2 were rated as 

having low conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that the watersheds with habitat 

areas having medium overall ratings 

contain a high value rearing and 

migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas upstream with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 16. South Fork Salmon Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060208) 

This subbasin contains 15 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,313 sq mi (3,401 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG, and USFS 

identify approximately 410 mi (660 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (South Fork Salmon River 

and Secesh River) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. The Team rated 

all of the habitat areas in these 15 

watersheds as having high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 17. Lower Salmon Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060209) 

This subbasin contains 17 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,179 sq mi (3,054 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG, and USFS 

identify approximately 317 mi (510 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Chamberlain Creek and 

Little Salmon and Lower Salmon 

tributaries) occupying this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, mineral mining, 

road building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the 17 watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

12 were rated as having high, and those 

in 5 as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team noted that two of the watersheds 

with habitat areas having medium 

overall ratings (Salmon River/Hammer 

Creek and Salmon River/Van Creek) 

contain a migration corridor connecting 

high value habitat areas upstream with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU.

Unit 18. Little Salmon Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060210) 

This subbasin contains seven 

watersheds, five of which are occupied 

by this ESU. The occupied watersheds 

encompass approximately 406 sq mi 

(1,052 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from BLM, IDFG, and 

USFS identify approximately 101 mi 

(163 km) of occupied riverine habitat in 

the watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) 

identified one demographically 

independent population (Little Salmon 

and Lower Salmon tributaries) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, 

hydroelectric dams, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the five watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

two were rated as having high and those 

in three were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team noted that one of the 

watersheds (Lower Little Salmon River) 

with habitat areas having medium 

overall value contains a high value 

rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas 

upstream with downstream reaches and 

the ocean. The Team did not identify 

any unoccupied areas in this subbasin 

that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 19. Upper Selway Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060301) 

This subbasin contains nine 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

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encompasses approximately 983 sq mi 

(2,546 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from IDFG and USFS 

identify approximately 314 mi (505 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Selway River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including fire activity and disturbance. 

All of the habitat areas in the 

watersheds reviewed by the Team were 

rated as having high conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 20. Lower Selway Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17060302) 

This subbasin contains 14 watersheds, 

13 of which are occupied by this ESU. 

The occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,005 sq mi (2,603 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 242 mi (390 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Selway River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, and road building/

maintenance. All of the habitat areas in 

watersheds reviewed by the Team were 

rated as having high conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 21. Lochsa Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060303) 

This subbasin contains 14 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,178 sq mi (3,051 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 277 mi (446 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Lochsa River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, and road building and 

maintenance. All of the habitat areas in 

watersheds reviewed by the Team were 

rated as having high conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 22. Middle Fork Clearwater 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060304) 

This subbasin contains two 

watersheds occupied by this ESU and 

encompasses approximately 217 sq mi 

(562 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from BLM, IDFG and 

USFS identify approximately 80 mi (129 

km) of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Lower Clearwater River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, forestry, 

fire activity and disturbance, grazing, 

road building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. The Team rated habitat 

areas in both of the watersheds within 

this subbasin as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 23. South Fork Clearwater 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060305) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds 

occupied by this ESU and encompasses 

approximately 1,176 sq mi (3,046 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 406 mi (653 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (South Fork Clearwater 

River and Lower Clearwater River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, forestry, 

fire activity and disturbance, grazing, 

mineral mining, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. Of the 

13 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 8 watersheds were rated 

as having high, those in 3 were rated as 

having medium, and those in 2 were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

noted that two of the watersheds with 

habitat areas having medium value and 

one of the watersheds with habitat areas 

having low value contain a high value 

rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value upstream habitat 

areas with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 24. Clearwater Subbasin (HUC4# 

17060306)

This subbasin contains 31 watersheds, 

26 of which are occupied by this ESU. 

The occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 2,046 sq mi (5,299 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from BLM, IDFG and USFS identify 

approximately 425 mi (684 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (NMFS, 2004a). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Lolo Creek and Lower 

Clearwater) occupying this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, hydroelectric dams, 

forestry, fire activity and disturbance, 

grazing, mineral mining, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. Of the 

26 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 14 watersheds were 

rated as having high, those in 9 were 

rated as having medium, and those in 3 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team noted that five of the watersheds 

with habitat areas having medium value 

and two watersheds with habitat areas 

having low value contain a high value 

rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value upstream habitat 

areas with downstream reaches and the 

ocean. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 25. Lower North Fork Clearwater 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17060308) 

This subbasin contains 12 watersheds, 

one of which is occupied by the 

anadromous life history type of this 

ESU. The occupied watershed 

encompasses approximately 81 sq mi 

(210 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from IDFG and USFS 

identify approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

lowermost watershed of the subbasin 

(NMFS, 2004a). The fish in the occupied 

habitat are part of the Lower Clearwater 

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River population (ICBTRT, 2003). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, 

hydroelectric dams, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, and road 

building and maintenance. The Team 

rated the habitat areas in the Lower 

North Fork Clearwater River watershed 

as having a low conservation value for 

the ESU. In addition, the Team also 

considered whether historically 

occupied areas of this subbasin (and the 

upstream subbasin—Upper North Fork 

Clearwater) above Dworshak Dam are 

essential for ESU conservation. 

Although many areas are now 

inundated, the Team concluded that 

most of the blocked watersheds are still 

in good condition. The Team also noted 

that the Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

identified these areas as part of a 

historically independent population and 

underscored that the resident O. mykiss

above Dworshak Dam are genetically 

unique relative to other O. mykiss in the 

Clearwater Basin. A recently completed 

status review update of this ESU 

(NMFS, 2003) noted that ‘‘recent genetic 

data suggest that native resident O. 

mykiss above Dworshak Dam on the 

North Fork Clearwater should be 

considered part of this ESU, but 

hatchery rainbow trout that have been 

introduced to that and other areas 

would not.’’ Given these considerations, 

the Team concluded that these blocked 

watersheds may be essential for ESU 

conservation, but it was uncertain 

which specific areas within them may 

warrant consideration as critical habitat. 

We seek comment on whether these 

areas should be proposed as critical 

habitat. 

Unit 26. Lower Snake/Columbia River 

corridor 

Unit 26 consists of the migration 

corridor that begins in Southeast 

Washington immediately downstream of 

the confluence of the Snake River with 

the Palouse River. The corridor includes 

approximately 378 mi (608 km) of the 

Lower Snake and Columbia rivers. 

Watersheds downstream of the Palouse 

River are outside of the spawning range 

of this ESU and likely used in a limited 

way as juvenile rearing habitat for this 

ESU. After reviewing the best available 

scientific data for all of the areas within 

the freshwater and estuarine range of 

this ESU, the Team concluded that the 

lower Snake/Columbia River corridor 

was of high conservation value to the 

ESU. The Team noted that this corridor 

connects every watershed and 

population in this ESU with the ocean 

and by rearing/migrating juveniles and 

migrating adults. The Columbia River 

estuary also contains PCEs and is a 

particularly important area for this ESU 

as both juveniles and adults make the 

critical physiological transition between 

life in freshwater and marine habitats 

(Marriot et al., 2002). 

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

The Middle Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU includes all naturally spawned 

populations of anadromous O. mykiss in 

streams from above the Wind River, 

Washington, and the Hood River, 

Oregon (exclusive), upstream to, and 

including, the Yakima River, 

Washington, excluding O. mykiss from 

the Snake River basin (64 FR 14517; 

March 25, 1999). We have proposed that 

resident populations of O. mykiss below 

impassible barriers (natural and 

manmade) that co-occur with 

anadromous populations also be 

included in the Middle Columbia River

O. mykiss ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 

2004). The ESU membership of native 

resident populations above recent 

(usually man-made) impassable barriers, 

but below natural barriers, has not been 

resolved. These resident populations are 

provisionally not considered to be part 

of the Middle Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU until such time that significant 

scientific information becomes available 

affording a case-by-case evaluation of 

their ESU relationships. We have 

proposed that seven artificial 

propagation programs be considered 

part of the ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 

2004): the Touchet River Endemic, 

Yakima River Kelt Reconditioning 

Program (in Satus Creek, Toppenish 

Creek, Naches River, and Upper Yakima 

River), Umatilla River, and the 

Deschutes River O. mykiss hatchery 

programs. 

The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(ICBTRT, 2003) has identified 16 extant 

demographically independent 

populations: the Fifteenmile Creek, 

Deschutes River—westside, Deschutes 

River—eastside, John Day River lower 

mainstem tributaries, South Fork John 

Day River, John Day River upper 

mainstem, Middle Fork John Day River, 

North Fork John Day River, Umatilla 

River, Walla Walla River, Touchet River, 

Rock Creek, Klickitat River, Toppenish 

and Satus Creeks, Naches River, and 

Yakima River upper mainstem 

populations. The historical White 

Salmon River population was extirpated 

with the construction of Condit Dam. 

The TRT arranged these populations 

into four major groups in this recovery 

planning area: (1) Cascades Eastern 

Slope Tributaries, (2) John Day River, (3) 

Umatilla and Walla Walla Rivers, and 

(4) Yakima River. A fifth unaffiliated 

group consists of at least the Rock Creek 

drainage (Washington) to the midColumbia River. These groupings are 

based on the proximity of major 

drainages, distances between spawning 

aggregations, topography, and genetic 

and ecological characteristics. Recovery 

planning will likely emphasize the need 

for a geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of 

population groupings (also called 

‘‘strata’’) in an ESU (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002; McElhany et al., 2003).

Unlike Pacific salmon, O. mykiss are 

capable of spawning more than once 

before death. However, it is rare for O. 

mykiss to spawn more than twice before 

dying, and most that do so are females. 

O. mykiss can be divided into two basic 

run types based on their level of sexual 

maturity at the time they enter fresh 

water and the duration of the spawning 

migration. The stream-maturing type, or 

summer O. mykiss, enters fresh water in 

a sexually immature condition and 

requires several months in fresh water 

to mature and spawn. The oceanmaturing type, or winter O. mykiss, 

enters fresh water with well-developed 

gonads and spawns relatively shortly 

after river entry. Anadromous fish in the 

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

are predominantly summer-run fish, but 

winter-run fish are found in the 

Klickitat River in Washington, and 

Fifteenmile Creek in Oregon. 

Both types of O. mykiss spawn in 

cool, clear streams with suitable gravel 

size, depth, and current velocity. They 

sometimes also use smaller streams for 

spawning. Summer-run fish enter fresh 

water between May and October. During 

summer and fall before spawning, they 

hold in cool, deep pools. They migrate 

inland toward spawning areas, 

overwinter in the larger rivers, resume 

migration to natal streams in early 

spring, and then spawn. Winter-run fish 

enter fresh water between November 

and April in the Pacific Northwest, 

migrate to spawning areas, and then 

spawn in late winter or spring. 

Depending on water temperature, O. 

mykiss eggs may incubate for 1.5 to 4 

months before hatching. Summer 

rearing takes place primarily in the 

faster parts of pools, although young-ofthe-year are abundant in glides and 

riffles. Winter rearing occurs more 

uniformly at lower densities across a 

wide range of fast and slow habitat 

types. Some older juveniles move 

downstream to rear in larger tributaries 

and mainstem rivers. Productive O. 

mykiss habitat is characterized by 

complexity, primarily in the form of 

large and small wood. 

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Most anadromous O. mykiss in this 

ESU smolt at 2 years and spend 1 to 2 

years in salt water before re-entering 

fresh water, where they may remain for 

up to a year before spawning. Age-2-

ocean fish dominate the summer run in 

the Klickitat River, whereas most other 

rivers with summer-run fish produce 

about equal numbers of both age-1- and 

2-ocean fish. Juvenile life-history stages 

(i.e., eggs, alevins, fry, and parr) inhabit 

freshwater/riverine areas throughout the 

range of the ESU. Parr usually undergo 

a smolt transformation as 2-year-olds, at 

which time they migrate to the ocean. 

Subadults and adults forage in coastal 

and offshore waters of the North Pacific 

Ocean before returning to spawn in their 

natal streams. An inland form of 

resident O. mykiss (redband trout) cooccurs with the anadromous form in 

this ESU, and juvenile life stages of the 

two forms can be very difficult to 

differentiate. In addition, hatchery O. 

mykiss are also distributed throughout 

the range of this ESU (except for the 

John Day subbasin). 

The Middle and Upper Columbia 

River Team’s assessment of this ESU 

addressed habitat areas within 111 

occupied watersheds in 15 associated 

subbasins (identified below as ‘‘units’’

with unique HUC4 numbers) as well as 

the Columbia River rearing/migration 

corridor. As part of its assessment, the 

Team considered the conservation value 

of each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats in the context of 

each of the five major groupings 

identified by the TRT for this ESU. The 

Team evaluated the conservation value 

of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Middle Columbia River 

O. mykiss, consistent with the PCEs 

identified for Pacific salmon and O. 

mykiss described above in the Methods 

and Criteria Used to Identify Proposed 

Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Upper Yakima (HUC4# 

17030001) 

The subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 2,139 sq mi (5,540 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 284 mi (457 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Upper Yakima River) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, forestry, 

fire activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the four watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

three were rated as having high 

conservation value and those in one 

were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team noted that the 

Umtanum/Wenas watershed contains a 

high value migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas in 

upstream watersheds with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team also 

concluded that several historically 

occupied areas in this subbasin may be 

essential for ESU conservation, 

including upper reaches in Wilson and 

Naneum creeks (Middle Upper Yakima 

River watershed) and areas upstream of 

Cle Elum, Kacheelus, and Kachess dams 

(Upper Yakima River watershed). These 

dams block substantial amounts of 

historical habitat and the Team noted 

that areas above them were historically 

important nursery/rearing areas for this 

ESU and that habitat conditions are still 

in generally good condition. The Team 

determined that access to these areas 

would likely promote the conservation 

of the ESU. We seek comment on 

whether these areas should be proposed 

as critical habitat.

Unit 2. Naches (HUC4# 17030002) 

The subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,105 sq mi (2,862 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from the WDFW identify 

approximately 230 mi (370 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Naches River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and road building/

maintenance. Habitat areas in all of the 

watersheds reviewed by the Team were 

rated as having a high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also concluded that two 

historically occupied areas in this 

subbasin may be essential for ESU 

conservation, including reaches blocked 

by Bumping Lake Dam in the Little 

Naches River watershed and reaches 

above Tieton Dam in the Naches/Tieton 

River watershed. The Team noted that 

areas above both dams were historically 

important nursery/rearing areas for this 

ESU and that habitat conditions are in 

generally good condition. The Team 

determined that access to these areas 

would likely promote the conservation 

of the ESU. We seek comment on 

whether these areas should be proposed 

as critical habitat. 

Unit 3. Lower Yakima (HUC4# 

17030003) 

The subbasin contains seven occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 2,903 sq mi (7,519 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 574 mi (924 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

two demographically independent 

populations (Naches River and Satus 

and Toppenish Creeks) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the seven watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

four were rated as having high and those 

in three were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also concluded that 

the watersheds with habitat areas 

having a medium overall rating contain 

a high value rearing and migration 

corridor connecting high value habitat 

areas in upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 4. Middle Columbia/Lake Wallula 

(HUC4# 17070101) 

The subbasin contains 14 watersheds, 

10 of which are occupied by the ESU; 

5 of these consist solely of a Columbia 

River rearing/migration corridor. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 2,089 sq mi (5,410 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 155 mi (249 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). Seven of the 16 demographically 

independent O. mykiss populations in 

this ESU identified by the Interior 

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Columbia Basin TRT (2003) occupy 

Columbia River reaches within this 

subbasin. However, only one of these 

(Rock Creek, an unaffiliated 

independent population) is known to 

spawn here. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, hydroelectric 

dams, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. Of the 

10 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 7 were rated as having 

high and those in 3 were rated as having 

medium conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 5. Walla Walla (HUC4# 17070102) 

The subbasin contains 11 watersheds, 

9 of which are occupied by the ESU. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,525 sq mi (3,950 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 531 mi (855 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(2003) identified two demographically 

independent populations (Walla Walla 

River and Touchet River) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, hydroelectric 

dams, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, road 

building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the nine watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

five were rated as having high, those in 

three as having medium, and those in 

one were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also concluded that 

while the tributary habitat areas in some 

of the watersheds were of medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a), the watersheds still contain a 

high value rearing and migration 

corridor connecting high value habitat 

areas in upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 6. Umatilla (HUC4# 17070103) 

The subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

10 of which are occupied by the ESU. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,828 sq mi (4,734 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

419 mi (674 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Umatilla River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. Of the 

10 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 6 were rated as having 

high, those in 1 as having medium, and 

those in 3 were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also concluded that 

while the tributary habitat areas in one 

of the watersheds was of medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a), the watershed still contains a 

high value rearing and migration 

corridor connecting high value habitat 

areas in upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU.

Unit 7. Middle Columbia/Hood (HUC4# 

17070105) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

8 of which are occupied by this ESU. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,461 sq mi (3,784 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 272 mi (438 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b; WDFW, 

2003). The Interior Columbia Basin TRT 

(2003) identified two demographically 

independent populations (Klickitat 

River and Fifteenmile Creek) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, hydroelectric 

dams, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, road 

building/maintenance, river traffic, and 

urbanization. Of the eight watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

three were rated as having high, those 

in four as medium, and those in one 

were rated as having low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also concluded that while the 

tributary habitat areas in two 

watersheds were of low and medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a), these watersheds still contain a 

high value Columbia River rearing and 

migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas in upstream 

watersheds with downstream reaches 

and the ocean. The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 8. Klickitat (HUC4# 17070106) 

This subbasin contains four occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,351 sq mi (3,499 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 216 mi (348 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (WDFW, 2003). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Klickitat River) occupying 

this subbasin. The Team concluded that 

all occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, and 

road building/maintenance. The Team 

concluded that habitat areas in all of the 

watersheds in this subbasin are of high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 9. Upper John Day (HUC4# 

17070201) 

This subbasin contains 15 watersheds, 

14 of which are occupied by this ESU. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,991 sq mi (5,157 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

799 mi (1,286 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified three 

demographically independent 

populations (South Fork John Day, 

Lower Mainstem John Day, Upper 

Mainstem John Day) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

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activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, road building/

maintenance and urbanization. Of the 

13 watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in 12 watersheds were 

rated as having high and those in 1 were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also noted that the Fields Creek 

watershed contains a high value rearing 

and migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas in upstream 

watersheds with downstream reaches 

and the ocean. The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 10. North Fork John Day (HUC4# 

17070202) 

This subbasin contains 10 occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,849 sq mi (4,789 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

931 mi (1,498 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified two 

demographically independent 

populations (North Fork John Day and 

Middle Fork John Day) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, forestry, fire 

activity and disturbance, grazing, 

mineral mining, and road building/

maintenance. Of the 10 watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

9 were rated as having high and those 

in 1 were rated as having medium 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also noted that the 

Lower North Fork John Day River 

watershed contains a high value rearing 

and migration corridor connecting high 

value habitat areas in upstream 

watersheds with downstream reaches 

and the ocean. The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 11. Middle Fork John Day (HUC4# 

17070203)

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 792 sq mi (2,051 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 387 

mi (623 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The 

Interior Columbia Basin TRT (2003) 

identified one demographically 

independent population (Middle Fork 

John Day) occupying this subbasin. The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, forestry, 

fire activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, mineral mining, and road 

building/maintenance. Of the five 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in four were rated as 

having high and those in one were rated 

as having low conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team also 

noted that the Lower Middle Fork John 

Day River watershed contains a high 

value rearing and migration corridor 

connecting high value habitat areas in 

upstream watersheds with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 12. Lower John Day (HUC4# 

17070204) 

This subbasin contains 14 occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 3,155 sq mi (8,171 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

829 mi (1,334 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Lower Mainstem John Day) 

occupying this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, forestry, 

fire activity and disturbance, grazing, 

irrigation impoundments and 

withdrawals, and road building/

maintenance. Of the 14 watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

7 were rated as having high, those in 4 

were rated as having medium, and those 

in 3 were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team also noted that the 

three low value watersheds contain a 

high value rearing and migration 

corridor connecting high value habitat 

areas in upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 13. Lower Deschutes (HUC4# 

17070306) 

This subbasin contains 12 watersheds, 

9 of which are occupied by this ESU. 

Occupied watersheds encompass 

approximately 1,891 sq mi (4,898 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW identify approximately 

357 mi (575 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the subbasin (ODFW, 

2003a,b). The Interior Columbia Basin 

TRT (2003) identified two 

demographically independent 

populations (Deschutes River Westside 

Tributaries and Deschutes River 

Eastside Tributaries) occupying this 

subbasin. The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications/diking, hydroelectric 

dams, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, mineral mining, 

road building/maintenance, and 

urbanization. Of the nine watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

eight were rated as having high and 

those in one were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 14. Trout (HUC4# 17070307) 

This subbasin contains five 

watersheds, four of which are occupied 

by this ESU. Occupied watersheds 

encompass approximately 554 sq mi 

(1,435 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 116 mi (187 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). The Interior 

Columbia Basin TRT (2003) identified 

one demographically independent 

population (Deschutes River Eastside 

Tributaries) occupying this subbasin. 

The Team concluded that all occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications/

diking, forestry, fire activity and 

disturbance, grazing, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, and 

road building/maintenance. Of the four 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in two were rated as 

having high, those in one were rated as 

having medium and those in one were 

rated as having low conservation value 

to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team 

did not identify any unoccupied areas 

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in this subbasin that may be essential 

for the conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 15. Upper Columbia/Priest Rapids 

(HUC4# 17020016) 

This subbasin contains four 

watersheds, only one of which 

(Columbia River/Zintel Canyon) is 

occupied by the ESU. The occupied 

watershed encompasses approximately 

211 sq mi (546 sq km). Fish distribution 

and habitat use data from WDFW 

identify approximately 13 mi (21 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin consisting of the Columbia 

River downstream of its confluence with 

the Yakima River (WDFW, 2003). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, 

hydroelectric dams, fire activity and 

disturbance, road building/

maintenance, and urbanization. The 

Team also concluded that habitat areas 

in the Columbia River/Zintel Canyon 

watershed warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 16. Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define the Columbia River 

corridor as that segment from the 

confluence of the Wind and Columbia 

Rivers downstream to the Pacific Ocean. 

This confluence is located at the 

downstream boundary of the Middle 

Columbia/Grays Creek watershed, 

which was the furthest downstream 

watershed with spawning or tributary 

PCEs identified in the range of this ESU. 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 151 mi (243 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (ODFW, 2003a,b; 

WDFW, 2003). After reviewing the best 

available scientific data for all of the 

areas within the freshwater and 

estuarine range of this ESU, the Team 

concluded that the Columbia River 

corridor was of high conservation value 

to the ESU. The Team noted that this 

corridor connects habitat areas in every 

watershed and population in this ESU 

with the ocean and is used by rearing/

migrating juveniles and migrating 

adults. The Columbia River estuary is a 

particularly important area for this ESU 

as both juveniles and adults make the 

critical physiological transition between 

life in freshwater and marine habitats 

(Marriott et al., 2002). Management 

activities that may affect the PCEs in 

this corridor include channel 

modifications, dams, irrigation 

impoundments and withdrawals, 

roadbuilding, river/estuary traffic, 

roadbuilding, urbanization, and wetland 

loss and removal. The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU.

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

The Lower Columbia River 

anadromous O. mykiss ESU includes all 

naturally spawned populations of 

anadromous O. mykiss in streams and 

tributaries to the Columbia River 

between the Cowlitz and Wind Rivers, 

Washington (inclusive), and the 

Willamette and Hood Rivers, Oregon 

(inclusive). Excluded are O. mykiss in 

the upper Willamette River Basin above 

Willamette Falls and O. mykiss from the 

Little and Big White Salmon Rivers in 

Washington (62 FR 43937; August 18, 

1997). We have proposed that resident 

populations of O. mykiss below 

impassible barriers (natural and 

manmade) that co-occur with 

anadromous populations be included in 

the Lower Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 2004). The 

ESU membership of native resident 

populations above recent (usually manmade) impassable barriers, but below 

natural barriers, has not been resolved. 

These resident populations are 

provisionally not considered to be part 

of the Lower Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU until such time that significant 

scientific information becomes available 

affording a case-by-case evaluation of 

their ESU relationships. We have 

proposed that 10 artificial propagation 

programs be considered part of the ESU: 

the Cowlitz Trout Hatchery (in the 

Cispus, Upper Cowlitz, Lower Cowlitz, 

and Tilton Rivers), Kalama River Wild 

(winter- and summer-run), Clackamas 

Hatchery, Sandy Hatchery, and Hood 

River (winter- and summer-run) O. 

mykiss hatchery programs (69 FR 33101; 

June 14, 2004). 

The Willamette-Lower Columbia 

River TRT has identified 23 historical 

demographically independent 

populations of Lower Columbia River O. 

mykiss: 18 Western Cascade Range 

tributaries populations (the Cispus River 

winter-run, Tilton River winter-run, 

Upper Cowlitz River winter-run, Lower 

Cowlitz River winter-run, North Fork 

Toutle River winter-run, South Fork 

Toutle River winter-run, Coweeman 

River winter-run, Kalama River winterrun, Kalama River summer-run, North 

Fork Lewis River winter-run, East Fork 

Lewis River winter-run, North Fork 

Lewis River summer-run, East Fork 

Lewis River summer-run, Clackamas 

River winter-run, Salmon Creek winterrun, Sandy River winter-run, Washougal 

River winter-run, Washougal River 

summer-run populations); and five 

Columbia River Gorge tributaries 

populations (the Lower Gorge tributaries 

winter-run, Upper Gorge tributaries 

winter-run, Wind River summer-run, 

Hood River winter-run, and Hood River 

summer-run populations) (Myers et al.,

2003). The TRT has arranged these 

populations into ‘‘strata’’ based on 

major life history characteristics (e.g.,

species run types) and ecological zones 

(McElhany et al., 2002). The Lower 

Columbia River O. mykiss ESU inhabits 

two ecological zones (Cascade and 

Columbia Gorge) and contains two lifehistory types (summer- and winter-run 

fish), resulting in a total of four strata for 

this ESU: Cascade summer- and winterrun populations, and Columbia Gorge 

summer- and winter-run populations 

(McElhany et al., 2002). Recovery 

planning will likely emphasize the need 

for a geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

strata in the ESU (Ruckelshaus et al.,

2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

In the Lower Columbia River Basin, 

migrating adult O. mykiss can occur in 

the Columbia River year-round, but 

peaks in migratory activity and 

differences in reproductive ecotype lend 

themselves to classifying anadromous 

O. mykiss into two races: summer-run 

and winter-run fish. Summer-run fish 

return to fresh water from May to 

October, and enter the Columbia in a 

sexually immature condition, requiring 

several months in fresh water to reach 

sexual maturity and spawn. Winter-run 

fish enter fresh water from November to 

April, and return as sexually mature 

individuals that spawn shortly 

thereafter. 

Some rivers have both summer and 

winter runs, while others have only one 

race. Where both runs occur in the same 

stream, summer-run fish tend to spawn 

higher in the watershed than do winter 

forms, perhaps suggesting that summerrun fish tend to exist where winter runs 

do not fully utilize available habitat. In 

rivers where both winter and summer 

forms occur, they are often separated by 

a seasonal hydrologic barrier, such as a 

waterfall. Coastal streams are 

predominantly winter-run fish, whereas 

interior subbasins are dominated by 

summer-run fish. Historically, winterrun fish may have been excluded from 

interior Columbia River subbasins by 

Celilo Falls. 

O. mykiss spawn in clear, cool, welloxygenated streams with suitable gravel 

and water velocity. Adult fish waiting to 

spawn or in the process of spawning are 

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vulnerable to disturbance and predation 

in areas without suitable cover. Cover 

types include overhanging vegetation, 

undercut banks, submerged vegetation, 

submerged objects such as logs and 

rocks, deep water, and turbulence. 

Spawning occurs earlier in areas of 

lower elevation and where water 

temperature is warmer than in areas of 

higher elevation and cooler water 

temperature. Spawning occurs from 

January through May, and precise 

spawn timing is related to stream 

temperature. Adult O. mykiss, unlike 

salmon, do not necessarily die after 

spawning but return to the ocean. 

However, repeat spawning is not 

common among anadromous O. mykiss

migrating several hundred miles or 

more upstream from the ocean.

O. mykiss eggs hatch in 35 to 50 days 

depending on water temperature. 

Following hatching, alevins remain in 

the gravel 2 to 3 weeks until the yolksac is absorbed. Anadromous O. mykiss

are spring spawners, so they spawn at 

a time when temperatures are typically 

cold, but increasing. Their spawning 

time must optimize avoidance of 

competing risks from gravel-bed scour 

during high flow and increasing water 

temperatures that can become lethal to 

eggs as the warm season arrives. Fry 

emergence is principally determined by 

the time of egg deposition and the water 

temperature during the incubation 

period. In the lower Columbia, 

emergence timing differs slightly 

between anadromous O. mykiss races 

and among subbasins. The different 

emergence times between races may be 

a function of spawning location within 

the watershed (and hence water 

temperature) or a result of genetic 

differentiation between the races. 

Generally, emergence occurs from 

March into July, with peak emergence 

time generally in April and May. 

Following emergence, fry usually move 

into shallow and slow-moving margins 

of the stream. Fry tend to occupy 

shallow riffle habitats, and as they grow, 

they inhabit areas with deeper water, a 

wider range of velocities, and larger 

substrate. 

Anadromous O. mykiss exhibit a great 

deal of variability in smolt age and 

ocean age. The dominant age class of 

outmigrating smolts in the lower 

Columbia River is age 2. In the lower 

Columbia River, smolt outmigration 

generally occurs from March to June, 

with peak migration usually in April or 

May. 

The Lower Columbia River Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 41 occupied 

watersheds in 9 associated subbasins 

(identified below as ‘‘units’’ with 

unique HUC4 numbers), as well as the 

lower Columbia River rearing/migration 

corridor. As part of its assessment, the 

Team considered the conservation value 

of each habitat area in the context of the 

productivity, spatial distribution, and 

diversity of habitats across the range of 

the four life-history type and ecological 

strata identified by the Willamette/

Lower Columbia TRT. The Lower 

Columbia River Team evaluated the 

conservation value of habitat areas on 

the basis of the physical and biological 

habitat requirements of Lower Columbia 

River Chinook salmon, consistent with 

the PCEs identified for Pacific salmon 

and O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17070105) 

This subbasin contains 13 watersheds, 

6 of which are occupied by this ESU 

and encompass approximately 842 sq 

mi (2,181 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW and WDFW 

identify approximately 299 mi (481 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds, including a 23-mi (37-km) 

segment of the Columbia River (ODFW, 

2003a,b; WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified a single ecological 

zone (Columbia Gorge) containing two 

summer-run (Wind River and Hood 

River) and three winter-run (Upper 

Gorge Tributaries, Lower Gorge 

Tributaries, and Hood River) historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The Wind 

River summer-run and Hood River 

winter-run populations have been 

classified by the TRT as ‘‘core’’

populations (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). 

Also, the TRT classified the Hood River 

winter-run fish as a genetic legacy 

population, i.e., one of ‘‘the most intact 

representatives of the genetic character 

of the ESU’’ (McElhany et al., 2003). The 

Team concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

four were rated as having high, those in 

one were rated as having medium, and 

those in one were rated as having low 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team noted that two 

watersheds (Middle Columbia/Eagle 

Creek and Middle Columbia/Grays 

Creek) contain a high value rearing and 

migration corridor in the Columbia 

River connecting high value habitat 

areas in upstream watersheds with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080001) 

This subbasin contains nine occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,076 sq mi (2,787 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from ODFW and WDFW identify 

approximately 513 mi (826 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds, including a 26-mi (42-km) 

segment of the Columbia River (ODFW, 

2003a,b; WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified two ecological zones 

(Cascade and Columbia Gorge) 

containing one summer-run (Washougal 

River) and four winter-run (Lower Gorge 

Tributaries, Washougal River, Salmon 

Creek, and Sandy River) historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin. The 

Washougal River summer-run and 

Sandy River winter-run fish have been 

classified by the TRT as ‘‘core’’

populations (i.e., historically abundant 

and ‘‘may offer the most likely path to 

recovery’’) (McElhany et al., 2003). 

Also, the TRT classified the Washougal 

River summer-run fish as a genetic 

legacy population (i.e., one of ‘‘the most 

intact representatives of the genetic 

character of the ESU’’) (McElhany et al.,

2003). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including channel modifications, dams, 

forestry, roadbuilding, and urbanization. 

Of the nine watersheds reviewed by the 

Team, habitat areas in four were rated 

as having high and those in five were 

rated as having medium conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also noted that one watershed 

(Columbia Gorge Tributaries) contains a 

high value rearing and migration 

corridor in the Columbia River 

connecting high value habitat areas in 

upstream watersheds with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU.

Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080002) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, two of which are currently 

occupied by this ESU and the remaining 

four now blocked by Merwin Dam and 

others upstream. Occupied watersheds 

encompass approximately 456 sq mi 

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(1,181 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from the WDFW 

identify approximately 250 mi (402 km) 

of occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified a single ecological 

zone (Cascade) containing two summerrun (North Fork Lewis River and East 

Fork Lewis River) and two winter-run 

(North Fork Lewis River and East Fork 

Lewis River) historical demographically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin. The TRT has classified the 

North Fork Lewis River winter-run fish 

as a ‘‘core’’ population (historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’) and the East Fork 

Lewis River summer-run population as 

a genetic legacy population (one of ‘‘the 

most intact representatives of the 

genetic character of the ESU’’) 

(McElhany et al., 2003). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. The Team rated 

habitat areas in both occupied 

watersheds as having high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team also considered whether 

inaccessible reaches above Merwin, 

Yale and Swift dams may be essential to 

the conservation of this ESU. The Team 

believed that these unoccupied areas 

may be important because they once 

supported a TRT core population, and 

they contain non-inundated habitats 

that are likely in good condition relative 

to other more urbanized watersheds in 

the Cascade region (Lower Columbia 

Fish Recovery Board, 2003; McElhany et 

al., 2003). The Team also noted that the 

TRT concluded that ‘‘given the limited 

amount of spawning habitat currently 

accessible it is unlikely that an 

independent self-sustaining [summerrun] population could exist’’ (Myers et 

al., 2003). On the other hand, the Team 

noted that there is currently a 

substantial amount of habitat still 

accessible throughout the range of this 

ESU. Therefore, the Team concluded 

that the ESU would likely benefit if the 

extant populations had access to 

spawning/rearing habitat upstream. We 

seek comment on whether these areas 

should be proposed as critical habitat. 

Unit 4. Lower Columbia/Clatskanie 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17080003) 

This subbasin contains a single 

occupied watershed (Kalama River) 

encompassing approximately 237 sq mi 

(614 sq km). Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from WDFW identify 

approximately 133 mi (214 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). Myers et al.

(2003) identified one ecological zone 

(Cascade) containing two historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin: Kalama 

River summer- and winter-run fish. The 

Kalama River summer-run population 

has been classified by the TRT as a 

‘‘core’’ population (i.e., historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’) (McElhany et al., 

2003). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including channel modifications, 

forestry, roadbuilding, and urbanization. 

The Team also concluded that habitat 

areas in the Kalama River watershed 

warrant a high rating for conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 5. Upper Cowlitz Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080004) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,026 sq mi (2,657 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 170 mi (274 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). All of this 

habitat is located upstream of 

impassable dams (Mayfield and 

Mossyrock) and only accessible to 

anadromous fish via trap and haul 

operations. Myers et al. (2003) 

identified one ecological zone (Cascade) 

containing two winter-run historical 

demographically independent 

populations in this subbasin (Upper 

Cowlitz River and Cispus River). Both 

populations have been classified by the 

TRT as ‘‘core’’ populations (i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’) 

(McElhany et al., 2003). In addition, the 

TRT classified the Upper Cowlitz River 

winter-run population as a genetic 

legacy population (i.e., one of ‘‘the most 

intact representatives of the genetic 

character of the ESU.’’) The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. The Team also 

concluded that habitat areas in all five 

occupied watersheds warrant a high 

rating for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 6. Lower Cowlitz Subbasin (HUC4# 

17080005) 

This subbasin contains eight occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 1,465 sq mi (3,794 sq 

km). Fish distribution and habitat use 

data from WDFW identify 

approximately 785 mi (1,263 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

watersheds (WDFW, 2003). Habitat in 

two watersheds—Tilton River and Riffe 

Reservoir—is located upstream of 

impassable dams (Mayfield and 

Mossyrock) and only accessible to 

anadromous fish via trap and haul 

operations. Data from WDFW identified 

very little anadromous O. mykiss

distribution in the Riffe Reservoir 

watershed (and did not identify the 

Riffe and Mayfield lakes as occupied 

habitat). However, the Team determined 

that these lakes are occupied and 

contain PCEs for rearing/migrating 

juveniles based on information 

regarding migrants described in Wade 

(2000) as well as their own knowledge 

of trap and haul operations in this 

subbasin. Myers et al. (2003) identified 

one ecological zone (Cascade) 

containing seven historical 

demographically independent 

populations of winter-run fish in this 

subbasin: Cispus River, Upper Cowlitz 

River, Lower Cowlitz River, Tilton 

River, North Fork Toutle River, South 

Fork Toutle River, and Coweeman 

River. Three populations (Cispus River, 

Upper Cowlitz River, and North Fork 

Toutle River) have been classified by the 

TRT as ‘‘core’’ populations, i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’

(McElhany et al., 2003). In addition, the 

TRT classified the Upper Cowlitz River 

winter-run fish as a genetic legacy 

population, i.e., some of ‘‘the most 

intact representatives of the genetic 

character of the ESU.’’ The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, dams, forestry, and 

roadbuilding. Of the eight watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

three were rated as having high and 

those in five were rated as having 

medium conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team also noted 

that four watersheds (Riffe Reservoir, 

Jackson Prairie, East Willapa, and 

Coweeman River) contained high value 

rearing and migration corridors 

connecting high value habitat areas in 

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upstream watersheds with downstream 

reaches and the ocean. The Team did 

not identify any unoccupied areas in 

this subbasin that may be essential for 

the conservation of the ESU.

Unit 7. Middle Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090007) 

The occupied portion of this subbasin 

is downstream of Willamette Falls and 

includes a single watershed (Abernethy 

Creek) encompassing approximately 136 

sq mi (352 sq km) as well as a short 

segment (approximately 1 mi (1.6 km)) 

of the Willamette River downstream of 

Willamette Falls. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 26 mi (42 km) of 

occupied riverine habitat in the 

subbasin (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers et al.

(2003) identified one ecological zone 

(Cascade) containing a single historical 

demographically independent 

population in this subbasin: Clackamas 

River winter-run fish. This population 

has been classified by the TRT as a 

‘‘core’’ population (i.e., historically 

abundant and ‘‘may offer the most likely 

path to recovery’’) (McElhany et al., 

2003). The Team concluded that all 

occupied areas contain spawning, 

rearing, or migration PCEs for this ESU 

and identified several management 

activities that may affect the PCEs, 

including agriculture, channel 

modifications, dams, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that the habitat areas in the Abernethy 

Creek watershed are of low conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 8. Clackamas Subbasin (HUC4# 

17090011) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 942 sq mi (2,440 km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 274 

mi (441 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in the watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). 

Myers et al. (2003) identified a single 

ecological zone (Cascade) containing a 

single historical demographically 

independent population in this 

subbasin: Clackamas River winter-run 

fish. This population has been classified 

by the TRT as a ‘‘core’’ population (i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’) 

(McElhany et al., 2003). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the six watersheds 

reviewed by the Team, habitat areas in 

all were rated as having high 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 9. Lower Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090012)

This subbasin contains three occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 408 sq mi (1,057 sq km). 

Two of the watersheds (Columbia 

Slough/Willamette River and Scappoose 

Creek) do not contain spawning PCEs 

for this ESU but instead are used solely 

for rearing and migration. Fish 

distribution and habitat use data from 

ODFW identify approximately 88 mi 

(142 km) of occupied riverine habitat in 

the watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers 

et al. (2003) identified a single 

ecological zone (Cascade) containing 

one historical demographically 

independent population of winter-run 

fish in this subbasin (Clackamas River). 

This population has been classified by 

the TRT as a ‘‘core’’ population (i.e., 

historically abundant and ‘‘may offer 

the most likely path to recovery’’) 

(McElhany et al. 2003). The Team 

concluded that all occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, forestry, roadbuilding, 

and urbanization. Of the three 

watersheds reviewed by the Team, 

habitat areas in all three were rated as 

having high conservation value to the 

ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The Team did not 

identify any unoccupied areas in this 

subbasin that may be essential for the 

conservation of the ESU. 

Unit 10. Lower Columbia River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define this corridor as that 

segment of the Columbia River from the 

confluences of the Sandy River (Oregon) 

and Washougal River (Washington) to 

the Pacific Ocean. Fish distribution and 

habitat use data from ODFW identify 

approximately 118 mi (190 km) of 

occupied riverine and estuarine habitat 

in this corridor (ODFW, 2003a,b). After 

reviewing the best available scientific 

data for all of the areas within the 

freshwater and estuarine range of this 

ESU, the Team concluded that the lower 

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. Other 

upstream reaches of the Columbia River 

corridor (within Units 1 and 2 above) 

are also high value for rearing/

migration. The Team noted that this 

corridor connects habitat areas in every 

watershed and population in this ESU 

with the ocean and is used by rearing/

migrating juveniles and migrating 

adults. The Columbia River estuary is a 

particularly important area for this ESU 

as both juveniles and adults make the 

critical physiological transition between 

life in freshwater and marine habitats 

(Marriott et al., 2002). Management 

activities that may affect the PCEs in 

this corridor include channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, river/

estuary traffic, roadbuilding, 

urbanization, and wetland loss and 

removal. 

Upper Willamette River O. mykiss ESU 

The Upper Willamette River O. 

mykiss ESU includes all naturally 

spawned populations of anadromous O. 

mykiss in the Willamette River, Oregon, 

and its tributaries upstream from 

Willamette Falls to the Calapooia River 

(inclusive) (64 FR 14517; March 25, 

1999). We have proposed that resident 

populations of O. mykiss below 

impassible barriers (natural and 

manmade) that co-occur with 

anadromous populations also be 

included in the Upper Willamette River 

O. mykiss ESU (69 FR 33101; June 14, 

2004). Although there are no obvious 

physical barriers separating populations 

upstream of the Calapooia from those 

lower in the basin, resident O. mykiss in 

these upper basins are quite distinctive 

both phenotypically and genetically and 

are not considered part of the ESU. The 

ESU membership of native resident 

populations above recent (usually manmade) impassable barriers, but below 

natural barriers, has not been resolved. 

These resident populations are 

provisionally not considered to be part 

of the Upper Willamette River O. mykiss

ESU, until such time that significant 

scientific information becomes available 

affording a case-by-case evaluation of 

their ESU relationships. This ESU does 

not include any artificially propagated 

O. mykiss stocks that reside within the 

historical geographic range of the ESU. 

Hatchery summer-run fish occur in the 

Willamette Basin but are an out-of-basin 

stock that is not included as part of the 

ESU. 

The Willamette-Lower Columbia 

River TRT has identified four historical 

demographically independent 

populations of Upper Willamette River 

O. mykiss: the Mollala River, North 

Santiam River, South Santiam River, 

and Calapooia River populations (Myers 

et al., 2003). The TRT also notes that 

spawning winter-run fish have been 

observed in the Westside tributaries to 

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the Upper Willamette River; however, 

the Westside tributaries are not 

considered to have historically 

constituted a demographically 

independent population (Myers et al., 

2003). The TRT has determined that the 

Upper Willamette River O. mykiss ESU 

populations comprise a single 

‘‘stratum,’’ based on major life history 

characteristics (e.g., species run types) 

and ecological zones (McElhany et al., 

2002). This single stratum consists of 

the single run-type (winter-run fish) and 

the single ecological zone (Willamette 

River) in the ESU. Recovery planning 

will likely emphasize the need for a 

geographical distribution of viable 

populations across the range of such 

strata/regions in an ESU (Ruckelshaus et 

al., 2002; McElhany et al., 2003). 

Of the three temporal runs of 

anadromous O. mykiss currently found 

in the Upper Willamette River ESU, 

only the late-run winter fish are 

considered to be native. The same flow 

conditions at Willamette Falls that only 

provided access for spring-run chinook 

salmon also provided an isolating 

mechanism for this unique run time of 

anadromous O. mykiss. The 

predominant tributaries to the 

Willamette River that historically 

supported winter-run fish all drain the 

Cascade Range. Anadromous O. mykiss

populations in the upper Willamette 

River Basin have been strongly 

influenced by extensive hatchery 

transfers of fish throughout the ESU, 

and the introduction of summer-run fish 

(facilitated by the laddering of 

Willamette Falls). Summer-run fish are 

still stocked in the Upper Willamette 

River, but the stocking of winter-run 

fish in the Willamette River has been 

discontinued (although non-native 

winter-run fish still return). 

It is generally agreed that anadromous 

O. mykiss did not historically emigrate 

farther upstream than the Calapooia 

River. The TRT reviewed evidence of 

anadromous O. mykiss using westside 

tributaries to the Willamette River and 

concluded that ‘‘with the exception of 

the Tualatin River, there is little 

evidence to suggest that sustained 

spawning aggregations of steelhead may 

have existed historically in the westside 

tributaries of the Willamette River 

Basin. Furthermore, it is unlikely that 

these tributaries, individually or 

collectively were large enough to 

constitute a demographically 

independent population.’’

Late-run Upper Willamette River O. 

mykiss are considered an oceanmaturing type, entering fresh water with 

well-developed gonads and typically 

spawning shortly thereafter. Maturing 

fish enter the Willamette River 

beginning in January and February, but 

do not ascend to their spawning areas 

until late March or April. Spawning 

takes place from April to June, typically 

peaking in May, and occurs in both 

mainstem and tributary habitats in the 

major Cascade drainages identified 

above. Presently, native anadromous O. 

mykiss are distributed in a few, 

relatively small, naturally spawning 

aggregations.

The juvenile life-history 

characteristics of Upper Willamette 

River O. mykiss are summarized (where 

known) in ODFW (1990) and Olsen et 

al. (1992). In the subbasins reviewed, 

egg/alevin incubation and fry emergence 

occurred from April to August. 

Juveniles spend 2 winters rearing in 

freshwater before emigrating to the 

ocean from March to July. Upper 

Willamette River winter-run fish 

typically spawn as 4-year-olds after 2 

years in the ocean. 

The Upper Willamette River Team’s 

assessment for this ESU addressed 

habitat areas within 34 occupied 

watersheds in 7 associated subbasins 

(identified below as ‘‘units’’ with 

unique HUC4 numbers), as well as the 

lower Willamette/Columbia River 

rearing/migration corridor. As part of its 

assessment, the Team considered the 

conservation value of each habitat area 

in the context of the productivity, 

spatial distribution, and diversity of 

habitats across the range of the single 

life-history type and ecological stratum 

identified by the Willamette/Lower 

Columbia TRT. The Lower Columbia 

River Team evaluated the conservation 

value of habitat areas on the basis of the 

physical and biological habitat 

requirements of Lower Columbia River 

O. mykiss salmon, consistent with the 

PCEs identified for Pacific salmon and 

O. mykiss described above in the 

Methods and Criteria Used to Identify 

Proposed Critical Habitat section. 

Unit 1. Upper Willamette Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090003) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 765 sq mi (1,981 km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from the ODFW identify approximately 

241 mi (388 km) of occupied riverine 

habitat in the watersheds (ODFW, 

2003a,b). Myers et al. (2003) identified 

possibly two demographically 

independent populations in this 

subbasin, but only one (Calapooia River) 

with spawning habitat. Myers et al.

(2003) also noted that there is 

considerable debate about the origin of 

naturally spawning winter-run fish 

currently found in several westside 

tributaries. These authors went on to 

state that (with the exception of the 

Tualatin River) ‘‘there is little evidence 

to suggest that sustained spawning 

aggregations of steelhead may have 

existed historically in the westside 

tributaries of the Willamette River 

Basin. Furthermore, it is unlikely that 

these tributaries, individually or 

collectively were large enough to 

constitute a demographically 

independent population.’’ The Team 

concluded that all of these occupied 

areas contain spawning, rearing, or 

migration PCEs for this ESU and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, forestry, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in one of the 

watersheds warrant a high rating, and 

those in two warrant a medium rating 

for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The Team also noted 

that all reaches of the Willamette River 

within this subbasin constitute a high 

value rearing and migration corridor for 

the Calapooia River population with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 2. North Santiam River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090005) 

This subbasin contains six 

watersheds, three of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 315 sq mi (816 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 137 

mi (221 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in these watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). 

Myers et al. (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (North Santiam River) in this 

subbasin. Historically accessible areas 

in the three uppermost watersheds of 

this subbasin are now blocked by Big 

Cliff and Detroit dams but may have 

been productive anadromous O. mykiss

habitat (Parkhurst, 1950). The Team 

concluded that all of the occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, dams, 

forestry, and roadbuilding. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in all 

three of the occupied watersheds in this 

subbasin warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

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Unit 3. South Santiam River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090006) 

This subbasin contains eight 

watersheds, six of which are occupied 

by this ESU and encompass 

approximately 766 sq mi (1,984 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 230 

mi (370 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in these watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). 

Two watersheds in the upper Middle 

Santiam River (Quartzville Creek and 

Middle Santiam River) are blocked by 

Green Peter Dam. Myers et al. (2003) 

identified one demographically 

independent population (South Santiam 

River) in this subbasin. The Team 

concluded that all of the occupied areas 

contain spawning, rearing, or migration 

PCEs for this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, dams, 

forestry, and roadbuilding. The Team 

also concluded that habitat areas in all 

six of the occupied watersheds in this 

subbasin warrant a high rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 4. Middle Willamette River 

Subbasin (HUC4# 17090007)

This subbasin consists of four 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 712 sq mi (1,844 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 175 

mi (282 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

(all rearing/migration) in these 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers et 

al. (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (North Santiam River) that 

spawns in this subbasin, although three 

populations use this subbasin for 

rearing/migration. The Team concluded 

that all of the occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that all of the tributary habitat areas in 

the four watersheds warrant a low rating 

for conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). However, that 

assessment pertained solely to the 

tributary streams in these watersheds 

(e.g., Ash, Rickreall, and Harvey creeks), 

not the mainstem Willamette River nor 

the Mill Creek reaches connecting to the 

North Santiam River. The Team 

concluded that all reaches of the 

Willamette River within this subbasin 

constitute a high value rearing and 

migration corridor. These high value 

reaches connect all populations and 

watersheds in this ESU with 

downstream reaches and the ocean. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 5. Yamhill River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17090008) 

This subbasin contains seven 

occupied watersheds encompassing 

approximately 772 sq mi (1,999 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 319 

mi (513 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

(all rearing/migration) in these 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers et 

al. (2003) did not identify a 

demographically independent 

population in this subbasin. These 

authors noted that there is considerable 

debate about the origin of naturally 

spawning winter-run fish currently 

found in several westside tributaries 

and went on to state that (with the 

exception of the Tualatin River) ‘‘there 

is little evidence to suggest that 

sustained spawning aggregations of 

steelhead may have existed historically 

in the westside tributaries of the 

Willamette River basin. Furthermore, it 

is unlikely that these tributaries, 

individually or collectively were large 

enough to constitute a demographically 

independent population.’’ While there 

is uncertainty regarding the population 

status of anadromous O. mykiss in 

westside watersheds, the Team 

determined that it was likely that PCEs 

exist in these seven watersheds and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, forestry, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team noted that, 

given the limited number of populations 

in this ESU, habitat in this subbasin 

may provide some conservation benefits 

to the ESU (e.g., as a buffer against a 

catastrophic event affecting Cascade 

watersheds). In that context, the Team 

concluded that habitat areas in the 

Upper South Yamhill River watershed 

may have the greatest conservation 

value in this subbasin and therefore 

assigned them a medium conservation 

value while habitat areas in the 

remaining six watersheds warrant a low 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team did not identify any unoccupied 

areas in this subbasin that may be 

essential for the conservation of the 

ESU. 

Unit 6. Molalla/Pudding River Subbasin 

(HUC4# 17090009) 

This subbasin contains six occupied 

watersheds and encompasses 

approximately 875 sq mi (2,266 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 284 

mi (457 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

in these watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). 

Myers et al. (2003) identified one 

demographically independent 

population (Molalla River) that spawns 

in this subbasin. The Team concluded 

that all of the occupied areas contain 

spawning, rearing, or migration PCEs for 

this ESU and identified several 

management activities that may affect 

the PCEs, including agriculture, channel 

modifications, roadbuilding, and 

urbanization. The Team also concluded 

that habitat areas in one of the 

watersheds warrant a high rating, those 

in three warrant a medium rating, and 

those in two warrant a low rating for 

conservation value to the ESU (NMFS, 

2004a). The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 7. Tualatin River Subbasin (HUC4# 

17090010) 

This subbasin contains five occupied 

watersheds encompassing 

approximately 709 sq mi (1,836 sq km). 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 298 

mi (480 km) of occupied riverine habitat 

(all rearing/migration) in these 

watersheds (ODFW, 2003a,b). Myers et 

al. (2003) did not identify a 

demographically independent 

population in this subbasin. These 

authors noted that there is considerable 

debate about the origin of naturally 

spawning winter-run fish currently 

found in several westside tributaries 

and went on to state that (with the 

exception of the Tualatin River) ‘‘there 

is little evidence to suggest that 

sustained spawning aggregations of 

steelhead may have existed historically 

in the westside tributaries of the 

Willamette River basin. Furthermore, it 

is unlikely that these tributaries, 

individually or collectively were large 

enough to constitute a demographically 

independent population.’’ While there 

is uncertainty regarding the population 

status of anadromous O. mykiss in 

westside watersheds, the Team 

determined that it was likely that PCEs 

exist in these five watersheds and 

identified several management activities 

that may affect the PCEs, including 

agriculture, channel modifications, 

forestry, roadbuilding, and urbanization. 

The Team noted that, given the limited 

number of populations in this ESU, 

habitat in this subbasin may provide 

some conservation benefits to the ESU 

(e.g., as a buffer against a catastrophic 

event affecting Cascade watersheds). In 

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that context, the Team concluded that 

habitat areas in the Gales Creek 

watershed may have the greatest 

conservation value in this subbasin and 

therefore assigned them a medium 

conservation value while habitat areas 

in the remaining four watersheds 

warrant a low conservation value to the 

ESU. The Team did not identify any 

unoccupied areas in this subbasin that 

may be essential for the conservation of 

the ESU. 

Unit 8. Lower Willamette/Columbia 

River Corridor 

For the purposes of describing units 

of critical habitat designation for this 

ESU, we define the lower Willamette/

Columbia River corridor as that segment 

from the confluence of the Willamette 

and Clackamas rivers to the Pacific 

Ocean. This corridor also includes the 

Multnomah Channel portion of the 

Lower Willamette River. Watersheds 

downstream of the Clackamas River 

subbasin (Johnson Creek and Columbia 

Slough/Willamette River watersheds) 

are outside the spawning range of this 

ESU and likely used in a limited way as 

juvenile rearing habitat for this ESU. 

Fish distribution and habitat use data 

from ODFW identify approximately 138 

mi (223 km) of occupied riverine and 

estuarine habitat in this corridor 

(ODFW, 2003a,b). After reviewing the 

best available scientific data for all of 

the areas within the freshwater and 

estuarine range of this ESU, the Team 

concluded that the lower Willamette/

Columbia River corridor was of high 

conservation value to the ESU. The 

Team noted that this corridor connects 

habitat areas in every watershed and 

population in this ESU with the ocean 

and is used by rearing/migrating 

juveniles and migrating adults. The 

Columbia River estuary is a particularly 

important area for this ESU as both 

juveniles and adults make the critical 

physiological transition between life in 

freshwater and marine habitats (Marriott 

et al., 2002). Management activities that 

may affect the PCEs in this corridor 

include channel modifications, 

roadbuilding, river/estuary traffic, 

roadbuilding, urbanization, and wetland 

loss and removal. 

Application of ESA Section 4(b)(2) 

The foregoing discussion describes 

those areas that are eligible for 

designation as critical habitat—the 

specific areas that fall within the ESA 

section 3(5)(A) definition of critical 

habitat, minus those lands owned or 

controlled by the Department of 

Defense, or designated for its use, that 

are covered by an INRMP that we have 

determined in writing provides a benefit 

to the species. The application of 

section 4(b)(2) was a major concern of 

those commenting on the ANPR (68 FR 

55926; September 29, 2003). Many 

commenters requested that we describe 

the process used—in particular the 

economic analysis—as part of our 

proposed rulemaking. 

Specific areas eligible for designation 

are not automatically designated as 

critical habitat. Section 4(b)(2) of the 

ESA requires that the Secretary first 

considers the economic impact, impact 

on national security, and any other 

relevant impact. The Secretary has the 

discretion to exclude an area from 

designation if he determines the benefits 

of exclusion (that is, avoiding the 

impact that would result from 

designation), outweigh the benefits of 

designation. The Secretary may not 

exclude an area from designation if 

exclusion will result in the extinction of 

the species. Because the authority to 

exclude is discretionary, exclusion is 

not required for any areas.

In this proposed rule, the Secretary 

has applied his statutory discretion to 

exclude areas from critical habitat for 

several different reasons. To be 

consistent, we used the fifth field 

watershed as the unit for exclusion in 

each case. However, the agency is 

asking for public comment on whether 

considering exclusions on a stream-bystream approach would be more 

appropriate. 

Impacts to Tribes 

We believe there is very little benefit 

to designating critical habitat on Indian 

lands. Although there is a broad array of 

activities on Indian lands that may 

trigger section 7, Indian lands comprise 

only a minor portion (less than 3 

percent) of the total habitat under 

consideration for these ESUs. 

Depending upon the ESU, Indian lands 

account for zero to 13 percent of the 

total habitat area for these ESUs. (For 

nine ESUs the Indian lands total less 

than one percent, with only one ESU 

greater than five percent. These 

percentages are likely overestimates as 

they include all habitat area within 

reservation boundaries. In many cases, a 

considerable portion of the land within 

the reservation boundaries is no longer 

held in trust for the tribe or in fee status 

by individual tribal members). Further, 

in more than 15 letters to NMFS—

several in response to the agency’s 

ANPR (68 FR 55926; September 29, 

2003)—the tribes have documented how 

they are already working to address the 

habitat needs of the species on these 

lands as well as in the larger ecosystem, 

and are fully aware of the conservation 

value of their lands. 

There are several benefits to 

excluding Indian lands. The 

longstanding and distinctive 

relationship between the Federal and 

tribal governments is defined by 

treaties, statutes, executive orders, 

judicial decisions, and agreements, 

which differentiate tribal governments 

from the other entities that deal with, or 

are affected by, the Federal government. 

This relationship has given rise to a 

special Federal trust responsibility 

involving the legal responsibilities and 

obligations of the United States toward 

Indian Tribes and the application of 

fiduciary standards of due care with 

respect to Indian lands, tribal trust 

resources, and the exercise of tribal 

rights. Pursuant to these authorities 

lands have been retained by Indian 

Tribes or have been set aside for tribal 

use. These lands are managed by Indian 

Tribes in accordance with tribal goals 

and objectives within the framework of 

applicable treaties and laws. 

In addition to the distinctive trust 

relationship, for Pacific salmon in the 

Northwest, there is a unique partnership 

between the Federal government and 

Indian tribes regarding salmon 

management. Northwest Indian tribes 

are regarded as ‘‘co-managers’’ of the 

salmon resource, along with Federal and 

state managers. This co-management 

relationship evolved as a result of 

numerous court decisions clarifying the 

tribes’ treaty right to take fish in their 

usual and accustomed places. 

The tribes have stated in letters and 

meetings that designation of Indian 

lands as critical habitat will undermine 

long-term working relationships and 

reduce the capacity of tribes to 

participate at current levels in the many 

and varied forums across four states 

addressing ecosystem management and 

conservation of fisheries resources. 

The benefits of excluding Indian 

lands from designation include: (1) The 

furtherance of established national 

policies, our Federal trust obligations 

and our deference to the tribes in 

management of natural resources on 

their lands; (2) the maintenance of 

effective long-term working 

relationships to promote the 

conservation of salmonids on an 

ecosystem-wide basis across four states; 

(3) the allowance for continued 

meaningful collaboration and 

cooperation in scientific work to learn 

more about the conservation needs of 

the species on an ecosystem-wide basis; 

and (4) continued respect for tribal 

sovereignty over management of natural 

resources on Indian lands through 

established tribal natural resource 

programs. 

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We believe that the current comanager process addressing activities 

on an ecosystem-wide basis across three 

states is currently beneficial for the 

conservation of the salmonids. Because 

the co-manager process provides for 

coordinated ongoing focused action 

through a variety of forums, we find the 

benefits of this process to be greater 

than the benefits of applying ESA 

section 7 to Federal activities on Indian 

lands, which comprise less than three 

percent of the total area under 

consideration for these ESUs. 

Additionally, we have determined that 

the exclusion of tribal lands will not 

result in the extinction of the species 

concerned. We also believe that 

maintenance of our current co-manager 

relationship consistent with existing 

policies is an important benefit to 

continuance of our tribal trust 

responsibilities and relationship. Based 

upon our consultation with the Tribes, 

we believe that designation of Indian 

lands as critical habitat would adversely 

impact our working relationship and the 

benefits resulting from this relationship. 

Based upon these considerations, we 

have determined to exercise agency 

discretion under ESA section 4(b)(2) 

and propose to exclude Indian lands 

from the eligible critical habitat 

designation for these ESUs of 

salmonids. The Indian lands specifically 

excluded from critical habitat are those 

defined in the Secretarial Order, 

including: (1) Lands held in trust by the 

United States for the benefit of any 

Indian tribe; (2) land held in trust by the 

United States for any Indian Tribe or 

individual subject to restrictions by the 

United States against alienation; (3) fee 

lands, either within or outside the 

reservation boundaries, owned by the 

tribal government; and (4) fee lands 

within the reservation boundaries 

owned by individual Indians.

Impacts on National Security 

As noted previously (see Military 

Lands section), we evaluated 11 DOD 

sites with draft or final INRMPs and 

determined that each INRMP provides a 

benefit to the listed salmon or O. mykiss

ESUs under consideration at the site. 

Therefore, we are proposing that those 

areas subject to final INRMPs are not 

eligible for designation pursuant to 

section 4(a)(3)(B)(I) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1533(A)(3)). At the request of the 

DOD (and in the case that an INRMP 

might not provide a benefit to the 

species), we also assessed the impacts 

on national security that may result 

from designating these and other DOD 

sites as critical habitat. 

We contacted the DOD by letter and 

requested information about the impacts 

to national security that may result from 

designating critical habitat at the 

following 24 military sites in 

Washington: (1) Naval Submarine Base, 

Bangor; (2) Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center, Keyport; (3) Naval Ordinance 

Center, Port Hadlock (Indian Island); (4) 

Naval Radio Station, Jim Creek; (5) 

Naval Fuel Depot, Manchester; (6) Naval 

Air Station, Whidbey Island; (7) Naval 

Air Station, Everett; (8) Bremerton Naval 

Hospital; (9) Fort Lewis (Army); (10) 

Pier 23 (Army); (11) Yakima Training 

Center (Army); (12) Puget Sound Naval 

Shipyard; (13) Naval Submarine Base 

Bangor security zone; (14) Strait of Juan 

de Fuca naval air-to-surface weapon 

range, restricted area; (15) Hood Canal 

and Dabob Bay naval non-explosive 

torpedo testing area; (16) Strait of Juan 

de Fuca and Whidbey Island naval 

restricted areas; (17) Admiralty Inlet 

naval restricted area; (18) Port Gardner 

Naval Base restricted area; (19) Hood 

Canal naval restricted areas; (20) Port 

Orchard Passage naval restricted area; 

(21) Sinclair Inlet naval restricted areas; 

(22) Carr Inlet naval restricted areas; 

(23) Dabob Bay/Whitney Point naval 

restricted area; and (24) Port Townsend/

Indian Island/Walan Point naval 

restricted area. All of these sites overlap 

with habitat areas occupied by one or 

more of the 13 ESUs and under 

consideration for critical habitat. A 

number of other sites (primarily 

armories and small Army facilities) 

were also assessed and were determined 

to be outside the areas under 

consideration. In response to our letter, 

both the Army and Navy provided 

information clarifying site locations and 

describing the types of military 

activities that occur at these sites. They 

also listed the potential changes in these 

activities and consequent national 

security impacts that critical habitat 

designation would cause in these areas. 

Both military agencies concluded that 

critical habitat designation at any of 

these sites would likely impact national 

security by diminishing military 

readiness. The possible impacts include: 

Preventing, restricting, or delaying 

training or testing exercises or access to 

such sites; restricting or delaying 

activities associated with vehicle/

vessel/facility maintenance and 

ordinance loading; delaying response 

times for ship deployments and overall 

operations; and creating uncertainties 

regarding ESA consultation (e.g., 

reinitiation requirements) or imposing 

compliance conditions that would 

divert military resources. Also, both 

military agencies cited their ongoing 

and positive consultation history with 

NMFS and underscored cases where 

they are implementing best management 

practices to reduce impacts on listed 

salmonids. 

Most of the affected DOD sites overlap 

habitat areas in nearshore zones 

occupied by Puget Sound chinook or 

Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon. 

The overlap consists of approximately 

109 miles (175 km) of shoreline out of 

the 2,376 miles (3,824 km) of total 

occupied shoreline for these two ESUs. 

Freshwater and estuarine overlap areas 

include approximately 20 miles (32 km) 

of stream used by Puget Sound chinook 

salmon and 10 miles (16 km) used by 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss,

representing less than one percent of the 

total freshwater and estuarine habitat 

area for these two ESUs. The Teams 

assessing conservation values for these 

overlap areas concluded that all of them 

were of high conservation value to the 

respective ESUs. However, the overlap 

areas are a small percentage of the total 

area for the affected ESUs. Designating 

these DOD sites will likely reduce the 

readiness capability of the Army and 

Navy, both of which are actively 

engaged in training, maintaining, and 

deploying forces in the current war on 

terrorism. Therefore we conclude that 

the benefits of exclusion outweigh the 

benefits of designation and are not 

proposing to designate these DOD sites 

as critical habitats. 

Other Potential Exclusions 

As discussed above, in 2001, the 

Tenth Circuit issued a ruling in NMCA,

which criticized the historic approach 

that FWS and NMFS had taken towards 

the economic analysis required in the 

critical habitat designation process. As a 

result of this ruling, both agencies 

engaged in a long-term process of 

reevaluating existing critical habitat 

designations consistent with the Tenth 

Circuit’s ruling. NMFS’s critical habitat 

designations for steelhead and salmon 

ESUs and FWS’s designations for bull 

trout are the first to fully evaluate the 

economic impacts of the designations 

for aquatic species on a broad landscape 

scale. As a result, many of the critical 

issues faced by the two agencies are 

issues of first impression.

On October 6, 2004, the FWS issued 

a final rule designating critical habitat 

for the bull trout, a species in many 

respects coextensive with listed salmon 

and steelhead ESUs. Necessarily, the 

FWS had to make determinations on 

many of these novel issues. The 

Secretary of the Interior found that a 

number of conservation measures 

designed to protect salmon and 

steelhead on federal, state, tribal and 

private lands would also have 

significant beneficial impacts to 

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bulltrout. Therefore, the Secretary of the 

Interior determined that the benefits of 

excluding those areas exceeded the 

benefits of including those areas as 

critical habitat. 

The Secretary of Commerce has 

reviewed the bull trout rule and has 

recognized the merits of the approach 

taken by the Secretary of the Interior to 

these emerging issues. As a result, the 

Secretary of Commerce is considering 

the following exclusions because the 

benefits of exclusion may outweigh the 

benefits of inclusion and expects the 

final rule will include some or all of 

these exclusions. However, given the 

time constraints associated with this 

rulemaking and the broader geographic 

range of the potential salmon and 

steelhead designations, the Secretary of 

Commerce has not had an opportunity 

to fully evaluate all of the potential 

exclusions, the geographical extent of 

such exclusions, or compare the benefits 

of these exclusions to the benefits of 

inclusion. As a result, the proposed 

designations included in this rule 

generally represent an upper bound to 

the area that the Secretary is considering 

designating as critical habitat and do not 

include the following additional 

exclusions that the Secretary is 

considering: 

A set of exclusions based on existing 

land management plans adopted and 

currently implemented by Federal 

agencies within the relevant geographic 

area: These plans are the Northwest 

Forest Plan, PACFISH and INFISH, 

which are implemented by the USDA 

Forest Service and the BLM in parts of 

Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The 

Secretary is considering excluding from 

critical habitat all federal lands subject 

to these plans. We may make these 

exclusions on a fifth field watershed 

basis or a stream-by-stream basis and we 

invite comment on the appropriate 

method. Each of these plans is designed 

to provide very substantial conservation 

benefits to salmonid species including 

the listed species, while permitting 

provision of other multiple uses on 

those federal lands to the extent 

compatible with the provisions of the 

plan. Imposing an overlay of critical 

habitat in these areas could threaten the 

provision of the other multiple uses 

contemplated by these plans and 

potentially impede vital land restoration 

activities, while potentially offering a 

negligible conservation benefit in light 

of the other existing conservation 

measures provided by the plans. The 

threat to forest restoration activities 

(forest thinning and brush clearing to 

reduce catastrophic fire risks), economic 

activities (e.g. grazing and timber 

production) and recreational uses on 

public lands may outweigh the benefit 

of a critical habitat designation in these 

areas. 

An exclusion of areas in the mainstem 

Columbia River that contain or are 

directly affected by the operation of the 

federal dams on the river, including 

reservoir pools above dams, tail race 

areas below dams, and the navigation 

locks: The intent of this potential 

exclusion is that the operation of the 

Federal Columbia River Power System 

(FCRPS) would have no effect on 

designated critical habitat. The FCRPS 

is already managed through an 

unprecedented cooperative effort among 

three Federal action agencies 

(Bonneville Power Administration, 

Corps, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)), 

three Federal land management agencies 

(Forest Service, BLM, Natural Resource 

Conservation Service (NRCS)) and three 

Federal regulatory agencies (NMFS, 

FWS and Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA)). These agencies, 

operating through a Federal Caucus, 

closely and effectively coordinate their 

activities to minimize any adverse 

effects of operating the hydroelectric 

dams on the Columbia and Snake 

Rivers. There may be no benefit to 

placing a critical habitat designation as 

an additional layer of Federal regulation 

over and above the existing cooperative 

efforts. Conversely, if a critical habitat 

designation reduces hydro electric 

power generation from the dams, there 

may be great economic harm to the 

three-state region. 

An exclusion of areas covered by 

conservation commitments by state and 

private landowners: Another set of 

exclusions is based on conservation 

commitments by state and private 

landowners reflected in habitat 

conservation plans and cooperative 

agreements approved by NMFS. These 

commitments are: (1) Land subject to 

Washington state forest practice rules 

referred to as the Forests and Fish 

Agreement; (2) lands covered by a 

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) 

approved under section 10 of the ESA 

(NMFS, 2004f); and (3) non-Federal 

timber lands covered by the Term Sheet 

in the Snake River Basin Adjudication 

(SRBA). 

An exclusion for intermingled lands:

If a large part of a watershed is 

determined to warrant exclusion for any 

of the reasons stated below, the 

Secretary is considering excluding the 

entire watershed. For example, if a large 

proportion of a watershed consists of 

Federal land to be excluded based on an 

existing management plan, the entire 

watershed could be excluded. There 

may be little policy justification for 

designating non-Federal lands as critical 

habitat in a watershed dominated by 

excluded Federal lands. 

Snake River O. Mykiss ESU: The 

Secretary is considering excluding all 

eligible habitat in this ESU from the 

critical habitat designation. More than 

225 of the HUC5 watersheds contain 40 

percent or more Federal land subject to 

protection under the PACFISH 

management standards; almost 200 of 

these watersheds are 80 percent or more 

of such Federal land. Another seven 

HUC5 watersheds are more than 98 

percent tribal lands. Some of the eligible 

habitat is found within the mainstem of 

the Columbia River, which is already 

subject to the most comprehensive 

Federal salmonid management strategy 

of any area of salmonid habitat, with 

participation by at least eight Federal 

agencies. Most of the geographic area of 

the ESU lies in Idaho, where the State 

of Idaho has reached agreement in 

principle with the Federal government 

as part of a tribal water rights 

adjudication for the Snake River Basin 

to adopt new land management 

standards for state lands and for private 

landowners who choose to enroll in the 

program, potentially offering a higher 

level of conservation efforts on these 

lands in the future than may have been 

provided in the past. Many residents of 

the affected area are voluntarily 

undertaking other substantial actions to 

help improve and increase available 

habitat for this species. The economy in 

the affected region of all three states is 

primarily rural in nature, and is 

especially sensitive to additional land 

management burdens. For these reasons, 

the benefits of excluding the eligible 

habitat in this ESU may outweigh the 

benefits of designation as critical 

habitat. 

Upper Columbia River spring-run 

ESU: The Secretary is considering an 

exclusion of all eligible habitat within 

the range of this ESU from the critical 

habitat designation. Seventeen of the 30 

HUC5 watersheds contain 48 percent or 

more Federal land subject to protection 

under the PACFISH management 

standards. Much of the eligible habitat 

is found within the mainstem of the 

Columbia River which is already subject 

to the most comprehensive Federal 

salmonid management strategy of any 

area of salmonid habitat, with 

participation by at least eight Federal 

agencies. The affected economy is 

primarily rural in nature, and is 

especially sensitive to additional land 

management burdens. At the same time, 

many residents of the affected area are 

voluntarily undertaking substantial 

actions to help improve and increase 

available salmon habitat. For these 

reasons, the benefits of excluding the 

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eligible habitat in this ESU may 

outweigh the benefits of designation as 

critical habitat.

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss 

ESU: The Secretary is considering an 

exclusion of all eligible habitat within 

the range of this ESU from the critical 

habitat designation. Twenty-seven of the 

HUC5 watersheds contain 48 percent or 

more Federal land subject to protection 

under the PACFISH management 

standards; another 16 of these 

watersheds are 25 to 48 percent of such 

Federal land. Another 10 HUC5 

watersheds are 70 to 100 percent tribal 

lands. Some of the eligible habitat is 

found within the mainstem of the 

Columbia River, which is already 

subject to the most comprehensive 

federal salmonid management strategy 

of any area of salmonid habitat, with 

participation by at least eight Federal 

agencies. 

In both Washington and Oregon, there 

are many voluntary conservation 

activities underway by Federal agencies 

(BOR in particular), state agencies and 

private citizens throughout the range of 

the ESU. We have noted recently that 

the ESU may be close to meeting 

recovery standards, and NOAA’s 

scientists have consistently rated the 

degree of risk for this ESU the lowest 

among the listed salmonid species. The 

economy in the affected region of both 

states is primarily rural in nature and is 

especially sensitive to additional land 

management burdens. For these reasons, 

the benefits of excluding the eligible 

habitat in this ESU may outweigh the 

benefits of designation as critical 

habitat. 

Oregon Coast coho ESU: The 

Secretary is considering an exclusion of 

all eligible habitat within the range of 

this ESU from the critical habitat 

designation. One primary reason for this 

exclusion may lie in the voluntary 

conservation efforts undertaken by the 

State of Oregon and its citizens in this 

area since 1996, collectively referred to 

as the Oregon Plan for Salmon and 

Watersheds. Under the Oregon Plan, 

very substantial improvements have 

occurred, and are expected to continue 

to occur, to improve and increase 

habitat, to reduce harvest and to reform 

hatchery practices to aid in the 

conservation of this species. These 

efforts by the State and its citizens are 

a national model for cooperative 

conservation. Designating critical 

habitat in this ESU could discourage 

and even undercut these voluntary 

conservation efforts, possibly resulting 

in a decrease rather than an increase in 

conservation of the species. 

In addition, 36 of the 80 watersheds 

contain 40 percent or more Federal land 

managed under the protective 

provisions of the Northwest Forest 

Plan’s Aquatic Conservation Strategy, 

and an additional 16 watersheds contain 

25 to 40 percent of such Federal land. 

With these protective measures in place 

on Federal land to complement the nonFederal conservation efforts embodied 

in the Oregon Plan, there may be little 

biological justification to designate 

critical habitat within the range of this 

ESU. Further, the coastal economy is 

and has been weak for some time, with 

the manufacturing sector declining and 

tourism emerging slowly as the leading 

industry, and additional economic 

burdens may not be justified in light of 

the potentially limited conservation 

benefit of a critical habitat designation. 

For these reasons, the benefits of 

excluding the eligible habitat in this 

ESU may outweigh the benefits of 

designation as critical habitat. 

Accordingly, NMFS specifically asks 

for public comment on the other 

potential exclusions discussed above. 

Specifically, NMFS requests comment 

on the benefits of excluding and 

including: (1) Other Federal lands 

subject to protective management 

provisions for salmonids (e.g., the 

Aquatic Conservation Strategy of the 

Northwest Forest Plan, PACFISH, or 

INFISH); (2) other state, tribal, or private 

lands subject to (or planned to receive) 

other forms of protective management 

for salmonids (e.g., private land HCPs, 

State of Washington Forests Practices 

Act lands, Idaho SRBA lands, State of 

California Forest Practices Act lands); 

and (3) other state, tribal, or private 

lands within watersheds containing a 

large proportion of Federal, state, tribal 

or private lands already subject to 

protective management measures. 

Exclusions Primarily Based on 

Economic Impacts 

In this exercise of discretion, the first 

issue we must address is the scope of 

impacts relevant to the 4(b)(2) 

evaluation. As discussed in the Previous 

Federal Action and Related Litigation 

section, we are re-designating critical 

habitat for these 13 ESUs because the 

previous designations were vacated. 

(National Association of Homebuilders

v. Evans, 2002 WL 1205743 No. 00–CV–

2799 (D.D.C.) (NAHB)). The NAHB

Court had agreed with the reasoning of 

the Court of Appeals for the Tenth 

Circuit in New Mexico Cattle Growers 

Association v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 248 F.3d 1277 (10th Cir. 2001). 

In that decision, the Tenth Circuit stated 

‘‘[t]he statutory language is plain in 

requiring some kind of consideration of 

economic impact in the critical habitat 

designation phase.’’ The Tenth Circuit 

concluded that, given the FWS’ failure 

to distinguish between ‘‘adverse 

modification’’ and ‘‘jeopardy’’ in its 

4(b)(2) analysis, the FWS must analyze 

the full impacts of critical habitat 

designation, regardless of whether those 

impacts are co-extensive with other 

impacts (such as the impact of the 

jeopardy requirement).

In re-designating critical habitat for 

these salmon ESUs, we have followed 

the Tenth Circuit Court’s directive 

regarding the statutory requirement to 

consider the economic impact of 

designation. Areas designated as critical 

habitat are subject to ESA section 7 

requirements, which provide that 

Federal agencies ensure that their 

actions are not likely to destroy or 

adversely modify critical habitat. To 

evaluate the economic impact of critical 

habitat we first examined our 

voluminous section 7 consultation 

record for these as well as other ESUs 

of salmon. (For thoroughness, we 

examined the consultation record for 

other ESUs to see if it shed light on the 

issues.) That record includes 

consultations on habitat-modifying 

Federal actions both where critical 

habitat has been designated and where 

it has not. We could not discern a 

distinction between the impacts of 

applying the jeopardy provision versus 

the adverse modification provision in 

occupied critical habitat. Given our 

inability to detect a measurable 

difference between the impacts of 

applying these two provisions, the only 

reasonable alternative seemed to be to 

follow the recommendation of the Tenth 

Circuit, approved by the NAHB court—

to measure the co-extensive impacts; 

that is, measure the entire impact of 

applying the adverse modification 

provision of section 7, regardless of 

whether the jeopardy provision alone 

would result in the identical impact. 

The Tenth Circuit’s opinion only 

addressed ESA section 4(b)(2)’s 

requirement that economic impacts be 

considered. The Court did not address 

how ‘‘other relevant impacts’’ were to be 

considered, nor did it address the 

benefits of designation. Because section 

4(b)(2) requires a consideration of other 

relevant impacts of designation, and the 

benefits of designation, and because our 

record did not support a distinction 

between impacts resulting from 

application of the adverse modification 

provision versus the jeopardy provision, 

we are uniformly considering 

coextensive impacts and coextensive 

benefits, without attempting to 

distinguish the benefit of a critical 

habitat consultation from the benefit 

that would otherwise result from a 

jeopardy consultation that would occur 

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even if critical habitat were not 

designated. To do otherwise would 

distort the balancing test contemplated 

by section 4(b)(2). 

The principal benefit of designating 

critical habitat is that Federal activities 

that may affect such habitat are subject 

to consultation pursuant to section 7 of 

the ESA. Such consultation requires 

every Federal agency to ensure that any 

action it authorizes, funds or carries out 

is not likely to result in the destruction 

or adverse modification of critical 

habitat. This complements the section 7 

provision that Federal agencies ensure 

that their actions are not likely to 

jeopardize the continued existence of a 

listed species. Another benefit is that 

the designation of critical habitat can 

serve to educate the public regarding the 

potential conservation value of an area 

and thereby focus and contribute to 

conservation efforts by clearly 

delineating areas of high conservation 

value for certain species. It is unknown 

to what extent this process actually 

occurs, and what the actual benefit is, 

as there are also concerns, noted above, 

that a critical habitat designation may 

discourage such conservation efforts. 

The balancing test in section 4(b)(2) 

contemplates weighing benefits that are 

not directly comparable—the benefit to 

species conservation balanced against 

the economic benefit, benefit to national 

security, or other relevant benefit that 

results if an area is excluded from 

designation. Section 4(b)(2) does not 

specify a method for the weighing 

process. Agencies are frequently 

required to balance benefits of 

regulations against impacts; Executive 

Order 12866 established this 

requirement for Federal agency 

regulation. Ideally such a balancing 

would involve first translating the 

benefits and impacts into a common 

metric. Executive branch guidance from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) suggests that benefits should first 

be monetized (i.e., converted into 

dollars). Benefits that cannot be 

monetized should be quantified (for 

example, numbers of fish saved). Where 

benefits can neither be monetized nor 

quantified, agencies are to describe the 

expected benefits (OMB, Circular A–4, 

September 17, 2003 (OMB, 2003)). 

It may be possible to monetize 

benefits of critical habitat designation 

for a threatened or endangered species 

in terms of willingness-to-pay (U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 

2003). However, we are not aware of any 

available data that would support such 

an analysis for salmon. The short 

statutory time-frames, geographic scale 

of the designations under consideration, 

and the statute’s requirement to use best 

‘‘available’’ information suggests such a 

costly and time-consuming approach is 

not currently available. In addition, ESA 

section 4(b)(2) requires analysis of 

impacts other than economic impacts 

that are equally difficult to monetize, 

such as benefits to national security of 

excluding areas from critical habitat. In 

the case of salmon designations, impacts 

to Northwest tribes are an ‘‘other 

relevant impact’’ that also may be 

difficult to monetize. 

An alternative approach, approved by 

OMB, is to conduct a cost-effectiveness 

analysis. A cost-effectiveness analysis 

ideally first involves quantifying 

benefits, for example, percent reduction 

in extinction risk, percent increase in 

productivity, or increase in numbers of 

fish. Given the state of the science, it 

would be difficult to quantify reliably 

the benefits of including particular areas 

in the critical habitat designation. 

Although it is difficult to monetize or 

quantify benefits of critical habitat 

designation, it is possible to 

differentiate among habitat areas based 

on their relative contribution to 

conservation. For example, habitat areas 

can be rated as having a high, medium 

or low conservation value. The 

qualitative ordinal evaluations can then 

be combined with estimates of the 

economic costs of critical habitat 

designation in a framework that 

essentially adopts that of costeffectiveness. Individual habitat areas 

can then be assessed using both their 

biological evaluation and economic 

cost, so that areas with high 

conservation value and lower economic 

cost might be considered to have a 

higher priority for designation, while 

areas with a low conservation value and 

higher economic cost might have a 

higher priority for exclusion. While this 

approach can provide useful 

information to the decision-maker, there 

is no rigid formula through which this 

information translates into exclusion 

decisions. Every geographical area 

containing habitat eligible for 

designation is different, with a unique 

set of ‘‘relevant impacts’’ that may be 

considered in the exclusion process. 

Regardless of the analytical approach, 

section 4(b)(2) makes clear that what 

weight the agency gives various impacts 

and benefits, and whether the agency 

excludes areas from the designation, is 

discretionary. 

Assessment of Economic Impacts 

Assessment of economic impact 

generated considerable interest from 

commenters on the ANPR (68 FR 55926; 

September 29, 2003). A number of 

commenters requested that we make the 

economic analysis available as part of 

the proposed rulemaking, and some 

identified key considerations (e.g., 

sector-specific impacts, direct and 

indirect costs, ecological services/

benefits) that they believed must be 

taken into account. In a draft 2004 

report, we have documented our 

conclusions regarding the economic 

impacts of designating each of the 

particular areas found to meet the 

definition of critical habitat (NMFS, 

2004c). This report is available from 

NMFS (see ADDRESSES).

The first step was to identify existing 

legal and regulatory constraints on 

economic activity that are independent 

of critical habitat designation, such as 

Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements. 

Coextensive impacts of the ESA section 

7 requirement to avoid jeopardy were 

not considered part of the baseline. 

Also, we have stated our intention to 

revisit the existing critical habitat 

designations for Snake River chinook 

and sockeye salmon ESUs (58 FR 68543; 

December 28, 1993), if appropriate, 

following completion of related 

rulemaking (67 FR 6215; February 11, 

2002). Given the uncertainty that these 

designations will remain in place in 

their current configuration, we decided 

not to consider them. 

Next, from the consultation record, 

we identified Federal activities that 

might affect habitat and that might 

result in a section 7 consultation. (We 

did not consider federal actions, such as 

the approval of a fishery, that might 

affect the species directly but not affect 

its habitat.) We identified nine types of 

activities including: hydropower dams; 

non-hydropower dams and other water 

supply structures; federal lands 

management, including grazing 

(considered separately); transportation 

projects; utility line projects; instream 

activities, including dredging 

(considered separately); activities 

permitted under EPA’s National 

Pollution Discharge Elimination System; 

sand & gravel mining; and residential 

and commercial development. Based on 

our consultation record and other 

available information, we determined 

the modifications each type of activity 

was likely to undergo as a result of 

section 7 consultation (regardless of 

whether the modification might be 

required by the jeopardy or the adverse 

modification provision). 

We developed an expected direct cost 

for each type of action and projected the 

likely occurrence of each type of project 

in each watershed, using existing spatial 

databases (e.g., the Corps 404(d) permit 

database). Finally, we aggregated the 

costs from the various types of actions 

and estimated an annual impact, taking 

into account the probability of 

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consultation occurring and the likely 

rate of occurrence of that project type. 

This analysis allowed us to estimate 

the coextensive economic impact of 

designating each ‘‘particular area’’ (that 

is, each habitat area, or aggregated 

occupied stream reaches in a 

watershed). Expected economic impacts 

ranged from zero to $15 million per 

habitat area. Where a watershed 

included both tributaries and a 

migration corridor that served other 

watersheds, we estimated the separate 

impacts of designating the tributaries 

and the migration corridor. We did this 

by identifying those categories of 

activities most likely to affect tributaries 

and those most likely to affect larger 

migration corridors. 

Because of the methods we selected 

and the data limitations, portions of our 

analysis both under- and over-estimate 

the co-extensive economic impact of 

section 7 requirements. For example, we 

lacked data on the likely impact on 

flows at non-Federal hydropower 

projects, which would increase 

economic impacts. We also did not have 

information currently available allowing 

us to estimate the likely economic 

impact of a judicially-imposed ban on 

pesticide use near salmon-bearing 

streams. The EPA was recently enjoined 

from authorizing the application of a set 

of pesticides within a certain distance of 

‘‘salmon supporting waters.’’ We have 

completed a preliminary analysis of 

these impacts at the ESU level (NMFS, 

2004c). Because of the existing data 

limitations and the preliminary nature 

of the analysis, we determined not to 

use these estimates in the proposed 

designations. However, we believe the 

information presented in this 

preliminary consideration will aid 

pubic comment and assist in the 

development of a more complete 

examination of these impacts for the 

final rule. In addition, operation and 

maintenance of the FCRPS has changed 

in response to section 7 requirements. 

Federal agencies estimate direct costs of 

the FCRPS fish and wildlife program to 

be approximately $283 million 

annually, while the power costs in 2003 

were estimated to be approximately 

$250 million. Many of these costs would 

occur without the requirements of 

section 7, but there is currently no 

estimate available of what portion of 

these costs are attributable to section 7. 

Finally, we did not have information 

about potential changes in irrigation 

flows associated with section 7 

consultation. These impacts would 

increase the estimate of co-extensive 

costs. On the other hand, we estimated 

an impact on all activities occurring 

within the geographic boundaries of a 

watershed, even though in some cases 

activities would be far removed from 

occupied stream reaches and so might 

not require modification (or even 

consultation). We intend to pursue 

information prior to issuing a final rule 

that will allow us to refine our estimates 

of economic impacts and better inform 

our analysis under section 4(b)(2) 

(NMFS, 2004d). 

In addition, we had no information on 

the costs of critical habitat designation 

that occur outside the section 7 

consultation process, including costs 

resulting from state or local regulatory 

burdens imposed on developers and 

landowners as a result of a Federal 

critical habitat designation. We solicit 

information on these subjects during the 

public comment period. 

Exclusion Process

In determining whether the economic 

benefit of excluding a habitat area might 

outweigh the benefit of designation to 

the species, we took into consideration 

a cost-effectiveness approach giving 

priority to excluding habitat areas with 

a relatively lower benefit of designation 

and a relatively higher economic 

impact. We believe it is reasonable at 

this stage of the analysis to assume that 

all areas containing physical or 

biological features essential to the 

conservation of the species are essential 

to the conservation of the species. 

The circumstances of most of the 

listed ESUs can make a costeffectiveness approach useful. Pacific 

salmon are wide-ranging species and 

occupy numerous habitat areas with 

thousands of stream miles. Not all 

occupied areas, however, are of equal 

importance to conserving an ESU. 

Within the currently occupied range 

there are areas that support highly 

productive populations, areas that 

support less productive populations, 

and areas that support production in 

only some years. Some populations 

within an ESU may be more important 

to long-term conservation of the ESU 

than other populations. Therefore, in 

many cases it may be possible to 

construct different scenarios for 

achieving conservation. Scenarios might 

have more or less certainty of achieving 

conservation, and more or less 

economic impact. Future applications of 

this methodology will strive to better 

distinguish the relative conservation 

value of areas eligible for designation, 

which should improve the utility of this 

approach. 

We attempted to consider the effect of 

excluding areas, either alone or in 

combination with other areas, on the 

opportunities for conservation of the 

ESU. We preferred exclusions in areas 

with a lower conservation value to those 

with a high conservation value. We also 

recognize that in practice a large 

proportion of all watersheds received a 

‘‘high’’ conservation rating, making it 

difficult to establish priorities within 

that subgroup. In the second step of the 

process, we asked the biological teams 

whether excluding any of the habitat 

areas identified in the first step would 

significantly impede conservation, 

recognizing that the breadth of available 

conservation measures makes such 

judgments necessarily subjective. The 

teams considered this question in the 

context of all of the areas eligible for 

exclusion as well as the information 

they had developed in providing the 

initial conservation ratings. The 

following section describes the results 

of applying this process to each ESU. 

The results are discussed in greater 

detail in a separate report that is 

available for public review and 

comment (NMFS, 2004d). While the 

possible effect on conservation was 

useful information, it was not 

determinative in deciding whether to 

propose the exclusion of an area. The 

only determinative limitation is the 

statutory bar on excluding any area that 

‘‘will result in the extinction of the 

species concerned.’’

Critical Habitat Designation 

Not including any of the eight other 

potential exclusions identified under 

Other Potential Exclusions, we are 

proposing to designate approximately 

27,553 mi (44,342 km) of lake, riverine, 

and estuarine habitat in Washington, 

Oregon, and Idaho, and 2,121 mi (3,413 

km) of nearshore marine habitat in 

Puget Sound within the geographical 

areas presently occupied by the 13 

ESUs. Some of these proposed areas 

overlap with two or more ESUs (Table 

2), and approximately 1,327 mi (2,136 

km) overlap with Indian reservations (a 

portion of which are Indian lands not 

proposed for designation). Some of 

these areas also overlap with military 

lands (described in the Military Lands

section), which are not proposed for 

designation either because they are 

subject to INRMPs that benefit listed 

species (NMFS, 2004b) or were 

determined to have national security 

impacts that outweigh the benefit of 

designation. The net economic impacts 

(coextensive with ESA section 7) 

associated with the areas proposed for 

designation for all ESUs are estimated to 

be approximately $223,950,127. This 

estimate does not account for reductions 

that occur as a result of excluding 

Indian lands or military lands. 

Moreover, as discussed previously, we 

are soliciting comment on additional 

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exclusions which, if adopted, would 

further reduce the estimate of 

coextensive costs. 

These proposed designated habitat 

areas, summarized below by ESU, 

contain physical and biological features 

essential to the conservation of the 

species and that may require special 

management considerations or 

protection. Some of the areas proposed 

for designation are likely to be excluded 

in the final rule after consideration of 

the additional eight potential exclusions 

identified above.

TABLE 2.—APPROXIMATE QUANTITY OF PROPOSED CRITICAL HABITAT* AND OWNERSHIP WITHIN WATERSHEDS

CONTAINING HABITAT AREAS PROPOSED FOR DESIGNATION

ESU 

Streams

(mi)

(km) 

Lakes

(sq mi)

(sq km) 

Nearshore 

Marine

(mi)

(km) 

Ownership (percent) 

Federal Tribal State Private 

Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ............................................ 1,694 41 2,185 46.4 1.0 10.0 42.6 

2,726 106 3,516 ................ ................ ................ ................

Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon .............................. 1,250 33 ................ 37.0 0.0 7.6 55.4 

2,012 85.5 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Upper Willamette River Chinook Salmon ............................ 1,571 18 ................ 39.9 0.4 0.7 59.0 

2,528 46.6 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Upper Columbia River Spring-run Chinook Salmon ............ 926 4 ................ 71.4 0.0 4.6 23.9 

1,490 10.4 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ............................................... 6,527 15 ................ 31.3 0.2 9.4 59.2 

10,504 38.8 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon ............................. 75 ................ 377 45.8 0.4 13.9 39.9 

121 ................ 607 ................ ................ ................ ................

Columbia River Chum Salmon ............................................ 656 ................ ................ 16.6 0.0 13.6 69.8 

1,056 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon ............................................. 40 12 ................ 19.3 1.2 7.1 72.4 

64 31 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ........................................ 1,247 7 ................ 53.7 5.5 9.1 31.7 

2,007 18.1 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Snake River Basin O. mykiss .............................................. 7,622 4 ................ 70.0 3.8 2.1 24.1 

12,266 10 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ....................................... 5,376 ................ ................ 25.5 13.2 3.5 57.8 

8,652 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ........................................ 2,428 27 ................ 43.9 0.4 5.9 49.7 

3,908 70 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Upper Willamette River O. mykiss ....................................... 1,312 2 ................ 11.4 0.4 1.4 86.9 

2,108 5.2 ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

* These estimates are the total amount proposed for each ESU. They do not account for overlapping areas (e.g., the Columbia River corridor) 

proposed for multiple ESUs. 

Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU 

There are 61 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 18 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Twelve 

watersheds received a low rating, 9 

received a medium rating, and 40 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). 

Nineteen nearshore marine areas also 

received a rating of high conservation 

value. 

Habitat areas for this ESU include 

2,148 mi (3,457 km) of stream and 2,376 

mi (3,824 km) of nearshore marine 

areas. Of these, 12 stream miles (19 km) 

and 109 nearshore miles (175 km) are 

not proposed for designation because 

they are within lands controlled by the 

military that contain qualifying INRMPs 

or they would result in national security 

impacts that outweigh the benefits of 

designation. Fifty-three miles (85 km) of 

stream and 147 mi (237 km) of 

nearshore marine areas are within the 

boundaries of Indian reservations, but 

only those reaches defined as Indian 

lands (see Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

the Secretary is currently proposing to 

exclude from the designation, at a 

minimum, the habitat areas shown in 

Table 3. Of the areas eligible for 

designation, no fewer than 389 stream 

miles (624 km) are proposed for 

exclusion because the economic benefits 

of exclusion outweigh the benefits of 

designation. Total potential estimated 

economic impact, with no exclusions, 

would be $95,374,362. The exclusions 

set forth in Table 3 would reduce the 

total estimated economic impact is 

$77,355,898. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Puget Sound chinook, a preliminary 

analysis of the economic impact of 

designating critical habitat after 

considering some of these additional 

exclusions indicates that it could be 

reduced to about $4,200,000.

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TABLE 3.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE PUGET SOUND CHINOOK SALMON ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Strait of Georgia subbasin ........................... 1711000201 Bellingham Bay ........................................................ Entire watershed 

1711000202 Samish River ........................................................... Entire watershed 

1711000204 Birch Bay ................................................................. Entire watershed 

Unit 3. Upper Skagit River subbasin ....................... 1711000508 Baker River .............................................................. Entire watershed 

Unit 10. Lake Washington subbasin ........................ 1711001202 Lake Sammamish .................................................... Entire watershed 

1711001204 Sammamish River ................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 14. Deschutes River subbasin ......................... 1711001601 Prairie ...................................................................... Entire watershed 

1711001602 Prairie ...................................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 16. Hood Canal subbasin ................................. 1711001802 Lower West Hood Canal Frontal ............................. Entire watershed 

1711001806 Big Quilcene River ................................................... Entire watershed 

1711001808 West Kitsap ............................................................. Entire watershed 

Unit 17. Kitsap subbasin .......................................... 1711001900 Kennedy/Goldsborough ........................................... Entire watershed 

1711001901 Puget ....................................................................... Entire watershed 

1711001902 Prairie ...................................................................... Entire watershed 

1711001904 Puget Sound/East Passage .................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 18. Dungeness/Elwha Rivers subbasin ........... 1711002004 Port Angeles Harbor ................................................ Entire watershed 

Lower Columbia River Chinook Salmon 

ESU 

There are 47 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 10 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Four watersheds 

received a low rating, 13 received a 

medium rating, and 30 received a high 

rating of conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The lower Columbia 

River corridor downstream of the 

spawning range was also considered to 

have a high conservation value. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

the Secretary is currently proposing to 

exclude from the designation, at a 

minimum, the habitat areas shown in 

Table 4. Of the 1,440 miles (2,317 km) 

eligible for designation, no fewer than 

190 mi (306 km) are proposed for 

exclusion because the economic benefits 

of exclusion outweigh the benefits of 

designation. Total potential estimated 

economic impact is $35,077,449. After 

exclusions the total estimated economic 

impact is $26,114,165. However, as 

indicated above, the Secretary is 

considering a number of additional 

exclusions which may further reduce 

this economic impact by a substantial 

amount. For Lower Columbia River 

chinook, a preliminary analysis of the 

economic impact of designating critical 

habitat after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $6,300,000.

TABLE 4.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER CHINOOK SALMON ESU AND

PROPOSED FOR EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood subbasin ................. 1707010510 Little White Salmon River ........................................ Entire watershed 

Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy Rivers subbasin ..... 1708000106 Washougal River ..................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 4. Lower Columbia/Clatskanie Rivers subbasin 1708000302 Beaver Creek/Columbia River ................................. Entire watershed 

1708000304 Germany/Abernathy ................................................. Entire watershed 

Unit 6. Lower Cowlitz subbasin ............................... 1708000504 North Fork Toutle River ........................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 7. Lower Columbia River subbasin .................. 1708000601 Youngs River ........................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 8. Middle Willamette River subbasin ................ 1709000704 Abernethy Creek ...................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 9. Clackamas River subbasin .......................... 1709001105 Eagle Creek ............................................................. Entire watershed 

Upper Willamette River Chinook 

Salmon ESU 

There are 56 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 10 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Twenty 

watersheds received a low rating, 17 

received a medium rating, and 19 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

lower Willamette/Columbia River 

corridor downstream of the spawning 

range was also considered to have a 

high conservation value. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

the Secretary is proposing to exclude 

from the designation, at a minimum, the 

habitat areas shown in Table 5. Of the 

1,788 mi (2,878 km) eligible for 

designation, no fewer than 217 mi (349 

km) are proposed for exclusion because 

the economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $29,798,559. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$24,627,805. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Upper Willamette River chinook, a 

preliminary analysis of the economic 

impact of designating critical habitat 

after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $4,900,000.

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TABLE 5. FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE UPPER WILLAMETTE RIVER CHINOOK SALMON ESU AND PROPOSED FOR FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY

ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION. 

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Middle Fork Willamette River subbasin ....... 1709000104 Salmon Creek .......................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 2. Coast Fork Willamette River subbasin ........ 1709000201 Row River ................................................................ Entire watershed 

1709000202 Mosby Creek ........................................................... Entire watershed 

1709000203 Upper Coast Fork Willamette River ........................ Entire watershed 

1709000205 Lower Coast Fork Willamette River ........................ Entire watershed 

Unit 3. Upper Willamette River subbasin ................ 1709000301 Long Tom River ....................................................... Entire watershed 

1709000302 Muddy Creek ........................................................... Tributaries only 

Unit 4. Mckenzie River subbasin ............................. 1709000404 Blue River ................................................................ Entire watershed 

Unit 7. Middle Willamette River subbasin ................ 1709000702 Rickreall Creek ........................................................ Tributaries only 

1709000703 Willamette River/Chehalem Creek .......................... Tributaries only 

1709000704 Abernethy Creek ...................................................... Tributaries only 

Unit 8. Yamhill River subbasin ................................ 1709000804 Lower South Yamhill River ...................................... Entire watershed 

1709000805 Salt Creek/South Yamhill River ............................... Entire watershed 

1709000806 North Yamhill River ................................................. Entire watershed 

1709000807 Yamhill River ........................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 9. Molalla/Pudding Rivers subbasin ................. 1709000901 Abiqua Creek/Pudding River ................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 10. Clackamas River subbasin ........................ 1709001105 Eagle Creek ............................................................. Entire watershed 

Upper Columbia River Spring-run 

Chinook Salmon ESU 

There are 15 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into four units based on their 

associated subbasin). Six watersheds 

received a medium rating and nine 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

Columbia River corridor downstream of 

the spawning range was also considered 

to have a high conservation value. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 6. Of the 976 mi 

(1,571 km) eligible for designation, no 

fewer than 50 mi (80.5 km) are proposed 

for exclusion because the economic 

benefits of exclusion outweigh the 

benefits of designation. Total potential 

estimated economic impact is 

$16,499,567. After exclusions the total 

estimated economic impact is 

$13,511,034. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Upper Columbia River spring-run 

chinook, a preliminary analysis of the 

economic impact of designating critical 

habitat after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to $0. Seventeen of the 

30 HUC5 watersheds contain a 

substantial amount of Federal land 

subject to protection under the 

PACFISH management standards. Much 

of the eligible habitat is found within 

the mainstem of the Columbia River, 

which is already subject to a 

comprehensive Federal salmonid 

management strategy, with participation 

by at least eight Federal agencies. The 

affected economy is primarily rural in 

nature, and is especially sensitive to 

additional land management burdens. 

At the same time, many residents of the 

affected area are voluntarily undertaking 

substantial actions to help improve and 

increase available salmon habitat. For 

these reasons, the benefits of excluding 

the eligible habitat in this ESU may 

outweigh the benefits of designation as 

critical habitat.

TABLE 6.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER SPRING-RUN CHINOOK SALMON ESU 

AND PROPOSED FOR FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES

ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 2. Methow River subbasin ................................ 1702000807 Lower Methow River ................................................ Tributaries only 

Unit 3. Upper Columbia/Entiat Rivers subbasin ...... 1702001002 Lake Entiat ............................................................... Tributaries only 

Unit 4. Wenatchee River subbasin .......................... 1702001104 Icicle/Chumstick ....................................................... Tributaries only 

1702001105 Lower Wenatchee River .......................................... Tributaries only 

Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU 

There are 80 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 13 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Ten watersheds 

received a low rating, 28 received a 

medium rating, and 42 received a high 

rating of conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). 

There are 6,665 mi (10,726 km) of 

stream in the 80 habitat areas for Oregon 

Coast coho. Three miles (4.8 km) of 

stream are within the boundaries of 

Indian reservations, but only those 

reaches defined as Indian lands (see 

Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude, at a 

minimum, from the designation the 

habitat areas shown in Table 7. Of the 

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6,665 mi (10,726 km) eligible for 

designation, no fewer than 135 mi (217 

km) are proposed for exclusion because 

the economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $18,446,139. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$15,696,696. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. The 

Secretary could exclude all eligible 

habitat in this ESU from the critical 

habitat designation. One primary reason 

for such an exclusion lies in the 

voluntary conservation efforts 

undertaken by the State of Oregon and 

its citizens in this area since 1996, 

collectively referred to as the Oregon 

Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. Under 

the Oregon Plan, substantial 

improvements have occurred, and are 

expected to continue to occur, to 

improve and increase habitat, to reduce 

harvest and to reform hatchery practices 

to aid in the conservation of this 

species. These efforts by the State and 

its citizens are a national model for 

cooperative conservation. Designating 

critical habitat in this ESU could 

discourage and even undercut these 

voluntary conservation efforts, possibly 

resulting in a decrease rather than an 

increase in conservation of the species. 

In addition, 36 of the 80 watersheds 

contain a substantial amount of Federal 

land managed under the protective 

provisions of the Northwest Forest 

Plan’s Aquatic Conservation Strategy, 

and an additional 16 watersheds contain 

moderate amounts of such Federal land. 

With these protective measures in place 

on Federal land to complement the nonFederal conservation efforts embodied 

in the Oregon Plan, there is little 

biological justification to designate 

critical habitat in this ESU. Further, the 

coastal economy is and has been weak 

for some time, with the manufacturing 

sector declining and tourism emerging 

slowly as the leading industry. Any 

additional economic burdens are 

difficult to justify in light of the limited 

conservation value of a critical habitat 

designation. For these reasons, the 

benefits of excluding the eligible habitat 

in this ESU may outweigh the benefits 

of designation as critical habitat.

TABLE 7. FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE OREGON COAST COHO SALMON ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 8. North Fork Umpqua River subbasin ............ 1710030106 Boulder Creek .......................................................... Entire watershed 

1710030108 Steamboat Creek ..................................................... Entire watershed 

1710030109 Canton Creek .......................................................... Entire watershed 

Unit 9. South Fork Umpqua River subbasin ............ 1710030201 Upper South Umpqua River .................................... Entire watershed 

1710030202 Jackson Creek ......................................................... Entire watershed 

1710030204 Elk Creek/South Umpqua ........................................ Entire watershed 

Unit 10. Umpqua River subbasin ............................. 1710030305 Lake Creek .............................................................. Entire watershed 

Unit 12. Coquille River subbasin ............................. 1710030501 Coquille S Fk, Lwr ................................................... Entire watershed 

Hood Canal Summer-run Chum Salmon 

ESU 

There are 12 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into four units based on their 

associated subbasin). Three watersheds 

received a medium rating, and nine 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). Five 

nearshore marine areas also received a 

rating of high conservation value. 

Habitat areas for this ESU include 88 

mi (142 km) of stream and 402 mi (647 

km) of nearshore marine areas. Of these, 

41 nearshore miles (66 km) are not 

proposed for designation because they 

are within lands controlled by the 

military that contain qualifying INRMPs 

or they would result in national security 

impacts that outweigh the benefits of 

designation. Six miles (10 km) of stream 

and 9 mi (15 km) of nearshore marine 

areas are within the boundaries of 

Indian reservations, but only those 

reaches defined as Indian lands (see 

Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 8. Of the areas 

eligible for designation 13 stream miles 

(20.9 km) are proposed for exclusion 

because the economic benefits of 

exclusion outweigh the benefits of 

designation. Total potential estimated 

economic impact is $7,624,320. After 

exclusions the total estimated economic 

impact is $6,630,479. However, as 

indicated above, the Secretary is 

considering a number of additional 

exclusions which may further reduce 

this economic impact by a substantial 

amount. For Hood Canal summer-run 

chum, a preliminary analysis of the 

economic impact of designating critical 

habitat after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $1,800,000.

TABLE 8. FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE HOOD CANAL SUMMER-RUN CHUM SALMON ESU AND PROPOSED

FOR EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Skokomish River subbasin ........................... 1711001701 Skokomish River ...................................................... Entire watershed 

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Columbia River Chum Salmon ESU 

There are 19 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into six units based on their 

associated subbasin). Three watersheds 

received a medium rating, and 16 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

lower Columbia River corridor 

downstream of the spawning range was 

also considered to have a high 

conservation value. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 9. Of the 657 mi 

(1,057 km) eligible for designation 

approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) is proposed 

for exclusion because the economic 

benefits of exclusion outweigh the 

benefits of designation. Total potential 

estimated economic impact is 

$14,413,049. After exclusions the total 

estimated economic impact is 

$14,048,419. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Columbia River chum salmon, a 

preliminary analysis of the economic 

impact of designating critical habitat 

after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $4,000,000.

TABLE 9. FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE COLUMBIA RIVER CHUM SALMON ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 5. Lower Cowlitz River subbasin ...................... 1708000504 North Fork Toutle River ........................................... Entire watershed 

Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon ESU 

There is one subbasin within the 

Ozette Lake sockeye ESU, composed of 

a single watershed. This watershed was 

rated as having a high conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). There 

are 40 mi (64 km) of stream in the one 

habitat area for Ozette Lake sockeye and 

0.5 mi (0.8 km) of stream within the 

boundaries of Indian reservations. We 

have not calculated the potential 

reduction in estimated economic impact 

as a result of these Indian land 

exclusions, but expect it would be small 

given the small percentage of stream 

miles these exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

no habitat is being proposed for 

exclusion. Total potential estimated 

economic impact is $2,720. 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

There are 31 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 10 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Three watersheds 

received a low rating, 8 received a 

medium rating, and 20 received a high 

rating of conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The lower Columbia 

River corridor downstream of the 

spawning range was also considered to 

have a high conservation value. 

There are 1,319 mi (2,123 km) of 

stream in the habitat areas for this ESU. 

Of these, 7 mi (11 km) are not proposed 

for designation because they are within 

lands controlled by the military that 

contain qualifying INRMPs. Fifty-nine 

mi (95 km) of stream are within the 

boundaries of Indian reservations, but 

only those reaches defined as Indian 

lands (see Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent.

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation the habitat areas shown in 

Table 10. Of the 1,319 mi (2,123 km) 

eligible for designation 16 mi (26 km) 

are proposed for exclusion because the 

economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $24,558,737. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$18,843,714. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss, a 

preliminary analysis of the economic 

impact of designating critical habitat 

after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $3,000,000.

TABLE 10.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE UPPER COLUMBIA RIVER O. mykiss ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Chief Joseph subbasin ................................. 1702000503 Foster Creek ............................................................ Entire watershed. 

1702000504 Jordan/Tumwater ..................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 5. Lake Chelan subbasin ................................. 1702000903 Lower Chelan .......................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 6. Upper Columbia/Entiat Rivers subbasin ...... 1702001002 Lake Entiat ............................................................... Tributaries only. 

Unit 8. Moses Coulee subbasin ............................... 1702001204 Rattlesnake Creek ................................................... Entire watershed. 

Snake River Basin O. mykiss ESU 

There are 271 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 25 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Sixteen 

watersheds received a low rating, 42 

received a medium rating, and 213 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

lower Snake/Columbia River corridor 

downstream of the spawning range was 

also considered to have a high 

conservation value. 

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There are 7,989 mi (12,857 km) of 

stream in the habitat areas (including 

the lower Snake/Columbia River 

rearing/migration corridor) of this ESU 

and 261 mi (420 km) of stream within 

the boundaries of Indian reservations, 

but only those reaches defined as Indian 

lands (see Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 11. Of the 7,989 

mi (12,857 km) eligible for designation, 

no fewer than 110 mi (177 km) are 

proposed for exclusion because the 

economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $35,746,361. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$34,867,772. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact to $0. More than 225 of the 

HUC5 watersheds contain a substantial 

amount of Federal land subject to 

protection under the PACFISH 

management standards. Some of the 

eligible habitat is found within the 

mainstem of the Columbia River which 

is already subject to a comprehensive 

Federal salmonid management strategy, 

with participation by at least eight 

Federal agencies. Most of the geographic 

area of the ESU lies in Idaho, where the 

State of Idaho has reached agreement in 

principle with the Federal government 

as part of a tribal water rights 

adjudication for the Snake River Basin 

to adopt new land management 

standards for state lands and for private 

landowners who choose to enroll in the 

program, offering a higher level of 

conservation efforts on these lands in 

the future than may have been provided 

in the past. Many residents of the 

affected area are voluntarily undertaking 

other substantial actions to help 

improve and increase available habitat 

for this species. The economy in the 

affected region of all three states is 

primarily rural in nature, and is 

especially sensitive to additional land 

management burdens. For these reasons, 

the benefits of excluding the eligible 

habitat in this ESU may outweigh the 

benefits of designation as critical 

habitat.

TABLE 11.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE SNAKE RIVER BASIN O. mykiss ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 7. Lower Snake/Tucannon Rivers subbasin .... 1706010705 Pataha Creek ........................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 9. Upper Salmon River subbasin ..................... 1706020107 Road Creek ............................................................. Entire watershed. 

Unit 10. Pahsimeroi River subbasin ........................ 1706020202 Pahsimeroi River/Falls Creek .................................. Entire watershed. 

Unit 11. Middle Salmon River-Panther Creek 

subbasin.

1706020319 Napias Creek ........................................................... Entire watershed. 

1706020321 Big Deer Creek ........................................................ Entire watershed. 

Unit 15. Middle Salmon River-Chamberlain Creek 

subbasin.

1706020702 Wind River ............................................................... Entire watershed. 

1706020707 Big Mallard Creek .................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 17. Lower Salmon River subbasin ................... 1706020917 Rice Creek ............................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 23. South Fork Clearwater River subbasin ...... 1706030503 South Fork Clearwater River/Peasley Creek .......... Tributaries only. 

1706030512 Three Mile Creek ..................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 24. Clearwater River subbasin ......................... 1706030601 Lower Clearwater River ........................................... Tributaries only. 

Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

There are 111 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into 15 units based on their 

associated subbasin). Eleven watersheds 

received a low rating, 22 received a 

medium rating, and 78 received a high 

rating of conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The lower Columbia 

River corridor downstream of the 

spawning range was also considered to 

have a high conservation value. 

There are 6,264 mi (10,081 km) of 

stream in the habitat areas of this ESU. 

Of these, 796 mi (1,281 km) of stream 

are within the boundaries of Indian 

reservations, but only those reaches 

defined as Indian lands (see 

Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent.

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation the habitat areas shown in 

Table 12. Of the 6,264 mi (10,081 km) 

eligible for designation, 93 mi (150 km) 

are proposed for exclusion because the 

economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $37,510,095. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$34,556,978. 

However, as indicated above, the 

Secretary is considering a number of 

additional exclusions which could 

reduce this economic impact to $0. 

Twenty-seven of the HUC5 watersheds 

have a substantial amount of Federal 

land subject to protection under the 

PACFISH management standards; 

another 16 of these watersheds have a 

moderate amount of such Federal land. 

Some of the eligible habitat is found 

within the mainstem of the Columbia 

River which is already subject to a 

comprehensive Federal salmonid 

management strategy, with participation 

by at least eight Federal agencies. 

In both Washington and Oregon, there 

are many voluntary conservation 

activities underway throughout the ESU 

by Federal agencies (BOR in particular), 

state agencies and private citizens. We 

have noted recently that the ESU may be 

close to meeting recovery standards, and 

NOAA’s scientists have consistently 

rated the degree of risk for this ESU the 

lowest among the listed salmonid 

species. The economy in the affected 

region of both states is primarily rural 

in nature, and is especially sensitive to 

additional land management burdens. 

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For these reasons, the benefits of 

excluding the eligible habitat in this 

ESU may outweigh the benefits of 

designation as critical habitat.

TABLE 12.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE MIDDLE COLUMBIA RIVER O. mykiss ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 5. Walla Walla River subbasin ......................... 1707010209 Pine Creek ............................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 6. Umatilla River subbasin ............................... 1707010304 Wildhorse Creek ...................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 7. Middle Columbia/Hood Rivers subbasin ...... 1707010510 Little White Salmon River ........................................ Entire watershed. 

Unit 12. Lower John Day River subbasin ................ 1707020405 Lower John Day River/Clarno ................................. Tributaries only. 

1707020409 Lower John Day River/Ferry Canyon ...................... Tributaries only. 

1707020410 Lower John Day River/Scott Canyon ...................... Tributaries only. 

Unit 13. Lower Deschutes River subbasin .............. 1707030610 White River .............................................................. Entire watershed. 

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ESU 

There are 41 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into nine units based on their 

associated subbasin). Two watersheds 

received a low rating, 11 received a 

medium rating, and 28 received a high 

rating of conservation value to the ESU 

(NMFS, 2004a). The lower Columbia 

River corridor downstream of the 

spawning range was also considered to 

have a high conservation value. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 13. Of the 2,656 

mi (4,274 km) eligible for designation, 

no fewer than 229 mi (369 km) are 

proposed for exclusion because the 

economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $33,906,543. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$26,618,626. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss, a 

preliminary analysis of the economic 

impact of designating critical habitat 

after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $3,600,000.

TABLE 13.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER O. mykiss ESU AND PROPOSED FOR

FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood Rivers subbasin ...... 1707010512 Middle Columbia/Grays Creek ................................ Tributaries only. 

Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy Rivers subbasin ..... 1708000105 Bull Run River ......................................................... Entire watershed. 

1708000107 Columbia Gorge Tributaries .................................... Tributaries only. 

1708000109 Salmon Creek .......................................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 7. Middle Willamette River subbasin ................ 1709000704 Abernethy Creek ...................................................... Entire watershed. 

Upper Willamette River O. Mykiss ESU 

There are 34 watersheds within the 

spawning range of this ESU (for ease of 

reference these watersheds have been 

organized into seven units based on 

their associated subbasin). Sixteen 

watersheds received a low rating, 7 

received a medium rating, and 11 

received a high rating of conservation 

value to the ESU (NMFS, 2004a). The 

lower Willamette/Columbia River 

corridor downstream of the spawning 

range was also considered to have a 

high conservation value. 

There are 1,822 mi (2,932 km) of 

stream in the 34 habitat areas for Upper 

Willamette River O. mykiss. Of these, 9 

mi (15 km) of stream are within the 

boundaries of Indian reservations, but 

only those reaches defined as Indian 

lands (see Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes) are proposed 

for exclusion. We have not calculated 

the potential reduction in estimated 

economic impact as a result of these 

Indian land exclusions, but expect it 

would be small given the small 

percentage of stream miles these 

exclusions represent. 

As a result of the balancing process 

for economic impacts described above, 

we are proposing to exclude from the 

designation, at a minimum, the habitat 

areas shown in Table 14. Of the 1,822 

mi (2,932 km) eligible for designation, 

no fewer than 503 mi (810 km) are 

proposed for exclusion because the 

economic benefits of exclusion 

outweigh the benefits of designation. 

Total potential estimated economic 

impact is $11,159,514. After exclusions 

the total estimated economic impact is 

$7,647,553. However, as indicated 

above, the Secretary is considering a 

number of additional exclusions which 

may further reduce this economic 

impact by a substantial amount. For 

Upper Willamette River O. mykiss, a 

preliminary analysis of the economic 

impact of designating critical habitat 

after considering some of these 

additional exclusions indicates that it 

could be reduced to about $3,000,000.

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TABLE 14.—FIFTH-FIELD WATERSHEDS OCCUPIED BY THE UPPER WILLAMETTE RIVER O. mykiss ESU AND PROPOSED

FOR FULL OR PARTIAL EXCLUSION FROM CRITICAL HABITAT. WATERSHEDS FOR WHICH TRIBUTARIES ONLY ARE EXCLUDED CONTAIN REARING/MIGRATION CORRIDORS NECESSARY FOR CONSERVATION

Subbasin/Unit Watershed 

code Watershed name Area proposed for exclusion 

Unit 4. Middle Willamette River subbasin ................ 1709000702 Rickreall Creek ........................................................ Tributaries only. 

1709000703 Willamette River/Chehalem Creek .......................... Tributaries only. 

1709000704 Abernethy Creek ...................................................... Tributaries only. 

Unit 5. Yamhill River subbasin ................................ 1709000802 Willamina Creek ...................................................... Entire watershed. 

1709000805 Salt Creek/South Yamhill River ............................... Entire watershed. 

1709000806 North Yamhill River ................................................. Entire watershed. 

1709000807 Yamhill River ........................................................... Tributaries only. 

Unit 6. Molalla/Pudding River subbasin ................... 1709000901 Abiqua Creek/Pudding River ................................... Entire watershed. 

Unit 7. Tualatin River subbasin ............................... 1709001001 Dairy Creek .............................................................. Entire watershed. 

1709001003 Scoggins Creek ....................................................... Entire watershed. 

1709001004 Rock Creek/Tualatin River ...................................... Entire watershed. 

1709001005 Lower Tualatin River ............................................... Entire watershed. 

Effects of Critical Habitat Designation 

Section 7 Consultation 

Section 7 of the ESA requires Federal 

agencies, including NMFS, to ensure 

that actions they fund, authorize, 

permit, or carry out do not destroy or 

adversely modify critical habitat. In 

agency regulations at 50 CFR 402.02, we 

define destruction or adverse 

modification as ‘‘a direct or indirect 

alteration that appreciably diminishes 

the value of critical habitat for both the 

survival and recovery of a listed species. 

Such alterations include, but are not 

limited to: Alterations adversely 

modifying any of those physical or 

biological features that were the basis 

for determining the habitat to be 

critical.’’ However, in a March 15, 2001, 

decision of the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Sierra 

Club v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

243 F.3d 434 (5th Cir. 2001), and an 

August 9, 2004 decision of the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit (Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife, No. 03–35279, 

the courts have found the agencies’

definition of destruction or adverse 

modification to be invalid. In response 

to this decision, we are reviewing this 

regulatory definition. 

Section 7(a) of the ESA requires 

Federal agencies, including NMFS, to 

evaluate their actions with respect to 

any species that is proposed or listed as 

endangered or threatened and with 

respect to its critical habitat, if any is 

proposed or designated. Regulations 

implementing this provision of the ESA 

are codified at 50 CFR part 402. Section 

7(a)(4) of the ESA requires Federal 

agencies to confer with us on any action 

that is likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of a proposed species or result 

in the destruction or adverse 

modification of proposed critical 

habitat. Conference reports provide 

conservation recommendations to assist 

the agency in eliminating conflicts that 

may be caused by the proposed action. 

The conservation recommendations in a 

conference report are advisory. 

We may issue a formal conference 

report if requested by a Federal agency. 

Formal conference reports include an 

opinion that is prepared according to 50 

CFR 402.14, as if the species were listed 

or critical habitat designated. We may 

adopt the formal conference report as 

the biological opinion when the species 

is listed or critical habitat designated, if 

no substantial new information or 

changes in the action alter the content 

of the opinion (see 50 CFR 402.10(d)). 

If a species is listed or critical habitat 

is designated, ESA section 7(a)(2) 

requires Federal agencies to ensure that 

activities they authorize, fund, or carry 

out are not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of such a species or 

to destroy or adversely modify its 

critical habitat. If a Federal action may 

affect a listed species or its critical 

habitat, the responsible Federal agency 

(action agency) must enter into 

consultation with us. Through this 

consultation, we would review actions 

to determine if they would destroy or 

adversely modify critical habitat. 

If we issue a biological opinion 

concluding that a project is likely to 

result in the destruction or adverse 

modification of critical habitat, we will 

also provide reasonable and prudent 

alternatives to the project, if any are 

identifiable. Reasonable and prudent 

alternatives are defined at 50 CFR 

402.02 as alternative actions identified 

during consultation that can be 

implemented in a manner consistent 

with the intended purpose of the action, 

that are consistent with the scope of the 

Federal agency’s legal authority and 

jurisdiction, that are economically and 

technologically feasible, and that we 

believe would avoid destruction or 

adverse modification of critical habitat. 

Reasonable and prudent alternatives can 

vary from slight project modifications to 

extensive redesign or relocation of the 

project. Costs associated with 

implementing a reasonable and prudent 

alternative are similarly variable. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 402.16 require 

Federal agencies to reinitiate 

consultation on previously reviewed 

actions in instances where critical 

habitat is subsequently designated and 

the Federal agency has retained 

discretionary involvement or control 

over the action or such discretionary 

involvement or control is authorized by 

law. Consequently, some Federal 

agencies may request reinitiation of 

consultation or conference with us on 

actions for which formal consultation 

has been completed, if those actions 

may affect designated critical habitat or 

adversely modify or destroy proposed 

critical habitat.

Activities on Federal lands that may 

affect these ESUs or their critical habitat 

will require ESA section 7 consultation. 

Activities on private or state lands 

requiring a permit from a Federal 

agency, such as a permit from the Corps 

under section 404 of the CWA, a section 

10(a)(1)(B) permit from NMFS, or some 

other Federal action, including funding 

(e.g., Federal Highway Administration 

(FHA) or Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) funding), 

will also be subject to the section 7 

consultation process. Federal actions 

not affecting listed species or critical 

habitat and actions on non-Federal and 

private lands that are not Federally 

funded, authorized, or permitted do not 

require section 7 consultation. 

Activities Affected by Critical Habitat 

Designation 

Section 4(b)(8) of the ESA requires 

that we evaluate briefly and describe, in 

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any proposed or final regulation that 

designates critical habitat, those 

activities involving a Federal action that 

may adversely modify such habitat or 

that may be affected by such 

designation. As noted in the Special 

Management Considerations or 

Protection section above, we received 

several comments on the ANPR (68 FR 

55926; September 29, 2003) regarding 

activities potentially affected by a 

critical habitat designation. 

A wide variety of activities may affect 

critical habitat and, when carried out, 

funded, or authorized by a Federal 

agency, require that an ESA section 7 

consultation be conducted. Such 

activities include, but are not limited to, 

those described in the Species 

Descriptions and Area Assessments 

section. Generally these include water 

and land management actions of Federal 

agencies (e.g., USFS, BLM, Corps, BOR), 

the FHA, NRCS, National Park Service 

(NPS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

and the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC)) and related or 

similar actions of other Federally 

regulated projects and lands, including 

livestock grazing allotments by the 

USFS and BLM; hydropower sites 

licensed by the FERC; dams built or 

operated by the Corps or BOR; timber 

sales and other vegetation management 

activities conducted by the USFS, BLM, 

and BIA; irrigation diversions 

authorized by the USFS and BLM; road 

building and maintenance activities 

authorized by the FHA, USFS, BLM, 

NPS, and BIA; and mining and road 

building/maintenance activities 

authorized by the states of Washington, 

Oregon, and Idaho. Other actions of 

concern include dredge and fill, mining, 

diking, and bank stabilization activities 

authorized or conducted by the Corps, 

habitat modifications authorized by the 

FEMA, and approval of water quality 

standards and pesticide labeling and use 

restrictions administered by the EPA. 

The Federal agencies that will most 

likely be affected by this critical habitat 

designation include the USFS, BLM, 

BOR, Corps, FHA, NRCS, NPS, BIA, 

FEMA, EPA, and the FERC. This 

designation will provide these agencies, 

private entities, and the public with 

clear notification of critical habitat 

designated for listed salmonids and the 

boundaries of the habitat. This 

designation will also assist these 

agencies and others in evaluating the 

potential effects of their activities on 

listed salmon and their critical habitat 

and in determining if section 7 

consultation with NMFS is needed. 

As noted above, numerous private 

entities also may be affected by this 

critical habitat designation because of 

the direct and indirect linkages to an 

array of Federal actions, including 

Federal projects, permits, and funding. 

For example, private entities may 

harvest timber or graze livestock on 

Federal land or have special use permits 

to convey water or build access roads 

across Federal land; they may require 

Federal permits to armor stream banks, 

construct irrigation withdrawal 

facilities, or build or repair docks; they 

may obtain water from Federally funded 

and operated irrigation projects; or they 

may apply pesticides that are only 

available with Federal agency approval. 

These activities will need to be analyzed 

with respect to their potential to destroy 

or adversely modify critical habitat. In 

some cases, proposed activities may 

require modifications that may result in 

decreases in activities such as timber 

harvest and livestock and crop 

production. The transportation and 

utilities sectors may need to modify the 

placement of culverts, bridges and 

utility conveyances (e.g., water, sewer 

and power lines) to avoid barriers to fish 

migration. Developments occurring in or 

near salmon streams (e.g., marinas, 

residential, or industrial facilities) that 

require Federal authorization or funding 

may need to be altered or built in a 

manner that ensures that critical habitat 

is not destroyed or adversely modified 

as a result of the construction, or 

subsequent operation, of the facility. 

These are just a few examples of 

potential impacts, but it is clear that the 

effects will encompass numerous 

sectors of private and public activities. 

If you have questions regarding whether 

specific activities will constitute 

destruction or adverse modification of 

critical habitat, contact NMFS (see

ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Public Comments Solicited 

We intend that any final action 

resulting from this proposal will be as 

accurate and as effective as possible. 

Therefore, comments or suggestions 

from the public, other concerned 

governments and agencies, the scientific 

community, industry, or any other 

interested party concerning this 

proposed rule are hereby solicited. 

Comments particularly are sought 

concerning:

(1) Maps and specific information 

describing the amount, distribution, and 

use type (e.g., spawning, rearing, or 

migration) of salmon habitat in each 

ESU; as well as any additional 

information on occupied and 

unoccupied habitat areas. 

(2) The reasons why any habitat 

should or should not be determined to 

be critical habitat as provided by 

sections 3(5)(A) and 4(b)(2) of the ESA; 

(3) Information regarding the benefits 

of excluding lands covered by Habitat 

Conservation Plans (ESA section 

10(a)(1)(B) permits), including the 

regulatory burden designation may 

impose on landowners and the 

likelihood that exclusion of areas 

covered by existing plans will serve as 

an incentive for other landowners to 

develop plans covering their lands; 

(4) Information regarding the benefits 

of excluding Federal and other lands 

covered by habitat conservation 

strategies and plans (e.g. Northwest 

Forest Plan, Washington’s Forest and 

Fish Plan, and the Oregon Plan), 

including the regulatory burden 

designation may impose on land 

managers and the likelihood that 

exclusion of areas covered by existing 

plans will serve as an incentive for land 

users to implement the conservation 

measures covering the lands subject to 

these plans; 

(5) Information regarding the benefits 

of designating particular areas as critical 

habitat; 

(6) Current or planned activities in the 

areas proposed for designation and their 

possible impacts on proposed critical 

habitat; 

(7) Any foreseeable economic or other 

potential impacts resulting from the 

proposed designations, in particular, 

any impacts on small entities; 

(8) Whether our approach to critical 

habitat designation could be improved 

or modified in any way to provide for 

greater public participation and 

understanding, or to assist us in 

accommodating public concern and 

comments; and 

(9) Whether specific unoccupied areas 

(e.g., dewatered stream reaches, areas 

behind dikes or dams) not presently 

proposed for designation may be 

essential to provide additional 

spawning and rearing areas for an ESU. 

In particular we are seeking information 

regarding potential habitat areas in the 

Lemhi River and Pahsimeroi River 

subbasins in Idaho. Dam-related areas 

identified by the Teams as possibly 

being essential for conservation and for 

which we are seeking information 

include: 

Lower Columbia River Chinook 

Salmon ESU: areas upstream of Bull 

Run, Condit, Merwin, Swift, and Yale 

dams; 

Upper Willamette River Spring-run 

Chinook Salmon ESU: areas upstream of 

Big Cliff and Detroit dams; 

Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ESU:

areas upstream of Enloe Dam; 

Snake River O. mykiss ESU: areas 

upstream of Dworshak Dam; 

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Middle Columbia River O. mykiss 

ESU: upper reaches of Wilson and 

Naneum creeks and areas upstream of 

Bumping, Cle Elum, Kacheelus, 

Kachess, and Tieton dams; 

Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ESU:

areas upstream of Bull Run, Condit, 

Merwin, Swift, and Yale dams. 

If you wish to comment, you may 

submit your comments and materials 

concerning this proposal by any one of 

several methods (see ADDRESSES

section). The proposed rule, maps, fact 

sheets, and other materials relating to 

this proposal can be found on our Web 

site at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/

1salmon/salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm. 

We will consider all comments and 

information received during the 

comment period on this proposed rule 

as we prepare our final rulemaking. 

Accordingly, the final decision may 

differ from this proposal. 

Public Hearings 

Joint Commerce-Interior ESA 

implementing regulations state that the 

Secretary shall promptly hold at least 

one public hearing if any person 

requests one within 45 days of 

publication of a proposed regulation to 

list a species or to designate critical 

habitat (see 50 CFR 424.16(3)). 

Requests for public hearing must be 

made in writing (see ADDRESSES) by 

January 28, 2005. Due to the high 

likelihood of such requests we have 

already scheduled four public hearings 

on this proposed rule (see DATES). 

Details regarding the specific hearing 

locations, formats, and times will be 

posted by December 24, 2004, on our 

Web site at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/

1salmon/salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm. 

These hearings will provide the 

opportunity for interested individuals 

and parties to give comments, exchange 

information and opinions, and engage in 

a constructive dialogue concerning this 

proposed rule. We encourage the 

public’s involvement in such ESA 

matters. 

Peer Review 

In accordance with an ESA policy 

published on July 1, 1994 (59 FR 

34270), we will solicit the expert 

opinions of at least three appropriate 

independent specialists regarding this 

proposed rule. Given the varied 

considerations involved in making the 

proposed designations, we intend to 

solicit reviews from specialist(s) with 

biological expertise as well as 

specialist(s) with economic expertise in 

the geographic range of these ESUs. The 

purpose of such review is to ensure that 

the critical habitat designation is based 

on scientifically sound data, 

assumptions, and analyses. We will 

send these reviewers copies of this 

proposed rule immediately following 

publication in the Federal Register. We 

will invite them to comment, during the 

public comment period, on the specific 

assumptions and conclusions regarding 

the proposed designation of critical 

habitat. 

In response to the ANPR (68 FR 

55926; September 29, 2003) we received 

the names of two potential independent 

reviewers and will identify other 

candidates prior to or soon after 

publishing this proposed rule. We will 

announce the availability of comments 

received from these reviewers and the 

public and make them available via the 

internet as soon as practicable during or 

after the comment period but in advance 

of a final rule. 

Required Determinations 

Clarity of the Rule 

Executive Order 12866 requires each 

agency to write regulations and notices 

that are easy to understand. We invite 

your comments on how to make this 

proposed rule easier to understand, 

including answers to questions such as 

the following: (1) Are the requirements 

in the proposed rule clearly stated? (2) 

Does the proposed rule contain 

technical jargon that interferes with its 

clarity? (3) Does the format of the 

proposed rule (grouping and order of 

the sections, use of headings, 

paragraphing, etc.) aid or reduce its 

clarity? (4) Is the description of the 

notice in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the preamble 

helpful in understanding the proposed 

rule? (5) What else could we do to make 

this proposed rule easier to understand? 

You may send comments on how we 

could make this proposed rule easier to 

understand to one of the addresses 

identified in the ADDRESSES section or 

via e-mail to: 

critical.habitat.nwr@noaa.gov.

Regulatory Planning and Review 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12866, this document is a significant 

rule and has been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). As noted above, we have 

prepared several reports to support the 

exclusion process under section 4(b)(2) 

of the ESA. The economic costs of the 

proposed critical habitat designations 

are described in our draft economic 

report (NMFS, 2004c). The benefits of 

the proposed designations are described 

in the Critical Habitat Analytical Review 

Team report (NMFS, 2004a). This 

document uses a biologically-based 

ranking system for gauging the benefits 

of applying section 7 of the ESA to 

particular watersheds. Because data are 

not available to express these benefits in 

monetary terms, we have adopted a 

cost-effectiveness framework, as 

outlined in a draft 4(b)(2) report (NMFS, 

2004d). This approach is in accord with 

OMB’s guidance on regulatory analysis 

(U.S. Office of Management and Budget. 

Circular A–4, Regulatory Analysis, 

September 17, 2003). By taking this 

approach, we seek to designate 

sufficient critical habitat to meet the 

biological goal of the ESA while 

imposing the least burden on society, as 

called for by E.O. 12866. 

In assessing the overall cost of critical 

habitat designation for the 13 Pacific 

salmon and O. mykiss ESUs, the annual 

total impact figures given in the draft 

economic analysis (NMFS, 2004c) 

cannot be added together to obtain an 

aggregate annual impact. Because some 

watersheds are included in more than 

one ESU, a simple summation would 

entail duplication, resulting in an 

overestimate. Accounting for this 

duplication, the aggregate annual 

economic impact of the 13 proposed 

critical habitat designations is 

$223,950,126 (in contrast to a 

$264,727,857 aggregate annual 

economic impact from designating all

areas considered in the 4(b)(2) process 

for these ESUs). These amounts include 

impacts that are co-extensive with the 

implementation of the jeopardy 

standard of section 7 (NMFS, 2004c). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) 

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., as amended by the 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 1996), 

whenever an agency is required to 

publish a notice of rulemaking for any 

proposed or final rule, it must prepare 

and make available for public comment 

a regulatory flexibility analysis that 

describes the effects of the rule on small 

entities (i.e., small businesses, small 

organizations, and small government 

jurisdictions). We have prepared a draft 

regulatory flexibility analysis and this 

document is available upon request (see

ADDRESSES). This analysis estimates that 

the number of regulated small entities 

potentially affected by this proposed 

rulemaking ranges from zero to 2,720 

depending on the ESU. If these areas are 

designated critical habitat, the estimated 

co-extensive costs of section 7 

consultation incurred by small entities 

is estimated to range from $2.3 thousand 

to $60.4 million depending on the ESU. 

As described in the analysis, we 

considered various alternatives for 

designating critical habitat for these 13 

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ESUs. We considered and rejected the 

alternative of not designating critical 

habitat for any of the ESUs because such 

an approach did not meet the legal 

requirements of the ESA. We also 

examined and rejected an alternative in 

which all the potential critical habitat of 

the 13 Pacific salmon and steelhead 

ESUs is proposed for designation (i.e., 

no areas are excluded) because many of 

the areas considered to have a low 

conservation value also had relatively 

high economic impacts that might be 

mitigated by excluding those areas from 

designation. A third alternative we 

examined and rejected would exclude 

all habitat areas with a low or medium 

conservation value. While this 

alternative furthers the goal of reducing 

economic impacts, it is not sensitive to 

the fact that for most ESUs, eliminating 

all habitat areas with low and medium 

conservation value is likely to 

significantly impede conservation. 

Moreover, for some habitat areas the 

incremental economic benefit from 

excluding that area is relatively small. 

Therefore, after considering these 

alternatives in the context of the section 

4(b)(2) process of weighing benefits of 

exclusion against benefits of 

designation, we determined that the 

current proposal for designating critical 

habitat (i.e., designating some but not all 

areas with low or medium conservation 

value) provides an appropriate balance 

of conservation and economic 

mitigation and that excluding the areas 

identified in this proposed rulemaking 

would not result in extinction of the 

ESUs. It is estimated that small entities 

could save from zero to $20.2 million in 

compliance costs, depending on the 

ESU, if the areas proposed for exclusion 

in this proposed rule are excluded from 

designation. 

Executive Order 13211 

On May 18, 2001, the President issued 

an Executive Order on regulations that 

significantly affect energy supply, 

distribution, and use. Executive Order 

13211 requires agencies to prepare 

Statements of Energy Effects when 

undertaking certain actions. This 

proposed rule may be a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866. At this time, however, we are 

unable to determine both the scope and 

the nature of the energy effects.

Nine of the ESUs under consideration 

for critical habitat designation occupy 

the Columbia River and most of these 

migrate through one or more of the 

hydropower dams comprising the 

FCRPS. In National Wildlife Federation 

et al. v. National Marine Fisheries 

Service et al., the court remanded the 

2000 Biological Opinion on the 

operation of the FCRPS for salmon. This 

Biological Opinion establishes 

Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives for 

the operation of the FCRPS, many of 

which are likely to have significant 

energy effects. The court has established 

a November 30, 2004, deadline for the 

revised Biological Opinion. Until that 

time, we do not have sufficient 

information or certainty to estimate the 

energy effects of critical habitat 

designation for the 13 Pacific salmon 

ESUs. When such information is 

available and greater certainty exists 

about the effects of the revised 2000 

Biological Opinion, we will assess the 

significance of the energy effects of this 

regulatory action and publish a notice of 

availability of this assessment (and 

request for comment) prior to a final 

rule. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 

In accordance with the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act, we make the 

following findings: 

(a) This proposed rule will not 

produce a Federal mandate. In general, 

a Federal mandate is a provision in 

legislation, statute or regulation that 

would impose an enforceable duty upon 

State, local, tribal governments, or the 

private sector and includes both 

‘‘Federal intergovernmental mandates’’

and ‘‘Federal private sector mandates.’’

These terms are defined in 2 U.S.C. 

658(5)–(7). ‘‘Federal intergovernmental 

mandate’’ includes a regulation that 

‘‘would impose an enforceable duty 

upon State, local, or tribal governments’’

with two exceptions. It excludes ‘‘a 

condition of federal assistance.’’ It also 

excludes ‘‘a duty arising from 

participation in a voluntary Federal 

program,’’ unless the regulation ‘‘relates 

to a then-existing Federal program 

under which $500,000,000 or more is 

provided annually to State, local, and 

tribal governments under entitlement 

authority,’’ if the provision would 

‘‘increase the stringency of conditions of 

assistance’’ or ‘‘place caps upon, or 

otherwise decrease, the Federal 

Government’s responsibility to provide 

funding’’ and the State, local, or tribal 

governments ‘‘lack authority’’ to adjust 

accordingly. (At the time of enactment, 

these entitlement programs were: 

Medicaid; AFDC work programs; Child 

Nutrition; Food Stamps; Social Services 

Block Grants; Vocational Rehabilitation 

State Grants; Foster Care, Adoption 

Assistance, and Independent Living; 

Family Support Welfare Services; and 

Child Support Enforcement.) ‘‘Federal 

private sector mandate’’ includes a 

regulation that ‘‘would impose an 

enforceable duty upon the private 

sector, except (i) a condition of Federal 

assistance; or (ii) a duty arising from 

participation in a voluntary Federal 

program.’’ The designation of critical 

habitat does not impose a legally 

binding duty on non-Federal 

government entities or private parties. 

Under the ESA, the only regulatory 

effect is that Federal agencies must 

ensure that their actions do not destroy 

or adversely modify critical habitat 

under section 7. While non-Federal 

entities who receive Federal funding, 

assistance, permits or otherwise require 

approval or authorization from a Federal 

agency for an action may be indirectly 

impacted by the designation of critical 

habitat, the legally binding duty to 

avoid destruction or adverse 

modification of critical habitat rests 

squarely on the Federal agency. 

Furthermore, to the extent that nonFederal entities are indirectly impacted 

because they receive Federal assistance 

or participate in a voluntary Federal aid 

program, the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act would not apply; nor would 

critical habitat shift the costs of the large 

entitlement programs listed above to 

State governments. 

(b) Due to current public knowledge 

of salmon protection and the 

prohibition against take of these species 

both within and outside of the 

designated areas, we do not anticipate 

that this proposed rule will significantly 

or uniquely affect small governments. 

As such, a Small Government Agency 

Plan is not required. 

Takings 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12630, the proposed rule does not have 

significant takings implications. A 

takings implication assessment is not 

required. The designation of critical 

habitat affects only Federal agency 

actions. The proposed rule will not 

increase or decrease the current 

restrictions on private property 

concerning take of salmon. As noted 

above, due to widespread public 

knowledge of salmon protection and the 

prohibition against take of the species 

both within and outside of the 

designated areas, we do not anticipate 

that property values will be affected by 

the proposed critical habitat 

designations. While real estate market 

values may temporarily decline 

following designation, due to the 

perception that critical habitat 

designation may impose additional 

regulatory burdens on land use, we 

expect any such impacts to be short 

term (NMFS, 2004c). Additionally, 

critical habitat designation does not 

preclude development of HCPs and 

issuance of incidental take permits. 

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Owners of areas that are included in the 

designated critical habitat will continue 

to have the opportunity to use their 

property in ways consistent with the 

survival of listed salmon. 

Federalism 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13132, this proposed rule does not have 

significant Federalism effects. A 

Federalism assessment is not required. 

In keeping with Department of 

Commerce policies, we requested 

information from, and coordinated 

development of, this proposed critical 

habitat designation with appropriate 

state resource agencies in Washington, 

Oregon, and Idaho. The proposed 

designation may have some benefit to 

the states and local resource agencies in 

that the areas essential to the 

conservation of the species are more 

clearly defined, and the primary 

constituent elements of the habitat 

necessary to the survival of the species 

are specifically identified. While 

making this definition and 

identification does not alter where and 

what Federally sponsored activities may 

occur, it may assist local governments in 

long-range planning (rather than waiting 

for case-by-case section 7 consultations 

to occur). 

Civil Justice Reform 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12988, the Department of the Commerce 

has determined that this proposed rule 

does not unduly burden the judicial 

system and meets the requirements of 

sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Order. 

We are proposing to designate critical 

habitat in accordance with the 

provisions of the ESA. This proposed 

rule uses standard property descriptions 

and identifies the primary constituent 

elements within the designated areas to 

assist the public in understanding the 

habitat needs of the 13 salmon ESUs. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

This proposed rule does not contain 

new or revised information collection 

for which OMB approval is required 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

This rule will not impose recordkeeping 

or reporting requirements on State or 

local governments, individuals, 

businesses, or organizations. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

National Environmental Policy Act

We have determined that we need not 

prepare environmental analyses as 

provided for under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for 

critical habitat designations made 

pursuant to the ESA. See Douglas 

County v. Babbitt, 48 F.3d 1495 (9th Cir. 

1995), cert. denied, 116 S.Ct. 698 (1996). 

Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes 

The longstanding and distinctive 

relationship between the Federal and 

tribal Governments is defined by 

treaties, statutes, executive orders, 

judicial decisions, and agreements, 

which differentiate tribal governments 

from the other entities that deal with, or 

are affected by, the Federal Government. 

This relationship has given rise to a 

special Federal trust responsibility 

involving the legal responsibilities and 

obligations of the United States toward 

Indian Tribes and the application of 

fiduciary standards of due care with 

respect to Indian lands, tribal trust 

resources, and the exercise of tribal 

rights. Pursuant to these authorities 

lands have been retained by Indian 

Tribes or have been set aside for tribal 

use. These lands are managed by Indian 

Tribes in accordance with tribal goals 

and objectives within the framework of 

applicable treaties and laws. 

Administration policy contained in 

the Secretarial Order: ‘‘American Indian 

Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust 

Responsibilities, and the Endangered 

Species Act’’ (June 5, 1997) (‘‘Secretarial 

Order’’); the President’s Memorandum 

of April 29, 1994, ‘‘Government-toGovernment Relations with Native 

American Tribal Governments’’ (50 FR 

2291); Executive Order 13175; and 

Department of Commerc–-American 

Indian and Alaska Native Policy (March 

30, 1995) reflects and defines this 

unique relationship. 

These policies also recognize the 

unique status of Indian lands. The 

Presidential Memorandum of April 29, 

1994, provides that, to the maximum 

extent possible, tribes should be the 

governmental entities to manage their 

lands and tribal trust resources. The 

Secretarial Order provides that, ‘‘Indian 

lands are not Federal public lands or 

part of the public domain, and are not 

subject to Federal public lands laws.’’

In implementing these policies the 

Secretarial Order specifically seeks to 

harmonize this unique working 

relationship with the Federal 

Government’s duties pursuant to the 

ESA. The order clarifies our 

responsibilities when carrying out 

authorities under the ESA and requires 

that we consult with and seek 

participation of, the affected Indian 

Tribes to the maximum extent 

practicable in the designation of critical 

habitat. Accordingly, we recognize that 

we must carry out our responsibilities 

under the ESA in a manner that 

harmonizes these duties with the 

Federal trust responsibility to the tribes 

and tribal sovereignty while striving to 

ensure that Indian Tribes do not bear a 

disproportionate burden for the 

conservation of species. Any decision to 

designate Indian land as critical habitat 

must be informed by the Federal laws 

and policies establishing our 

responsibility concerning Indian lands, 

treaties and trust resources, and by 

Department of Commerce policy 

establishing our responsibility for 

dealing with tribes when we implement 

the ESA. 

For Pacific salmon in the Northwest, 

our approach is also guided by the 

unique partnership between the Federal 

Government and Indian tribes regarding 

salmon management. Northwest Indian 

tribes are regarded as ‘‘co-managers’’ of 

the salmon resource, along with Federal 

and state managers. This comanagement relationship evolved as a 

result of numerous court decisions 

establishing the tribes’ treaty right to 

take fish in their usual and accustomed 

places. 

The co-manager relationship is 

embodied in a number of long-term 

ongoing management processes; 

examples include (but are not limited 

to): Joint Resource Management Plans 

such as Salmon Fisheries and Steelhead 

Net Fisheries Affecting Puget Sound 

Chinook Salmon in 2003–2004 and 

Puget Sound Comprehensive Chinook 

Management Plan: Harvest Management 

Component; Tribal Resource 

Management Plans such as Tribal 

Chinook Research in Puget Sound, 

Washington, Tribal Resource 

Management Plan for Threatened Snake 

River Spring/Summer Chinook on the 

Imnaha River Subbasin in 2002–2003, 

and Tribal Resource Management Plan 

for Snake River Spring/Summer 

Chinook in the Grand Ronde River in 

Northeast Oregon; Pacific Management 

Council and Pacific Salmon 

Commission; United States v. Oregon

and United States v. Washington courtsupervised processes; and in-season 

management of Columbia River and 

Puget Sound/Washington Coast 

fisheries. Similarly there are partnership 

examples in the artificial propagation, 

habitat, hydropower, and recovery 

planning areas of salmonid conservation 

and protection efforts (NMFS, 2004e). 

Pursuant to the Secretarial Order we 

consulted with the affected Indian 

Tribes when considering the 

designation of critical habitat in an area 

that may impact tribal trust resources, 

tribally owned fee lands or the exercise 

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of tribal rights. Additionally many tribes 

provided written comments that are a 

part of the administrative record for this 

proposed rulemaking. 

We understand from the tribes that 

there is general agreement that Indian 

lands should not be designated critical 

habitat. The Secretarial Order defines 

Indian lands as ‘‘any lands title to 

which is either: (1) held in trust by the 

United States for the benefit of any 

Indian tribe or (2) held by an Indian 

Tribe or individual subject to 

restrictions by the United States against 

alienation.’’ In clarifying this definition 

with the tribes, we agree that (1) fee 

lands within the reservation boundaries 

and owned by the Tribe or individual 

Indian, and (2) fee lands outside the 

reservation boundaries and owned by 

the Tribe would be considered Indian 

lands for the purposes of this proposed 

rule. (Fee lands outside the reservation 

owned by individual Indians are not 

included within the definition of Indian 

lands for the purposes of this rule.) 

Several tribes provided 

documentation that there are no fish 

bearing waters on their tribal lands and 

as such contend that these lands do not 

constitute critical habitat. Having 

reviewed this documentation we agree 

and do not include these lands in the 

critical habitat designation (see

Application of ESA section 4(b)(2)). 

In evaluating the remaining Indian 

lands for designation as critical habitat 

we look to section 4(b)(2) of the ESA. 

Section 4(b)(2) requires us to base 

critical habitat designations on the best 

scientific and commercial data 

available, after taking into consideration 

the economic impact, the impact on 

national security and any other relevant 

impact of specifying any particular area 

as critical habitat. The Secretary may 

exclude areas from a critical habitat 

designation when the benefits of 

exclusion outweigh the benefits of 

designation, provided the exclusion will 

not result in the extinction of the 

species. We find that a relevant impact 

for consideration is the degree to which 

the Federal designation of Indian lands 

would impact the longstanding unique 

relationship between the tribes and the 

Federal Government and the 

corresponding effect on Pacific salmon 

protection and management (See Other 

Relevant Impacts and Critical Habitat 

Designation sections). This is consistent 

with recent case law addressing the 

designation of critical habitat on tribal 

lands. ‘‘It is certainly reasonable to 

consider a positive working relationship 

relevant, particularly when the 

relationship results in the 

implementation of beneficial natural 

resource programs, including species 

preservation.’’ Center for Biological 

Diversity et. al. v. Norton, 240 F. Supp. 

2d 1090, 1105); Douglas County v.

Babbitt, 48 F3d 1495, 1507 (1995) 

(defining ‘‘relevant’’ as impacts 

consistent with the purposes of the 

ESA).

As noted above, the northwest Federal 

and tribal governments currently have 

cooperative working relationships that 

have enabled us to implement natural 

resource programs of mutual interest for 

the benefit of threatened and 

endangered salmonids. The tribes have 

existing natural resource programs that 

assist us on a regular basis in providing 

information relevant to salmonid 

protection throughout the region. Our 

consultation with the tribes and a series 

of letters and analyses they have 

provided indicates that they view the 

designation of Indian lands as an 

unwanted intrusion into tribal selfgovernance, compromising the 

government-to-government relationship 

that is essential to achieving our mutual 

goal of conserving threatened and 

endangered salmonids. Further, the 

tribes indicate that their participation in 

existing co-manager processes will be 

compromised by the designation of their 

lands as they have limited staff and 

resources. 

At this time, for the general reasons 

described above, we anticipate that the 

ESA 4(b)(2) analysis will lead us to 

exclude all Indian lands in our final 

designation for these 13 ESUs of salmon 

and O. mykiss. Consistent with other 

proposed exclusions, any exclusion in 

the final rule will be made only after 

consideration of all comments received. 

References Cited 

A complete list of all references cited 

in this rulemaking can be found on our 

Web site at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/

1salmon/salmesa/crithab/CHsite.htm

and is available upon request from the 

NMFS office in Portland, Oregon (see

ADDRESSES section).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 226

Endangered and threatened species.

Dated: November 29, 2004. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, we propose to amend part 

226, title 50 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations as set forth below:

PART 226—[AMENDED] 

1. The authority citation of part 226 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1533.

2. Add § 226.212 to read as follows:

§ 226.212 Critical habitat for 13 

Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of 

salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in 

Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Critical habitat is designated in the 

following states and counties for the 

following ESUs as described in 

paragraph (a) of this section, and as 

further described in paragraphs (b) 

through (e) of this section. The textual 

descriptions of critical habitat for each 

ESU are included in paragraphs (f) 

through (r) of this section, and these 

descriptions are the definitive source for 

determining the critical habitat 

boundaries. General location maps are 

provided at the end of each ESU 

description (paragraphs (f) through (r) of 

this section) and are provided for 

general guidance purposes only, and not 

as a definitive source for determining 

critical habitat boundaries. 

(a) Critical habitat is designated for 

the following ESUs in the following 

states and counties:

ESU State—Counties 

(1) Puget Sound chinook salmon ....................... WA—Chelan, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kittitas, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, 

Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom, and Yakima. 

(2) Lower Columbia River chinook salmon ........ (i) OR—Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Multnomah, Wasco, and Washington. 

(ii) WA—Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Wahkiakum, and Yakima. 

(3) Upper Willamette River chinook salmon ....... (i) OR—Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Douglas, Jefferson, Klamath, 

Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill. 

(ii) WA—Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, and Wahkiakum. 

(4) Upper Columbia River spring-run chinook 

salmon.

(i) OR—Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, Umatilla, and 

Wasco. 

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ESU State—Counties 

(ii) WA—Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, King, Kittitas, 

Klickitat, Okanogan, Pacific, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, 

Whatcom, and Yakima. 

(5) Oregon Coast coho salmon .......................... OR—Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, 

Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill. 

(6) Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon ........ WA—Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason. 

(7) Columbia River chum salmon ....................... (i) OR—Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Multnomah, and Wasco. 

(ii) WA—Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum, and Yakima. 

(8) Ozette Lake sockeye salmon ........................ WA—Clallam. 

(9) Upper Columbia River O. mykiss ................. (i) OR—Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, Umatilla, and 

Wasco. 

(ii) WA—Adams, Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, King, Kittitas, 

Klickitat, Okanogan, Pacific, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, 

Whatcom, and Yakima. 

(10) Snake River Basin O. mykiss ..................... (i) ID—Adams, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Idaho, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, 

Nez Perce, and Valley. 

(ii) OR—Baker, Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, 

Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wasco. 

(iii) WA—Adams, Asotin, Benton, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Franklin, Garfield, Klickitat, Pacific, 

Skamania, Walla Walla, Wahkiakum, Whitman, and Yakima. 

(11) Middle Columbia River O. mykiss ............... (i) OR—Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Jefferson, 

Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler. 

(ii) WA—Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Columbia, Franklin, King, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla, and Yakima. 

(12) Lower Columbia River O. mykiss ............... (i) OR—Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, 

and Washington. 

(ii) WA—Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Wahkiakum, and Yakima. 

(13) Upper Willamette River O. mykiss .............. (i) OR—Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, 

Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill. 

(ii) WA—Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, and Wahkiakum. 

(b) Critical habitat boundaries.

Critical habitat includes the stream 

channels within the proposed stream 

reaches, and includes a lateral extent as 

defined by the ordinary high-water line 

(33 CFR 319.11). In areas where 

ordinary high-water line has not been 

defined, the lateral extent will be 

defined by the bankfull elevation. 

Bankfull elevation is the level at which 

water begins to leave the channel and 

move into the floodplain and is reached 

at a discharge which generally has a 

recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the 

annual flood series. Critical habitat in 

lake areas is defined by the perimeter of 

the water body as displayed on standard 

1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the 

elevation of ordinary high water, 

whichever is greater. In estuarine and 

nearshore marine areas critical habitat is 

proposed to include areas contiguous 

with the shoreline from the line of 

extreme high water out to a depth no 

greater than 30 meters relative to mean 

lower low water. 

(c) Primary constituent elements.

Within these areas, the primary 

constituent elements essential for the 

conservation of these ESUs are those 

sites and habitat components that 

support one or more life stages, 

including:

(1) Freshwater spawning sites with 

water quantity and quality conditions 

and substrate supporting spawning, 

incubation and larval development; 

(2) Freshwater rearing sites with: 

(i) Water quantity and floodplain 

connectivity to form and maintain 

physical habitat conditions and support 

juvenile growth and mobility; 

(ii) Water quality and forage 

supporting juvenile development; and 

(iii) Natural cover such as shade, 

submerged and overhanging large wood, 

log jams and beaver dams, aquatic 

vegetation, large rocks and boulders, 

side channels, and undercut banks. 

(3) Freshwater migration corridors 

free of obstruction and excessive 

predation with water quantity and 

quality conditions and natural cover 

such as submerged and overhanging 

large wood, aquatic vegetation, large 

rocks and boulders, side channels, and 

undercut banks supporting juvenile and 

adult mobility and survival; 

(4) Estuarine areas free of obstruction 

and excessive predation with: 

(i) Water quality, water quantity, and 

salinity conditions supporting juvenile 

and adult physiological transitions 

between fresh- and saltwater; 

(ii) Natural cover such as submerged 

and overhanging large wood, aquatic 

vegetation, large rocks and boulders, 

side channels; and 

(iii) Juvenile and adult forage, 

including aquatic invertebrates and 

fishes, supporting growth and 

maturation. 

(5) Nearshore marine areas free of 

obstruction and excessive predation 

with: 

(i) Water quality and quantity 

conditions and forage, including aquatic 

invertebrates and fishes, supporting 

growth and maturation; and 

(ii) Natural cover such as submerged 

and overhanging large wood, aquatic 

vegetation, large rocks and boulders, 

and side channels. 

(6) Offshore marine areas with water 

quality conditions and forage, including 

aquatic invertebrates and fishes, 

supporting growth and maturation. 

(d) Exclusion of Indian lands. Critical 

habitat does not include habitat areas on 

Indian lands. The Indian lands 

specifically excluded from critical 

habitat are those defined in the 

Secretarial Order, including: 

(1) Lands held in trust by the United 

States for the benefit of any Indian tribe; 

(2) Land held in trust by the United 

States for any Indian Tribe or individual 

subject to restrictions by the United 

States against alienation; 

(3) Fee lands, either within or outside 

the reservation boundaries, owned by 

the tribal government; and 

(4) Fee lands within the reservation 

boundaries owned by individual 

Indians. 

(e) Land owned or controlled by the 

Department of Defense. Additionally, 

critical habitat does not include the 

following areas owned or controlled by 

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the Department of Defense, or 

designated for its use, in the State of 

Washington: 

(1) Naval Submarine Base, Bangor; 

(2) Naval Undersea Warfare Center, 

Keyport; 

(3) Naval Ordinance Center, Port 

Hadlock (Indian Island); 

(4) Naval Radio Station, Jim Creek; 

(5) Naval Fuel Depot, Manchester; 

(6) Naval Air Station Whidbey Island; 

(7) Naval Air Station, Everett; 

(8) Bremerton Naval Hospital; 

(9) Fort Lewis (Army); 

(10) Pier 23 (Army); 

(11) Yakima Training Center (Army); 

(12) Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; 

(13) Naval Submarine Base Bangor 

security zone; 

(14) Strait of Juan de Fuca naval airto-surface weapon range, restricted area; 

(15) Hood Canal and Dabob Bay naval 

non-explosive torpedo testing area; 

(16) Strait of Juan de Fuca and 

Whidbey Island naval restricted areas; 

(17) Admiralty Inlet naval restricted 

area; 

(18) Port Gardner Naval Base 

restricted area; 

(19) Hood Canal naval restricted 

areas; 

(20) Port Orchard Passage naval 

restricted area; 

(21) Sinclair Inlet naval restricted 

areas; 

(22) Carr Inlet naval restricted areas; 

(23) Dabob Bay/Whitney Point naval 

restricted area; and 

(24) Port Townsend/Indian Island/

Walan Point naval restricted area. 

(f) Puget Sound Chinook Salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Critical 

habitat is proposed to include the areas 

defined in the following units: 

(1) Unit 2. Nooksack Subbasin 

17110004—(i) Upper North Fork 

Nooksack River Watershed 1711000401.

Outlet(s) = North Fork Nooksack River 

(Lat 48.9055, Long -121.9886) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Boyd Creek (48.8998,-

121.8640); Canyon Creek (48.9366,-

121.9451); Cascade Creek (48.8996,-

121.8621); Cornell Creek (48.8882,-

121.9594); Deadhorse Creek (48.9024,-

121.8359); Gallop Creek (48.8849,-

121.9447); Glacier Creek (48.8197,-

121.8931); Hedrick Creek (48.8953,-

121.9705); Thompson Creek (48.8837,-

121.9028); Wells Creek (48.8940,-

121.7976).

(ii) Middle Fork Nooksack River 

Watershed 1711000402. Outlet(s) = 

Middle Fork Nooksack River (Lat 

48.8342, Long ¥122.1540) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Canyon Creek (48.8374, 

¥122.1198); Middle Fork Nooksack 

River (48.7714, ¥122.0709); Porter 

Creek (48.7951, ¥122.1098); Unnamed 

(48.7809, ¥122.1157); Unnamed 

(48.7860, ¥122.1214). 

(iii) South Fork Nooksack River 

Watershed 1711000403. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Nooksack River (Lat 

48.8095, Long ¥122.2026) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Black Slough (48.7715, 

¥122.1931); Cavanaugh Creek (48.6446, 

¥122.1094); Deer Creek (48.6041, 

¥122.0912); Edfro Creek (48.6607, 

¥122.1206); Fobes Creek (48.6230, 

¥122.1139); Hard Scrabble Falls Creek 

(48.7601, ¥122.2273); Howard Creek 

(48.6118, ¥121.9639); Hutchinson 

Creek (48.7056, ¥122.1663); Jones 

Creek (48.7186, ¥122.2130); McCarty 

Creek (48.7275, ¥122.2188); Plumbago 

Creek (48.6088, ¥122.0949); Pond 

Creek (48.6958, ¥122.1651); Skookum 

Creek (48.6871, ¥122.1029); South Fork 

Nooksack River (48.6133, ¥121.9000); 

Standard Creek (48.7444, ¥122.2191); 

Sygitowicz Creek (48.7722, ¥122.2269); 

Unnamed (48.6048, ¥121.9143); 

Unnamed (48.6213, ¥122.1039); 

Unnamed (48.7174, ¥122.1815); 

Unnamed (48.7231, ¥122.1968); 

Unnamed (48.7843, ¥122.2188). 

(iv) Lower North Fork Nooksack River 

Watershed 1711000404. Outlet(s) = 

Nooksack River (Lat 48.8711, Long 

¥122.3227) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Anderson Creek (48.8088, ¥122.3410); 

Boulder Creek (48.9314, ¥122.0258); 

Coal Creek (48.8889, ¥122.1506); 

Kendall Creek (48.9251, ¥122.1455); 

Kenney Creek (48.8510, ¥122.1368); 

Macaulay Creek (48.8353, ¥122.2345); 

Maple Creek (48.9262, ¥122.0751); 

Mitchell Creek (48.8313, ¥122.2174); 

North Fork Nooksack River (48.9055, 

¥121.9886); Racehorse Creek (48.8819, 

¥122.1272); Smith Creek (48.8439, 

¥122.2544); Unnamed (48.8103, 

¥122.1855); Unnamed (48.9002, 

¥122.1205); Unnamed (48.9040, 

¥122.0875); Unnamed (48.9131, 

¥122.0127); Unnamed (48.9158, 

¥122.0091); Unnamed (48.9162, 

¥122.0615); Unnamed (48.9200, 

¥122.0463); Wildcat Creek (48.9058, 

¥121.9995); Deer Creek (48.8439, 

¥122.4839). 

(v) Nooksack River Watershed 

1711000405. Outlet(s) = Lummi River 

(Lat 48.8010, Long ¥122.6582); 

Nooksack River (48.7737, ¥122.5986); 

Silver Creek (48.7786, ¥122.5635); 

Slater Slough (48.7759, ¥122.6029); 

Unnamed (48.7776, ¥122.5708); 

Unnamed (48.7786, ¥122.5677); 

Unnamed (48.7973, ¥122.6717); 

Unnamed (48.8033, ¥122.6771) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Fishtrap 

Creek (49.0025, ¥122.4053); Fourmile 

Creek (48.8890, ¥122.4213); Lummi 

River (48.8198, ¥122.6049); Nooksack 

River (48.8711, ¥122.3227); Pepin 

Creek (49.0024, ¥122.4724); Slater 

Slough (48.7778, ¥122.6041); Tenmile 

Creek (48.8457, ¥122.3661); Unnamed 

(48.8191, ¥122.5705); Unnamed 

(48.8453, ¥122.6071); Unnamed 

(48.8548, ¥122.4749); Unnamed 

(48.9609, ¥122.5312); Unnamed 

(48.9634, ¥122.3928); Unnamed 

(49.0024, ¥122.4730); Unnamed 

(49.0025, ¥122.5218). 

(2) Unit 3. Upper Skagit Subbasin 

17110005—(i) Skagit River/Gorge Lake 

Watershed 1711000504. Outlet(s) = 

Skagit River (Lat 48.6725, Long 

¥121.2633) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Goodell Creek (48.6890, ¥121.2718); 

Skagit River (48.6763, ¥121.2404). 

(ii) Skagit River/Diobsud Creek 

Watershed 1711000505. Outlet(s) = 

Skagit River (Lat 48.5218, Long 

¥121.4315) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bacon Creek (48.6456, ¥121.4244); 

Diobsud Creek (48.5761, ¥121.4309); 

Falls Creek (48.6334, ¥121.4258); 

Skagit River (48.6725, ¥121.2633). 

(iii) Cascade River Watershed 

1711000506. Outlet(s) = Cascade River 

(Lat 48.5218, Long ¥121.4315) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Found Creek 

(48.4816, ¥121.2437); Kindy Creek 

(48.4613, ¥121.2094); Marble Creek 

(48.5398, ¥121.2612); North Fork 

Cascade River (48.4660, ¥121.1641); 

South Fork Cascade River (48.4592, 

¥121.1494). 

(iv) Skagit River/Illabot Creek 

Watershed 1711000507. Outlet(s) = 

Skagit River (Lat 48.5333, Long 

¥121.7370) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Illabot Creek (48.4498, ¥121.4551); 

Jackman Creek (48.5294, ¥121.6957); 

Skagit River (48.5218, ¥121.4315); 

Unnamed (48.5013, ¥121.6598). 

(3) Unit 4. Sauk Subbasin 17110006—

(i) Upper Sauk River Watershed 

1711000601. Outlet(s) = Sauk River (Lat 

48.1731, Long ¥121.4714) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Camp Creek (48.1559, 

¥121.2909); North Fork Sauk River 

(48.0962, ¥121.3710); Owl Creek 

(48.1623, ¥121.2948); South Fork Sauk 

River (48.0670, ¥121.4088); Swift Creek 

(48.1011, ¥121.3975); Unnamed 

(48.1653, ¥121.3288); White Chuck 

River (48.1528, ¥121.2645). 

(ii) Upper Suiattle River Watershed 

1711000602. Outlet(s) = Suiattle River 

(Lat 48.2586, Long ¥121.2237) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Downey 

Creek (48.2828, ¥121.2083); Milk Creek 

(48.2207, ¥121.1634); Suiattle River 

(48.2211, ¥121.1609); Sulphur Creek 

(48.2560, ¥121.1773); Unnamed 

(48.2338, ¥121.1792). 

(iii) Lower Suiattle River Watershed 

1711000603. Outlet(s) = Suiattle River 

(Lat 48.3384, Long ¥121.5482) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Creek 

(48.3435, ¥121.4416); Buck Creek 

(48.2753, ¥121.3268); Circle Creek 

(48.2555, ¥121.3395); Lime Creek 

(48.2445, ¥121.2933); Straight Creek 

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(48.2594; ¥121.4009); Suiattle River 

(48.2586, ¥121.2237); Tenas Creek 

(48.3371, ¥121.4304). 

(iv) Lower Sauk River Watershed 

1711000604. Outlet(s) = Sauk River (Lat 

48.4821, Long ¥121.6060) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Dan Creek (48.2702, 

¥121.5473); Sauk River (48.1731, 

¥121.4714); Unnamed (48.2247, 

¥121.5826); Unnamed (48.3187, 

¥121.5480).

(4) Unit 5. Lower Skagit Subbasin 

17110007—(i) Middle Skagit River/

Finney Creek Watershed 1711000701.

Outlet(s) = Skagit River (Lat 48.4891, 

Long ¥122.2178) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek (48.5280, 

¥121.9498); Day Creek (48.4689, 

¥122.0216); Finney Creek (48.4655, 

¥121.6858); Grandy Creek (48.5510, 

¥121.8621); Hansen Creek (48.5600, 

¥122.2069); Jims Slough (48.5274, 

¥122.0227); Jones Creek (48.5418, 

¥122.0494); Mannser Creek (48.5260, 

¥122.0430); Muddy Creek (48.5278, 

¥122.0007); Pressentin Creek (48.5099, 

¥121.8449); Skagit River (48.5333, 

¥121.7370); Sorenson Creek (48.4875, 

¥122.1029); Unnamed (48.4887, 

¥122.0747); Unnamed (48.5312, 

¥122.0149); Wiseman Creek (48.5160, 

¥122.1286). 

(ii) Lower Skagit River/Nookachamps 

Creek Watershed 1711000702. Outlet(s) 

= Browns Slough (Lat 48.3305, Long 

¥122.4194); Freshwater Slough 

(48.3109, ¥122.3883); Hall Slough 

(48.3394, ¥122.4426); Isohis Slough 

(48.2975, ¥122.3711); North Fork 

Skagit River (48.3625, ¥122.4689); 

South Fork Skagit River (48.2920, 

¥122.3670); Unnamed (48.3085, 

¥122.3868); Unnamed (48.3831, 

¥122.4842) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Britt Slough (48.3935, ¥122.3571); 

Browns Slough (48.3411, ¥122.4127); 

East Fork Nookachamps Creek (48.4044, 

¥122.1790); Hall Slough (48.3437, 

¥122.4376); Mundt Creek (48.4249, 

¥122.2007); Skagit River (48.4891, 

¥122.2178); Unnamed (48.3703, 

¥122.3081); Unnamed (48.3827, 

¥122.1893); Unnamed (48.3924, 

¥122.4822); Walker Creek (48.3778, 

¥122.1899). 

(5) Unit 6. Stillaguamish Subbasin 

17110008—(i) North Fork Stillaguamish 

River Watershed 1711000801. Outlet(s) 

= North Fork Stillaguamish River (Lat 

48.2037, Long ¥122.1256) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Ashton Creek (48.2545, 

¥121.6708); Boulder River (48.2624, 

¥121.8090); Deer Creek (48.2835, 

¥121.9255); French Creek (48.2534, 

¥121.7856); Furland Creek (48.2624, 

¥121.6749); Grant Creek (48.2873, 

¥122.0118); North Fork Stillaguamish 

River (48.3041, ¥121.6360); Rollins 

Creek (48.2908, ¥121.8441); Squire 

Creek (48.2389, ¥121.6374); Unnamed 

(48.2393, ¥121.6285); Unnamed 

(48.2739, ¥121.9948). 

(ii) South Fork Stillaguamish River 

Watershed 1711000802. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Stillaguamish River (Lat 

48.2037, Long ¥122.1256) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Canyon Creek (48.1107, 

¥121.9677); Jim Creek (48.2230, 

¥121.9483); Siberia Creek (48.1731, 

¥122.0377); South Fork Stillaguamish 

River (48.1026, ¥121.9610); Unnamed 

(48.1463, ¥122.0162). 

(iii) Lower Stillaguamish River 

Waterhed 1711000803. Outlet(s) = 

Stillaguamish River (Lat 48.2385, Long 

¥122.3749); Unnamed (48.1983, 

¥122.3579) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Armstrong Creek (48.2189, ¥122.1347); 

Pilchuck Creek (48.2983, ¥122.1672); 

Stillaguamish River (48.2037, 

¥122.1256). 

(6) Unit 7. Skykomish Subbasin 

17110009—(i) Tye and Beckler River 

Watershed 1711000901. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Skykomish River (Lat 

47.7147, Long ¥121.3393) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: East Fork Foss River 

(47.6522, ¥121.2792); Rapid River 

(47.8131, ¥121.2470) Tye River 

(47.7172, ¥121.2254) Unnamed 

(47.8241, ¥121.2979); West Fork Foss 

River (47.6444, ¥121.2972). 

(ii) Skykomish River Forks Watershed 

1711000902. Outlet(s) = North Fork 

Skykomish River (Lat 47.8133, Long 

¥121.5782) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bridal Veil Creek (47.7987, ¥121.5597); 

Lewis Creek (47.8223, ¥121.5160); 

Miller River (47.7018, ¥121.3950); 

Money Creek (47.7208, ¥121.4062); 

North Fork Skykomish River (47.9183, 

¥121.3073); South Fork Skykomish 

River (47.7147, ¥121.3393); Unnamed 

(47.7321, ¥121.4176); Unnamed 

(47.8002, ¥121.5548). 

(iii) Skykomish River/Wallace River 

Watershed 1711000903. Outlet(s) = 

Skykomish River (Lat 47.8602, Long 

¥121.8190) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Deer Creek (47.8191, ¥121.5805); Olney 

Creek (47.8796, ¥121.7163); Proctor 

Creek (47.8216, ¥121.6460); Skykomish 

River (47.8133, ¥121.5782); Unnamed 

(47.8507, ¥121.8010); Wagleys Creek 

(47.8674, ¥121.7972); Wallace River 

(47.8736, ¥121.6491). 

(iv) Sultan River Watershed 

1711000904. Outlet(s) = Sultan River 

(Lat 47.8602, Long ¥121.8190) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Sultan River 

(47.9598, ¥121.7951). 

(v) Skykomish River/Woods Creek 

Watershed 1711000905. Outlet(s) = 

Skykomish River (Lat 47.8303, Long 

¥122.0451) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Elwell Creek (47.8038, ¥121.8524); 

Skykomish River (47.8602, ¥121.8190); 

Unnamed (47.8890, ¥121.8637); West 

Fork Woods Creek (47.9627, 

¥121.9707); Woods Creek (47.8953, 

¥121.8742); Youngs Creek (47.8081, 

¥121.8332). 

(7) Unit 8. Snoqualmie Subbasin 

17110010—(i) Middle Fork Snoqualmie 

River Watershed 1711001003. Outlet(s) 

= Snoqualmie River (Lat 47.6407, Long 

¥121.9261) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Canyon Creek (47.5837, ¥121.9623); 

Deep Creek (47.4764, ¥121.8905); 

Griffin Creek (47.6164, ¥121.9014); 

Lake Creek (47.5036, ¥121.9035); 

Patterson Creek (47.6276, ¥121.9855); 

Raging River (47.4795, ¥121.8691); 

Snoqualmie River (47.5415, 

¥121.8362); Tokul Creek (47.5563, 

¥121.8285). 

(ii) Lower Snoqualmie River 

Watershed 1711001004. Outlet(s) = 

Snoqualmie River (Lat 47.8303, Long 

¥122.0451) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cherry Creek (47.7465, ¥121.8953); 

Margaret Creek (47.7547, ¥121.8933); 

North Fork Tolt River (47.7060, 

¥121.7957); Snoqualmie River 

(47.6407, ¥121.9261); South Fork Tolt 

River (47.6926, ¥121.6895); Tuck Creek 

(47.7442, ¥122.0032); Unnamed 

(47.6806, ¥121.9730); Unnamed 

(47.6822, ¥121.9770); Unnamed 

(47.7420, ¥122.0084); Unnamed 

(47.7522, ¥121.9745); Unnamed 

(47.7581, ¥121.9586). 

(8) Unit 9. Snohomish Subbasin 

17110011—(i) Pilchuck River Watershed 

1711001101. Outlet(s) = Pilchuck River 

(Lat 47.9013, Long ¥122.0917) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Pilchuck 

River (48.0052, ¥121.7718). 

(ii) Snohomish River Watershed 

1711001102. Outlet(s) = Quilceda Creek 

(Lat 48.0556, Long ¥122.1908); 

Skykomish River (48.0173, ¥122.1877); 

Steamboat Slough (48.0365, 

¥122.1814); Union Slough (48.0299, 

¥122.1794); Unnamed (48.0412, 

¥122.1723) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Allen Creek (48.0767, ¥122.1404); 

Quilceda Creek (48.1124, ¥122.1540); 

Skykomish River (47.8303, ¥122.0451); 

Unnamed (47.9545, ¥122.1969); 

Unnamed (47.9777, ¥122.1632); 

Unnamed (48.0019, ¥122.1283); 

Unnamed (48.0055, ¥122.1303); 

Unnamed (48.1330, ¥122.1472). 

(9) Unit 10. Lake Washington 

Subbasin 17110012—(i) Cedar River 

Watershed 1711001201. Outlet(s) = 

Cedar River (Lat 47.5003, Long 

¥122.2146) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cedar River (47.3761, ¥121.9603); Rock 

Creek (47.3673, ¥122.0132); Unnamed 

(47.4092, ¥122.0358); Webster Creek 

(47.3857, ¥121.9845). 

(ii) Lake Washington Watershed 

1711001203. Outlet(s) = Lake 

Washington (Lat 47.6654, Long 

¥122.3960) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

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Cedar River (47.5003, ¥122.2146); 

Johns Creek (47.5048, ¥122.1976); 

Kennydale Creek (47.5167, ¥122.2074); 

May Creek (47.5199, ¥122.1721); 

Taylor Creek (47.5124, ¥122.2457) . 

(10) Unit 11. Duwamish Subbasin 

17110013—(i) Upper Green River 

Watershed 1711001301. Outlet(s) = 

Green River (Lat 47.2234, Long 

¥121.6081) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Friday Creek (47.2204, ¥121.4559); 

Intake Creek (47.2058, ¥121.4049); 

McCain Creek (47.2093, ¥121.5292); 

Sawmill Creek (47.2086, ¥121.4675); 

Smay Creek (47.2508, ¥121.5872); 

Snow Creek (47.2607, ¥121.4046); 

Sunday Creek (47.2587, ¥121.3659); 

Tacoma Creek (47.1875, ¥121.3630); 

Unnamed (47.2129, ¥121.4579).

(ii) Middle Green River Watershed 

1711001302. Outlet(s) = Green River 

(Lat 47.2911, Long ¥121.9714) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(47.2774, ¥121.7990); Cougar Creek 

(47.2439, ¥121.6442); Eagle Creek 

(47.3051, ¥121.7219); Gale Creek 

(47.2644, ¥121.7085); Green River 

(47.2234, ¥121.6081); Piling Creek 

(47.2820, ¥121.7553); Sylvester Creek 

(47.2457, ¥121.6537); Unnamed 

(47.2360, ¥121.6333). 

(iii) Lower Green River Watershed 

1711001303. Outlet(s) = Duwamish 

River (Lat 47.5113, Long ¥122.2951) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Soos 

Creek (47.4191, ¥122.1599); Burns 

Creek (47.2779, ¥122.1087); Covington 

Creek (47.3341, ¥122.0399); Crisp 

Creek (47.2897, ¥122.0590); Green 

River (47.2911, ¥121.9714); Jenkins 

Creek (47.3791, ¥122.0899); Little Soos 

Creek (47.4031, ¥122.1235); Mill Creek 

(47.3263, ¥122.2455); Newaukum 

Creek (47.2303, ¥121.9518); Unnamed 

(47.2765, ¥121.9730); Unnamed 

(47.2891, ¥122.1557); Unnamed 

(47.3007, ¥122.1774); Unnamed 

(47.3250, ¥122.1961); Unnamed 

(47.3464, ¥122.2397); Unnamed 

(47.3751, ¥122.2648); Unnamed 

(47.4046, ¥122.2134); Unnamed 

(47.4525, ¥122.2354); Unnamed 

(47.4618, ¥122.2315); Unnamed 

(47.4619, ¥122.2554); Unnamed 

(47.4876, ¥122.2781). 

(11) Unit 12. Puyallup Subbasin 

17110014—(i) Upper White River 

Watershed 1711001401. Outlet(s) = 

White River (Lat 47.1588, Long 

¥121.6587) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Greenwater River (47.1204, ¥121.5055); 

Huckleberry Creek (47.0612, 

¥121.6033); Pinochle Creek (47.0478, 

¥121.7043); Unnamed (46.9935, 

¥121.5295); West Fork White River 

(47.0483, ¥121.6916); Wrong Creek 

(47.0403, ¥121.6999). 

(ii) Lower White River Watershed 

1711001402. Outlet(s) = White River 

(Lat 47.2001, Long ¥122.2579) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Boise Creek 

(47.1958, ¥121.9467); Camp Creek 

(47.1430, ¥121.7012); Clearwater River 

(47.0852, ¥121.7823); Unnamed 

(47.1509, ¥121.7236); Unnamed 

(47.2247, ¥122.1072); Unnamed 

(47.2307, ¥122.1079); Unnamed 

(47.2383, ¥122.2234); Unnamed 

(47.2498, ¥122.2346); White River 

(47.1588, ¥121.6587). 

(iii) Carbon River Watershed 

1711001403. Outlet(s) = Carbon River 

(Lat 47.1308, Long ¥122.2315) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Carbon 

River (46.9965, ¥121.9198); South Fork 

South Prairie Creek (47.1203, 

¥121.9963); Voight Creek (47.0751, 

¥122.1285); Wilkeson Creek (47.0972, 

¥122.0245). 

(iv) Upper Puyallup River Watershed 

1711001404. Outlet(s) = Puyallup River 

(Lat 47.1308, Long ¥122.2315) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Deer Creek 

(46.8547, ¥121.9680); Kapowsin Creek 

(46.9854, ¥122.2008); Kellog Creek 

(46.9164, ¥122.0652); Mowich River 

(46.9209, ¥121.9739); Rushingwater 

Creek (46.8971, ¥121.9439); Unnamed 

(46.8867, ¥122.0194); Unnamed 

(46.8899, ¥121.9657). 

(v) Lower Puyallup River Watershed 

1711001405. Outlet(s) = Hylebos Creek 

(Lat 47.2611, Long ¥122.3591); 

Puyallup River (47.2501, ¥122.4131) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Canyonfalls 

Creek (47.1421, ¥122.2186); Clarks 

Creek (47.1757, ¥122.3168); Clear 

Creek (47.2187, ¥122.3727); Fennel 

Creek (47.1495, ¥122.1849); Puyallup 

River (47.1308, ¥122.2315); Unnamed 

(47.1779, ¥122.1992); Unnamed 

(47.1799, ¥122.3066); Unnamed 

(47.1928, ¥122.3371); Unnamed 

(47.2723, ¥122.3216); West Hylebos 

Creek (47.2736, ¥122.3289). 

(12) Unit 13. Nisqually Subbasin 

17110015—(i) Mashel/Ohop Watershed 

1711001502. Outlet(s) = Nisqually River 

(Lat 46.8646, Long ¥122.4776) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little 

Mashel River (46.8504, ¥122.2724); 

Lynch Creek (46.8760, ¥122.2625); 

Mashel River (46.8431, ¥122.1205); 

Nisqually River (46.8303, ¥122.3225); 

Ohop Creek (46.9264, ¥122.2603); 

Powell Creek (46.8528, ¥122.4505); 

Tanwax Creek (46.8630, ¥122.4549); 

Twentyfive Mile Creek (46.9274, 

¥122.2558). 

(ii) Lowland Watershed 1711001503.

Outlet(s) = McAllister Creek (Lat 

47.1120, Long ¥122.7215); Nisqually 

River (47.1110, ¥122.7026); Unnamed 

(47.0071, ¥122.6556); Yelm Creek 

(46.9712, ¥122.6263) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Horn Creek (46.9042, 

¥122.4776); McAllister Creek (47.0299, 

¥122.7236); Nisqually River (46.8646, 

¥122.4776); Unnamed (46.9108, 

¥122.5032); Unnamed (47.0001, 

¥122.6510); Unnamed (47.0055, 

¥122.6520); Yelm Creek (46.9629, 

¥122.6194). Excluded is that segment 

of the Nisqually River from Lat 47.0703, 

Long ¥122.7017, to Lat 46.9668, Long 

¥122.5640. 

(13) Unit 15. Skokomish Subbasin 

17110017—Skokomish River Watershed 

1711001701. Outlet(s) = Skokomish 

River (Lat 47.3543, Long ¥123.1122); 

Unnamed (47.3420, ¥123.1092); 

Unnamed (47.3471, ¥123.1275); 

Unnamed (47.3509, ¥123.1101) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Brown 

Creek (47.4238, ¥123.3052); Fir Creek 

(47.3363, ¥123.3016); McTaggert Creek 

(47.3749, ¥123.2318); North Fork 

Skokomish River (47.5197, ¥123.3329); 

Purdy Canyon (47.3021, ¥123.1803); 

Unnamed (47.3048, ¥123.1528); 

Unnamed (47.3077, ¥123.2012); 

Unnamed (47.3146, ¥123.1353); 

Unnamed (47.3209, ¥123.2212); 

Unnamed (47.3222, ¥123.3060); 

Unnamed (47.3237, ¥123.1467); 

Unnamed (47.3250, ¥123.1250); Vance 

Creek (47.3300, ¥123.3137); Weaver 

Creek (47.3097, ¥123.2384). 

(14) Unit 16. Hood Canal Subbasin 

17110018—(i) Hamma Hamma River 

Watershed 1711001803. Outlet(s) = 

Hamma Hamma River (Lat 47.5471, 

Long ¥123.0440) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hamma Hamma River 

(47.5590, ¥123.0632); North Fork John 

Creek (47.5442, ¥123.0696). 

(ii) Duckabush River Watershed 

1711001804. Outlet(s) = Duckabush 

River (Lat 47.6502, Long ¥122.9348) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Duckabush 

River (47.6825, ¥123.0675).

(iii) Dosewallips River Watershed 

1711001805. Outlet(s) = Dosewallips 

River (Lat 47.6881, Long ¥122.8945); 

Unnamed (47.6857, ¥122.8967) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Dosewallips 

River (47.7289, ¥123.1111); Rocky 

Brook (47.7212, ¥122.9405); Unnamed 

(47.6886, ¥122.8977). 

(15) Unit 18. Dungeness/Elwha 

17110020—(i) Dungeness River 

Watershed 1711002003. Outlet(s) = 

Dungeness River (Lat 48.1506, Long 

¥123.1311); Unnamed (48.1537, 

¥123.1267) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Dungeness River (47.9386, ¥123.0885); 

Gray Wolf River (47.9168, ¥123.2409); 

Matriotti Creek (48.1368, ¥123.1428); 

Unnamed (48.1514, ¥123.1216). 

(ii) Elwha River Watershed 

1711002007. Outlet(s) = Elwha River 

(Lat 48.1466, Long ¥123.5671); 

Unnamed (48.1483, ¥123.5599) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Elwha River 

(48.0927, ¥123.5614). 

(16) Unit 19. Nearshore Marine Areas 

¥This unit includes all nearshore zones 

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(including areas adjacent to islands) of 

the Strait of Georgia (south of the 

international border), Puget Sound, 

Hood Canal, and the Strait of Juan de 

Fuca (to the western end of the Elwha 

River delta) from extreme high water out 

to a depth of 30 meters, except for the 

following contiguous nearshore 

segments associated with Department of 

Defense lands and restricted marine 

zones: from Lat 48.3730, Long 

¥122.6641 to Lat 48.3154, Long 

¥122.7063; from Lat 48.2500, Long 

¥122.7571 to Lat 48.2099, Long 

¥122.7424; from Lat 48.1198, Long 

¥122.5987 to Lat 48.1072, Long 

¥122.5977; from Lat 48.2862, Long 

¥122.6311 to Lat 48.2812, Long 

¥122.5546; from Lat 47.9945, Long 

¥122.2228 to Lat 47.9877, Long 

¥122.2169; from Lat 47.1575, Long 

¥122.6149 to Lat 47.1195, Long 

¥122.6629; from Lat 47.2223, Long 

¥122.7074 to Lat 47.2006, Long 

¥122.6419; from Lat 47.2185, Long 

¥122.6035 to Lat 47.2746, Long 

¥122.6566; from Lat 47.2247, Long 

¥122.7191 to Lat 47.2651, Long 

¥122.7353; from Lat 47.2816, Long 

¥122.6929 to Lat 47.2825, Long 

¥122.6522; from Lat 47.5626, Long 

¥122.5374 to Lat 47.5708, Long 

¥122.5504; from Lat 47.5480, Long 

¥122.6162 to Lat 47.5641, Long 

¥122.6224; from Lat 47.5928, Long 

¥122.6848 to Lat 47.5966, Long 

¥122.6899; from Lat 47.6531, Long 

¥122.6138 to Lat 47.7045, Long 

¥122.6222; from Lat 47.6999, Long 

¥122.6263 to Lat 47.6984, Long 

¥122.6270; from Lat 47.7723, Long 

¥122.7035 to Lat 47.7214, Long 

¥122.7454; from Lat 47.7365, Long 

¥122.8542 to Lat 47.7623, Long 

¥122.8517; from Lat 47.7810, Long 

¥122.8517 to Lat 47.8001, Long 

¥122.8182; from Lat 47.8001, Long 

¥122.7873 to Lat 47.6928, Long 

¥122.8309; from Lat 48.0159, Long 

¥122.6971 to Lat 48.0190, Long 

¥122.6980; from Lat 48.1174, Long 

¥122.7508 to Lat 48.1180, Long 

¥122.7498; from Lat 48.1195, Long 

¥122.7501 to Lat 48.1426, Long 

¥122.7545; from Lat 48.1444, Long 

¥122.7547 to Lat 48.1407, Long 

¥122.7945; and waters immediately 

west of Smith Island and less than 30 m 

depth within a circular area having a 

radius of 2.32 km and centered at Lat 

48.3169, Long ¥122.9003. 

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(1) Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin 17070105—(i) East Fork Hood 

River Watershed 1707010506. Outlet(s) 

= Hood River (Lat 45.6050, Long 

¥121.6323) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Dog River (45.4655, ¥121.5656); East 

Fork Hood River (45.4665, ¥121.5669); 

Pinnacle Creek (45.4595, ¥121.6568); 

Tony Creek (45.5435, ¥121.6411). 

(ii) West Fork Hood River Watershed 

1707010507. Outlet(s) = West Fork 

Hood River (Lat 45.6050, Long 

¥121.6323) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Divers Creek (45.5457, ¥121.7447); Elk 

Creek (45.4277, ¥121.7889); Indian 

Creek (45.5375, ¥121.7857); Jones 

Creek (45.4629, ¥121.7942); Lake 

Branch (45.5083, ¥121.8485); McGee 

Creek (45.4179, ¥121.7675); No Name 

Creek (45.5347, ¥121.7929); Red Hill 

Creek (45.4720, ¥121.7705), Unnamed 

(45.5502, ¥121.7014). 

(iii) Hood River Watershed 

1707010508. Outlet(s) = Hood River (Lat 

45.7205, Long ¥121.5055) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hood River (45.6050, 

¥121.6323). 

(iv) White Salmon River Watershed 

1707010509. Outlet(s) = White Salmon 

River (Lat 45.7226, Long ¥121.5214) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: White 

Salmon River (45.7677, ¥121.5374). 

(v) Wind River Watershed 

1707010511. Outlet(s) = Wind River (Lat 

45.7037, Long ¥121.7946) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.7620, 

¥121.8293); Big Hollow Creek (45.9399, 

¥121.9996); Dry Creek (45.9296, 

¥121.9721); Falls Creek (45.9105, 

¥121.9222); Little Wind River (45.7392, 

¥121.7772); Ninemile Creek (45.8929, 

¥121.9526); Paradise Creek (45.9527, 

¥121.9408); Trapper Creek (45.8887, 

¥122.0065); Trout Creek (45.8021, 

¥121.9313); Wind River (45.9732, 

¥121.9031). 

(vi) Middle Columbia/Grays Creek 

Watershed 1707010512. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.7044, 

Long¥121.7980) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(45.7205, ¥121.5056); Dog Creek 

(45.7200, ¥121.6804); Gorton Creek 

(45.6912, ¥121.7721); Lindsey Creek 

(45.6868, ¥121.7153); Unnamed 

(45.7022, ¥121.7435). 

(vii) Middle Columbia/Eagle Creek 

Watershed 1707010513. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.6447, Long 

¥121.9395) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.7044, ¥121.7980); 

Eagle Creek (45.6365, ¥121.9171); 

Herman Creek (45.6749, ¥121.8477); 

Rock Creek (45.6958, ¥121.8915). 

(2) Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin 17080001—(i) Salmon River 

Watershed 1708000101. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.3768, Long 

¥122.0293) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cheeney Creek (45.3104, ¥121.9561); 

Copper Creek (45.2508, ¥121.9053); 

Salmon River (45.2511, ¥121.9025); 

South Fork Salmon River (45.2606, 

¥121.9474); Unnamed (45.3434, 

¥121.9920). 

(ii) Zigzag River Watershed 

1708000102. Outlet(s) = Zigzag River 

(Lat 45.3489, Long ¥121.9442) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Henry Creek 

(45.3328, ¥121.9110); Still Creek 

(45.2755, ¥121.8413); Unnamed 

(45.3019, ¥121.8202); Zigzag River 

(45.3092, ¥121.8642). 

(iii) Upper Sandy River Watershed 

1708000103. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.3489, Long ¥121.9442) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Clear Creek 

(45.3712, ¥121.9246); Clear Fork Sandy 

River (45.3994, ¥121.8525); Horseshoe 

Creek (45.3707, ¥121.8936); Lost Creek 

(45.3709, ¥121.8150); Sandy River 

(45.3899, ¥121.8620). 

(iv) Middle Sandy River Watershed 

1708000104. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.4464, Long ¥122.2459) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.3776, ¥122.0994); Bear Creek 

(45.3368, ¥121.9265); Cedar Creek 

(45.4087, ¥122.2617); North Boulder 

Creek (45.3822, ¥122.0168); Sandy 

River (45.3489, ¥121.9442). 

(v) Bull Run River Watershed 

1708000105. Outlet(s) = Bull Run River 

(Lat 45.4464, Long ¥122.2459) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bull Run 

River (45.4455, ¥122.1561); Little 

Sandy Creek (45.4235, ¥122.1975). 

(vi) Columbia Gorge Tributaries 

Watershed 1708000107. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.5735, Long 

¥122.3945) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bridal Veil Creek (45.5542, ¥122.1793); 

Columbia River (45.6447, ¥121.9395); 

Coopey Creek (45.5656, ¥122.1671); 

Government Cove (45.5948, 

¥122.0630); Hamilton Creek (45.6414, 

¥121.9764); Hardy Creek (45.6354, 

¥121.9987); Horsetail Creek (45.5883, 

¥122.0675); Latourell Creek (45.5388, 

¥122.2173); McCord Creek (45.6115, 

¥121.9929); Moffett Creek (45.6185, 

¥121.9662); Multnomah Creek 

(45.5761, ¥122.1143), Oneonta Creek 

(45.5821, ¥122.0718); Tanner Creek 

(45.6264, ¥121.9522); Turnaft Creek 

(45.6101, ¥122.0284); Unnamed 

(45.5421, ¥122.2624); Unnamed 

(45.5488, ¥122.3504); Unnamed 

(45.6025, ¥122.0443); Unnamed 

(45.6055, ¥122.0392); Unnamed 

(45.6083, ¥122.0329); Unnamed 

(45.6118, ¥122.0216); Unnamed 

(45.6124, ¥122.0172); Unnamed 

(45.6133, ¥122.0055); Wahkeena Creek 

(45.5755, ¥122.1266); Young Creek 

(45.5480, ¥122.1997). 

(vii) Lower Sandy River Watershed 

1708000108. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.5680, Long ¥122.4023) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (45.5258, ¥122.3822); Gordon 

Creek (45.4915, ¥122.2423); Sandy 

River (45.4464, ¥122.2459); Trout 

Creek (45.4844, ¥122.2785); Unnamed 

(45.5542, ¥122.3768); Unnamed 

(45.5600, ¥122.3650). 

(3) Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin 

17080002—(i) East Fork Lewis River 

Watershed 1708000205. Outlet(s) = East 

Fork Lewis River (Lat 45.8664, Long 

¥122.7189) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

East Fork Lewis River (45.8395, 

¥122.4463).

(ii) Lower Lewis River Watershed 

1708000206. Outlet(s) = Lewis River 

(Lat 45.8519, Long ¥122.7806) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cedar Creek 

(45.9049, ¥122.3684); Chelatchie Creek 

(45.9169, ¥122.4130); Johnson Creek 

(45.9385, ¥122.6261); Lewis River 

(45.9570, ¥122.5550); Pup Creek 

(45.9391, ¥122.5440); Unnamed 

(45.8882, ¥122.7412); Unnamed 

(45.9153, ¥122.4362). 

(4) Unit 4. Lower Columbia/

Clatskanie Subbasin 17080003—(i) 

Kalama River Watershed 1708000301.

Outlet(s) = Burris Creek (45.8926, 

¥122.7892); Kalama River (46.0340, 

¥122.8695) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Arnold Creek (46.0463, ¥122.5938); 

Burris Creek (45.9391, ¥122.7780); Elk 

Creek (46.0891, ¥122.5117); Gobar 

Creek (46.0963, ¥122.6042); Hatchery 

Creek (46.0459, ¥122.8027); Kalama 

River (46.1109, ¥122.3579); Little 

Kalama River (45.9970, ¥122.6939); 

North Fork Kalama River (46.1328, 

¥122.4118); Wild Horse Creek (46.0626, 

¥122.6367). 

(ii) Clatskanie River Watershed 

1708000303. Outlet(s) = Clatskanie 

River (Lat 46.1398, Long ¥123.2303) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Clatskanie 

River (46.0435, ¥123.0829); Merrill 

Creek (46.0916, ¥123.1727); Perkins 

Creek (46.0826, ¥123.1678). 

(iii) Skamokawa/Elochoman 

Watershed 1708000305. Outlet(s) = 

Elochoman River (Lat 46.2269, 

Long¥123.4040); Skamokawa Creek 

(46.2677, ¥123.4562); Unnamed 

(46.2243, ¥123.3975) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (46.2256, 

¥123.3071); Elochoman River (46.3503, 

¥123.2428); Falk Creek (46.2954, 

¥123.4413); Left Fork Skamokawa 

Creek (46.3249, ¥123.4538); McDonald 

Creek (46.3398, ¥123.4116); Standard 

Creek (46.3292, ¥123.3999); West Fork 

Elochoman River (46.3211, ¥123.2605); 

West Fork Skamokawa Creek (46.2871, 

¥123.4654); Wilson Creek (46.2970, 

¥123.3434). 

(iv) Plympton Creek Watershed 

1708000306. Outlet(s) = Westport 

Slough (Lat 46.1434, Long ¥123.3816) 

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upstream to endpoint(s) in: Plympton 

Creek (46.1261, ¥123.3842); Westport 

Slough (46.1195, ¥123.2797). 

(5) Unit 5. Upper Cowlitz Subbasin 

17080004—(i) Headwaters Cowlitz River 

1708000401. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.6580, Lat ¥121.6032) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Clear Fork Cowlitz 

River (46.6858, ¥121.5668); Muddy 

Fork Cowlitz River (46.6994, 

¥121.6169); Ohanapecosh River 

(46.6883, ¥121.5809). 

(ii) Upper Cowlitz River Watershed 

1708000402. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.5763, Long ¥121.7051) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cowlitz 

River (46.6580, ¥121.6032). 

(iii) Cowlitz Valley Frontal Watershed 

1708000403. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.4765, Long ¥122.0952) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cowlitz 

River (46.5763, ¥121.7051); Silver 

Creek (46.5576, ¥121.9178). 

(iv) Upper Cispus River Watershed 

1708000404. Outlet(s) = Cispus River 

(Lat 46.4449, Long ¥121.7954) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cispus River 

(46.3410, ¥121.6709); East Canyon 

Creek (46.3454, ¥121.7031); North Fork 

Cispus River (46.4355, ¥121.654). 

(v) Lower Cispus River Watershed 

1708000405. Outlet(s) = Cispus River 

(Lat 46.4765, Long ¥122.0952) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cispus River 

(46.4449, ¥121.7954); McCoy Creek 

(46.3892, ¥121.8190); Yellowjacket 

Creek (46.3871, ¥121.8335). 

(6) Unit 6. Cowlitz Subbasin 

17080005—(i) Tilton River Watershed 

1708000501 Outlet(s) = Tilton River (Lat 

46.5432, Long ¥122.5319) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Tilton River (46.5992, 

¥122.2352). 

(ii) Riffe Reservoir Watershed 

1708000502. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.5033, Long ¥122.5870) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cowlitz 

River (46.4765, ¥122.0952). 

(iii) Jackson Prairie Watershed 

1708000503. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.3678, Long ¥122.9337) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(46.4215, ¥122.9224); Blue Creek 

(46.4885, ¥122.7253); Cowlitz River 

(46.5033, ¥122.5870); Lacamas Creek 

(46.5118, ¥122.8113); Mill Creek 

(46.4701, ¥122.8557); Mill Creek 

(46.5176;¥122.6209); Otter Creek 

(46.4800, ¥122.6996); Salmon Creek 

(46.4237, ¥122.8400); Skook Creek 

(46.5035, ¥122.7556). 

(iv) North Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000504. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3669, 

Long ¥122.5859) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: North Fork Toutle River 

(46.3718, ¥122.5847). 

(v) Green River Watershed 

1708000505. Outlet(s) = Green River 

(Lat 46.3718, Long ¥122.5847) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cascade 

Creek (46.3924, ¥122.3530); Devils 

Creek (46.3875, ¥122.5113); Elk Creek 

(46.3929, ¥122.3224); Green River 

(46.3857, ¥122.1815); Miners Creek 

(46.3871, ¥122.2091); Shultz Creek 

(46.3744, ¥122.2987); Unnamed 

(46.3796, ¥122.3632). 

(vi) South Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000506. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3282, 

Long ¥122.7215) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Johnson Creek (46.3100, 

¥122.6338); South Fork Toutle River 

(46.2306, ¥122.4439); Studebaker Creek 

(46.3044, ¥122.6777). 

(vii) East Willapa Watershed 

1708000507. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.2660, Long ¥122.9154) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Arkansas 

Creek (46.3275, ¥123.0123); Baxter 

Creek (46.3034, ¥122.9709); Brim Creek 

(46.4263, ¥123.0139); Campbell Creek 

(46.3756, ¥123.0401); Cowlitz River 

(46.3678, ¥122.9337); Delameter Creek 

(46.2495, ¥122.9916); Hemlock Creek 

(46.2585, ¥122.7269); Hill Creek 

(46.3724, ¥122.9211); King Creek 

(46.5076, ¥122.9885); Monahan Creek 

(46.2954, ¥123.0286); North Fork 

Toutle River (46.3669, ¥122.5859); 

Olequa Creek (46.5174, ¥122.9042); 

Stillwater Creek (46.3851, ¥123.0478); 

Sucker Creek (46.2628, ¥122.8116); 

Unnamed (46.5074, ¥122.9585); 

Unnamed (46.5405, ¥122.9090); Wyant 

Creek (46.3424, ¥122.6302).

(viii) Coweeman Watershed 

1708000508. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.0977, Long ¥122.9141); Owl 

Creek (46.0771, ¥122.8676) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Baird Creek (46.1704, 

¥122.6119); Coweeman River (46.1505, 

¥122.5792); Cowlitz River (46.2660, 

¥122.9154); Leckler Creek (46.2092, 

¥122.9206); Mulholland Creek 

(46.1932, ¥122.6992); North Fork Goble 

Creek (46.1209, ¥122.7689); Ostrander 

Creek (46.2095, ¥122.8623); Owl Creek 

(46.0914, ¥122.8692); Salmon Creek 

(46.2547, ¥122.8839); South Fork 

Ostrander Creek (46.1910, ¥122.8600); 

Unnamed (46.0838, ¥122.7264). 

(7) Unit 7. Lower Columbia Subbasin 

17080006—(i) Big Creek Watershed 

1708000602. Outlet(s) = Bear Creek (Lat 

46.1719; Long ¥123.6642); Big Creek 

(46.1847, ¥123.5943); Blind Slough 

(46.2011, ¥123.5822); John Day River 

(46.1820, ¥123.7392) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (46.1181, 

¥123.6388); Big Creek (46.1475, 

¥123.5819); Gnat Creek (46.1614, 

¥123.4813); John Day River (46.1763, 

¥123.7474). 

(ii) Grays Bay Watershed 1708000603.

Outlet(s) = Crooked Creek (Lat 46.2962, 

Long ¥123.6795); Deep River (46.3035, 

¥123.7092); Grays River (46.3035, 

¥123.6867); Sisson Creek (46.3011, 

¥123.7237); Unnamed (46.3042, 

¥123.6870) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Crooked Creek (46.3033, ¥123.6222); 

East Fork Grays River (46.4425, 

¥123.4081); Fossil Creek (46.3628, 

¥123.5530); Grays River (46.4910, 

¥123.4334); Hull Creek (46.3725, 

¥123.5866); Johnson Canyon (46.3699, 

¥123.6659); Klints Creek (46.3562, 

¥123.5675); Malone Creek (46.3280, 

¥123.6545); Mitchell Creek (46.4512, 

¥123.4371) South Fork Grays River 

(46.3813, ¥123.4581); Sweigiler Creek 

(46.4195, ¥123.5375); Unnamed 

(46.3283, ¥123.7376); Unnamed 

(46.3651, ¥123.6839); Unnamed 

(46.4701, ¥123.4515); West Fork Grays 

River (46.4195, ¥123.5530). 

(8) Unit 9. Clackamas Subbasin 

17090011—Lower Clackamas River 

Watershed 1709001106. Outlet(s) = 

Clackamas River (Lat 45.3719, Long 

¥122.6071) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clackamas River (45.2440, ¥122.2798); 

Clear Creek (45.3568, ¥122.4781); Deep 

Creek (45.3916, ¥122.4028); Richardson 

Creek (45.3971, ¥122.4712); Rock Creek 

(45.4128, ¥122.5043). 

(9) Unit 10. Lower Willamette 

Subbasin 17090012—(i) Johnson Creek 

Watershed 1709001201. Outlet(s) = 

Willamette River (Lat 45.4423, Long 

¥122.6453) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Crystal Springs Creek (45.4770, 

¥122.6403); Kellogg Creek (45.4344, 

¥122.6314); Tryon Creek (45.4239, 

¥122.6595); Unnamed (45.4002, 

¥122.6423); Willamette River (45.3719, 

¥122.6071). 

(ii) Scappoose Creek Watershed 

1709001202. Outlet(s) = Multnomah 

Channel (Lat 45.8577, Long ¥122.7919) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cunningham Slough (45.8250, 

¥122.8069); Multnomah Channel 

(45.6188, ¥122.7921); North Scappoose 

Creek (45.8014, ¥122.9340). 

(iii) Columbia Slough/Willamette 

River Watershed 1709001203. Outlet(s) 

= Willamette River (Lat 45.6530, Long 

¥122.7646) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bybee/Smith Lakes (45.6189, 

¥122.7333); Columbia Slough (45.5979, 

¥122.7137); Willamette River (45.4423, 

¥122.6453). 

(10) Unit 11. Lower Columbia River 

Corridor—(i) Lower Columbia River 

Corridor. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 46.2485, Long ¥124.0782) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (45.5709, ¥122.4021). 

(11) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Lower Columbia River chinook 

salmon ESU follow: 

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(1) Unit 1. Middle Fork Willamette 

Subbasin 17090001—(i) Upper Middle 

Fork Willamette River Watershed 

1709000101. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

Willamette River (Lat 43.4961, Long 

¥122.3989) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Echo Creek (43.4670, ¥122.3172); 

Found Creek (43.5048, ¥122.2831); 

Middle Fork Willamette River (43.4801, 

¥122.2534); Noisy Creek (43.5083, 

¥122.3016); Simpson Creek (43.5031, 

¥122.3801); Skunk Creek (43.5069, 

¥122.2866); Staley Creek (43.4527, 

¥122.3650); Swift Creek (43.5438, 

¥122.2431); Tumblebug Creek (43.4740, 

¥122.2549); Unnamed (43.4967, 

¥122.2645); Unnamed (43.4986, 

¥122.2686); Unnamed (43.5020, 

¥122.2764). 

(ii) Hills Creek Watershed 

1709000102. Outlet(s) = Hills Creek (Lat 

43.7071, Long ¥122.4195) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hills Creek (43.6718, 

¥122.3502). 

(iii) Salt Creek/Willamette River 

Watershed 1709000103. Outlet(s) = Salt 

Creek (Lat 43.7261, Long ¥122.4381) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Coyote 

Creek (43.6682, ¥122.2378); Eagle 

Creek (43.6795, ¥122.2293); Salt Creek 

(43.6204, ¥122.1413); South Fork Salt 

Creek (43.6518, ¥122.2261). 

(iv) Hills Creek Reservoir Watershed 

1709000105. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

Willamette River (Lat 43.7589, Long 

¥122.5242) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Willow Creek (43.6341, ¥122.4139); 

Buck Creek (43.5945, ¥122.4272); Bull 

Creek (43.6598, ¥122.4014); Coal Creek 

(43.4882, ¥122.4246); Coffeepot Creek 

(43.6182, ¥122.4160); Gold Creek 

(43.5860, ¥122.4768); Indian Creek 

(43.5034, ¥122.4638); Larison Creek 

(43.6851,¥122.4760); Middle Fork 

Willamette River (43.4961, ¥122.3989); 

Packard Creek (43.6516, ¥122.4904); 

Snake Creek (43.5388, ¥122.4554) 

Snow Creek (43.6061, ¥122.4585); 

Windfall Creek (43.5984, ¥122.4638). 

(v) North Fork of Middle Fork 

Willamette River Watershed 

1709000106. Outlet(s) = North Fork 

Middle Fork Willamette River (Lat 

43.7589, Long ¥122.5242) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cayuse Creek (43.8651, 

¥122.1856); Chalk Creek (43.8750, 

¥122.4044); Christy Creek (43.9079, 

¥122.3796); Fisher Creek (43.8699, 

¥122.1551); North Fork Middle Fork 

Willamette River (43.8671, ¥122.0711). 

(vi) Middle Fork Willamette/Lookout 

Point Watershed 1709000107. Outlet(s) 

= Middle Fork Willamette River (Lat 

43.9495, Long ¥122.8471) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Anthony Creek (43.8799, 

¥122.8498); Bannister Creek (43.8743, 

¥122.6538); Buckhead Creek (43.7753, 

¥122.5253); Burnt Bridge Creek 

(43.7900, ¥122.5334); Carr Creek 

(43.8558, ¥122.8177); Deception Creek 

(43.7551, ¥122.5541); East Fork 

Minnow Creek (43.8902, ¥122.7342); 

Goodman Creek (43.8309, ¥122.6940); 

Gosage Creek (43.8446, ¥122.8129); 

Guiley Creek (43.8419, ¥122.7962); 

Hazel Creek (43.8637, ¥122.6891); Lost 

Creek (43.8427, ¥122.7781); Middle 

Creek (43.8624, ¥122.8323); Middle 

Fork Willamette River (43.7589, 

¥122.5242); Minnow Creek (43.8872, 

¥122.7458); North Creek (43.8247, 

¥122.6236); Rolling Riffle Creek 

(43.8750, ¥122.7052); School Creek 

(43.8604, ¥122.6099); South Creek 

(43.8230, ¥122.6216); Unnamed 

(43.8329, ¥122.6775); Unnamed 

(43.8427, ¥122.6643); Unnamed 

(43.8433, ¥122.6950). 

(vii) Little Fall Creek Watershed 

1709000108. Outlet(s) = Little Fall Creek 

(Lat 43.9577, Long ¥122.8166) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little Fall 

Creek (44.0579, ¥122.5440); Norton 

Creek (44.0006, ¥122.7044); Sturdy 

Creek (44.0196, ¥122.6475). 

(viii) Fall Creek Watershed 

1709000109. Outlet(s) = Fall Creek (Lat 

43.9707, Long ¥122.8677) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek (44.0000, 

¥122.4993); Fall Creek (43.9922, 

¥122.3758); Gold Creek (43.9772, 

¥122.4051); Logan Creek (43.9447, 

¥122.4504); Nelson Creek (43.9285, 

¥122.6850); Portland Creek (43.9331, 

¥122.4655); Sunshine Creek (43.9943, 

¥122.4672); Winberry Creek (43.9142, 

¥122.6890). 

(ix) Lower Middle Fork Willamette 

River Wateshed 1709000110. Outlet(s) = 

Middle Fork Willamette River (Lat 

44.0226, Long ¥123.0169) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hills Creek (43.9945, 

¥122.8651); Middle Fork Willamette 

River (43.9495, ¥122.8471); Mill Race 

(44.0407, ¥123.0004); Pudding Creek 

(44.0173, ¥122.9501); Rattlesnake 

Creek (43.9352, ¥122.8608); Wallace 

Creek (44.0074, ¥122.8984). 

(2) Unit 3. Upper Willamette Subbasin 

17090003—(i) Muddy Creek Watershed 

1709000302. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 44.6400, Long ¥123.1096) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Willamette 

River (44.0226, ¥123.0169). 

(ii) Calapooia River Watershed 

1709000303. Outlet(s) = Calapooia River 

(Lat 44.5088, Long ¥123.1101) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Calapooia 

River (44.2354, ¥122.4128). 

(iii) Oak Creek Watershed 

1709000304. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 44.7504, Long ¥123.1421) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Calapooia 

River (44.5088, ¥123.1101); Cox Creek 

(44.6417, ¥123.0680); First Lake 

(44.6471, ¥123.0725); Truax Creek 

(44.6560, ¥123.0598); Unnamed 

(44.6603, ¥123.0590); Willamette River 

(44.6400, ¥123.1096). 

(iv) Marys River Watershed 

1709000305. Outlet(s) = Marys River 

(Lat 44.5566, Long ¥123.2597) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (44.4554, ¥123.3748); Marys 

River (44.5373, ¥123.3762); Oak Creek 

(44.5636, ¥123.2932). 

(v) Luckiamute River Watershed 

1709000306. Outlet(s) = Luckiamute 

River (Lat 44.7561, Long ¥123.1468) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Soap Creek 

(44.7317, ¥123.2151); Unnamed 

(44.7661, ¥123.2011).

(3) Unit 4. McKenzie Subbasin 

17090004—(i) Upper McKenzie River 

Watershed 1709000401. Outlet(s) = 

McKenzie River (Lat 44.1721, Long 

¥122.2058) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Deer Creek (44.2677, ¥122.0712); 

Frissell Creek (44.2288, ¥122.0699); 

Lost Creek (44.1729, ¥122.0401); 

McKenzie River (44.3109, ¥122.0199); 

Scott Creek (44.1981, ¥122.0195); 

Smith River (44.2824, ¥122.0506). 

(ii) Horse Creek Watershed 

1709000402. Outlet(s) = West Fork 

Horse Creek (Lat 44.1721, Long 

¥122.2058) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cedar Swamp Creek (44.1563, 

¥122.1132); Horse Creek (44.0602, 

¥122.0087); King Creek (44.1635, 

¥122.1693); Separation Creek (44.1274, 

¥122.0077). 

(iii) South Fork McKenzie River 

Watershed 1709000403. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork McKenzie River (Lat 

44.1595, Long ¥122.2946) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Augusta Creek (43.9562, 

¥122.1632); Cougar Creek (44.1397, 

¥122.2437); East Fork South Fork 

McKenzie (44.0850, ¥122.0997); Elk 

Creek (43.9455, ¥122.0384); French 

Pete Creek (44.0402, ¥122.1854); Hardy 

Creek (44.0345, ¥122.2047); Rebel 

Creek (44.0167, ¥122.1505); Roaring 

River (43.9479, ¥122.0811); South Fork 

McKenzie River (43.9533, ¥121.9995). 

(iv) McKenzie River/Quartz Creek 

Watershed 1709000405. Outlet(s) = 

McKenzie River (Lat 44.1112, Long 

¥122.4209) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cone Creek (44.1528, ¥122.3649); 

McKenzie River (44.1721, ¥122.2058); 

Quartz Creek (44.0188, ¥122.3015); 

Wycoff Creek (44.0846, ¥122.3143). 

(v) Mohawk River Watershed 

1709000406. Outlet(s) = Mohawk River 

(Lat 44.0860, Long ¥122.9741) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cartwright 

Creek (44.1693, ¥122.8421); Cash Creek 

(44.2127, ¥122.8468); Drury Creek 

(44.2417, ¥122.8212); Log Creek 

(44.2616, ¥122.7967); McGowan Creek 

(44.1525, ¥122.9502); Mill Creek 

(44.1901, ¥122.6777); Mohawk River 

(44.2390, ¥122.6867); Nebo Creek 

(44.1765, ¥122.7087); Oshkosh Creek 

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(44.1929, ¥122.9060); Shotgun Creek 

(44.2792, ¥122.8778); Spores Creek 

(44.1192, ¥122.9429); Unnamed 

(44.1079, ¥122.9705); Unnamed 

(44.1374, ¥122.8875); Unnamed 

(44.1455, ¥122.8787); Unnamed 

(44.1551, ¥122.8971); Unnamed 

(44.2673, ¥122.8487); Wade Creek 

(44.1688, ¥122.9007). 

(vi) Lower McKenzie River Watershed 

1709000407. Outlet(s) = McKenzie River 

(Lat 44.1255, Long ¥123.1059) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Boulder 

Creek (44.0601, ¥122.7825); Camp 

Creek (44.0896, ¥122.8544); Deer Creek 

(44.0895, ¥122.4234); Ennis Creek 

(44.0804, ¥122.3754); Finn Creek 

(44.1471, ¥122.5972); Forest Creek 

(44.0861, ¥122.7153); Haagen Creek 

(44.0880, ¥122.7126); Hatchery Creek 

(44.1449, ¥122.6056); Holden Creek 

(44.1056, ¥122.7061); Indian Creek 

(44.1526, ¥122.5816); Lane Creek 

(44.0928, ¥122.7323); Marten Creek 

(44.1075, ¥122.5046); McKenzie River 

(44.1112, ¥122.4209); North Fork Gate 

Creek (44.1718, ¥122.5248); Osborn 

Creek (44.0565, ¥122.7880); Ritchie 

Creek (44.1028, ¥122.6567); South Fork 

Gate Creek (44.1667, ¥122.4980); 

Taylor Creek (44.0783, ¥122.7481); 

Toms Creek (44.1316, ¥122.5586); 

Unnamed (44.0646, ¥122.9399); 

Walterville Canal (44.0765, ¥122.7537). 

(4) Unit 5. North Santiam Subbasin 

17090005—(i) Middle North Santiam 

River Watershed 1709000504. Outlet(s) 

= North Santiam River (Lat 44.7852, 

Long ¥122.6079) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Mad Creek (44.7453, 

¥122.3898); North Santiam River 

(44.7510, ¥122.2821); Rock Creek 

(44.7077, ¥122.4171); Snake Creek 

(44.7477, ¥122.4905). 

(ii) Little North Santiam River 

Watershed 1709000505. Outlet(s) = 

Little North Santiam River (Lat 44.7852, 

Long ¥122.6079) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Elkhorn Creek (44.8134, 

¥122.3561); Little North Santiam River 

(44.8390, ¥122.3364); Little Sinker 

Creek (44.8191, ¥122.4111); Sinker 

Creek (44.8166, ¥122.4174). 

(iii) Lower North Santiam River 

Watershed 1709000506. Outlet(s) = 

Santiam River (Lat 44.7504, Long 

¥123.1421) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Branch (44.7559, ¥122.7974); Cold 

Creek (44.7522, ¥122.8848); Morgan 

Creek (44.7500, ¥123.0376); North 

Santiam River (44.7852, ¥122.6079); 

Salem Ditch (44.8000, ¥122.8120); 

Smallman Creek (44.7300, ¥122.9098); 

Stout Creek (44.7930, ¥122.6177); 

Trask Creek (44.7725, ¥122.6152); 

Unnamed (44.7672, ¥123.0517); 

Valentine Creek (44.8013, ¥122.7176). 

(5) Unit 6. South Santiam Subbasin 

17090006—(i) Hamilton Creek/South 

Santiam River Watershed 1709000601.

Outlet(s) = South Santiam River (Lat 

44.6869, Long ¥123.0052) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hamilton Creek 

(44.5037, ¥122.7667); McDowell Creek 

(44.4580, ¥122.7128); Mill Creek 

(44.6750, ¥122.9721); Noble Creek 

(44.4519, ¥122.7976); South Santiam 

River (44.4163, ¥122.6693); Spring 

Branch (44.6821, ¥122.9811); Unnamed 

(44.6703, ¥122.9870); Unnamed 

(44.6801, ¥122.9786). 

(ii) Crabtree Creek Watershed 

1709000602. Outlet(s) = Crabtree Creek 

(Lat 44.6756, Long ¥122.9557) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bald Peter 

Creek (44.5682, ¥122.5825); Beaver 

Creek (44.6271, ¥122.8504); Crabtree 

Creek (44.6058, ¥122.5405); Roaring 

River (44.6251, ¥122.7283); South Fork 

Crabtree Creek (44.5741, ¥122.5744). 

(iii) Thomas Creek Watershed 

1709000603. Outlet(s) = Thomas Creek 

(Lat 44.6778, Long ¥122.9654) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Jordan Creek 

(44.7531, ¥122.6595); Mill Creek 

(44.7055, ¥122.7842); Neal Creek 

(44.7101, ¥122.6912); South Fork Neal 

Creek (44.7033, ¥122.7078); Thomas 

Creek (44.6776, ¥122.4650). 

(iv) South Santiam River Watershed 

1709000606. Outlet(s) = South Santiam 

River (Lat 44.3977, Long ¥122.4491) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Falls Creek 

(44.4007, ¥122.3828); South Santiam 

River (44.3980, ¥122.2610).

(v) South Santiam River/Foster 

Reservoir Watershed 1709000607.

Outlet(s) = South Santiam River (Lat 

44.4163, Long ¥122.6693) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Middle Santiam River 

(44.4498, ¥122.5479); South Santiam 

River (44.3977, ¥122.4491). 

(vi) Wiley Creek Watershed 

1709000608. Outlet(s) = Wiley Creek 

(Lat 44.4140, Long ¥122.6752) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little Wiley 

Creek (44.3673, ¥122.5916); Wiley 

Creek (44.3488, ¥122.5900). 

(6) Unit 7. Middle Willamette 

Subbasin 17090007—(i) Mill Creek/

Willamette River Watershed 

1709000701. Outlet(s) = Mill Creek (Lat 

44.9520, Long ¥123.0381) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Battle Creek (44.8387, 

¥122.9839); Beaver Creek (44.8532, 

¥122.8662); McKinney Creek (44.8270, 

¥122.9631); Mill Creek (44.8255, 

¥122.8226). 

(ii) Rickreall Creek Watershed 

1709000702. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 44.9288, Long ¥123.1124) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Willamette 

River (44.7504, ¥123.1421). 

(iii) Willamette River/Chehalem Creek 

Watershed 1709000703. Outlet(s) = 

Willamette River (Lat 45.2552, Long 

¥122.8806) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Willamette River (44.9288, ¥123.1124). 

(iv) Abernethy Creek Watershed 

1709000704. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 45.3719, Long ¥122.6071) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Willamette 

River (45.2552, ¥122.8806). 

(7) Unit 9. Molalla/Pudding Subbasin 

17090009—(i) Butte Creek/Pudding 

River Watershed 1709000902. Outlet(s) 

= Pudding River (Lat 45.1907, Long 

¥122.7527) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Butte Creek (45.0164, ¥122.5943); 

Pudding River (45.0740, ¥122.8525); 

Zollner Creek (45.0858, ¥122.7868). 

(ii) Rock Creek/Pudding River 

Watershed 1709000903. Outlet(s) = 

Rock Creek (Lat 45.1907, Long 

¥122.7527) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Rock Creek (45.1341, ¥122.7032). 

(iii) Senecal Creek/Mill Creek 

Watershed 1709000904. Outlet(s) = 

Pudding River (Lat 45.2843, Long 

¥122.7149) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Mill Creek (45.2220, ¥122.7691); 

Pudding River (45.1907, ¥122.7527). 

(iv) Upper Molalla River Watershed 

1709000905. Outlet(s) = Molalla River 

(Lat 45.1196, Long ¥122.5342) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Molalla 

River (44.9124, ¥122.3228); North Fork 

Molalla River (45.0872, ¥122.3849); 

Table Rock Fork Molalla River (44.9876, 

¥122.2741). 

(v) Lower Molalla River Watershed 

1709000906. Outlet(s) = Molalla River 

(Lat 45.2979, Long ¥122.7141) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Gribble 

Creek (45. 2146, ¥122.6988); Milk 

Creek (45.2278, ¥122.5670); Molalla 

River (45.1196, ¥122.5342). 

(8) Unit 10. Clackamas Subbasin 

17090011—(i) Collawash River 

Watershed 1709001101. Outlet(s) = 

Collawash River (Lat 45.0321, Long 

¥122.0600) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Blister Creek (44.9594, ¥122.1590); 

Collawash River (44.9507, ¥122.0350); 

Hot Springs Fk Collawash River 

(44.9385, ¥122.1721); Nohorn Creek 

(44.9442, ¥122.1957). 

(ii) Upper Clackamas River 

1709001102. Outlet(s) = Clackamas 

River (Lat 45.0321, Long ¥122.0600) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cabin Creek 

(45.0087, ¥121.8958); Clackamas River 

(44.8966, ¥121.8800); Cub Creek 

(44.8969, ¥121.8876); Granite Creek 

(45.0184, ¥121.9885); Hunter Creek 

(44.9086, ¥121.8929); Last Creek 

(44.9715, ¥121.8547); Lowe Creek 

(44.9487, ¥121.8983); Pot Creek 

(45.0149, ¥121.9084); Unnamed 

(44.9469, ¥121.8691); Wall Creek 

(44.9555, ¥121.8843). 

(iii) Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River 

Watershed 1709001103. Outlet(s) = Oak 

Grove Fork Clackamas River (Lat 

45.0746, Long ¥122.0520) upstream to 

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endpoint(s) in: Oak Grove Fork 

Clackamas River (45.0822, ¥121.9859). 

(iv) Middle Clackamas River 

Watershed 1709001104. Outlet(s) = 

Clackamas River (Lat 45.2440, Long 

¥122.2798) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clackamas River (45.0321, ¥122.0600); 

Fish Creek (45.0962, ¥122.1683); North 

Fork Clackamas River (45.2361, 

¥122.2186); Roaring River (45.1773, 

¥122.0650); South Fork Clackamas 

River (45.1939, ¥122.2257); Tag Creek 

(45.0607, ¥122.0512); Tar Creek 

(45.0494, ¥122.0570). 

(v) Lower Clackamas River Watershed 

1709001106. Outlet(s) = Clackamas 

River (Lat 45.3719, Long ¥122.6071) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Clackamas 

River (45.2440, ¥122.2798); Clear Creek 

(45.3568, ¥122.4781); Deep Creek 

(45.3937, ¥122.4095); Richardson Creek 

(45.3971, ¥122.4712). 

(9) Unit 11. Lower Willamette/

Columbia River Corridor—Lower 

Willamette/Columbia River Corridor.

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 46.2485, 

Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Willamette River 

(45.3719, ¥122.6071). 

(10) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Upper Willamette River chinook 

salmon ESU follow: 

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(i) Upper Columbia River Spring 

Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha). Critical habitat is proposed to include the areas defined in 

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(1) Unit 1. Chief Joseph Subbasin 

17020005—Upper Columbia/Swamp 

Creek Watershed 1702000505. Outlet(s) 

= Columbia River (Lat 47.8077, Long 

¥119.9754) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (48.0502, ¥119.8942). 

(2) Unit 2. Methow Subbasin 

17020008—(i) Lost River Watershed 

1702000801. Outlet(s) = Lost River 

Gorge (Lat 48.6501, Long ¥120.5103) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Eureka 

Creek (48.7020, ¥120.4986); Lost River 

Gorge (48.7324, ¥120.4475). 

(ii) Upper Methow River Watershed 

1702000802. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.6015, Long ¥120.4376) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Early 

Winters Creek (48.5999, ¥120.5840); 

Methow River (48.6417, ¥120.6150); 

Rattlesnake Creek (48.6523, 

¥120.5733); Robinson Creek(48.6680, 

¥120.5394); South Fork Trout Creek 

(48.6448, ¥120.6030). 

(iii) Upper Chewuch River Watershed 

1702000803. Outlet(s) = Chewuch River 

(Lat 48.7501, Long ¥120.1356) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Andrews 

Creek (48.7855, ¥120.1087); Chewuch 

River (48.8614, ¥120.0288); Dog Creek 

(48.8218, ¥120.0151); Lake Creek 

(48.8258, ¥120.1996); Thirtymile Creek 

(48.8109, ¥120.0199). 

(iv) Lower Chewuch River Watershed 

1702000804. Outlet(s) = Chewuch River 

(Lat 48.4751, Lat ¥120.1790) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Boulder Creek 

(48.5797, ¥120.1538); Chewuch River 

(48.7501, ¥120.1356); Cub Creek 

(48.5513, ¥120.1899); Eightmile Creek 

(48.6071, ¥120.1775); Lake Creek 

(48.4926, ¥120.1629); Twentymile 

Creek (48.7029, ¥120.1117). 

(v) Twisp River Watershed 

1702000805. Outlet(s) = Twisp River 

(Lat 48.3682, Long ¥120.1176) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buttermilk 

Creek (48.3528, ¥120.3239); Eagle 

Creek (48.3584, ¥120.3914); North 

Creek (48.4587, ¥120.5595); Poorman 

Creek (48.3674, ¥120.1997); South 

Creek (48.4330, ¥120.5431); Twisp 

River (48.4615, ¥120.5764); War Creek 

(48.3649, ¥120.4030). 

(vi) Middle Methow River Watershed 

1702000806. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.2495, Long ¥120.1156) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(48.4527, ¥120.1423); Goat Creek 

(48.5888, ¥120.3705); Little Boulder 

Creek (48.5700, ¥120.3797); Methow 

River (48.6015, ¥120.4376); Wolf Creek 

(48.4776, ¥120.2840) Unnamed 

(48.4896, ¥120.2116). 

(vii) Lower Methow River Watershed 

1702000807. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.0502, Long ¥119.8942) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Methow 

River (48.2495, ¥120.1156). 

(3) Unit 3. Upper Columbia/Entiat 

Subbasin 17020010—(i) Entiat River 

Watershed 1702001001. Outlet(s) = 

Entiat River (Lat 47.6585, Long 

¥120.2194) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Entiat River (47.9855, ¥120.5749); 

Hornet Creek (47.7714, ¥120.4403); 

Mad River (47.7804, ¥120.4403); 

Tillicum Creek (47.7295, ¥120.4304). 

(ii) Lake Entiat Watershed 

1702001002. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 47.3438, Long ¥120.0929) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (47.8077, ¥119.9754). 

(4) Unit 4. Wenatchee Subbasin 

17020011—(i) White River Watershed 

1702001101. Outlet(s) = White River 

(Lat 47.8088, Long ¥120.7159) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little 

Wenatchee River (47.8526, ¥120.9541); 

Napeequa River (47.9285, ¥120.8829); 

Panther Creek (47.9355, ¥120.9482); 

White River (47.9535, ¥120.9380). 

(ii) Chiwawa River Watershed 

1702001102. Outlet(s) = Chiwawa River 

(Lat 47.7880, Long ¥120.6589) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(47.8483, ¥120.6587); Chikamin Creek 

(47.9785, ¥120.7194); Chiwawa River 

(48.1048, ¥120.8773); Goose Creek 

(47.8392, ¥120.6461); Minnow Creek 

(47.9137, ¥120.7182); Phelps Creek 

(48.0794, ¥120.8400); Unnamed 

(48.0366, ¥120.7615). 

(iii) Nason/Tumwater Watershed 

1702001103. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.5801, Long ¥120.6660) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Chiwaukum 

Creek (47.7039, ¥120.7791); Nason 

Creek (47.7769, ¥120.9103); Skinney 

Creek (47.6894, ¥120.7351). 

(iv) Icicle/Chumstick Watershed 

1702001104. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.5575, Long ¥120.5729) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Wenatchee 

River (47.5801, ¥120.6660). 

(v) Lower Wenatchee River Watershed 

1702001105. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.4553, Long ¥120.3185) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Wenatchee 

River (47.5575, ¥120.5729). 

(5) Unit 5. Columbia River Corridor—

Columbia River Corridor. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 46.2485, Long 

¥124.0782) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (47.3438, ¥120.0929). 

(6) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Upper Columbia River Springrun chinook salmon ESU follow:

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C (j) Oregon Coast Coho Salmon 

(Oncorhynchus kisutch). Critical habitat 

is proposed to include the areas defined 

in the following units: 


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(1) Unit 1. Necanicum Subbasin 

17100201—Necanicum River Watershed 

1710020101. Outlet(s) = Arch Cape 

Creek (Lat 45.8035, Long ¥123.9656); 

Asbury Creek (45.8150, ¥123.9624); 

Ecola Creek (45.8959, ¥123.9649); 

Necanicum River (46.0113, ¥123.9264); 

Short Sand Creek (45.7595, ¥123.9641) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Arch Cape 

Creek (45.8044, ¥123.9404); Asbury 

Creek (45.8150, ¥123.9584); Beerman 

Creek (45.9557, ¥123.8749); Bergsvik 

Creek (45.8704, ¥123.7650); Brandis 

Creek (45.8894, ¥123.8529); Charlie 

Creek (45.9164, ¥123.7606); Circle 

Creek (45.9248, ¥123.9436); Circle 

Creek Trib A (45.9335, ¥123.9457); 

North Fork Ecola Creek (45.8705, 

¥123.9070); West Fork Ecola Creek 

(45.8565, ¥123.9424); Grindy Creek 

(45.9179, ¥123.7390); Hawley Creek 

(45.9259, ¥123.8864); Joe Creek 

(45.8747, ¥123.7503); Johnson Creek 

(45.8885, ¥123.8816); Klootchie Creek 

(45.9450, ¥123.8413); Klootchie Creek 

Trib A (45.9250, ¥123.8447); Lindsley 

Creek (45.9198, ¥123.8339); Little 

Humbug Creek (45.9235, ¥123.7653); 

Little Joe Creek (45.8781, ¥123.7852); 

Little Muddy Creek (45.9551, 

¥123.9559); Mail Creek (45.8887, 

¥123.8655); Meyer Creek (45.9279, 

¥123.9135); Mill Creek (46.0245, 

¥123.8905); Mill Creek Trib 1 (46.0142, 

¥123.8967); Neacoxie Creek (46.0245, 

¥123.9157); Neawanna Creek (45.9810, 

¥123.8809); Necanicum River (45.9197, 

¥123.7106); North Fork Necanicum 

River (45.9308, ¥123.7986); North Fork 

Necanicum River Trib A (45.9398, 

¥123.8109); South Fork Necanicum 

River (45.8760, ¥123.8122); Shangrila 

Creek (45.9706, ¥123.8778); Short Sand 

Creek (45.7763, ¥123.9406); Thompson 

Creek (46.0108, ¥123.8951); Tolovana 

Creek (45.8581, ¥123.9370); Unnamed 

(45.8648, ¥123.9371); Unnamed 

(45.8821, ¥123.9318); Unnamed 

(45.8881, ¥123.7436); Unnamed 

(45.8883, ¥123.9366); Unnamed 

(45.8906, ¥123.7460); Unnamed 

(45.8912, ¥123.9433); Unnamed 

(45.8950, ¥123.8715); Unnamed 

(45.9026, ¥123.9540); Unnamed 

(45.9046, ¥123.9578); Unnamed 

(45.9050, ¥123.9585); Unnamed 

(45.9143, ¥123.8656); Unnamed 

(45.9161, ¥123.9000); Unnamed 

(45.9210, ¥123.8668); Unnamed 

(45.9273, ¥123.8499); Unnamed 

(45.9292, ¥123.8900); Unnamed 

(45.9443, ¥123.9038); Unnamed 

(45.9850, ¥123.8999); Unnamed 

(46.0018, ¥123.8998); Volmer Creek 

(45.9049, ¥123.9139); Warner Creek 

(45.8887, ¥123.7801); Williamson 

Creek (45.9522, ¥123.9060). 

(2) Unit 2. Nehalem Subbasin 

17100202—(i) Upper Nehalem River 

Watershed 1710020201. Outlet(s) = 

Nehalem River (Lat 45.9019, Long 

¥123.1442) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (45.7781, ¥123.4252); Bear 

Creek (45.8556, ¥123.2205); Beaver 

Creek (45.7624, ¥123.2073); Beaver 

Creek Trib A (45.8071, ¥123.2143); 

Beaver Creek Trib B (45.7711, 

¥123.2318); Carlson Creek (45.7173, 

¥123.3425); Castor Creek (45.7103, 

¥123.2698); Cedar Creek (45.8528, 

¥123.2928); Clear Creek, Lower North 

Fork (45.8229, ¥123.3111); Clear Creek 

(45.8239, ¥123.3531); Coal Creek Trib B 

(45.8149, ¥123.1174); Coal Creek 

(45.7978, ¥123.1293); Coon Creek 

(45.8211, ¥123.1446); Dell Creek 

(45.7919, ¥123.1559); Derby Creek 

(45.7225, ¥123.3857); Dog Creek 

(45.8957, ¥123.0741); Elk Creek 

(45.8256, ¥123.1290); Fall Creek 

(45.8626, ¥123.3247); Ginger Creek 

(45.8520, ¥123.3511); Ivy Creek 

(45.8938, ¥123.3160); Jim George Creek 

(45.8009, ¥123.1041); Kenusky Creek 

(45.8859, ¥123.0422); Kist Creek 

(45.7826, ¥123.2507); Lousignont Creek 

(45.7424, ¥123.3722); Lousignont 

Creek, North Fork (45.7463, 

¥123.3576); Martin Creek (45.8474, 

¥123.4025); Maynard Creek (45.8556, 

¥123.3038); Military Creek (45.8233, 

¥123.4812); Nehalem River (45.7269, 

¥123.4159); Nehalem River, East Fork 

(45.8324, ¥123.0502); Olson Creek 

(45.8129, ¥123.3853); Pebble Creek 

(45.7661, ¥123.1357); Pebble Creek, 

West Fork (45.7664, ¥123.1899); 

Robinson Creek (45.7363, ¥123.2512); 

Rock Creek (45.8135, ¥123.5201); Rock 

Creek, North Fork (45.8616, 

¥123.4560); Rock Creek, South Fork 

(45.7598, ¥123.4249); Rock Creek Trib 

C (45.7957, ¥123.4882); South Fork 

Rock Creek Trib A (45.7753, 

¥123.4586); South Fork Nehalem River 

(45.7073, ¥123.4017); Selder Creek 

(45.8975, ¥123.3806); South Fork Clear 

Creek (45.8141, ¥123.3484); South 

Prong Clear Creek (45.7832, 

¥123.2975); Step Creek (45.6824, 

¥123.3348); Swamp Creek (45.8217, 

¥123.2004); Unnamed (45.7270, 

¥123.3419); Unnamed (45.8095, 

¥123.0908); Unnamed (45.7558, 

¥123.2630); Unnamed (45.7938, 

¥123.3847); Unnamed (45.7943, 

¥123.4059); Unnamed (45.8197, 

¥123.0679); Unnamed (45.8477, 

¥123.0734); Unnamed (45.8817, 

¥123.1266); Unnamed (45.8890, 

¥123.3817); Unnamed (45.9019, 

¥123.1346); Weed Creek (45.8707, 

¥123.4049); Wolf Creek, South Fork 

(45.7989, ¥123.4028); Wolf Creek 

(45.7768, ¥123.3556). 

(ii) Middle Nehalem River Watershed 

1710020202. Outlet(s) = Nehalem River 

(Lat 45.9838, Long ¥123.4214) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Adams 

Creek (46.0263, ¥123.2869); Archibald 

Creek (45.9218, ¥123.0829); Beaver 

Creek (46.0554, ¥123.2985); Boxler 

Creek (46.0486, ¥123.3521); Calvin 

Creek (45.9514, ¥123.2976); Cedar 

Creek (45.9752, ¥123.1143); Cook Creek 

(45.9212, ¥123.1087); Cow Creek 

(46.0500, ¥123.4326); Crooked Creek 

(45.9043, ¥123.2689); Deep Creek 

(45.9461, ¥123.3719); Deep Creek Trib 

A (45.9127, ¥123.3794); Deep Creek 

Trib B (45.9314, ¥123.3809); Deer 

Creek (45.9033, ¥123.3142); Eastman 

Creek (46.0100, ¥123.2262); Fall Creek 

(45.9438, ¥123.2012); Fishhawk Creek 

(46.0596, ¥123.3857); Fishhawk Creek, 

North Fork (46.0907, ¥123.3675); 

Fishhawk Creek, Trib C (46.0808, 

¥123.3692); Ford Creek (46.0570, 

¥123.2872); Gus Creek (45.9828, 

¥123.1453); Johnson Creek (46.0021, 

¥123.2133); Lane Creek (45.9448, 

¥123.3253); Little Deer Creek (45.9378, 

¥123.2780); Lousignont Creek (46.0342, 

¥123.4186); Lundgren Creek (46.0240, 

¥123.2092); McCoon Creek (46.0665, 

¥123.3043); Messing Creek (46.0339, 

¥123.2260); Nehalem River (45.9019, 

¥123.1442); Northrup Creek (46.0672, 

¥123.4377); Oak Ranch Creek (45.9085, 

¥123.0834); Sager Creek (45.9388, 

¥123.4020); Unnamed (45.9039, 

¥123.2044); Unnamed (45.9067, 

¥123.0595); Unnamed (45.9488, 

¥123.2220); Unnamed (45.9629, 

¥123.3845); Unnamed (45.9999, 

¥123.1732); Unnamed (46.0088, 

¥123.4508); Unnamed (46.0208, 

¥123.4588); Unnamed (46.0236, 

¥123.2381); Unnamed (46.0308, 

¥123.3135); Unnamed (46.0325, 

¥123.4650); Unnamed (46.0390, 

¥123.3648); Unnamed (46.0776, 

¥123.3274); Unnamed (46.0792, 

¥123.3409); Unnamed (46.0345, 

¥123.2956); Warner Creek (46.0312, 

¥123.3817); Wrong Way Creek 

(46.0789, ¥123.3142). 

(iii) Lower Nehalem River Watershed 

1710020203. Outlet(s) = Nehalem River 

(Lat 45.7507, Long ¥123.6530) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.9069, ¥123.5907); Beaver Creek 

(45.8949, ¥123.6764); Big Creek 

(45.8655, ¥123.6476); Bull Heifer Creek 

(45.9908, ¥123.5322); Buster Creek 

(45.9306, ¥123.4165); Cedar Creek 

(45.8931, ¥123.6029); Cow Creek 

(45.8587, ¥123.5206); Crawford Creek 

(45.9699, ¥123.4725); Cronin Creek, 

Middle Fork (45.7719, ¥123.5747); 

Cronin Creek, North Fork (45.7795, 

¥123.6064); Cronin Creek, South Fork 

(45.7456, ¥123.5596); Destruction 

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Creek (45.8750, ¥123.6571); East 

Humbug Creek (45.9454, ¥123.6358); 

Fishhawk Creek (45.9666, ¥123.5895); 

Fishhawk Creek (46.0224, ¥123.5374); 

George Creek (45.8461, ¥123.6226); 

George Creek (45.9118, ¥123.5766); 

Gilmore Creek (45.9609, ¥123.5372); 

Hamilton Creek (46.0034, ¥123.5881); 

Klines Creek (45.8703, ¥123.4908); 

Larsen Creek (45.8757, ¥123.5847); 

Liitle Fishhawk Creek (45.9256, 

¥123.5501); Little Rock Creek (45.8886, 

¥123.4558); McClure Creek (45.8560, 

¥123.6227); Moores Creek (45.8801, 

¥123.5178); Nehalem River (45.9838, 

¥123.4214); Quartz Creek (45.8414, 

¥123.5184); Spruce Run Creek 

(45.8103, ¥123.6028); Squaw Creek 

(45.9814, ¥123.4529); Stanley Creek 

(45.8861, ¥123.4352); Strum Creek 

(45.9321, ¥123.4275); Trailover Creek 

(46.0129, ¥123.4976); Unnamed 

(45.8083, ¥123.6280); Unnamed 

(45.8682, ¥123.6168); Unnamed 

(45.9078, ¥123.6630); Unnamed 

(45.9207, ¥123.4534); Unnamed 

(45.9405,¥123.6338); Unnamed 

(45.9725, ¥123.5544); West Humbug 

Creek (45.9402, ¥123.6726); Walker 

Creek (45.9266, ¥123.4423); Walker 

Creek (46.0391, ¥123.5142); West 

Brook (45.9757, ¥123.4638).

(iv) Salmonberry River Watershed 

1710020204. Outlet(s) = Salmonberry 

River (Lat 45.7507, Long ¥123.6530) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Pennoyer 

Creek (45.7190, ¥123.4366); 

Salmonberry River (45.7248, 

¥123.4436); Salmonberry River, North 

Fork (45.7181, ¥123.5204); Wolf Creek 

(45.6956, ¥123.4485). 

(v) North Fork of Nehalem River 

Watershed 1710020205. Outlet(s) = 

Nehalem River, North Fork (Lat 45.7317, 

Long ¥123.8765) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Acey Creek (45.7823, 

¥123.8292); Anderson Creek (45.7643, 

¥123.9073); Big Rackheap Creek 

(45.7546, ¥123.8145); Boykin Creek 

(45.8030, ¥123.8595); Buchanan Creek 

(45.8270, ¥123.7901); Coal Creek 

(45.7897, ¥123.8676); Coal Creek, West 

Fork (45.7753, ¥123.8871); Cougar 

Creek (45.8064, ¥123.8090); Fall Creek 

(45.7842, ¥123.8547); Fall Creek 

(45.8226, ¥123.7054); Gods Valley 

Creek (45.7689, ¥123.7793); Grassy 

Lake Creek (45.7988, ¥123.8193); 

Gravel Creek (45.7361, ¥123.8126); 

Henderson Creek (45.7932, ¥123.8548); 

Jack Horner Creek (45.8531, 

¥123.7837); Lost Creek (45.7909, 

¥123.7195); Nehalem River, Little 

North Fork (45.9101, ¥123.6972); 

Nehalem River, North Fork (45.8623, 

¥123.7463); Nehalem River, North 

Fork, Trib R (45.8287, ¥123.6625); 

Nehalem River, North Fork, Trib T 

(45.8492, ¥123.6796); Rackheap Creek 

(45.7677, ¥123.8008); Sally Creek 

(45.8294, ¥123.7468); Soapstone Creek 

(45.8498, ¥123.7469); Soapstone Creek, 

Trib A (45.8591, ¥123.7616); 

Sweethome Creek (45.7699, 

¥123.6616); Unnamed (45.7457, 

¥123.8490); Unnamed (45.7716, 

¥123.7691); Unnamed (45.7730, 

¥123.7789); Unnamed (45.7736, 

¥123.7607); Unnamed (45.7738, 

¥123.7534); Unnamed (45.7780, 

¥123.7434); Unnamed (45.7784, 

¥123.7742); Unnamed (45.7794, 

¥123.7315); Unnamed (45.7824, 

¥123.7396); Unnamed (45.7833, 

¥123.7680); Unnamed (45.7841, 

¥123.7299); Unnamed (45.7858, 

¥123.7660); Unnamed (45.7898, 

¥123.7424); Unnamed (45.7946, 

¥123.7365); Unnamed (45.7966, 

¥123.7953); Unnamed (45.8008, 

¥123.7349); Unnamed (45.8193, 

¥123.7436); Unnamed (45.8322, 

¥123.7789); Unnamed (45.8359, 

¥123.7766); Unnamed (45.8569, 

¥123.7235); Unnamed (45.8629, 

¥123.7347); Unnamed (45.8662, 

¥123.7444); Unnamed (45.8962, 

¥123.7189). 

(vi) Lower Nehalem River/Cook Creek 

Watershed 1710020206. Outlet(s) = 

Nehalem River (Lat 45.6577, Long 

¥123.9355) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Alder Creek (45.7286, ¥123.9091); 

Anderson Creek (45.6711, ¥123.7470); 

Bastard Creek (45.7667, ¥123.6943); 

Bob’s Creek (45.7444, ¥123.9038); Cook 

Creek (45.6939, ¥123.6146); Cook 

Creek, East Fork (45.6705, ¥123.6440); 

Daniels Creek (45.6716, ¥123.8606); 

Dry Creek (45.6449, ¥123.8507); Dry 

Creek (45.6985, ¥123.7422); East Foley 

Creek (45.6621, ¥123.8068); Fall Creek 

(45.7489, ¥123.7778); Foley Creek 

(45.6436, ¥123.8933); Gallagher Slough 

(45.7140, ¥123.8657); Hanson Creek 

(45.6611, ¥123.7179); Harliss Creek 

(45.6851, ¥123.7249); Helloff Creek 

(45.7545, ¥123.7603); Hoevett Creek 

(45.6894, ¥123.6276); Jetty Creek 

(45.6615, ¥123.9103); Lost Creek 

(45.7216, ¥123.7164); Nehalem River 

(45.7507, ¥123.6530); Peterson Creek 

(45.6975, ¥123.8098); Piatt Canyon 

(45.6844, ¥123.6983); Roy Creek 

(45.7174, ¥123.8038); Snark Creek 

(45.7559, ¥123.6713); Unnamed 

(45.6336, ¥123.8549); Unnamed 

(45.6454, ¥123.8663); Unnamed 

(45.6483, ¥123.8605); Unnamed 

(45.6814, ¥123.8786); Unnamed 

(45.7231, ¥123.9016). 

(3) Unit 3. Wilson/Trask/Nestucca 

Subbasin 17100203—(i) Little Nestucca 

River Watershed 1710020301. Outlet(s) 

= Little Nestucca River (Lat 45.1827, 

Long ¥123.9543) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Austin Creek (45.1080, 

¥123.8748); Austin Creek, West Fork 

(45.1074, ¥123.8894); Baxter Creek 

(45.1149, ¥123.7705); Bear Creek 

(45.1310, ¥123.8500); Bowers Creek 

(45.1393, ¥123.9198); Cedar Creek 

(45.0971, ¥123.8094); Fall Creek 

(45.1474, ¥123.8767); Hiack Creek 

(45.0759, ¥123.8042); Kautz Creek 

(45.0776, ¥123.8317); Kellow Creek 

(45.1271, ¥123.9072); Little Nestucca 

River (45.0730, ¥123.7825); Little 

Nestucca River, South Fork (45.0754, 

¥123.8393); Louie Creek (45.1277, 

¥123.7869); McKnight Creek (45.1124, 

¥123.8363); Small Creek (45.1151, 

¥123.8227); Sourgrass Creek (45.0917, 

¥123.7623); Sourgrass Creek, Trib A 

(45.1109, ¥123.7664); Squaw Creek 

(45.1169, ¥123.8938); Stillwell Creek 

(45.0919, ¥123.8141); Unnamed 

(45.1169, ¥123.7974). 

(ii) Nestucca River Watershed 

1710020302. Outlet(s) = Nestucca Bay 

(Lat 45.1607, Long ¥123.9678) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.1436, ¥123.7998); Alder Creek 

(45.2436, ¥123.7364); Bays Creek 

(45.3197, ¥123.7240); Bear Creek 

(45.3188, ¥123.6022); Bear Creek 

(45.3345, ¥123.7898); Beulah Creek 

(45.2074, ¥123.6747); Bible Creek 

(45.2331, ¥123.5868); Boulder Creek 

(45.2530, ¥123.7525); Buck Creek 

(45.1455, ¥123.7734); Cedar Creek 

(45.3288, ¥123.4531); Clarence Creek 

(45.2649, ¥123.6395); Clear Creek 

(45.1725, ¥123.8660); Crazy Creek 

(45.1636, ¥123.7595); Dahl Fork 

(45.2306, ¥123.7076); East Beaver 

Creek (45.3579, ¥123.6877); East Creek 

(45.3134, ¥123.6348); Elk Creek 

(45.3355, ¥123.5819); Elk Creek, Trib A 

(45.2926, ¥123.5381); Elk Creek, Trib B 

(45.2981, ¥123.5471); Fan Creek 

(45.2975, ¥123.4994); Farmer Creek 

(45.2593, ¥123.9074); Foland Creek 

(45.2508, ¥123.7890); Foland Creek, 

West Fork (45.2519, ¥123.8025); George 

Creek (45.2329, ¥123.8291); Ginger 

Creek (45.3283, ¥123.4680); Hartney 

Creek (45.2192, ¥123.8632); Horn Creek 

(45.2556, ¥123.9212); Lawrence Creek 

(45.1861, ¥123.7852); Limestone Creek 

(45.2472, ¥123.7169); Mina Creek 

(45.2444, ¥123.6197); Moon Creek 

(45.3293, ¥123.6762); North Beaver 

Creek (45.3497, ¥123.8961); Nestucca 

River (45.3231, ¥123.4447); Niagara 

Creek (45.1898, ¥123.6637); Pheasant 

Creek (45.2121, ¥123.6366); Pollard 

Creek (45.1951, ¥123.7958); Powder 

Creek (45.2305, ¥123.6974); Saling 

Creek (45.2691, ¥123.8474); Sanders 

Creek (45.2254, ¥123.8959); Slick Rock 

Creek (45.2683, ¥123.6106); Swab 

Creek (45.2889, ¥123.7656); Testament 

Creek (45.2513, ¥123.5488); Three 

Rivers (45.1785, ¥123.7557); Tiger 

Creek (45.3405, ¥123.8029); Tiger 

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Creek, Trib A (45.3346, ¥123.8547); 

Tony Creek (45.2575, ¥123.7735); 

Turpy Creek (45.2537, ¥123.7620); 

Unnamed (45.1924, ¥123.8202); 

Unnamed (45.2290, ¥123.9398); 

Unnamed (45.3018, ¥123.4636); 

Unnamed (45.3102, ¥123.6628); 

Unnamed (45.3148, ¥123.6616); 

Unnamed (45.3158, ¥123.8679); 

Unnamed (45.3292, ¥123.8872); West 

Beaver Creek (45.3109, ¥123.8840); 

West Creek (45.2899, ¥123.8514); 

Wildcat Creek (45.3164, ¥123.8187); 

Wolfe Creek (45.3113, ¥123.7658); 

Woods Creek (45.1691, ¥123.8070). 

(iii) Tillamook River Watershed 

1710020303. Outlet(s) = Tillamook 

River (Lat 45.4682, Long ¥123.8802) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(45.4213, ¥123.8885); Beaver Creek 

(45.4032, ¥123.8861); Bewley Creek 

(45.3637, ¥123.8965); Esther Creek 

(45.4464, ¥123.9017); Fawcett Creek 

(45.3824, ¥123.7210); Joe Creek 

(45.3754, ¥123.8257); Killam Creek 

(45.4087, ¥123.7276); Mills Creek 

(45.3461, ¥123.7915); Munson Creek 

(45.3626, ¥123.7681); Simmons Creek 

(45.3605, ¥123.7364); Sutton Creek 

(45.4049, ¥123.8568); Tillamook River 

(45.3595, ¥123.9115); Tomlinson Creek 

(45.4587, ¥123.8868); Unnamed 

(45.3660, ¥123.8313); Unnamed 

(45.3602, ¥123.8466); Unnamed 

(45.3654, ¥123.9050); Unnamed 

(45.3987, ¥123.7105); Unnamed 

(45.4083, ¥123.8160); Unnamed 

(45.4478, ¥123.8670); Unnamed 

(45.3950, ¥123.7348).

(iv) Trask River Watershed 

1710020304. Outlet(s) = Trask River (Lat 

45.4682, Long ¥123.8802) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bales Creek (45.3712, 

¥123.5786); Bark Shanty Creek 

(45.4232, ¥123.5550); Bear Creek 

(45.4192, ¥123.7408); Bill Creek 

(45.3713, ¥123.6386); Blue Bus Creek 

(45.4148, ¥123.5949); Boundry Creek 

(45.3493, ¥123.5470); Clear Creek #1 

(45.4638, ¥123.5571); Clear Creek #2 

(45.5025, ¥123.4683); Cruiser Creek 

(45.4201, ¥123.4753); Dougherty 

Slough (45.4684, ¥123.7888); East Fork 

of South Fork Trask River (45.3563, 

¥123.4752); Edwards Creek (45.3832, 

¥123.6676); Elkhorn Creek, Trib C 

(45.4080, ¥123.4440); Elkhorn Creek 

(45.3928, ¥123.4709); Gold Creek 

(45.4326, ¥123.7218); Green Creek 

(45.4510, ¥123.7361); Hatchery Creek 

(45.4485, ¥123.6623); Headquarters 

Camp Creek (45.3317, ¥123.5072); 

Hoquarten Slough (45.4597, 

¥123.8480); Joyce Creek (45.3881, 

¥123.6386); Michael Creek (45.4799, 

¥123.5119); Mill Creek (45.4100, 

¥123.7450); Miller Creek (45.3582, 

¥123.5666); Pigeon Creek (45.3910, 

¥123.5656); Rawe Creek (45.4395, 

¥123.6351); Rock Creek (45.3515, 

¥123.5074); Samson Creek (45.4662, 

¥123.6439); Scotch Creek (45.4015, 

¥123.5873); Steampot Creek (45.3875, 

¥123.5425); Stretch Creek (45.3483, 

¥123.5382); Summit Creek (45.3481, 

¥123.6054); Summit Creek, South Fork 

(45.3473, ¥123.6145); Trask River, 

North Fork, Middle Fork (45.4472, 

¥123.3945); Trask River, North Fork, 

North Fork (45.5275, ¥123.4177); Trask 

River, South Fork (45.3538, ¥123.6445); 

Trib A (45.3766, ¥123.5191); Trib B 

(45.3776, ¥123.4988); Unnamed 

(45.3639, ¥123.6054); Unnamed 

(45.4105, ¥123.7741); Unnamed 

(45.4201, ¥123.6320); Unnamed 

(45.4220, ¥123.7654). 

(v) Wilson River Watershed 

1710020305. Outlet(s) = Wilson River 

(Lat 45.4816, Long ¥123.8708) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (45.4894, ¥123.7933); Ben Smith 

Creek (45.5772, ¥123.5072); Cedar 

Creek (45.5869, ¥123.6228); Cedar 

Creek, North Fork (45.6066, 

¥123.6151); Deo Creek (45.6000, 

¥123.3716); Drift Creek (45.6466, 

¥123.3944); Elk Creek (45.6550, 

¥123.4620); Elk Creek, West Fork 

(45.6208, ¥123.4717); Elliott Creek 

(45.5997, ¥123.3925); Fall Creek 

(45.4936, ¥123.5616); Fox Creek 

(45.5102, ¥123.5869); Hatchery Creek 

(45.4835, ¥123.7074); Hughey Creek 

(45.4540, ¥123.7526); Idiot Creek 

(45.6252, ¥123.4296); Jones Creek 

(45.6028, ¥123.5702); Jordan Creek 

(45.5610, ¥123.4557); Jordan Creek, 

South Fork (45.5099, ¥123.5279); 

Kansas Creek (45.4861, ¥123.6434); 

Morris Creek (45.6457, ¥123.5409); 

Tuffy Creek (45.5787, ¥123.4702); 

Unnamed (45.4809, ¥123.8362); 

Unnamed (45.5758, ¥123.5226); 

Unnamed (45.5942, ¥123.4259); 

Unnamed (45.6002, ¥123.5939); 

Unnamed (45.6151, ¥123.4385); White 

Creek (45.5181, ¥123.7223); Wilson 

River, Devil’s Lake Fork (45.6008, 

¥123.3301); Wilson River, North Fork 

(45.6679, ¥123.5138); Wilson River, 

North Fork, Little (45.5283, ¥123.6771); 

Wilson River, North Fork, West Fork 

(45.6330, ¥123.5879); Wilson River, 

North Fork, West Fork, North Fork 

(45.6495, ¥123.5779); Wilson River, 

South Fork (45.5567, ¥123.3965); Wolf 

Creek (45.5683, ¥123.6129). 

(vi) Kilchis River Watershed 

1710020306. Outlet(s) = Kilchis River 

(Lat 45.4927, Long ¥123.8615) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Clear Creek 

(45.5000, ¥123.7647); Coal Creek 

(45.5004, ¥123.8085); Company Creek 

(45.5892, ¥123.7370); French Creek 

(45.6318, ¥123.6926); Kilchis River, 

Little South Fork (45.5668, ¥123.7178); 

Kilchis River, North Fork (45.6044, 

¥123.6504); Kilchis River, South Fork 

(45.5875, ¥123.6944); Mapes Creek 

(45.5229, ¥123.8382); Murphy Creek 

(45.5320, ¥123.8341); Myrtle Creek 

(45.5296, ¥123.8156); Sam Downs 

Creek (45.5533, ¥123.7144); Schroeder 

Creek (45.6469, ¥123.7064); Unnamed 

(45.5625, ¥123.7593). 

(vii) Miami River Watershed 

1710020307. Outlet(s) = Miami River 

(Lat 45.5597, Long ¥123.8904) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Diamond 

Creek (45.6158, ¥123.8184); Hobson 

Creek (45.5738, ¥123.8970); 

Illingsworth Creek (45.5547, 

¥123.8693); Miami River (45.6362, 

¥123.7533); Miami River, Trib S 

(45.6182, ¥123.8004); Miami River, 

Trib T (45.6546, ¥123.7463); Minich 

Creek (45.5869, ¥123.8936); Moss 

Creek (45.5628, ¥123.8319); Peterson 

Creek (45.6123, ¥123.8996); Prouty 

Creek (45.6304, ¥123.8435); Stuart 

Creek (45.6042, ¥123.8442); Unnamed 

(45.6317, ¥123.7906); Unnamed 

(45.6341, ¥123.7900); Waldron Creek 

(45.5856, ¥123.8483). 

(viii) Tillamook Bay Watershed 

1710020308. Outlet(s) = Tillamook Bay 

(Lat 45.5600, Long ¥123.9366) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Douthy 

Creek (45.5277, ¥123.8570); Electric 

Creek (45.5579, ¥123.8925); Hall 

Slough (45.4736, ¥123.8637); Jacoby 

Creek (45.5297, ¥123.8665); Kilchis 

River (45.4927, ¥123.8615); Larson 

Creek (45.5366, ¥123.8849); Miami 

River (45.5597, ¥123.8904); Patterson 

Creek (45.5359, ¥123.8732); Tillamook 

Bay (45.4682, ¥123.8802); Vaughn 

Creek (45.5170, ¥123.8516); Wilson 

River (45.4816, ¥123.8708). 

(ix) Spring Creek/Sand Lake/

Neskowin Creek Frontal Watershed 

1710020309. Outlet(s) = Crescent Lake 

(45.6360, ¥123.9405); Neskowin Creek 

(45.1001, ¥123.9859); Netarts Bay 

(45.4339, ¥123.9512); Rover Creek 

(45.3290, ¥123.9670); Sand Creek 

(45.2748, ¥123.9589); Watesco Creek 

(45.5892, ¥123.9477) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Andy Creek (45.2905, 

¥123.8744); Butte Creek (45.1159, 

¥123.9360); Crescent Lake (45.6320, 

¥123.9376); Davis Creek (45.3220, 

¥123.9254); Fall Creek (45.0669, 

¥123.9679); Hawk Creek (45.1104, 

¥123.9436); Jackson Creek (45.3568, 

¥123.9611); Jewel Creek (45.2865, 

¥123.8905); Jim Creek (45.0896, 

¥123.9224); Lewis Creek (45.0835, 

¥123.8979); Meadow Creek (45.0823, 

¥123.9824); Neskowin Creek (45.0574, 

¥123.8812); Prospect Creek (45.0858, 

¥123.9321); Reneke Creek (45.2594, 

¥123.9434); Rover Creek (45.3284, 

¥123.9438); Sand Creek (45.3448, 

¥123.9156); Sloan Creek (45.0718, 

¥123.8998); Watesco Creek (45.5909, 

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¥123.9353); Whiskey Creek (45.3839, 

¥123.9193).

(4) Unit 4. Siletz/Yaquina Subbasin 

17100204—(i) Upper Yaquina River 

Watershed 1710020401. Outlet(s) = 

Yaquina River (Lat 44.6219, Long 

¥123.8741) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bales Creek (44.6893, ¥123.7503); Bales 

Creek, East Fork (44.6927, ¥123.7363); 

Bales Creek, East Fork, Trib A (44.6827, 

¥123.7257); Bales Creek (44.6610, 

¥123.8749); Bones Creek (44.6647, 

¥123.6762); Bryant Creek (44.6746, 

¥123.7139); Buckhorn Creek (44.6676, 

¥123.6677); Buttermilk Creek (44.6338, 

¥123.6827); Buttermilk Creek, Trib A 

(44.6518, ¥123.7173); Carlisle Creek 

(44.6451, ¥123.8847); Cline Creek 

(44.6084, ¥123.6844); Cook Creek 

(44.6909, ¥123.8583); Crystal Creek 

(44.6500, ¥123.8132); Davis Creek 

(44.6500, ¥123.6587); Eddy Creek 

(44.6388, ¥123.7951); Felton Creek 

(44.6626, ¥123.6502); Haxel Creek 

(44.6781, ¥123.8046); Hayes Creek 

(44.6749, ¥123.7749); Humphrey Creek 

(44.6697, ¥123.6329); Klamath Creek 

(44.6927, ¥123.8431); Little Elk Creek 

(44.6234, ¥123.6628); Little Elk 

Creek,Trib A (44.6196, ¥123.7583); 

Little Yaquina River (44.6822, 

¥123.6123); Lytle Creek (44.6440, 

¥123.5979); Miller Creek (44.6055, 

¥123.7030); Oglesby Creek (44.6421, 

¥123.7271); Oglesby Creek, Trib A 

(44.6368, ¥123.7100); Peterson Creek 

(44.6559, ¥123.7868); Randall Creek 

(44.6721, ¥123.6570); Salmon Creek 

(44.6087, ¥123.7379); Simpson Creek 

(44.6775, ¥123.8780); Sloop Creek 

(44.6654, ¥123.8595); Spilde Creek 

(44.6636, ¥123.5856); Stony Creek 

(44.6753, ¥123.7020); Thornton Creek 

(44.6923, ¥123.8208); Trapp Creek 

(44.6455, ¥123.8307); Twentythree 

Creek (44.6887, ¥123.8751); Unnamed 

(44.6074, ¥123.6738); Unnamed 

(44.6076, ¥123.7067); Unnamed 

(44.6077, ¥123.6633); Unnamed 

(44.6123, ¥123.6646); Unnamed 

(44.6188, ¥123.7237); Unnamed 

(44.6202, ¥123.7201); Unnamed 

(44.6367, ¥123.7444); Unnamed 

(44.6415, ¥123.6237); Unnamed 

(44.6472, ¥123.7793); Unnamed 

(44.6493, ¥123.6789); Unnamed 

(44.6707, ¥123.7908); Unnamed 

(44.6715, ¥123.6907); Unnamed 

(44.6881, ¥123.6089); Unnamed 

(44.6908, ¥123.7298); Wakefield Creek 

(44.6336, ¥123.6963); Yaquina River 

(44.6894, ¥123.5907); Young Creek 

(44.6372, ¥123.6027). 

(ii) Big Elk Creek Watershed 

1710020402. Outlet(s) = Elk Creek (Lat 

44.6219, Long ¥123.8741) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Adams Creek (44.5206, 

¥123.6349); Baker Creek (44.5230, 

¥123.6346); Bear Creek (44.5966, 

¥123.8299); Beaver Creek (44.6040, 

¥123.7999); Beaverdam Creek (44.5083, 

¥123.6337); Bevens Creek (44.5635, 

¥123.7371); Bull Creek (44.5408, 

¥123.8162); Bull Creek (44.5431, 

¥123.8142); Bull Creek, Trib A 

(44.5359, ¥123.8276); Cougar Creek 

(44.5070, ¥123.6482); Cougar Creek 

(44.5861, ¥123.7563); Deer Creek 

(44.6020, ¥123.7667); Devils Well 

Creek (44.6324, ¥123.8438); Dixon 

Creek (44.6041, ¥123.8659); Elk Creek 

(44.5075, ¥123.6022); Feagles Creek 

(44.4880, ¥123.7180); Feagles Creek, 

Trib B (44.5079, ¥123.6909); Feagles 

Creek, West Fork (44.5083, ¥123.7117); 

Grant Creek (44.5010, ¥123.7363); 

Harve Creek (44.5725, ¥123.8025); 

Jackass Creek (44.5443, ¥123.7790); 

Johnson Creek (44.5466, ¥123.6336); 

Lake Creek (44.5587, ¥123.6826); 

Leverage Creek (44.5536, ¥123.6343); 

Little Creek (44.5548, ¥123.6980); Little 

Wolf Creek (44.5590, ¥123.7165); 

Peterson Creek (44.5576, ¥123.6450); 

Rail Creek (44.5135, ¥123.6639); Spout 

Creek (44.5824, ¥123.6561); Sugarbowl 

Creek (44.5301, ¥123.5995); Unnamed 

(44.5048, ¥123.7566); Unnamed 

(44.5085, ¥123.6309); Unnamed 

(44.5108, ¥123.6249); Unnamed 

(44.5144, ¥123.6554); Unnamed 

(44.5204, ¥123.6148); Unnamed 

(44.5231, ¥123.6714); Unnamed 

(44.5256, ¥123.6804); Unnamed 

(44.5325, ¥123.7244); Unnamed 

(44.5332, ¥123.7211); Unnamed 

(44.5361, ¥123.7139); Unnamed 

(44.5370, ¥123.7643); Unnamed 

(44.5376, ¥123.6176); Unnamed 

(44.5410, ¥123.8213); Unnamed 

(44.5504, ¥123.8290); Unnamed 

(44.5530, ¥123.8282); Unnamed 

(44.5618, ¥123.8431); Unnamed 

(44.5687, ¥123.8563); Unnamed 

(44.5718, ¥123.7256); Unnamed 

(44.5734, ¥123.6696); Unnamed 

(44.5737, ¥123.6566); Unnamed 

(44.5771, ¥123.7027); Unnamed 

(44.5821, ¥123.8123); Unnamed 

(44.5840, ¥123.6678); Unnamed 

(44.5906, ¥123.7871); Unnamed 

(44.5990, ¥123.7808); Unnamed 

(44.5865, ¥123.8521); Wolf Creek 

(44.5873, ¥123.6939); Wolf Creek, Trib 

A (44.5862, ¥123.7188); Wolf Creek, 

Trib B (44.5847, ¥123.7062). 

(iii) Lower Yaquina River Watershed 

1710020403. Outlet(s) = Yaquina River 

(Lat 44.6098, Long ¥124.0818) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Abbey Creek 

(44.6330, ¥123.8881); Babcock Creek 

(44.5873, ¥123.9221); Beaver Creek 

(44.6717, ¥123.9799); Blue Creek 

(44.6141, ¥123.9936); Boone Slough, 

Trib A (44.6134, ¥123.9769); Depot 

Creek, Little (44.6935, ¥123.9482); 

Depot Creek, Trib A (44.6837, 

¥123.9420); Drake Creek (44.6974, 

¥123.9690); East Fork Mill Creek 

(44.5691, ¥123.8834); Flesher Slough 

(44.5668, ¥123.9803); King Slough 

(44.5944, ¥124.0323); Little Beaver 

Creek (44.6531, ¥123.9728); McCaffery 

Slough (44.5659, ¥124.0180); Mill 

Creek (44.5550, ¥123.9064); Mill Creek, 

Trib A (44.5828, ¥123.8750); 

Montgomery Creek (44.5796, 

¥123.9286); Nute Slough (44.6075, 

¥123.9660); Olalla Creek (44.6810, 

¥123.8972); Olalla Creek, Trib A 

(44.6511, ¥123.9034); Parker Slough 

(44.5889, ¥124.0119); Unnamed 

(44.5471, ¥123.9557); Unnamed 

(44.5485, ¥123.9308); Unnamed 

(44.5520, ¥123.9433); Unnamed 

(44.5528, ¥123.9695); Unnamed 

(44.5552, ¥123.9294); Unnamed 

(44.5619, ¥123.9348); Unnamed 

(44.5662, ¥123.8905); Unnamed 

(44.5827, ¥123.9456); Unnamed 

(44.5877, ¥123.8850); Unnamed 

(44.6444, ¥123.9059); Unnamed 

(44.6457, ¥123.9996); Unnamed 

(44.6530, ¥123.9914); Unnamed 

(44.6581, ¥123.8947); Unnamed 

(44.6727–123.8942); Unnamed (44.6831, 

¥123.9940); West Olalla Creek 

(44.6812, ¥123.9299); West Olalla 

Creek, Trib A (44.6649, ¥123.9204); 

Wessel Creek (44.6988, ¥123.9863); 

Wright Creek (44.5506, ¥123.9250); 

Wright Creek, Trib A (44.5658, 

¥123.9422); Yaquina River (44.6219, 

¥123.8741).

(iv) Middle Siletz River Watershed 

1710020405. Outlet(s) = Siletz River (Lat 

44.7375, Long ¥123.7917) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Buck Creek, East Fork 

(44.8410, ¥123.7970); Buck Creek, 

South Fork (44.8233, ¥123.8095); Buck 

Creek, West Fork (44.8352, ¥123.8084); 

Cerine Creek (44.7478, ¥123.7198); 

Deer Creek (44.8245, ¥123.7268); Deer 

Creek, Trib A (44.8178, ¥123.7397); Elk 

Creek (44.8704, ¥123.7668); Fourth of 

July Creek (44.8203, ¥123.6810); Gunn 

Creek (44.7816, ¥123.7679); Holman 

River (44.8412, ¥123.7707); Mill Creek, 

North Fork (44.7769, ¥123.7361); Mill 

Creek, South Fork (44.7554, 

¥123.7276); Palmer Creek (44.7936, 

¥123.8344); Siletz River (44.8629, 

¥123.7323); Sunshine Creek (44.7977, 

¥123.6963); Unnamed (44.7691, 

¥123.7851); Unnamed (44.7747, 

¥123.7740); Unnamed (44.7749, 

¥123.7662); Unnamed (44.8118, 

¥123.6926); Unnamed (44.8188, 

¥123.6995); Unnamed (44.8312, 

¥123.6983); Unnamed (44.8583, 

¥123.7573); Whiskey Creek (44.8123, 

¥123.6937). 

(v) Rock Creek/Siletz River Watershed 

1710020406. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

44.7375, Long ¥123.7917) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (44.7288, 

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¥123.6773); Big Rock Creek (44.7636, 

¥123.6969); Brush Creek (44.6829, 

¥123.6582); Cedar Creek (44.7366, 

¥123.6586); Fisher Creek (44.7149, 

¥123.6359); Little Rock Creek (44.7164, 

¥123.6155); Little Steere Creek 

(44.7219, ¥123.6368); Rock Creek, Trib 

A (44.7414, ¥123.7508); Steere Creek 

(44.7336, ¥123.6313); Unnamed 

(44.7175, ¥123.6496); William Creek 

(44.7391, ¥123.7277). 

(vi) Lower Siletz River Watershed 

1710020407. Outlet(s) = Siletz Bay (Lat 

44.9269, Long ¥124.0218) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Anderson Creek 

(44.9311, ¥123.9508); Bear Creek 

(44.8682, ¥123.8891); Bentilla Creek 

(44.7745, ¥123.8555); Butterfield Creek 

(44.8587, ¥123.9993); Cedar Creek 

(44.8653, ¥123.8488); Cedar Creek, Trib 

D (44.8606, ¥123.8696); Coon Creek 

(44.7959, ¥123.8468); Dewey Creek 

(44.7255, ¥123.9724); Drift Creek 

(44.9385, ¥123.8211); Erickson Creek 

(44.9629, ¥123.9490); Euchre Creek 

(44.8023, ¥123.8687); Fowler Creek 

(44.9271, ¥123.8440); Gordey Creek 

(44.9114, ¥123.9724); Hough Creek 

(44.8052, ¥123.8991); Jaybird Creek 

(44.7640, ¥123.9733); Long Prairie 

Creek (44.6970, ¥123.7499); Long Tom 

Creek (44.7037, ¥123.8533); Mann 

Creek (44.6987, ¥123.8025); Mill Creek 

(44.6949, ¥123.8967); Miller Creek 

(44.7487, ¥123.9733); North Creek 

(44.9279, ¥123.8908); North Roy Creek 

(44.7916, ¥123.9897); Ojalla Creek 

(44.7489, ¥123.9427); Quarry Creek 

(44.8989, ¥123.9360); Reed Creek 

(44.8020, ¥123.8835); Reed Creek 

(44.8475, ¥123.9267); Roots Creek 

(44.8300, ¥123.9351); South Roy Creek 

(44.7773, ¥123.9847); Sam Creek 

(44.7086, ¥123.7312); Sampson Creek 

(44.9089, ¥123.8173); Savage Creek 

(44.8021, ¥123.8608); Scare Creek 

(44.8246, ¥123.9954); Schooner Creek, 

North Fork (44.9661, ¥123.8793); 

Schooner Creek, South Fork (44.9401, 

¥123.8689); Scott Creek (44.7414, 

¥123.8268); Sijota Creek (44.8883, 

¥124.0257); Siletz River (44.7375, 

¥123.7917); Skunk Creek (44.8780, 

¥123.9073); Smith Creek (44.9294, 

¥123.8056); Stemple Creek (44.8405, 

¥123.9492); Tangerman Creek (44.7278, 

¥123.8944); Thayer Creek (44.7023, 

¥123.8256); Thompson Creek (44.7520, 

¥123.8893); Unnamed (44.7003, 

¥123.7669); Unnamed (44.8904, 

¥123.8034); Unnamed (44.8927, 

¥123.8400); Unnamed (44.7034, 

¥123.7754); Unnamed (44.7145, 

¥123.8423); Unnamed (44.7410, 

¥123.8800); Unnamed (44.7925, 

¥123.9212); Unnamed (44.8396, 

¥123.8896); Unnamed (44.9035, 

¥123.8635); Unnamed (44.9240, 

¥123.7913); West Fork Mill Creek 

(44.7119, ¥123.9703); Wildcat Creek 

(44.8915, ¥123.8842). 

(vii) Salmon River/Siletz/Yaquina Bay 

Watershed 1710020408. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.0474, Long 

¥124.0031) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Alder Brook (45.0318, ¥123.8428); Bear 

Creek (44.9785, ¥123.8580); Boulder 

Creek (45.0428, ¥123.7817); Calkins 

Creek (45.0508, ¥123.9615); Crowley 

Creek (45.0540, ¥123.9819); Curl Creek 

(45.0150, ¥123.9198); Deer Creek 

(45.0196, ¥123.8091); Frazer Creek 

(45.0096, ¥123.9576); Gardner Creek 

(45.0352, ¥123.9024); Indian Creek 

(45.0495, ¥123.8010); Little Salmon 

River (45.0546, ¥123.7473); McMullen 

Creek (44.9829, ¥123.8682); Panther 

Creek (45.0208, ¥123.8878); Panther 

Creek, North Fork (45.0305, 

¥123.8910); Prairie Creek (45.0535, 

¥123.8129); Rowdy Creek (45.0182, 

¥123.9751); Salmon River (45.0269, 

¥123.7224); Slick Rock Creek (44.9903, 

¥123.8158); Sulphur Creek (45.0403, 

¥123.8216); Telephone Creek (45.0467, 

¥123.9348); Toketa Creek (45.0482, 

¥123.9088); Trout Creek (44.9693, 

¥123.8337); Unnamed (44.9912, 

¥123.8789); Unnamed (45.0370, 

¥123.7333); Unnamed (45.0433, 

¥123.7650); Widow Creek (45.0373, 

¥123.8530); Widow Creek, West Fork 

(45.0320, ¥123.8643); Willis Creek 

(45.0059, ¥123.9391). 

(viii) Devils Lake/Moolack Frontral 

Watershed 1710020409. Outlet(s) = Big 

Creek (Lat 44.6590, Long ¥124.0571); 

Coal Creek (44.7074, ¥124.0615); D 

River (44.9684, ¥124.0172); Fogarty 

Creek (44.8395, ¥124.0520); Moolack 

Creek (44.7033, ¥124.0622); North 

Depoe Bay Creek (44.8098, ¥124.0617); 

Schoolhouse Creek (44.8734, 

¥124.0401); Spencer Creek (44.7292, 

¥124.0582); Wade Creek (44.7159, 

¥124.0600) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Creek (44.6558, ¥124.0427); Coal 

Creek (44.7047, ¥124.0099); Devils 

Lake (44.9997, ¥123.9773); Fogarty 

Creek (44.8563, ¥124.0153); Jeffries 

Creek (44.6425, ¥124.0315); Moolack 

Creek (44.6931, ¥124.0150); North 

Depoe Bay Creek (44.8157, ¥124.0510); 

Rock Creek (44.9869, ¥123.9317); 

South Depoe Bay Creek (44.7939, 

¥124.0126); Salmon Creek (44.8460, 

¥124.0164); Schoolhouse Creek 

(44.8634, ¥124.0151); South Fork 

Spencer Creek (44.7323, ¥123.9974); 

Spencer Creek, North Fork (44.7453, 

¥124.0276); Unnamed (44.8290, 

¥124.0318); Unnamed (44.9544, 

¥123.9867); Unnamed (44.9666, 

¥123.9731); Unnamed (44.9774, 

¥123.9706); Wade Creek (44.7166, 

¥124.0057).

(5) Unit 5. Alsea Subbasin 

17100205—(i) Upper Alsea River 

Watershed 1710020501. Outlet(s) = 

Alsea River, South Fork (Lat 44.3767, 

Long ¥123.6024) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek (44.4573, 

¥123.5188); Alsea River, South Fork 

(44.3261, ¥123.4891); Baker Creek 

(44.4329, ¥123.5522); Banton Creek 

(44.3317, ¥123.6020); Brown Creek 

(44.3151, ¥123.6250); Bummer Creek 

(44.3020, ¥123.5765); Cabin Creek 

(44.4431, ¥123.5328); Crooked Creek 

(44.4579, ¥123.5099); Dubuque Creek 

(44.3436, ¥123.5527); Ernest Creek 

(44.4234, ¥123.5275); Hayden Creek 

(44.4062, ¥123.5815); Honey Grove 

Creek (44.3874, ¥123.5078); North Fork 

Alsea River (44.4527, ¥123.6102); 

Parker Creek (44.4702, ¥123.5978); 

Peak Creek (44.3358, ¥123.4933); 

Record Creek (44.3254, ¥123.6331); 

Seeley Creek (44.4051, ¥123.5177); 

Swamp Creek (44.3007, ¥123.6108); 

Tobe Creek (44.3273, ¥123.5719); Trout 

Creek (44.3684, ¥123.5163); Unnamed 

(44.3108, ¥123.6225); Unnamed 

(44.3698, ¥123.5670); Unnamed 

(44.4574, ¥123.5001); Unnamed 

(44.3708, ¥123.5740); Unnamed 

(44.3713, ¥123.5656); Unnamed 

(44.3788, ¥123.5528); Unnamed 

(44.4270, ¥123.5492); Unnamed 

(44.4518, ¥123.6236); Yew Creek 

(44.4581, ¥123.5373); Zahn Creek 

(44.4381, ¥123.5425). 

(ii) Five Rivers/Lobster Creek 

Watershed 1710020502. Outlet(s) = Five 

Rivers (Lat 44.3584, Long ¥123.8279) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(44.2947, ¥123.8105); Bear Creek 

(44.2824, ¥123.9123); Bear Creek 

(44.3588, ¥123.7930); Bear Creek 

(44.2589, ¥123.6647); Briar Creek 

(44.3184, ¥123.6602); Buck Creek 

(44.2428, ¥123.8989); Camp Creek 

(44.2685, ¥123.7552); Cascade Creek 

(44.3193, ¥123.9073); Cascade Creek, 

North Fork (44.3299, ¥123.8932); Cedar 

Creek (44.2732, ¥123.7753); Cherry 

Creek (44.3061, ¥123.8140); Coal Creek 

(44.2881, ¥123.6484); Cook Creek 

(44.2777, ¥123.6445); Cougar Creek 

(44.2723, ¥123.8678); Crab Creek 

(44.2458, ¥123.8750); Crazy Creek 

(44.2955, ¥123.7927); Crooked Creek 

(44.3154, ¥123.7986); Elk Creek 

(44.3432, ¥123.7969); Fendall Creek 

(44.2764, ¥123.7890); Five Rivers 

(44.2080, ¥123.8025); Green River 

(44.2286, ¥123.8751); Green River, East 

Fork (44.2255, ¥123.8143); Jasper Creek 

(44.2777, ¥123.7326); Little Lobster 

Creek (44.2961, ¥123.6266); Lobster 

Creek, East Fork (44.2552, ¥123.5897); 

Lobster Creek, South Fork (44.2326, 

¥123.6060); Lobster Creek (44.2237, 

¥123.6195); Lord Creek (44.2411, 

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¥123.7631); Martha Creek (44.2822, 

¥123.6781); Meadow Creek (44.2925, 

¥123.6591); Phillips Creek (44.3398, 

¥123.7613); Preacher Creek (44.2482, 

¥123.7440); Prindel Creek (44.2346, 

¥123.7849); Ryan Creek (44.2576, 

¥123.7971); Summers Creek (44.2589, 

¥123.7627); Swamp Creek (44.3274, 

¥123.8407); Unnamed (44.2845, 

¥123.7007); Unnamed (44.2129, 

¥123.7919); Unnamed (44.2262, 

¥123.7982); Unnamed (44.2290, 

¥123.8559); Unnamed (44.2327, 

¥123.8344); Unnamed (44.2356, 

¥123.8178); Unnamed (44.2447, 

¥123.6460); Unnamed (44.2500, 

¥123.8074); Unnamed (44.2511, 

¥123.9011); Unnamed (44.2551, 

¥123.8733); Unnamed (44.2614, 

¥123.8652); Unnamed (44.2625, 

¥123.8635); Unnamed (44.2694, 

¥123.8180); Unnamed (44.2695, 

¥123.7429); Unnamed (44.2696, 

¥123.8497); Unnamed (44.2752, 

¥123.7616); Unnamed (44.2760, 

¥123.7121); Unnamed (44.2775, 

¥123.8895); Unnamed (44.2802, 

¥123.7097); Unnamed (44.2802, 

¥123.8608); Unnamed (44.2823, 

¥123.7900); Unnamed (44.2853, 

¥123.7537); Unnamed (44.2895, 

¥123.9083); Unnamed (44.2940, 

¥123.7358); Unnamed (44.2954, 

¥123.7602); Unnamed (44.2995, 

¥123.7760); Unnamed (44.3024, 

¥123.9064); Unnamed (44.3066, 

¥123.8838); Unnamed (44.3070, 

¥123.8280); Unnamed (44.3129, 

¥123.7763); Unnamed (44.3214, 

¥123.8161); Unnamed (44.3237, 

¥123.9020); Unnamed (44.3252, 

¥123.7382); Unnamed (44.3289, 

¥123.8354); Unnamed (44.3336, 

¥123.7431); Unnamed (44.3346, 

¥123.7721); Wilkinson Creek (44.3296, 

¥123.7249); Wilson Creek (44.3085, 

¥123.8990). 

(iii) Drift Creek Watershed 

1710020503. Outlet(s) = Drift Creek (Lat 

44.4157, Long ¥124.0043) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Boulder Creek (44.4434, 

¥123.8705); Bush Creek (44.5315, 

¥123.8631); Cape Horn Creek (44.5153, 

¥123.7844); Cedar Creek (44.4742, 

¥123.9699); Cougar Creek (44.4405, 

¥123.9144); Deer Creek (44.5514, 

¥123.8778); Drift Creek (44.4688, 

¥123.7859); Ellen Creek (44.4415, 

¥123.9413); Flynn Creek (44.5498, 

¥123.8520); Gold Creek (44.4778, 

¥123.8802); Gopher Creek (44.5217, 

¥123.7787); Horse Creek (44.5347, 

¥123.9072); Lyndon Creek (44.4395, 

¥123.9801); Needle Branch (44.5154, 

¥123.8537); Nettle Creek (44.4940, 

¥123.7845); Slickrock Creek (44.4757, 

¥123.9007); Trout Creek (44.4965, 

¥123.9113); Trout Creek, East Fork 

(44.4705, ¥123.9290); Unnamed 

(44.4995, ¥123.8488); Unnamed 

(44.4386, ¥123.9200); Unnamed 

(44.4409, ¥123.8738); Unnamed 

(44.4832, ¥123.9570); Unnamed 

(44.4868, ¥123.9340); Unnamed 

(44.4872, ¥123.9518); Unnamed 

(44.4875, ¥123.9460); Unnamed 

(44.4911, ¥123.9227); Unnamed 

(44.5187, ¥123.7996); Unnamed 

(44.5260, ¥123.7848); Unnamed 

(44.5263, ¥123.8868); Unnamed 

(44.5326, ¥123.8453); Unnamed 

(44.5387, ¥123.8440); Unnamed 

(44.5488, ¥123.8694); Unnamed 

(44.4624, ¥123.8216). 

(iv) Lower Alsea River Watershed 

1710020504. Outlet(s) = Alsea River (Lat 

44.4165, Long ¥124.0829) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alsea River (44.3767, 

¥123.6024); Arnold Creek (44.3922, 

¥123.9503); Barclay Creek (44.4055, 

¥123.8659); Bear Creek (44.3729, 

¥123.9623); Bear Creek (44.3843, 

¥123.7704); Beaty Creek (44.4044, 

¥123.6043); Benner Creek (44.3543, 

¥123.7447); Brush Creek (44.3826, 

¥123.8537); Bull Run Creek (44.4745, 

¥123.7439); Canal Creek (44.3322, 

¥123.9460); Canal Creek, East Fork 

(44.3454, ¥123.9161); Carns Canyon 

(44.4027, ¥123.7550); Cedar Creek 

(44.3875, ¥123.7946); Cove Creek 

(44.4403, ¥123.7107); Cow Creek 

(44.3620, ¥123.7510); Darkey Creek 

(44.3910, ¥123.9927; Digger Creek 

(44.3906, ¥123.6890); Fall Creek 

(44.4527, ¥123.6864); Fall Creek 

(44.4661, ¥123.6933); George Creek 

(44.3556, ¥123.8603); Grass Creek 

(44.3577, ¥123.8798); Hatchery Creek 

(44.3952, ¥123.7269); Hatchery Creek 

(44.4121, ¥123.8734); Hoover Creek 

(44.3618, ¥123.8583); Lake Creek 

(44.3345, ¥123.8725); Lint Creek 

(44.3850, ¥124.0490); Maltby Creek 

(44.3833, ¥123.6770); Meadow Fork 

(44.3764, ¥123.8879); Mill Creek 

(44.4046, ¥123.6436); Minotti Creek 

(44.3750, ¥123.7718); Nye Creek 

(44.4326, ¥123.7648); Oxstable Creek 

(44.3912, ¥123.9603); Phillips Creek 

(44.3803, ¥123.7780); Red Creek 

(44.3722, ¥123.9162); Risley Creek 

(44.4097, ¥123.9380); Schoolhouse 

Creek (44.3897, ¥123.6545); Scott 

Creek, East Fork (44.4252, ¥123.7897); 

Scott Creek, West Fork (44.4212, 

¥123.8225); Skinner Creek (44.3585, 

¥123.9374); Skunk Creek (44.3998, 

¥123.6912); Slide Creek (44.3986, 

¥123.8419); Starr Creek (44.4477, 

¥124.0130); Sudan Creek (44.3817, 

¥123.9717); Sulmon Creek (44.3285, 

¥123.7008); Sulmon Creek, North Fork 

(44.3421, ¥123.6374); Sulmon Creek, 

South Fork (44.3339, ¥123.6709); 

Swede Fork (44.3852, ¥124.0295); 

Unnamed (44.3319, ¥123.9318); 

Unnamed (44.3356, ¥123.9464); 

Unnamed (44.3393, ¥123.9360); 

Unnamed (44.3413, ¥123.9294); 

Unnamed (44.3490, ¥123.9058); 

Unnamed (44.3548, ¥123.6574); 

Unnamed (44.3592, ¥123.6363); 

Unnamed (44.3597, ¥123.9042); 

Unnamed (44.3598, ¥123.6563); 

Unnamed (44.3598, ¥123.6562); 

Unnamed (44.3600, ¥123.6514); 

Unnamed (44.3656, ¥123.9085); 

Unnamed (44.3680, ¥123.9629); 

Unnamed (44.3794, ¥123.8268); 

Unnamed (44.3800, ¥123.9134); 

Unnamed (44.3814, ¥123.7650); 

Unnamed (44.3822, ¥124.0555); 

Unnamed (44.3823, ¥124.0451); 

Unnamed (44.3989, ¥123.6050); 

Unnamed (44.4051, ¥124.0527); 

Unnamed (44.4166, ¥123.8149); 

Unnamed (44.4537, ¥123.7247); Walker 

Creek (44.4583, ¥124.0271); Weist 

Creek (44.3967, ¥124.0256); West Creek 

(44.3588, ¥123.9493).

(v) Beaver Creek/Waldport Bay 

Watershed 1710020505. Outlet(s) = 

Beaver Creek (Lat 44.5233, Long 

¥124.0734); Deer Creek (44.5076, 

¥124.0807); Thiel Creek (44.5646, 

¥124.0709) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Beaver Creek, North Fork, Trib G 

(44.5369, ¥123.9195); Beaver Creek, 

South Fork (44.4816, ¥123.9853); 

Beaver Creek, South Fork, Trib A 

(44.4644, ¥124.0332); Bowers Creek 

(44.5312, ¥124.0117); Bunnel Creek 

(44.5178, ¥124.0265); Deer Creek 

(44.5057, ¥124.0721); Elkhorn Creek 

(44.5013, ¥123.9572); Elkhorn Creek 

(44.4976, ¥123.9685); Lewis Creek 

(44.5326, ¥123.9532); North Fork 

Beaver Creek (44.5149, ¥123.8988); 

Oliver Creek (44.4660, ¥124.0471); 

Peterson Creek (44.5419, ¥123.9738); 

Pumphouse Creek (44.5278, 

¥124.0569); Simpson Creek (44.5255, 

¥124.0390); Thiel Creek (44.5408, 

¥124.0254); Tracy Creek (44.5411, 

¥124.0500); Unnamed (44.4956, 

¥123.9751); Unnamed (44.5189, 

¥124.0638); Unnamed (44.5225, 

¥123.9313); Unnamed (44.5256, 

¥123.9399); Unnamed (44.5435, 

¥124.0221); Unnamed (44.5461, 

¥124.0311); Unnamed (44.5472, 

¥124.0591); Unnamed (44.5482, 

¥124.0249); Unnamed (44.5519, 

¥124.0279); Unnamed (44.5592, 

¥124.0531); Worth Creek (44.5013, 

¥124.0207). 

(vi) Yachats River Watershed 

1710020506. Outlet(s) = Yachats River 

(Lat 44.3081, Long ¥124.1070) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Axtell Creek 

(44.3084, ¥123.9915); Beamer Creek 

(44.3142, ¥124.0124); Bend Creek 

(44.2826, ¥124.0077); Carson Creek 

(44.3160, ¥124.0030); Dawson Creek 

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(44.2892, ¥124.0133); Depew Creek 

(44.3395, ¥123.9631); Earley Creek 

(44.3510, ¥123.9885); Fish Creek 

(44.3259, ¥123.9592); Glines Creek 

(44.3436, ¥123.9756); Grass Creek 

(44.2673, ¥123.9109); Helms Creek 

(44.2777, ¥123.9954); Keller Creek 

(44.2601, ¥123.9485); Little Beamer 

Creek (44.2993, ¥124.0213); Reedy 

Creek (44.3083, ¥124.0460); South 

Beamer Creek (44.2852, ¥124.0325); 

Stump Creek (44.2566, ¥123.9624); 

Unnamed (44.2596, ¥123.9279); 

Unnamed (44.2657, ¥123.9585); 

Unnamed (44.2660, ¥123.9183); 

Unnamed (44.2684, ¥123.9711); 

Unnamed (44.2837, ¥123.9268); 

Unnamed (44.2956, ¥123.9316); 

Unnamed (44.3005, ¥123.9324); 

Unnamed (44.3163, ¥123.9428); 

Unnamed (44.3186, ¥123.9568); 

Unnamed (44.3259, ¥123.9578); 

Unnamed (44.3431, ¥123.9711); West 

Fork Williamson Creek (44.3230, 

¥124.0008); Williamson Creek 

(44.3300, ¥124.0026); Yachats River 

(44.2468, ¥123.9329); Yachats River, 

North Fork (44.3467, ¥123.9972); 

Yachats River, School Fork (44.3145, 

¥123.9341). 

(vii) Cummins Creek/Tenmile Creek/

Mercer Lake Frontal Watershed 

1710020507. Outlet(s) = Berry Creek 

(Lat 44.0949, Long ¥124.1221); Big 

Creek (44.1767, ¥124.1148); Bob Creek 

(44.2448, ¥124.1118); Cape Creek 

(44.1336, ¥124.1211); Cummins Creek 

(44.2660, ¥124.1075); Rock Creek 

(44.1833, ¥124.1149); Sutton Creek 

(44.0605, ¥124.1269); Tenmile Creek 

(44.2245, ¥124.1083) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bailey Creek (44.1037, 

¥124.0530); Berry Creek (44.0998, 

¥124.0885); Big Creek (44.1866, 

¥123.9781); Big Creek, South Fork 

(44.1692, ¥123.9688); Big Creek, Trib A 

(44.1601, ¥124.0231); Bob Creek 

(44.2346, ¥124.0235); Cape Creek 

(44.1351, ¥124.0174); Cape Creek, 

North Fork (44.1458, ¥124.0489); 

Cummins Creek (44.2557, ¥124.0104); 

Fryingpan Creek (44.1723, ¥124.0401); 

Levage Creek (44.0745, ¥124.0588); 

Little Cummins Creek (44.2614, 

¥124.0851); McKinney Creek (44.2187, 

¥123.9985); Mercer Creek (44.0712, 

¥124.0796); Mill Creek (44.2106, 

¥124.0747); Quarry Creek (44.0881, 

¥124.1124); Rath Creek (44.0747, 

¥124.0901); Rock Creek (44.1882, 

¥124.0310); Tenmile Creek (44.2143, 

¥123.9351); Tenmile Creek, South Fork 

(44.2095, ¥123.9607); Unnamed 

(44.1771, ¥124.0908); Unnamed 

(44.0606, ¥124.0805); Unnamed 

(44.0624, ¥124.0552); Unnamed 

(44.0658, ¥124.0802); Unnamed 

(44.0690, ¥124.0490); Unnamed 

(44.0748, ¥124.0478); Unnamed 

(44.0814, ¥124.0464); Unnamed 

(44.0958, ¥124.0559); Unnamed 

(44.1283, ¥124.0242); Unnamed 

(44.1352, ¥124.0941); Unnamed 

(44.1712, ¥124.0558); Unnamed 

(44.1715, ¥124.0636); Unnamed 

(44.2011, ¥123.9634); Unnamed 

(44.2048, ¥123.9971); Unnamed 

(44.2146, ¥124.0358); Unnamed 

(44.2185, ¥124.0270); Unnamed 

(44.2209, ¥123.9368); Wapiti Creek 

(44.1216, ¥124.0448); Wildcat Creek 

(44.2339, ¥123.9632). 

(viii) Big Creek / Vingie Creek 

Watershed 1710020508. Outlet(s) = Big 

Creek (Lat 44.3742, Long ¥124.0896) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Creek 

(44.3564, ¥124.0613); Dicks Fork Big 

Creek (44.3627, ¥124.0389); Reynolds 

Creek (44.3768, ¥124.0740); South Fork 

Big Creek (44.3388, ¥124.0597); 

Unnamed (44.3643, ¥124.0355); 

Unnamed (44.3662, ¥124.0573); 

Unnamed (44.3686, ¥124.0683). 

(6) Unit 6. Siuslaw Subbasin 

17100206—(i) Upper Siuslaw River 

Watershed 1710020601. Outlet(s) = 

Siuslaw River (Lat 44.0033, Long 

¥123.6545) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (43.8482, ¥123.5172); Bear 

Creek, Trib A (43.8496, ¥123.5059); 

Bierce Creek (43.8750, ¥123.5559); Big 

Canyon Creek (43.9474, ¥123.6582); 

Bottle Creek (43.8791, ¥123.3871); 

Bounds Creek (43.9733, ¥123.7108); 

Buck Creek, Trib B (43.8198, 

¥123.3913); Buck Creek, Trib E 

(43.8152, ¥123.4248); Burntwood Creek 

(43.9230, ¥123.5342); Cabin Creek 

(43.8970, ¥123.6754); Camp Creek 

(43.9154, ¥123.4904); Canyon Creek 

(43.9780, ¥123.6096); Clay Creek 

(43.8766, ¥123.5721); Collins Creek 

(43.8913, ¥123.6047); Conger Creek 

(43.8968, ¥123.4524); Doe Creek 

(43.8957, ¥123.3558); Doe Hollow 

Creek (43.8487, ¥123.4603); Dogwood 

Creek (43.8958, ¥123.3811); Douglas 

Creek (43.8705, ¥123.2836); Edris 

Creek (43.9224, ¥123.5531); Esmond 

Creek (43.8618, ¥123.5772); Esmond 

Creek, Trib 1 (43.9303, ¥123.6518); 

Esmond Creek, Trib A (43.8815, 

¥123.6646); Farman Creek (43.8761, 

¥123.2562);Fawn Creek (43.8743, 

¥123.2992); Fawn Creek (43.9436, 

¥123.6088); Fryingpan Creek (43.8329, 

¥123.4241); Fryingpan Creek (43.8422, 

¥123.4318); Gardner Creek (43.8024, 

¥123.2582); Haight Creek (43.8406, 

¥123.4862); Haskins Creek (43.8785, 

¥123.5851); Hawley Creek (43.8599, 

¥123.1558); Hawley Creek, North Fork 

(43.8717, ¥123.1751); Holland Creek 

(43.8775, ¥123.4156); Jeans Creek 

(43.8616, ¥123.4714); Johnson Creek 

(43.8822, ¥123.5332); Kelly Creek 

(43.8338, ¥123.1739); Kline Creek 

(43.9034, ¥123.6635); Leopold Creek 

(43.9199, ¥123.6890); Leopold Creek, 

Trib A (43.9283, ¥123.6630); Letz 

Creek, Trib B (43.7900, ¥123.3248); 

Lick Creek (43.8366, ¥123.2695); Little 

Siuslaw Creek (43.8048, ¥123.3412); 

Lucas Creek (43.8202, ¥123.2233); 

Luyne Creek (43.9155, ¥123.5068); 

Luyne Creek, Trib A (43.9179, 

¥123.5208); Michaels Creek (43.8624, 

¥123.5417); Mill Creek (43.9028, 

¥123.6228); Norris Creek (43.8434, 

¥123.2006); North Creek (43.9223, 

¥123.5752); North Fork Siuslaw River 

(43.8513, ¥123.2302); Oxbow Creek 

(43.8384, ¥123.5433); Oxbow Creek, 

Trib C (43.8492, ¥123.5465); Pheasant 

Creek (43.9120, ¥123.4247); Pheasant 

Creek, Trib 2 (43.9115, ¥123.4411); 

Pugh Creek (43.9480, ¥123.5940); 

Russell Creek (43.8813, ¥123.3425); 

Russell Creek, Trib A (43.8619, 

¥123.3498); Sandy Creek (43.7684, 

¥123.2441); Sandy Creek, Trib B 

(43.7826, ¥123.2538); Shaw Creek 

(43.8817, ¥123.3289); Siuslaw River, 

East Trib (43.8723, ¥123.5378); Siuslaw 

River, North Fork, Upper Trib (43.8483, 

¥123.2275); Smith Creek (43.8045, 

¥123.3665); South Fork Siuslaw River 

(43.7831, ¥123.1569); Trail Creek 

(43.9142, ¥123.6241); Tucker Creek 

(43.8159, ¥123.1604); Unnamed 

(43.7796, ¥123.2019); Unnamed 

(43.7810, ¥123.2818); Unnamed 

(43.8278, ¥123.2610); Unnamed 

(43.8519, ¥123.2773); Unnamed 

(43.8559, ¥123.5520); Unnamed 

(43.8670, ¥123.6022); Unnamed 

(43.8876, ¥123.5194); Unnamed 

(43.8902, ¥123.5609); Unnamed 

(43.8963, ¥123.4171); Unnamed 

(43.8968, ¥123.4731); Unnamed 

(43.8992, ¥123.4033); Unnamed 

(43.9006, ¥123.4637); Unnamed 

(43.9030, ¥123.6434); Unnamed 

(43.9492, ¥123.6924); Unnamed 

(43.9519, ¥123.6886); Unnamed 

(43.9784, ¥123.6815); Unnamed 

(43.9656, ¥123.7145); Whittaker Creek 

(43.9490, ¥123.7004); Whittaker Creek, 

Trib B (43.9545, ¥123.7121).

(ii) Wolf Creek Watershed 

1710020602. Outlet(s) = Wolf Creek (Lat 

43.9548, Long ¥123.6205) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bill Lewis Creek 

(43.9357, ¥123.5708); Cabin Creek 

(43.9226, ¥123.4081); Eames Creek 

(43.9790, ¥123.4352); Eames Creek, 

Trib C (43.9506, ¥123.4371); Elkhorn 

Creek (43.9513, ¥123.3934); Fish Creek 

(43.9238, ¥123.3872); Gall Creek 

(43.9865, ¥123.5187); Gall Creek, Trib 

1 (43.9850, ¥123.5285); Grenshaw 

Creek (43.9676, ¥123.4645); Lick Creek 

(43.9407, ¥123.5796); Oat Creek, Trib A 

(43.9566, ¥123.5052); Oat Creek, Trib C 

(43.9618, ¥123.4902); Oat Creek 

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(43.9780, ¥123.4761); Panther Creek 

(43.9529, ¥123.3744); Pittenger Creek 

(43.9713, ¥123.5434); Saleratus Creek 

(43.9796, ¥123.5675); Saleratus Creek, 

Trib A (43.9776, ¥123.5797); Swamp 

Creek (43.9777, ¥123.4197); Swing Log 

Creek (43.9351, ¥123.3339); Unnamed 

(43.9035, ¥123.3358); Unnamed 

(43.9343, ¥123.3648); Unnamed 

(43.9617, ¥123.4507); Unnamed 

(43.9668, ¥123.6041); Unnamed 

(43.9693, ¥123.4846); Van Curen Creek 

(43.9364, ¥123.5520); Wolf Creek 

(43.9101, ¥123.3234). 

(iii) Wildcat Creek Watershed 

1710020603. Outlet(s) = Wildcat Creek 

(Lat 44.0033, Long ¥123.6545) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bulmer 

Creek (44.0099, ¥123.5206); Cattle 

Creek (44.0099, ¥123.5475); Fish Creek 

(44.0470, ¥123.5383); Fowler Creek 

(43.9877, ¥123.5918); Haynes Creek 

(44.1000, ¥123.5578); Kirk Creek 

(44.0282, ¥123.6270); Knapp Creek 

(44.1006, ¥123.5801); Miller Creek 

(44.0767, ¥123.6034); Pataha Creek 

(43.9914, ¥123.5361); Potato Patch 

Creek (43.9936, ¥123.5812); Salt Creek 

(44.0386, ¥123.5021); Shady Creek 

(44.0647, ¥123.5838); Shultz Creek 

(44.0220, ¥123.6320); Unnamed 

(43.9890, ¥123.5468); Unnamed 

(44.0210, ¥123.4805); Unnamed 

(44.0233, ¥123.4996); Unnamed 

(44.0242, ¥123.4796); Unnamed 

(44.0253, ¥123.4963); Unnamed 

(44.0283, ¥123.5311); Unnamed 

(44.0305, ¥123.5275); Unnamed 

(44.0479, ¥123.6199); Unnamed 

(44.0604, ¥123.5624); Unnamed 

(44.0674, ¥123.6075); Unnamed 

(44.0720, ¥123.5590); Unnamed 

(44.0839, ¥123.5777); Unnamed 

(44.0858, ¥123.5787); Unnamed 

(44.0860, ¥123.5741); Unnamed 

(44.0865, ¥123.5935); Unnamed 

(44.0945, ¥123.5838); Unnamed 

(44.0959, ¥123.5902); Walker Creek 

(44.0469, ¥123.6312); Walker Creek, 

Trib C (44.0418, ¥123.6048); Wildcat 

Creek (43.9892, ¥123.4308); Wildcat 

Creek, Trib ZH (43.9924, ¥123.4975); 

Wildcat Creek, Trib ZI (44.0055, 

¥123.4681). 

(iv) Lake Creek Watershed 

1710020604. Outlet(s) = Lake Creek (Lat 

44.0556, Long ¥123.7968) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Chappell Creek (44.1158, 

¥123.6921); Conrad Creek (44.1883, 

¥123.4918); Druggs Creek (44.1996, 

¥123.5926); Fish Creek (44.1679, 

¥123.5149); Green Creek (44.1389, 

¥123.7930); Greenleaf Creek (44.1766, 

¥123.6391); Hula Creek (44.1202, 

¥123.7087); Johnson Creek (44.1037, 

¥123.7327); Lake Creek (44.2618, 

¥123.5148); Lamb Creek (44.1401, 

¥123.5991); Leaver Creek (44.0754, 

¥123.6285); Leibo Canyon (44.2439, 

¥123.4648); Little Lake Creek (44.1655, 

¥123.6004); McVey Creek (44.0889, 

¥123.6875); Nelson Creek (44.1229, 

¥123.5558); North Fork Fish Creek 

(44.1535, ¥123.5437); Pontius Creek 

(44.1911, ¥123.5909); Pope Creek 

(44.2118, ¥123.5319); Post Creek 

(44.1828, ¥123.5259); Stakely Canyon 

(44.2153, ¥123.4690); Steinhauer Creek 

(44.1276, ¥123.6594); Swamp Creek 

(44.2150, ¥123.5687); Swartz Creek 

(44.2304, ¥123.4461); Target Canyon 

(44.2318, ¥123.4557); Unnamed 

(44.1048, ¥123.6540); Unnamed 

(44.1176, ¥123.5846); Unnamed 

(44.1355, ¥123.5473); Unnamed 

(44.1355, ¥123.6125); Unnamed 

(44.1382, ¥123.5539); Unnamed 

(44.1464, ¥123.5843); Unnamed 

(44.1659, ¥123.5658); Unnamed 

(44.1725, ¥123.5981); Unnamed 

(44.1750, ¥123.5914); Unnamed 

(44.1770, ¥123.5697); Unnamed 

(44.1782, ¥123.5419); Unnamed 

(44.1798, ¥123.5834); Unnamed 

(44.1847, ¥123.5862); Unnamed 

(44.2042, ¥123.5700); Unnamed 

(44.2143, ¥123.5873); Unnamed 

(44.2258, ¥123.4493); Unnamed 

(44.2269, ¥123.5478); Unnamed 

(44.2328, ¥123.5285); Unnamed 

(44.2403, ¥123.5358); Unnamed 

(44.2431, ¥123.5105); Unnamed 

(44.2437, ¥123.5739); Unnamed 

(44.2461, ¥123.5180); Unnamed 

(44.2484, ¥123.5501); Unnamed 

(44.2500, ¥123.5691); Unnamed 

(44.2573, ¥123.4736); Unnamed 

(44.2670, ¥123.4840); Wheeler Creek 

(44.1232, ¥123.6778). 

(v) Deadwood Creek Watershed 

1710020605. Outlet(s) = Deadwood 

Creek (Lat 44.0949, Long ¥123.7594) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alpha Creek 

(44.1679, ¥123.6951); Bear Creek 

(44.1685, ¥123.6627); Bear Creek, 

South Fork (44.1467, ¥123.6743); Buck 

Creek (44.2003, ¥123.6683); Deadwood 

Creek (44.2580, ¥123.6885); Deadwood 

Creek, West Fork (44.1946, ¥123.8023); 

Deer Creek (44.1655, ¥123.7229); Failor 

Creek (44.1597, ¥123.8003); Fawn 

Creek (44.2356, ¥123.7244); Karlstrom 

Creek (44.1776, ¥123.7133); Misery 

Creek (44.1758, ¥123.7950); North Fork 

Panther Creek (44.2346, ¥123.7362); 

Panther Creek (44.2273, ¥123.7558); 

Raleigh Creek (44.1354, ¥123.6926); 

Rock Creek (44.1812, ¥123.6683); 

Schwartz Creek (44.1306, ¥123.7258); 

Unnamed (44.2011, ¥123.7273); 

Unnamed (44.1806, ¥123.7693); 

Unnamed (44.1845, ¥123.6824); 

Unnamed (44.1918, ¥123.7521); 

Unnamed (44.1968, ¥123.7664); 

Unnamed (44.2094, ¥123.6674); 

Unnamed (44.2149, ¥123.7639); 

Unnamed (44.2451, ¥123.6705); 

Unnamed (44.2487, ¥123.7137); 

Unnamed (44.2500, ¥123.6933). 

(vi) Indian Creek/Lake Creek 

Watershed 1710020606. Outlet(s) = 

Indian Creek (Lat 44.0808, Long 

¥123.7891) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cremo Creek (44.1424, ¥123.8144); Elk 

Creek (44.1253, ¥123.8821); Gibson 

Creek (44.1548, ¥123.8132); Herman 

Creek (44.2089, ¥123.8220); Indian 

Creek (44.2086, ¥123.9171); Indian 

Creek, North Fork (44.2204, 

¥123.9016); Indian Creek, West Fork 

(44.2014, ¥123.9075); Long Creek 

(44.1395, ¥123.8800); Maria Creek 

(44.1954, ¥123.9219); Pyle Creek 

(44.1792, ¥123.8623); Rogers Creek 

(44.1851, ¥123.9397); Smoot Creek 

(44.1562, ¥123.8449); Taylor Creek 

(44.1864, ¥123.8115); Unnamed 

(44.1643, ¥123.8993); Unnamed 

(44.1727, ¥123.8154); Unnamed 

(44.1795, ¥123.9180); Unnamed 

(44.1868, ¥123.9002); Unnamed 

(44.1905, ¥123.8633); Unnamed 

(44.1967, ¥123.8872); Unnamed 

(44.2088, ¥123.8381); Unnamed 

(44.2146, ¥123.8528); Unnamed 

(44.2176, ¥123.8462); Unnamed 

(44.2267, ¥123.8912); Velvet Creek 

(44.1295, ¥123.8087).

(vii) North Fork Siuslaw River 

Watershed 1710020607. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Siuslaw River (Lat 43.9719, 

Long ¥124.0783) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Billie Creek (44.0971, 

¥124.0362); Cataract Creek (44.0854, 

¥123.9497); Cedar Creek (44.1534, 

¥123.9045); Condon Creek (44.1138, 

¥123.9984); Coon Creek (44.0864, 

¥124.0318); Deer Creek (44.1297, 

¥123.9475); Drew Creek (44.1239, 

¥123.9801); Drew Creek (44.1113, 

¥123.9854); Elma Creek (44.1803, 

¥123.9434); Hanson Creek (44.0776, 

¥123.9328); Haring Creek (44.0307, 

¥124.0462); Lawrence Creek (44.1710, 

¥123.9504); Lindsley Creek (44.0389, 

¥124.0591); McLeod Creek (44.1050, 

¥123.8805); Morris Creek (44.0711, 

¥124.0308); Porter Creek (44.1490, 

¥123.9641); Russell Creek (44.0680, 

¥123.9848); Sam Creek (44.1751, 

¥123.9527); Slover Creek (44.0213, 

¥124.0531); South Russell Creek 

(44.0515, ¥123.9840); Taylor Creek 

(44.1279, ¥123.9052); Uncle Creek 

(44.1080, ¥124.0174); Unnamed 

(43.9900, ¥124.0784); Unnamed 

(43.9907, ¥124.0759); Unnamed 

(43.9953, ¥124.0514); Unnamed 

(43.9958, ¥124.0623); Unnamed 

(43.9999, ¥124.0694); Unnamed 

(44.0018, ¥124.0596); Unnamed 

(44.0050, ¥124.0556); Unnamed 

(44.0106, ¥124.0650); Unnamed 

(44.0135, ¥124.0609); Unnamed 

(44.0166, ¥124.0371); Unnamed 

(44.0194, ¥124.0631); Unnamed 

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(44.0211, ¥124.0663); Unnamed 

(44.0258, ¥124.0594); Unnamed 

(44.0304, ¥124.0129); Unnamed 

(44.0327, ¥124.0670); Unnamed 

(44.0337, ¥124.0070); Unnamed 

(44.0342, ¥124.0056); Unnamed 

(44.0370, ¥124.0391); Unnamed 

(44.0419, ¥124.0013); Unnamed 

(44.0441, ¥124.0321); Unnamed 

(44.0579, ¥124.0077); Unnamed 

(44.0886, ¥124.0192); Unnamed 

(44.0892, ¥123.9925); Unnamed 

(44.0941, ¥123.9131); Unnamed 

(44.0976, ¥124.0033); Unnamed 

(44.1046, ¥123.9032); Unnamed 

(44.1476, ¥123.8959); Unnamed 

(44.1586, ¥123.9150); West Branch 

North Fork Siuslaw River (44.1616, 

¥123.9616); Wilhelm Creek (44.1408, 

¥123.9774). 

(viii) Lower Siuslaw River Watershed 

1710020608. Outlet(s) = Siuslaw River 

(Lat 44.0160, Long ¥124.1327) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Barber Creek 

(44.0294, ¥123.7598); Beech Creek 

(44.0588, ¥123.6980); Berkshire Creek 

(44.0508, ¥123.8890); Bernhardt Creek 

(43.9655, ¥123.9532); Brush Creek 

(44.0432, ¥123.7798); Brush Creek, East 

Fork (44.0414, ¥123.7782); Cedar Creek 

(43.9696, ¥123.9304); Clevelan Creek 

(44.0773, ¥123.8343); Demming Creek 

(43.9643, ¥124.0313); Dinner Creek 

(44.0108, ¥123.8069); Divide Creek 

(44.0516, ¥123.9421); Duncan Inlet 

(44.0081, ¥123.9921); Hadsall Creek 

(43.9846, ¥123.8221); Hadsall Creek, 

Trib D (43.9868, ¥123.8500); Hadsall 

Creek, Trib E (43.9812, ¥123.8359); 

Hanson Creek (44.0364, ¥123.9628); 

Hoffman Creek (43.9808, ¥123.9412); 

Hollenbeck Creek (44.0321, ¥123.8672); 

Hood Creek (43.9996, ¥123.7995); 

Karnowsky Creek (43.9847, ¥123.9658); 

Knowles Creek (43.9492, ¥123.7315); 

Knowles Creek, Trib L (43.9717, 

¥123.7830); Lawson Creek, TRIB B 

(43.9612, ¥123.9659); Meadow Creek 

(44.0311, ¥123.6490); Munsel Creek 

(44.0277, ¥124.0788); Old Man Creek 

(44.0543, ¥123.8022); Pat Creek 

(44.0659, ¥123.7245); Patterson Creek 

(43.9984, ¥124.0234); Rice Creek 

(44.0075, ¥123.8519); Rock Creek 

(44.0169, ¥123.6512); South Fork Waite 

Creek (43.9929, ¥123.7105); San 

Aantone Creek (44.0564, ¥123.6515); 

Shoemaker Creek (44.0669, ¥123.8977); 

Shutte Creek (43.9939, ¥124.0339); 

Siuslaw River (44.0033, ¥123.6545); 

Skunk Hollow (43.9830, ¥124.0626); 

Smith Creek (44.0393, ¥123.6674); 

Spencer Creek (44.0676, ¥123.8809); 

Sulphur Creek (43.9822, ¥123.8015); 

Sweet Creek (43.9463, ¥123.9016); 

Sweet Creek, Trib A (44.0047, 

¥123.8907); Sweet Creek, Trib D 

(43.9860, ¥123.8811); Thompson Creek 

(44.0974, ¥123.8615); Turner Creek 

(44.0096, ¥123.7607); Unnamed 

(43.9301, ¥124.0434); Unnamed 

(43.9596, ¥124.0337); Unnamed 

(43.9303, ¥124.0487); Unnamed 

(43.9340, ¥124.0529); Unnamed 

(43.9367, ¥124.0632); Unnamed 

(43.9374, ¥124.0442); Unnamed 

(43.9481, ¥124.0530); Unnamed 

(43.9501, ¥124.0622); Unnamed 

(43.9507, ¥124.0533); Unnamed 

(43.9571, ¥124.0658); Unnamed 

(43.9576, ¥124.0491); Unnamed 

(43.9587, ¥124.0988); Unnamed 

(43.9601, ¥124.0927); Unnamed 

(43.9615, ¥124.0527); Unnamed 

(43.9618, ¥124.0875); Unnamed 

(43.9624, ¥123.7499); Unnamed 

(43.9662, ¥123.7639); Unnamed 

(43.9664, ¥123.9252); Unnamed 

(43.9718, ¥124.0389); Unnamed 

(43.9720, ¥124.0075); Unnamed 

(43.9751, ¥124.0090); Unnamed 

(43.9784, ¥124.0191); Unnamed 

(43.9796, ¥123.9150); Unnamed 

(43.9852, ¥123.9802); Unnamed 

(43.9878, ¥123.9845); Unnamed 

(43.9915, ¥123.9732); Unnamed 

(43.9938, ¥123.9930); Unnamed 

(43.9942, ¥123.8547); Unnamed 

(43.9943, ¥123.9891); Unnamed 

(43.9954, ¥124.1185); Unnamed 

(43.9956, ¥123.7074); Unnamed 

(43.9995, ¥123.9825); Unnamed 

(44.0023, ¥123.7317); Unnamed 

(44.0210, ¥123.7874); Unnamed 

(44.0240, ¥123.8989); Unnamed 

(44.0366, ¥123.7363); Unnamed 

(44.0506, ¥123.9068); Waite Creek 

(43.9886, ¥123.7220); Walker Creek 

(44.0566, ¥123.9129); Wilson Creek 

(44.0716, ¥123.8792). 

(7) Unit 7. Siltcoos Subbasin 

17100207—Waohink River/Siltcoos 

River/Tahkenitch Lake Frontal 

Watershed 1710020701. Outlet(s) = 

Siltcoos River (Lat 43.8766, Long 

¥124.1548); Tahkenitch Creek (43.8013, 

¥124.1689) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Alder Creek (43.8967, ¥124.0114); Bear 

Creek (43.9198, ¥123.9293); Bear Creek 

Trib (43.9030, ¥123.9881); Bear Creek, 

South Fork (43.9017, ¥123.9555); Bell 

Creek (43.8541, ¥123.9718); Billy 

Moore Creek (43.8876, ¥123.9604); 

Carle Creek (43.9015, ¥124.0210); 

Carter Creek (43.9457, ¥124.0123); 

Dismal Swamp (43.8098, ¥124.0871); 

Elbow Lake Creek (43.7886, 

¥124.1490); Fiddle Creek (43.9132, 

¥123.9164); Fivemile Creek (43.8297, 

¥123.9776); Grant Creek (43.9373, 

¥124.0278); Harry Creek (43.8544, 

¥124.0220); Henderson Canyon 

(43.8648, ¥123.9654); Henderson Creek 

(43.9427, ¥123.9704); John Sims Creek 

(43.8262, ¥124.0792); King Creek 

(43.8804, ¥124.0300); Lane Creek 

(43.8437, ¥124.0765); Leitel Creek 

(43.8181, ¥124.0200); Mallard Creek 

(43.7775, ¥124.0852); Maple Creek 

(43.9314, ¥123.9316); Maple Creek, 

North Prong (43.9483, ¥123.9510); 

Miles Canyon (43.8643, ¥124.0097); 

Miller Creek (43.9265, ¥124.0663); 

Mills Creek (43.8966, ¥124.0397); 

Morris Creek (43.8625, ¥123.9541); 

Perkins Creek (43.8257, ¥124.0448); 

Rider Creek (43.9210, ¥123.9700); 

Roache Creek (43.9087, ¥124.0049); 

Schrum Creek (43.9194, ¥124.0492); 

Schultz Creek (43.9245, ¥123.9371); 

Stokes Creek (43.9161, ¥123.9984); 

Tenmile Creek (43.9419, ¥123.9447); 

Unnamed (43.8928, ¥124.0461); 

Unnamed (43.7726, ¥124.1021); 

Unnamed (43.7741, ¥124.1313); 

Unnamed (43.7756, ¥124.1363); 

Unnamed (43.7824, ¥124.1342); 

Unnamed (43.7829, ¥124.0852); 

Unnamed (43.7837, ¥124.0812); 

Unnamed (43.7849, ¥124.0734); 

Unnamed (43.7862, ¥124.0711); 

Unnamed (43.7865, ¥124.1107); 

Unnamed (43.7892, ¥124.1163); 

Unnamed (43.7897, ¥124.0608); 

Unnamed (43.7946, ¥124.0477); 

Unnamed (43.7964, ¥124.0643); 

Unnamed (43.8015, ¥124.0450); 

Unnamed (43.8078, ¥124.0340); 

Unnamed (43.8095, ¥124.1362); 

Unnamed (43.8112, ¥124.0608); 

Unnamed (43.8152, ¥124.0981); 

Unnamed (43.8153, ¥124.1314); 

Unnamed (43.8172, ¥124.0752); 

Unnamed (43.8231, ¥124.0853); 

Unnamed (43.8321, ¥124.0128); 

Unnamed (43.8322, ¥124.0069); 

Unnamed (43.8323, ¥124.1016); 

Unnamed (43.8330, ¥124.0217); 

Unnamed (43.8361, ¥124.1209); 

Unnamed (43.8400, ¥123.9802); 

Unnamed (43.8407, ¥124.1051); 

Unnamed (43.8489, ¥124.0634); 

Unnamed (43.8500, ¥123.9852); 

Unnamed (43.8504, ¥124.1248); 

Unnamed (43.8504, ¥124.0024); 

Unnamed (43.8507, ¥124.0511); 

Unnamed (43.8589, ¥124.1231); 

Unnamed (43.8596, ¥124.0438); 

Unnamed (43.8605, ¥124.1211); 

Unnamed (43.8669, ¥124.0717); 

Unnamed (43.8670, ¥124.0327); 

Unnamed (43.8707, ¥124.0689); 

Unnamed (43.8802, ¥124.0605); 

Unnamed (43.8862, ¥124.0570); 

Unnamed (43.8913, ¥123.9380); 

Unnamed (43.8919, ¥124.0771); 

Unnamed (43.8976, ¥124.0725); 

Unnamed (43.9032, ¥124.0651); 

Unnamed (43.9045, ¥124.0548); 

Unnamed (43.9057, ¥124.0606); 

Unnamed (43.9065, ¥124.0656); 

Unnamed (43.9105, ¥124.0453); 

Unnamed (43.9106, ¥124.0203); 

Unnamed (43.9202, ¥124.0786); 

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Unnamed (43.9209, ¥124.0734); 

Unnamed (43.9237, ¥124.0155); 

Unnamed (43.9249, ¥124.0074); 

Unnamed (43.9274, ¥124.0759); 

Unnamed (43.9275, ¥124.0308); 

Unnamed (43.9360, ¥124.0892); 

Unnamed (43.9365, ¥124.0297); 

Unnamed (43.9424, ¥124.0981); 

Unnamed (43.9438, ¥124.0929); 

Unnamed (43.9453, ¥124.0752); 

Unnamed (43.9518, ¥123.9953).

(8) Unit 8. North Fork Umpqua 

Subbasin 17100301—(i) Middle North 

Umpqua Watershed 1710030107.

Outlet(s) = North Umpqua River (Lat 

43.3322, Long ¥123.0025) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Calf Creek (43.2852, 

¥122.6229); Copeland Creek (43.2853, 

¥122.5325); Deception Creek (43.2766, 

¥122.5850); Dry Creek (43.2967, 

¥122.6016); Honey Creek (43.3181, 

¥122.9414); Limpy Creek (43.3020, 

¥122.6795); North Umpqua River 

(43.3027, ¥122.4938); Panther Creek 

(43.3019, ¥122.6801); Steamboat Creek 

(43.3491, ¥122.7281); Susan Creek 

(43.3044, ¥122.9058); Williams Creek 

(43.3431, ¥122.7724). 

(ii) Rock Creek/North Umpqua River 

Watershed 1710030110. Outlet(s) = 

Rock Creek (Lat 43.3322, Long 

¥123.0025) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Conley Creek (43.3630, ¥122.9673); 

Harrington Creek (43.4151, ¥122.9550); 

Kelly Creek (43.3592, ¥122.9912); 

McComas Creek (43.3536, ¥122.9923); 

Rock Creek (43.4247, ¥122.9055); Rock 

Creek, East Fork (43.3807, ¥122.8270); 

Rock Creek, East Fork, North Fork 

(43.4147, ¥122.8512); Shoup Creek 

(43.3882, ¥122.9674). 

(iii) Little River Watershed 

1710030111. Outlet(s) = Little River (Lat 

43.2978, Long ¥123.1012) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Buck Peak Creek 

(43.1762, ¥123.0479); Buckhorn Creek 

(43.2592, ¥123.1072); Cavitt Creek 

(43.1464, ¥122.9758); Copperhead 

Creek (43.1626, ¥123.0595); Emile 

Creek (43.2544, ¥122.8849); Evarts 

Creek (43.2087, ¥123.0133); Jim Creek 

(43.2257, ¥123.0592); Little River 

(43.2065, ¥122.8231); McKay Creek 

(43.2092, ¥123.0356); Tuttle Creek 

(43.1440, ¥122.9813); White Rock 

Creek (43.1540, ¥123.0379); Wolf Creek 

(43.2179, ¥122.9461). 

(iv) Lower North Umpqua River 

Watershed 1710030112. Outlet(s) = 

North Umpqua River (Lat 43.2682, Long 

¥123.4448) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bradley Creek (43.3350, ¥123.1025); 

Clover Creek (43.2490, ¥123.2604); 

Cooper Creek (43.3420, ¥123.1650); 

Cooper Creek (43.3797, ¥123.2807); 

Dixon Creek (43.2770, ¥123.2911); 

French Creek (43.3349, ¥123.0801); 

Huntley Creek (43.3363, ¥123.1340); 

North Umpqua River (43.3322, 

¥123.0025); Oak Creek (43.2839, 

¥123.2063); Short Creek (43.3204, 

¥123.3315); Sutherlin Creek (43.3677, 

¥123.2114); Unnamed (43.3285, 

¥123.2016). 

(9) Unit 9. South Fork Umpqua 

Subbasin 17100302—(i) Middle South 

Umpqua River Watershed 1710030203.

Outlet(s) = South Umpqua River (Lat 

42.9272, Long ¥122.9504) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Boulder Creek (43.1056, 

¥122.7379); Budd Creek (43.0506, 

¥122.8185); Deadman Creek (43.0049, 

¥122.8967); Dompier Creek (42.9553, 

¥122.9166); Dumont Creek (43.0719, 

¥122.8224); Francis Creek (43.0202, 

¥122.8231); South Umpqua River 

(43.0481, ¥122.6998); Sam Creek 

(43.0037, ¥122.8412); Slick Creek 

(43.0986, ¥122.7867). 

(ii) South Umpqua River Watershed 

1710030205. Outlet(s) = South Umpqua 

River (Lat 42.9476, Long ¥123.3368) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(42.9109, ¥123.2991); Canyon Creek 

(42.8798, ¥123.2410); Canyon Creek, 

West Fork (42.8757, ¥123.2734); 

Canyon Creek, West Fork, Trib A 

(42.8834, ¥123.2947); Coffee Creek 

(42.9416, ¥122.9993); Comer Brook 

(42.9082, ¥123.2908); Days Creek 

(43.0539, ¥123.0012); Days Creek, Trib 

1 (43.0351, ¥123.0532); Doe Hollow 

(42.9805, ¥123.0812); Fate Creek 

(42.9943, ¥123.1028); Green Gulch 

(43.0040, ¥123.1276); Hatchet Creek 

(42.9251, ¥122.9757); Jordan Creek 

(42.9224, ¥123.3086); Lavadoure Creek 

(42.9594, ¥123.0930); Lick Creek 

(42.9213, ¥123.0261); May Creek 

(43.0153, ¥123.0725); Morgan Creek 

(42.9635, ¥123.2409); O’Shea Creek 

(42.9256, ¥123.2486); Perdue Creek 

(43.0038, ¥123.1192); Poole Creek 

(42.9321, ¥123.1106); Poole Creek, East 

Fork (42.8983, ¥123.0993); South 

Umpqua River (42.9272, ¥122.9504); 

Shively Creek (42.8888, ¥123.1635); 

Shively Creek, East Fork (42.8793, 

¥123.1194); Small Creek (42.9631, 

¥123.2519); St. John Creek (42.9598, 

¥123.0514); Stinger Gulch Creek 

(42.9950, ¥123.1851); Stouts Creek, 

East Fork (42.9090, ¥123.0424); Stouts 

Creek, West Fork (42.8531, ¥123.0167); 

Sweat Creek (42.9293, ¥123.1899); 

Wood Creek (43.0048, ¥123.1486). 

(iii) Middle Cow Creek Watershed 

1710030207. Outlet(s) = Cow Creek (Lat 

42.8114, Long ¥123.5947) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (42.8045, 

¥123.3635); Booth Gulch (42.7804, 

¥123.2282); Bull Run Creek (42.7555, 

¥123.2366); Clear Creek (42.8218, 

¥123.2610); Cow Creek (42.8487, 

¥123.1780); Dads Creek (42.7650, 

¥123.5401); East Fork Whitehorse 

Creek (42.7925, ¥123.1448); Fortune 

Branch (42.8051, ¥123.2971); Hogum 

Creek (42.7574, ¥123.1853); Lawson 

Creek (42.7896, ¥123.3752); Little Bull 

Run Creek (42.7532, ¥123.2479); 

McCullough Creek (42.7951, 

¥123.4421); Mynatt Creek (42.8034, 

¥123.2828); Panther Creek (42.7409, 

¥123.4990); Perkins Creek (42.7331, 

¥123.4997); Quines Creek (42.7278, 

¥123.2396); Rattlesnake Creek 

(42.7106, ¥123.4774); Riffle Creek 

(42.7575, ¥123.6260); Section Creek 

(42.7300, ¥123.4373); Skull Creek 

(42.7527, ¥123.5779); Starveout Creek 

(42.7541, ¥123.1953); Stevens Creek 

(42.7255, ¥123.4835); Susan Creek 

(42.8035, ¥123.5762); Swamp Creek 

(42.7616, ¥123.3518); Tennessee Gulch 

(42.7265, ¥123.2591); Totten Creek 

(42.7448, ¥123.4610); Unnamed 

(42.7964, ¥123.4200); Unnamed 

(42.8101, ¥123.3150); Whitehorse 

Creek (42.7772, ¥123.1532); Wildcat 

Creek (42.7738, ¥123.2378); Windy 

Creek (42.8221, ¥123.3296); Wood 

Creek (42.8141, ¥123.4111); Woodford 

Creek (42.7458, ¥123.3180). 

(iv) West Fork Cow Creek Watershed 

1710030208. Outlet(s) = West Fork Cow 

Creek (Lat 42.8118, Long ¥123.6006) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(42.7662, ¥123.6741); Bobby Creek 

(42.8199, ¥123.7196); Elk Valley Creek 

(42.8681, ¥123.7133); Elk Valley Creek, 

East Fork (42.8698, ¥123.6812); Goat 

Trail Creek (42.8002, ¥123.6828); Gold 

Mountain Creek (42.8639, ¥123.7787); 

No Sweat Creek (42.8024, ¥123.7081); 

Panther Creek (42.8596, ¥123.7506); 

Slaughter Pen Creek (42.8224, 

¥123.6565); Sweat Creek (42.8018, 

¥123.6995); Walker Creek (42.8228, 

¥123.7614); Wallace Creek (42.8311, 

¥123.7696); West Fork Cow Creek 

(42.8329, ¥123.7733). 

(v) Lower Cow Creek Watershed 

1710030209. Outlet(s) = Cow Creek (Lat 

42.9476, Long ¥123.3368) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Ash Creek (42.9052, 

¥123.3385); Boulder Creek (42.8607, 

¥123.5494); Brush Creek (42.8526, 

¥123.4369); Buck Creek (42.8093, 

¥123.4979); Buck Creek (42.9691, 

¥123.5289); Cattle Creek (42.8751, 

¥123.5374); Cedar Gulch (42.8457, 

¥123.5038); Council Creek (42.8929, 

¥123.4366); Cow Creek (42.8114, 

¥123.5947); Darby Creek (42.8553, 

¥123.6123); Doe Creek (42.9333, 

¥123.5057); Gravel Creek (42.8596, 

¥123.4598); Iron Mountain Creek 

(42.9035, ¥123.5175); Island Creek 

(42.8957, ¥123.4749); Jerry Creek 

(42.9517, ¥123.4009); Little Dads Creek 

(42.8902, ¥123.5655); Martin Creek 

(42.8080, ¥123.4763); Middle Creek, 

South Fork (42.8298, ¥123.3870); 

Panther Creek (42.8417, ¥123.4492); 

Peavine Creek (42.8275, ¥123.4610); 

Russell Creek (42.9094, ¥123.3797); 

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Salt Creek (42.9462, ¥123.4830); 

Shoestrin Creek (42.9221, ¥123.3613); 

Smith Creek (42.8489, ¥123.4765); 

Smith Creek (42.9236, ¥123.5482); 

Table Creek (42.9114, ¥123.5695); 

Union Creek (42.8769, ¥123.5853); 

Unnamed (42.8891, ¥123.4080).

(vi) Middle South Umpqua River 

Watershed 1710030210. Outlet(s) = 

South Umpqua River (Lat 43.1172, Long 

¥123.4273) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Adams Creek (43.0724, ¥123.4776); 

Barrett Creek (43.0145, ¥123.4451); 

Clark Brook (43.0980, ¥123.2897); East 

Willis Creek (43.0151, ¥123.3845); Judd 

Creek (42.9852, ¥123.4060); Kent Creek 

(43.0490, ¥123.4792); Lane Creek 

(42.9704, ¥123.4001); Porter Creek 

(43.0444, ¥123.4597); Rice Creek 

(43.0181, ¥123.4779); Richardson Creek 

(43.0766, ¥123.2881); South Umpqua 

River (42.9476, ¥123.3368); Squaw 

Creek (43.0815, ¥123.4688); Van Dine 

Creek (43.0326, ¥123.3473); West 

Willis Creek (43.0172, ¥123.4355). 

(vii) Myrtle Creek Watershed 

1710030211. Outlet(s) = North Myrtle 

Creek (Lat 43.0231, Long ¥123.2951) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Ben Branch 

Creek (43.0544, ¥123.1618); Big Lick 

(43.0778, ¥123.2175); Bilger Creek 

(43.1118, ¥123.2372); Buck Fork Creek 

(43.1415, ¥123.0831); Cedar Hollow 

(43.0096, ¥123.2297); Frozen Creek 

(43.1089, ¥123.1929); Frozen Creek, 

Left Fork (43.1157, ¥123.2306); 

Harrison Young Brook (43.0610, 

¥123.2850); Lally Creek (43.0890, 

¥123.0597); Lee Creek (43.1333, 

¥123.1477); Letitia Creek (43.0710, 

¥123.0907); Little Lick (43.0492, 

¥123.2234); Long Wiley Creek 

(43.0584, ¥123.1067); Louis Creek 

(43.1165, ¥123.0783); North Myrtle 

Creek (43.1486, ¥123.1219); Riser Creek 

(43.1276, ¥123.0703); Rock Creek 

(43.0729, ¥123.2620); South Myrtle 

Creek (43.0850, ¥123.0103); School 

Hollow (43.0563, ¥123.1753); Short 

Wiley Creek (43.0589, ¥123.1158); 

Slide Creek (43.1110, ¥123.1078); 

Unnamed (43.1138, ¥123.1721); 

Weaver Creek (43.1102, ¥123.0576). 

(viii) Ollala Creek/Lookingglass 

Watershed 1710030212. Outlet(s) = 

Lookingglass Creek (Lat 43.1172, Long 

¥123.4273) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Archambeau Creek (43.2070, 

¥123.5329); Bear Creek (43.1233, 

¥123.6382); Berry Creek (43.0404, 

¥123.5543); Bushnell Creek (43.0183, 

¥123.5289); Byron Creek, East Fork 

(43.0192, ¥123.4939); Byron Creek, 

North Fork (43.0326, ¥123.4792); 

Coarse Gold Creek (43.0291, 

¥123.5742); Flournoy Creek (43.2227, 

¥123.5560); Little Muley Creek 

(43.0950, ¥123.6247); Lookingglass 

Creek (43.1597, ¥123.6015); McNabb 

Creek (43.0545, ¥123.4984); Muns 

Creek (43.0880, ¥123.6333); Olalla 

Creek (42.9695, ¥123.5914); Perron 

Creek (43.0960, ¥123.4904); Porter 

Creek (43.1381, ¥123.5569); Sheilds 

Creek (43.0640, ¥123.6189); Tenmile 

Creek (43.1482, ¥123.6537); Tenmile 

Creek, North Fork (43.1260, 

¥123.6069); Thompson Creek (42.9860, 

¥123.5140); Willingham Creek 

(42.9600, ¥123.5814). 

(ix) Lower South Umpqua River 

Watershed 1710030213. Outlet(s) = 

South Umpqua River (Lat 43.2682, Long 

¥123.4448) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Callahan Creek (43.2291, ¥123.5355); 

Damotta Brook (43.2030, ¥123.2987); 

Deer Creek, North Fork (43.2166, 

¥123.1437); Deer Creek, South Fork 

(43.1875, ¥123.1722); Deer Creek, 

South Fork, Trib 1 (43.1576, 

¥123.2393); Deer Creek, South Fork, 

Middle Fork (43.1625, ¥123.1413); 

Doerner Creek (43.2370, ¥123.5153); 

Elgarose Creek (43.2747, ¥123.5105); 

Marsters Creek (43.1584, ¥123.4489); 

Melton Creek (43.1294, ¥123.2173); 

Roberts Creek (43.1124, ¥123.2831); 

South Umpqua River (43.1172, 

¥123.4273); Stockel Creek (43.2205, 

¥123.4392); Tucker Creek (43.1238, 

¥123.2378); Unnamed (43.2184, 

¥123.1709); Willow Creek (43.2543, 

¥123.5143).

(10) Unit 10. Umpqua Subbasin 

17100303—(i) Upper Umpqua River 

Watershed 1710030301. Outlet(s) = 

Umpqua River (Lat 43.6329, Long 

¥123.5662) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (43.3202, ¥123.6118); Bear 

Creek (43.5436, ¥123.4481); Bottle 

Creek (43.4088, ¥123.4843); Brads 

Creek (43.5852, ¥123.4651); Camp 

Creek (43.2969, ¥123.5361); Case Knife 

Creek (43.4288, ¥123.6665); Cedar 

Creek (43.5360, ¥123.5969); Cougar 

Creek (43.3524, ¥123.6166); Doe Creek 

(43.5311, ¥123.4259); Fitzpatrick Creek 

(43.5819, ¥123.6308); Galagher Canyon 

(43.4708, ¥123.4394); Heddin Creek 

(43.5909, ¥123.6466); Hubbard Creek 

(43.2526, ¥123.5544); Leonard Creek 

(43.4448, ¥123.5402); Little Canyon 

Creek (43.4554, ¥123.4560); Little Wolf 

Creek (43.4232, ¥123.6633); Little Wolf 

Creek, Trib D (43.4052, ¥123.6477); 

Lost Creek (43.4355, ¥123.4902); 

Martin Creek (43.5539, ¥123.4633); 

McGee Creek (43.5125, ¥123.5632); 

Mehl Creek (43.5491, ¥123.6541); Mill 

Creek (43.3178, ¥123.5095); Miner 

Creek (43.4518, ¥123.6764); Panther 

Canyon (43.5541, ¥123.3484); Porter 

Creek (43.4245, ¥123.5439); Rader 

Creek (43.5203, ¥123.6517); Rader 

Creek, Trib A (43.4912, ¥123.5726); 

Umpqua River (43.2682, ¥123.4448); 

Unnamed (43.5781, ¥123.6170); 

Unnamed (43.5630, ¥123.6080); 

Unnamed (43.4011, ¥123.6474); 

Unnamed (43.4119, ¥123.6172); 

Unnamed (43.4212, ¥123.6398); 

Unnamed (43.4640, ¥123.6734); 

Unnamed (43.4940, ¥123.6166); 

Unnamed (43.5765, ¥123.4710); 

Waggoner Creek (43.5282, ¥123.6072); 

Whiskey Camp Creek (43.4587, 

¥123.6755); Williams Creek (43.5952, 

¥123.5222); Wolf Creek (43.4707, 

¥123.6655). 

(ii) Calapooya Creek Watershed 

1710030302. Outlet(s) = Calapooya 

Creek (Lat 43.3658, Long ¥123.4674) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bachelor 

Creek (43.5480, ¥123.2062); Banks 

Creek (43.3631, ¥123.1755); Beaty 

Creek (43.4406, ¥123.0392); Boyd 

Creek (43.4957, ¥123.1573); Brome 

Creek (43.4016, ¥123.0490); Burke 

Creek (43.3987, ¥123.4463); Buzzard 

Roost Creek (43.4584, ¥123.0990); 

Cabin Creek (43.5421, ¥123.3294); 

Calapooya Creek, North Fork (43.4867, 

¥123.0280); Coon Creek (43.4218, 

¥123.4349); Coon Creek (43.5245, 

¥123.0429); Dodge Canyon Creek 

(43.4362, ¥123.4420); Driver Valley 

Creek (43.4327, ¥123.1960); Field 

Creek (43.4043, ¥123.0917); Gassy 

Creek (43.3862, ¥123.1133); Gilbreath 

Creek (43.4218, ¥123.0931); Gossett 

Creek (43.4970, ¥123.1045); Haney 

Creek (43.4763, ¥123.1086); Hinkle 

Creek (43.4230, ¥123.0382); Hog Creek 

(43.4767, ¥123.2516); Jeffers Creek 

(43.4522, ¥123.1047); Long Valley 

Creek (43.4474, ¥123.1460); Middle 

Fork South Fork Calapooya Creek 

(43.4772, ¥122.9952); Markam Creek 

(43.3751, ¥123.1479); Marsh Creek 

(43.5223, ¥123.3348); Mill Creek 

(43.4927, ¥123.1315); Norton Creek 

(43.5046, ¥123.3736); Pine Tree Creek 

(43.4179, ¥123.0688); Pollock Creek 

(43.5326, ¥123.2685); Salt Creek 

(43.5161, ¥123.2504); Salt Lick Creek 

(43.4510, ¥123.1168); Slide Creek 

(43.3926, ¥123.0919); Timothy Creek 

(43.4862, ¥123.0896); Unnamed 

(43.4469, ¥123.4268); Unnamed 

(43.4481, ¥123.4283); Unnamed 

(43.4483, ¥123.4134); Unnamed 

(43.4658, ¥122.9899); Unnamed 

(43.4707, ¥122.9896); Unnamed 

(43.4908, ¥123.0703); Unnamed 

(43.5173, ¥123.0564); Wheeler Canyon 

(43.4840, ¥123.3631); White Creek 

(43.4637, ¥123.0451); Williams Creek 

(43.4703, ¥123.4096). 

(iii) Elk Creek Watershed 1710030303.

Outlet(s) = Elk Creek (Lat 43.6329, Long 

¥123.5662) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Adams Creek (43.5860, ¥123.2202); 

Allen Creek (43.6375, ¥123.3731); 

Andrews Creek (43.5837, ¥123.3920); 

Asker Creek (43.6290, ¥123.2668); Bear 

Creek (43.6195, ¥123.3703); Bear Creek 

(43.7119, ¥123.1757); Bennet Creek 

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(43.6158, ¥123.1558); Big Tom Folley 

Creek (43.7293, ¥123.4053); Big Tom 

Folley Creek, North Fork (43.7393, 

¥123.4917); Big Tom Folley Creek, Trib 

A (43.7231, ¥123.4465); Billy Creek, 

East Fork (43.5880, ¥123.3263); Billy 

Creek, South Fork (43.5725, 

¥123.3603); Blue Hole Creek (43.5610, 

¥123.4378); Brush Creek (43.5600, 

¥123.4205); Buck Creek (43.6981, 

¥123.1818); Cowan Creek (43.5915, 

¥123.2615); Cox Creek (43.6356, 

¥123.1794); Curtis Creek (43.6839, 

¥123.1734); Dodge Canyon (43.6225, 

¥123.2509); Elk Creek (43.5097, 

¥123.1620); Ellenburg Creek (43.7378, 

¥123.3296); Fitch Creek (43.6986, 

¥123.3152); Five Point Canyon 

(43.5707, ¥123.3526); Flagler Creek 

(43.5729, ¥123.3382); Green Creek 

(43.6851, ¥123.4688); Green Ridge 

Creek (43.5920, ¥123.3958); Halo Creek 

(43.5990, ¥123.2658); Hancock Creek 

(43.6314, ¥123.5188); Hanlon Creek 

(43.6190, ¥123.2785); Hardscrabble 

Creek (43.7111, ¥123.3517); 

Huntington Creek (43.5882, 

¥123.2808); Jack Creek (43.7071, 

¥123.3819); Johnny Creek (43.7083, 

¥123.3972); Johnson Creek (43.6830, 

¥123.2715); Lancaster Creek (43.6442, 

¥123.4361); Lane Creek (43.5483, 

¥123.1221); Lees Creek (43.6610, 

¥123.1888); Little Sand Creek (43.7655, 

¥123.2778); Little Tom Folley Creek 

(43.6959, ¥123.5393); McClintock 

Creek (43.6664, ¥123.2703); Parker 

Creek (43.6823, ¥123.4178); Pass Creek 

(43.7527, ¥123.1528); Pheasant Creek 

(43.7758, ¥123.2099); Rock Creek 

(43.7759, ¥123.2730); Saddle Butte 

Creek (43.7214, ¥123.5219); Salt Creek 

(43.6796, ¥123.2213); Sand Creek 

(43.7709, ¥123.2912); Shingle Mill 

Creek (43.5314, ¥123.1308); Simpson 

Creek (43.6629, ¥123.2553); Smith 

Creek (43.6851, ¥123.3179); Squaw 

Creek (43.6010, ¥123.4284); Taylor 

Creek (43.7642, ¥123.2712); Thief 

Creek (43.6527, ¥123.1459); 

Thistleburn Creek (43.6313, 

¥123.4332); Unnamed (43.5851, 

¥123.3101); Walker Creek (43.5922, 

¥123.1707); Ward Creek (43.7486, 

¥123.2023); Wehmeyer Creek (43.6823, 

¥123.2404); Wilson Creek (43.5699, 

¥123.2681); Wise Creek (43.6679, 

¥123.2772); Yoncalla Creek (43.5563, 

¥123.2833). 

(iv) Middle Umpqua River Watershed 

1710030304. Outlet(s) = Umpqua River 

(Lat 43.6556, Long ¥123.8752) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Burchard 

Creek (43.6680, ¥123.7520); Butler 

Creek (43.6325, ¥123.6867); Cedar 

Creek (43.7027, ¥123.6451); House 

Creek (43.7107, ¥123.6378); Little Mill 

Creek (43.6933, ¥123.8248); Little 

Paradise Creek (43.6981, ¥123.5630); 

Paradise Creek (43.7301, ¥123.5738); 

Patterson Creek (43.7076, ¥123.6977); 

Purdy Creek (43.6895, ¥123.7712); 

Sawyer Creek (43.6027, ¥123.6717); 

Scott Creek (43.6885, ¥123.6966); 

Umpqua River (43.6329, ¥123.5662); 

Unnamed (43.6011, ¥123.7084); 

Unnamed (43.5998, ¥123.6803); 

Unnamed (43.6143, ¥123.6674); 

Unnamed (43.6453, ¥123.7619); 

Unnamed (43.6461, ¥123.8064); 

Unnamed (43.6923, ¥123.7534); 

Unnamed (43.7068, ¥123.6109); 

Unnamed (43.7084, ¥123.7156); 

Unnamed (43.7098, ¥123.6300); 

Unnamed (43.7274, ¥123.6026); 

Weatherly Creek (43.7205, ¥123.6680); 

Wells Creek (43.6859, ¥123.7946).

(v) Upper Smith River Watershed 

1710030306. Outlet(s) = Smith River 

(Lat 43.7968, Long ¥123.7565) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Amberson 

Creek (43.7787, ¥123.4944); Argue 

Creek (43.7656, ¥123.6959); Beaver 

Creek (43.7865, ¥123.6949); Beaver 

Creek (43.8081, ¥123.4041); Big Creek 

(43.7372, ¥123.7112); Blackwell Creek 

(43.8145, ¥123.7460); Blind Creek 

(43.7518, ¥123.6551); Bum Creek 

(43.8044, ¥123.5802); Carpenter Creek 

(43.7947, ¥123.7258); Clabber Creek 

(43.7919, ¥123.5878); Clearwater Creek 

(43.8138, ¥123.7375); Cleghorn Creek 

(43.7508, ¥123.4997); Clevenger Creek 

(43.7826, ¥123.4087); Coldwater Creek 

(43.8316, ¥123.7232); Deer Creek 

(43.8109, ¥123.5362); Devils Club 

Creek (43.7916, ¥123.6148); Elk Creek 

(43.8004, ¥123.4347); Halfway Creek 

(43.7412, ¥123.5112); Hall Creek 

(43.7732, ¥123.3836); Haney Creek 

(43.8355, ¥123.5006); Hardenbrook 

Creek (43.7943, ¥123.5660); Hefty 

Creek (43.7881, ¥123.3954); Herb Creek 

(43.8661, ¥123.6782); Jeff Creek 

(43.8079, ¥123.6033); Marsh Creek 

(43.7831, ¥123.6185); Mosetown Creek 

(43.7326, ¥123.6613); Mosetown Creek, 

East Fork (43.7185, ¥123.6433); North 

Sister Creek (43.8492, ¥123.5771); 

Panther Creek (43.8295, ¥123.4464); 

Pearl Creek (43.8263, ¥123.5350); 

Peterson Creek (43.7575, ¥123.3947); 

Plank Creek (43.7635, ¥123.3980); 

Redford Creek (43.7878, ¥123.3520); 

Rock Creek (43.7733, ¥123.6222); 

Russell Creek (43.8538, ¥123.6971); 

South Sister Creek (43.8366, 

¥123.5611); Salmonberry Creek 

(43.8085, ¥123.4482); Scare Creek 

(43.7631, ¥123.7260); Sleezer Creek 

(43.7535, ¥123.3711); Slideout Creek 

(43.7831, ¥123.5685); Smith River, 

Little South Fork (43.7392, ¥123.4583); 

Smith River, South Fork (43.7345, 

¥123.3843); Smith River (43.7529, 

¥123.3310); Spring Creek (43.7570, 

¥123.3276); Summit Creek (43.7985, 

¥123.3487); Sweden Creek (43.8618, 

¥123.6468); Tip Davis Creek (43.7739, 

¥123.3301); Twin Sister Creek 

(43.8348, ¥123.7168); Unnamed 

(43.7234, ¥123.6308); Unnamed 

(43.7397, ¥123.6984); Unnamed 

(43.7433, ¥123.4673); Unnamed 

(43.7492, ¥123.6911); Unnamed 

(43.7495, ¥123.5832); Unnamed 

(43.7527, ¥123.5210); Unnamed 

(43.7533, ¥123.7046); Unnamed 

(43.7541, ¥123.4805); Unnamed 

(43.7708, ¥123.4819); Unnamed 

(43.7726, ¥123.5039); Unnamed 

(43.7748, ¥123.6044); Unnamed 

(43.7775, ¥123.6927); Unnamed 

(43.7830, ¥123.5900); Unnamed 

(43.7921, ¥123.6335); Unnamed 

(43.7955, ¥123.7013); Unnamed 

(43.7993, ¥123.6171); Unnamed 

(43.8020, ¥123.6739); Unnamed 

(43.8034, ¥123.6959); Unnamed 

(43.8133, ¥123.5893); Unnamed 

(43.8197, ¥123.4827); Unnamed 

(43.8263, ¥123.5810); Unnamed 

(43.8360, ¥123.6951); Unnamed 

(43.8519, ¥123.5910); Unnamed 

(43.8535, ¥123.6357); Unnamed 

(43.8541, ¥123.6155); Unnamed 

(43.8585, ¥123.6867); Upper Johnson 

Creek (43.7509, ¥123.5426); West Fork 

Halfway Creek (43.7421, ¥123.6119); 

Yellow Creek (43.8193, ¥123.5545). 

(vi) Lower Smith River Watershed 

1710030307. Outlet(s) = Smith River 

(Lat 43.7115, Long ¥124.0807) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(43.8087, ¥123.8202); Beaver Creek 

(43.8983, ¥123.7559); Black Creek 

(43.7544, ¥123.9967); Brainard Creek 

(43.7448, ¥124.0105); Buck Creek 

(43.7719, ¥123.7823); Cassady Creek 

(43.7578, ¥123.9744); Cedar Creek 

(43.8541, ¥123.8562); Chapman Creek 

(43.8181, ¥123.9380); Coon Creek 

(43.8495, ¥123.7857); Crane Creek 

(43.8592, ¥123.7739); Edmonds Creek 

(43.8257, ¥123.9000); Eslick Creek 

(43.8153, ¥123.9894); Eslick Creek, East 

Fork (43.8082, ¥123.9583); Frantz 

Creek (43.7542, ¥124.1006); Frarey 

Creek (43.7683, ¥124.0615); Georgia 

Creek (43.8373, ¥123.8911); Gold Creek 

(43.9002, ¥123.7470); Harlan Creek 

(43.8635, ¥123.9319); Holden Creek 

(43.7901, ¥124.0178); Hudson Slough 

(43.7725, ¥124.0736); Johnson Creek 

(43.8291, ¥123.9582); Johnson Creek 

(43.8480, ¥123.8209); Joyce Creek 

(43.7892, ¥124.0356); Joyce Creek, 

West Fork (43.7708, ¥124.0457); 

Kentucky Creek (43.9313, ¥123.8153); 

Middle Fork of North Fork Smith River 

(43.8780, ¥123.7687); Moore Creek 

(43.8523, ¥123.8931); Moore Creek 

(43.8661, ¥123.7558); Murphy Creek 

(43.7449, ¥123.9527); Noel Creek 

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(43.7989, ¥124.0109); Otter Creek 

(43.7216, ¥123.9626); Otter Creek, 

North Fork (43.7348, ¥123.9597); 

Paxton Creek (43.8847, ¥123.9004); 

Peach Creek (43.8963, ¥123.8599); 

Perkins Creek (43.7362, ¥123.9151); 

Railroad Creek (43.8086, ¥123.8998); 

Smith River, West Fork (43.9102, 

¥123.7073); Smith River (43.7968, 

¥123.7565); Spencer Creek (43.8429, 

¥123.8321); Spencer Creek, West Fork 

(43.8321, ¥123.8685); Sulphur Creek 

(43.8512, ¥123.9422); Unnamed 

(43.7031, ¥123.7463); Unnamed 

(43.7106, ¥123.7666); Unnamed 

(43.7203, ¥123.7601); Unnamed 

(43.7267, ¥123.7396); Unnamed 

(43.7286, ¥123.7798); Unnamed 

(43.7322, ¥124.0585); Unnamed 

(43.7325, ¥123.7337); Unnamed 

(43.7470, ¥123.7416); Unnamed 

(43.7470, ¥123.7711); Unnamed 

(43.7569, ¥124.0844); Unnamed 

(43.7606, ¥124.0853); Unnamed 

(43.7623, ¥124.0753); Unnamed 

(43.7669, ¥124.0766); Unnamed 

(43.7734, ¥124.0674); Unnamed 

(43.7855, ¥124.0076); Unnamed 

(43.7877, ¥123.9936); Unnamed 

(43.8129, ¥123.9743); Unnamed 

(43.8212, ¥123.8777); Unnamed 

(43.8258, ¥123.8192); Unnamed 

(43.8375, ¥123.9631); Unnamed 

(43.8424, ¥123.7925); Unnamed 

(43.8437, ¥123.7989); Unnamed 

(43.8601, ¥123.7630); Unnamed 

(43.8603, ¥123.8155); Unnamed 

(43.8655, ¥123.8489); Unnamed 

(43.8661, ¥123.9136); Unnamed 

(43.8688, ¥123.7994); Unnamed 

(43.8831, ¥123.8534); Unnamed 

(43.8883, ¥123.7157); Unnamed 

(43.8906, ¥123.7759); Unnamed 

(43.8916, ¥123.8765); Unnamed 

(43.8922, ¥123.8144); Unnamed 

(43.8953, ¥123.8772); Unnamed 

(43.8980, ¥123.7865); Unnamed 

(43.8997, ¥123.7993); Unnamed 

(43.8998, ¥123.7197); Unnamed 

(43.9015, ¥123.8386); Unnamed 

(43.9015, ¥123.8949); Unnamed 

(43.9023, ¥123.8241); Unnamed 

(43.9048, ¥123.8316); Unnamed 

(43.9075, ¥123.7208); Unnamed 

(43.9079, ¥123.8263); Vincent Creek 

(43.7035, ¥123.7882); Wassen Creek 

(43.7419, ¥123.8905); West Branch 

North Fork Smith River (43.9113, 

¥123.8958). 

(vii) Lower Umpqua River Watershed 

1710030308. Outlet(s) = Umpqua River 

(Lat 43.6696, Long ¥124.2025) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(43.6310, ¥124.0483); Bear Creek 

(43.7053, ¥123.9529); Butler Creek 

(43.7157, ¥124.0059); Charlotte Creek 

(43.6320, ¥123.9307); Dean Creek 

(43.6214, ¥123.9740); Dry Creek 

(43.6369, ¥124.0595); Franklin Creek 

(43.6850, ¥123.8659); Hakki Creek 

(43.6711, ¥124.0161); Indian Charlie 

Creek (43.6611, ¥123.9404); Johnson 

Creek (43.6711, ¥123.9760); Koepke 

Slough (43.6909, ¥124.0294); Little 

Franklin Creek (43.6853, ¥123.8863); 

Luder Creek (43.6423, ¥123.9046); 

Miller Creek (43.6528, ¥124.0140); Oar 

Creek (43.6620, ¥124.0289); Providence 

Creek (43.7083, ¥124.1289); Scholfield 

Creek (43.6253, ¥124.0112); Umpqua 

River (43.6556, ¥123.8752); Unnamed 

(43.6359, ¥123.9572); Unnamed 

(43.6805, ¥124.1146); Unnamed 

(43.6904, ¥124.0506); Unnamed 

(43.6940, ¥124.0340); Unnamed 

(43.7069, ¥123.9824); Unnamed 

(43.7242, ¥123.9369); Winchester Creek 

(43.6657, ¥124.1247); Wind Creek, 

South Fork (43.6346, ¥124.0897).

(11) Unit 11. Coos Subbasin 

17100304—(i) South Fork Coos 

Watershed 1710030401. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Coos (Lat 43.3905, Long 

¥123.9634) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Beaver Slide Creek (43.2728, 

¥123.8472); Bottom Creek (43.3751, 

¥123.7065); Bottom Creek, North Fork 

(43.3896, ¥123.7264); Buck Creek 

(43.2476, ¥123.8023); Burnt Creek 

(43.2567, ¥123.7834); Cedar Creek 

(43.3388, ¥123.6303); Cedar Creek, Trib 

E (43.3423, ¥123.6749); Cedar Creek, 

Trib F (43.3330, ¥123.6523); Coal Creek 

(43.3426, ¥123.8685); Eight River Creek 

(43.2638, ¥123.8568); Fall Creek 

(43.2535, ¥123.7106); Fall Creek 

(43.4106, ¥123.7512); Fivemile Creek 

(43.2341, ¥123.6307); Gods Thumb 

Creek (43.3440, ¥123.7013); Gooseberry 

Creek (43.2452, ¥123.7081); Hatcher 

Creek (43.3021, ¥123.8370); Hog Ranch 

Creek (43.2754, ¥123.8125); Lake Creek 

(43.2971, ¥123.6354); Little Cow Creek 

(43.1886, ¥123.6133); Lost Creek 

(43.2325, ¥123.5769); Lost Creek, Trib 

A (43.2224, ¥123.5961); Mink Creek 

(43.3068, ¥123.8515); Panther Creek 

(43.2593, ¥123.6401); Shotgun Creek 

(43.2920, ¥123.7623); Susan Creek 

(43.2720, ¥123.7654); Tioga Creek 

(43.2110, ¥123.7786); Unnamed 

(43.2209, ¥123.7789); Unnamed 

(43.2305, ¥123.8360); Unnamed 

(43.2364, ¥123.7818); Unnamed 

(43.2548, ¥123.8569); Unnamed 

(43.2713, ¥123.8320); Unnamed 

(43.2902, ¥123.6662); Unnamed 

(43.3168, ¥123.6491); Unnamed 

(43.3692, ¥123.8320); Unnamed 

(43.3698, ¥123.8321); Unnamed 

(43.3806, ¥123.8327); Unnamed 

(43.3846, ¥123.8058); Unnamed 

(43.3887, ¥123.7927); Unnamed 

(43.3651, ¥123.7073); Wilson Creek 

(43.2083, ¥123.6691). 

(ii) Millicoma River Watershed 

1710030402. Outlet(s) = West Fork 

Millicoma River (Lat 43.4242, Long 

¥124.0288) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bealah Creek (43.4271, ¥123.8445); 

Buck Creek (43.5659, ¥123.9765); 

Cougar Creek (43.5983, ¥123.8788); 

Crane Creek (43.5545, ¥123.9287); 

Dagget Creek (43.4862, ¥124.0557); 

Darius Creek (43.4741, ¥123.9407); 

Deer Creek (43.6207, ¥123.9616); Deer 

Creek, Trib A (43.6100, ¥123.9761); 

Deer Creek, Trib B (43.6191, 

¥123.9482); Devils Elbow Creek 

(43.4439, ¥124.0608); East Fork 

Millicoma River (43.4204, ¥123.8330); 

Elk Creek (43.5441, ¥123.9175); Fish 

Creek (43.6015, ¥123.8968); Fox Creek 

(43.4189, ¥123.9459); Glenn Creek 

(43.4799, ¥123.9325); Hidden Creek 

(43.5646, ¥123.9235); Hodges Creek 

(43.4348, ¥123.9889); Joes Creek 

(43.5838, ¥123.9787); Kelly Creek 

(43.5948, ¥123.9036); Knife Creek 

(43.6163, ¥123.9310); Little Matson 

Creek (43.4375, ¥123.8890); Marlow 

Creek (43.4779, ¥123.9815); Matson 

Creek (43.4489, ¥123.9191); Otter Creek 

(43.5935, ¥123.9729 ); Panther Creek 

(43.5619, ¥123.9038); Rainy Creek 

(43.4293, ¥124.0400); Rodine Creek 

(43.4434, ¥123.9789); Schumacher 

Creek (43.4842, ¥124.0380); Totten 

Creek (43.4869, ¥124.0457); Trout 

Creek (43.5398, ¥123.9814); Unnamed 

(43.4686, ¥124.0143); Unnamed 

(43.5156, ¥123.9366); Unnamed 

(43.5396, ¥123.9373); Unnamed 

(43.5450, ¥123.9305); West Fork 

Millicoma River (43.5617, ¥123.8788). 

(iii) Lakeside Frontal Watershed 

1710030403. Outlet(s) = Tenmile Creek 

(43.5618, ¥124.2308) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Adams Creek (43.5382, 

¥124.1081); Alder Creek (43.6012, 

¥124.0272); Alder Gulch (43.5892, 

¥124.0665); Benson Creek (43.5813, 

¥124.0086); Big Creek (43.6085, 

¥124.0128); Blacks Creek (43.6365, 

¥124.1188); Clear Creek (43.6040, 

¥124.1871); Hatchery Creek (43.5275, 

¥124.0761); Johnson Creek (43.5410, 

¥124.0018); Murphy Creek (43.6243, 

¥124.0534); Noble Creek (43.5897, 

¥124.0347); Parker Creek (43.6471, 

¥124.1246); Roberts Creek (43.5557, 

¥124.0264); Saunders Creek (43.5417, 

¥124.2136); Shutter Creek (43.5252, 

¥124.1398); Swamp Creek (43.5550, 

¥124.1948); Unnamed (43.5203, 

¥124.0294); Unnamed (43.6302, 

¥124.1460); Unnamed (43.6353, 

¥124.1411); Unnamed (43.6369, 

¥124.1515); Unnamed (43.6466, 

¥124.1511); Unnamed (43.5081; 

¥124.0382); Unnamed (43.6353, 

¥124.16770; Wilkins Creek (43.6304, 

¥124.0819); Winter Creek (43.6533, 

¥124.1333). 

(iv) Coos Bay Watershed 1710030404.

Outlet(s) = Big Creek (Lat 43.3326, Long 

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¥124.3739); Coos Bay (43.3544, 

¥124.3384) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (43.5048, ¥124.1059); 

Bessey Creek (43.3844, ¥124.0253); Big 

Creek (43.2834, ¥124.3374), Big Creek 

(43.3980, ¥123.9396); Big Creek, Trib A 

(43.2999, ¥124.3711); Big Creek, Trib B 

(43.2854, ¥124.3570); Blossom Gulch 

(43.3598, ¥124.2410); Boatman Gulch 

(43.3445, ¥124.2483); Boone Creek 

(43.2864, ¥124.1762); Cardwell Creek 

(43.2793, ¥124.1277); Catching Creek 

(43.2513, ¥124.1586); Coalbank Creek 

(43.3154, ¥124.2503); Coos Bay 

(43.3566, ¥124.1592); Daniels Creek 

(43.3038, ¥124.0725); Davis Creek 

(43.2610, ¥124.2633); Day Creek 

(43.3129, ¥124.2888); Deton Creek 

(43.4249, ¥124.0771); Echo Creek 

(43.3797, ¥124.1529); Elliot Creek 

(43.3037, ¥124.2670); Farley Creek 

(43.3146, ¥124.3415); Ferry Creek 

(43.2628, ¥124.1728); Goat Creek 

(43.2700, ¥124.2109); Haywood Creek 

(43.3067, ¥124.3419); Hendrickson 

Creek (43.3907, ¥124.0594); Isthmus 

Slough (43.2622, ¥124.2049); Joe Ney 

Slough (43.3382, ¥124.2958); John B 

Creek (43.2607, ¥124.2814); Johnson 

Creek (43.4043, ¥124.1389); Kentuck 

Creek (43.4556, ¥124.0894); Larson 

Creek (43.4930, ¥124.0764); Laxstrom 

Gulch (43.3372, ¥124.1350); Lillian 

Creek (43.3550, ¥124.1330); Mart Davis 

Creek (43.3911, ¥124.0927); Matson 

Creek (43.3011, ¥124.1161); McKnight 

Creek (43.3841, ¥123.9991); Mettman 

Creek (43.4574, ¥124.1293); Millicoma 

River (43.4242, ¥124.0288); Monkey 

Ranch Gulch (43.3392, ¥124.1458); 

Morgan Creek (43.3460, ¥124.0318); 

North Slough (43.5032, ¥124.1408); 

Noble Creek (43.2387, ¥124.1665); 

Packard Creek (43.4058, ¥124.0211); 

Palouse Creek (43.5123, ¥124.0667); 

Panther Creek (43.2733, ¥124.1222); 

Pony Slough (43.4078, ¥124.2307); 

Rogers Creek (43.3831, ¥124.0370); 

Ross Slough (43.3027, ¥124.1781); 

Salmon Creek (43.3618, ¥123.9816); 

Seaman Creek (43.3634, ¥124.0111); 

Seelander Creek (43.2872, ¥124.1176); 

Shinglehouse Slough (43.3154, 

¥124.2225); Smith Creek (43.3579, 

¥124.1051); Snedden Creek (43.3372, 

¥124.2177); Southport Slough (43.2981, 

¥124.2194); Stock Slough (43.3277, 

¥124.1195); Storey Creek (43.3238, 

¥124.2969); Sullivan Creek (43.4718, 

¥124.0872); Talbott Creek (43.2839, 

¥124.2954); Theodore Johnson Creek 

(43.2756, ¥124.3457); Unnamed 

(43.5200, ¥124.1812); Unnamed 

(43.2274, ¥124.3236); Unnamed 

(43.2607, ¥124.2984); Unnamed 

(43.2772, ¥124.3246); Unnamed 

(43.2776, ¥124.3148); Unnamed 

(43.2832, ¥124.1532); Unnamed 

(43.2888, ¥124.1962); Unnamed 

(43.2893, ¥124.3406); Unnamed 

(43.2894, ¥124.2034); Unnamed 

(43.2914, ¥124.2917); Unnamed 

(43.2942, ¥124.1027); Unnamed 

(43.2984, ¥124.2847); Unnamed 

(43.3001, ¥124.3022); Unnamed 

(43.3034, ¥124.2001); Unnamed 

(43.3051, ¥124.2031); Unnamed 

(43.3062, ¥124.2030); Unnamed 

(43.3066, ¥124.3674); Unnamed 

(43.3094, ¥124.1947); Unnamed 

(43.3129, ¥124.1208); Unnamed 

(43.3149, ¥124.1347); Unnamed 

(43.3149, ¥124.1358); Unnamed 

(43.3149, ¥124.1358); Unnamed 

(43.3169, ¥124.0638); Unnamed 

(43.3224, ¥124.2390); Unnamed 

(43.3356, ¥124.1542); Unnamed 

(43.3356, ¥124.1526); Unnamed 

(43.3357, ¥124.1510); Unnamed 

(43.3357, ¥124.1534); Unnamed 

(43.3368, ¥124.1509); Unnamed 

(43.3430, ¥124.2352); Unnamed 

(43.3571, ¥124.2372); Unnamed 

(43.3643, ¥124.0474); Unnamed 

(43.3741, ¥124.0577); Unnamed 

(43.4126, ¥124.0599); Unnamed 

(43.4203, ¥123.9824); Unnamed 

(43.4314, ¥124.0998); Unnamed 

(43.4516, ¥124.1023); Unnamed 

(43.4521, ¥124.1110); Unnamed 

(43.5345, ¥124.1946); Vogel Creek 

(43.3511, ¥124.1206); Wasson Creek 

(43.2688, ¥124.3368); Willanch Creek 

(43.4233, ¥124.1061); Willanch Creek, 

Trib A (43.4032, ¥124.1169); Wilson 

Creek (43.2652, ¥124.1281); Winchester 

Creek (43.2145, ¥124.3116); Winchester 

Creek, Trib E (43.2463, ¥124.3067); 

Woodruff Creek (43.4206, ¥123.9746); 

Wren Smith Creek (43.3131, 

¥124.0649).

(12) Unit 12. Coquille Subbasin 

17100305—(i) Middle Fork Coquille 

Watershed 1710030502. Outlet(s) = 

Middle Fork Coquille River (Lat 

43.0340, Long ¥124.1161) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Anderson Creek 

(43.0087, ¥123.9445); Axe Creek 

(43.0516, ¥123.9468); Bear Creek 

(43.0657, ¥123.9284); Belieu Creek 

(43.0293, ¥123.9470); Big Creek 

(43.0991, ¥123.8983); Brownson Creek 

(43.0879, ¥123.9583); Endicott Creek 

(43.0401, ¥124.0710); Fall Creek 

(43.0514, ¥123.9910); Indian Creek 

(43.0203, ¥124.0842); Little Rock Creek 

(42.9913, ¥123.8335); McMullen Creek 

(43.0220, ¥124.0366); Middle Fork 

Coquille River (42.9701, ¥123.7621); 

Myrtle Creek (42.9642, ¥124.0170); 

Rasler Creek (42.9518, ¥123.9643); 

Rock Creek (42.9200, ¥123.9073); Rock 

Creek (43.0029, ¥123.8440); Salmon 

Creek (43.0075, ¥124.0273); Sandy 

Creek (43.0796, ¥123.8517); Sandy 

Creek, Trib F (43.0526, ¥123.8736); 

Sheilds Creek (42.9184, ¥123.9219); 

Slater Creek (42.9358, ¥123.7958); 

Slide Creek (42.9957, ¥123.9040); 

Smith Creek (43.0566, ¥124.0337); 

Swamp Creek (43.0934, ¥123.9000); 

Unnamed (43.0016, ¥123.9550); 

Unnamed (43.0681, ¥123.9812); 

Unnamed (43.0810, ¥123.9892). 

(ii) Middle Main Coquille Watershed 

1710030503. Outlet(s) = South Fork 

Coquille River (Lat 43.0805, Long 

¥124.1405) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Baker Creek (42.8913, ¥124.1297); 

Beaver Creek (42.9429, ¥124.0783); 

Catching Creek, Middle Fork (42.9913, 

¥124.2331); Catching Creek, South Fork 

(42.9587, ¥124.2348); Coquille River, 

South Fork (42.8778, ¥124.0743); Cove 

Creek (43.0437, ¥124.2088); Dement 

Creek (42.9422, ¥124.2086); Gettys 

Creek (43.0028, ¥124.1988); Grants 

Creek (42.9730, ¥124.1041); Horse 

Hollow (43.0382, ¥124.1984); Knight 

Creek (43.0022, ¥124.2663); Koontz 

Creek (43.0111, ¥124.2505); Long Tom 

Creek (42.9342, ¥124.0992); Matheny 

Creek (43.0495, ¥124.1892); Mill Creek 

(42.9777, ¥124.1663); Rhoda Creek 

(43.0007, ¥124.1032); Roberts Creek 

(42.9748, ¥124.2385); Rowland Creek 

(42.9045, ¥124.1845); Russell Creek 

(42.9495, ¥124.1611); Unnamed 

(42.9684, ¥124.1033); Ward Creek 

(43.0429, ¥124.2358); Warner Creek 

(43.0196, ¥124.1187); Wildcat Creek 

(43.0277, ¥124.2225); Wolf Creek 

(43.0136, ¥124.2318); Woodward Creek 

(42.9023, ¥124.0658). 

(iii) East Fork Coquille Watershed 

1710030504. Outlet(s) = East Fork 

Coquille River (Lat 43.1065, Long 

¥124.0761) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bills Creek (43.1709, ¥123.9244); China 

Creek (43.1736, ¥123.9086); East Fork 

Coquille River (43.1476, ¥123.8936); 

Elk Creek (43.1312, ¥123.9621); Hantz 

Creek (43.1832, ¥123.9713); South Fork 

Elk Creek (43.1212, ¥123.9200); Steel 

Creek (43.1810, ¥123.9354); Unnamed 

(43.0908, ¥124.0361); Unnamed 

(43.0925, ¥124.0495); Unnamed 

(43.0976, ¥123.9705); Unnamed 

(43.1006, ¥124.0052); Unnamed 

(43.1071, ¥123.9163); Unnamed 

(43.1655, ¥123.9078); Unnamed 

(43.1725, ¥123.9881); Weekly Creek 

(43.0850, ¥124.0076); Yankee Run 

(43.1517, ¥124.0483); Yankee Run, Trib 

C (43.1626, ¥124.0162). 

(iv) North Fork Coquille Watershed 

1710030505. Outlet(s) = North Fork 

Coquille River (Lat 43.0805, Long 

¥124.1405) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Alder Creek (43.2771, ¥123.9207); Blair 

Creek (43.1944, ¥124.1121); Cherry 

Creek, North Fork (43.2192, 

¥123.9124); Cherry Creek, South Fork 

(43.2154, ¥123.9353); Coak Creek 

(43.2270, ¥124.0324); Coquille River, 

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Little North Fork (43.2988, ¥123.9410); 

Coquille River, North Fork (43.2974, 

¥123.8791); Coquille River, North Fork, 

Trib E (43.1881, ¥124.0764); Coquille 

River, North Fork, Trib I (43.2932, 

¥123.8920); Coquille River, North Fork, 

Trib Y (43.3428, ¥123.9678); Evans 

Creek (43.2868, ¥124.0561); Fruin 

Creek (43.3016, ¥123.9198); Garage 

Creek (43.1508, ¥124.1020); Giles Creek 

(43.3129, ¥124.0337); Honcho Creek 

(43.2628, ¥123.8954); Hudson Creek 

(43.2755, ¥123.9604); Jerusalem Creek 

(43.1844, ¥124.0539); Johns Creek 

(43.0760, ¥124.0498); Little Cherry 

Creek (43.2007, ¥123.9594); Llewellyn 

Creek (43.1034, ¥124.1063); Llewellyn 

Creek, Trib A (43.0969, ¥124.0995); 

Lost Creek (43.1768, ¥124.1047); Lost 

Creek (43.2451, ¥123.9745); Mast Creek 

(43.2264, ¥124.0207); Middle Creek 

(43.2332, ¥123.8726); Moon Creek 

(43.2902, ¥123.9493); Moon Creek, Trib 

A (43.2976, ¥123.9837); Moon Creek, 

Trib A–1 (43.2944, ¥123.9753); Neely 

Creek (43.2960, ¥124.0380); Park Creek 

(43.2508, ¥123.8661); Park Creek, Trib 

B (43.2702, ¥123.8782); Schoolhouse 

Creek (43.1637, ¥124.0949); Steele 

Creek (43.2203, ¥124.1018); Steinon 

Creek (43.2534, ¥124.1076); Unnamed 

(43.1305, ¥124.0759); Unnamed 

(43.2047, ¥124.0314); Unnamed 

(43.2127, ¥124.1101); Unnamed 

(43.2165, ¥123.9144); Unnamed 

(43.2439, ¥123.9275); Unnamed 

(43.2444, ¥124.0868); Unnamed 

(43.2530, ¥124.0848); Unnamed 

(43.2582, ¥124.0794); Unnamed 

(43.2584, ¥123.8846); Unnamed 

(43.2625, ¥124.0474); Unnamed 

(43.2655, ¥123.9269); Unnamed 

(43.2676, ¥124.0367); Vaughns Creek 

(43.2378, ¥123.9106); Whitley Creek 

(43.2899, ¥124.0115); Wimer Creek 

(43.1303, ¥124.0640); Wood Creek 

(43.1392, ¥124.1274); Wood Creek, 

North Fork (43.1454, ¥124.1211). 

(v) Lower Coqulle Watershed 

1710030506. Outlet(s) = Coquille River 

(Lat 43.1237, Long ¥124.4261) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(43.1385, ¥124.2697); Bear Creek 

(43.0411, ¥124.2893); Beaver Creek 

(43.2249, ¥124.1923); Beaver Creek 

(43.2525, ¥124.2456); Beaver Slough, 

Trib A (43.2154, ¥124.2731); Bill Creek 

(43.0256, ¥124.3126); Budd Creek 

(43.2011, ¥124.1921); Calloway Creek 

(43.2060, ¥124.1684); Cawfield Creek 

(43.1839, ¥124.1372); China Creek 

(43.2170, ¥124.2076); Cold Creek 

(43.2038, ¥124.1419); Coquille River 

(43.0805, ¥124.1405); Coquille River, 

Trib A (43.2032, ¥124.2930); 

Cunningham Creek (43.2349, 

¥124.1378); Dutch John Ravine 

(43.1744, ¥124.1781); Dye Creek 

(43.2274, ¥124.1569); Fahys Creek 

(43.1676, ¥124.3861); Fat Elk Creek 

(43.1373, ¥124.2560); Ferry Creek 

(43.1150, ¥124.3831); Fishtrap Creek 

(43.0841, ¥124.2544); Glen Aiken Creek 

(43.1482, ¥124.1497); Grady Creek 

(43.1032, ¥124.1381); Gray Creek 

(43.1222, ¥124.1286); Hall Creek 

(43.0583, ¥124.2516); Hall Creek, Trib 

A (43.0842, ¥124.1745); Harlin Creek 

(43.1326, ¥124.1633); Hatchet Slough, 

Trib A (43.1638, ¥124.3065); Hatchet 

Slough (43.1879, ¥124.3003); Lampa 

Creek (43.0531, ¥124.2665); Little Bear 

Creek (43.0407, ¥124.2783); Little 

Fishtrap Creek (43.1201, ¥124.2290); 

Lowe Creek (43.1401, ¥124.3232); 

Mack Creek (43.0604, ¥124.3306); 

Monroe Creek (43.0705, ¥124.2905); 

Offield Creek (43.1587, ¥124.3273); 

Pulaski Creek (43.1398, ¥124.2184); 

Randleman Creek (43.0818, ¥124.3039); 

Rich Creek (43.0576, ¥124.2067); Rink 

Creek (43.1764, ¥124.1369); Rock 

Robinson Creek (43.0860, ¥124.2306); 

Rollan Creek (43.1266, ¥124.2563); 

Sevenmile Creek (43.2157, ¥124.3350); 

Sevenmile Creek, Trib A (43.1853, 

¥124.3187); Sevenmile Creek, Trib C 

(43.2081, ¥124.3340); Unnamed 

(43.1084, ¥124.2727); Unnamed 

(43.1731, ¥124.1852); Unnamed 

(43.1924, ¥124.1378); Unnamed 

(43.1997, ¥124.3346); Unnamed 

(43.2281, ¥124.2190); Unnamed 

(43.2424, ¥124.2737); Waddington 

Creek (43.1105, ¥124.2915). 

(13) Unit 13. Sixes Subbasin 

17100306—(i) Sixes River Watershed 

1710030603. Outlet(s) = Sixes River (Lat 

42.8543, Long ¥124.5427) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (42.7867, 

¥124.4373); Calrton Creek (42.8594, 

¥124.2382); Cold Creek (42.7824, 

¥124.2070); Crystal Creek (42.8404, 

¥124.4501); Dry Creek (42.7673, 

¥124.3726); Edson Creek (42.8253, 

¥124.3782); Hays Creek (42.8455, 

¥124.1796); Little Dry Creek (42.8002, 

¥124.3838); Murphy Canyon (42.8516, 

¥124.1541); Sixes River (42.8232, 

¥124.1704); Sixes River, Middle Fork 

(42.7651, ¥124.1782); Sixes River, 

North Fork (42.8878, ¥124.2320); South 

Fork Sixes River (42.8028, ¥124.3022); 

Sugar Creek (42.8217, ¥124.2035); 

Unnamed (42.8189, ¥124.3567); 

Unnamed (42.7952, ¥124.3918); 

Unnamed (42.8276, ¥124.4629). 

(ii) New River Frontal Watershed 

1710030604. Outlet(s) = New River (Lat 

43.0007, Long ¥124.4557); Twomile 

Creek (43.0440, ¥124.4415) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bethel Creek (42.9519, 

¥124.3954); Boulder Creek (42.8574, 

¥124.5050); Butte Creek (42.9458, 

¥124.4096); Conner Creek (42.9814, 

¥124.4215); Davis Creek (42.9657, 

¥124.3968); Floras Creek (42.9127, 

¥124.3963); Fourmile Creek (42.9887, 

¥124.3077); Fourmile Creek, South 

Fork (42.9642, ¥124.3734); Langlois 

Creek (42.9238, ¥124.4570); Little 

Creek (43.0030, ¥124.3562); Long Creek 

(42.9828, ¥124.3770); Lower Twomile 

Creek (43.0223, ¥124.4080); Morton 

Creek (42.9437, ¥124.4234); New River 

(42.8563, ¥124.4602); North Fourmile 

Creek (42.9900, ¥124.3176); Redibough 

Creek (43.0251, ¥124.3659); South 

Twomile Creek (43.0047, ¥124.3672); 

Spring Creek (43.0183, ¥124.4299); 

Twomile Creek (43.0100, ¥124.3291); 

Unnamed (43.0209, ¥124.3386); 

Unnamed (43.0350, ¥124.3506); 

Unnamed (43.0378, ¥124.3481); 

Unnamed (43.0409, ¥124.3544); 

Unnamed (42.8714, ¥124.4586); 

Unnamed (42.9029, ¥124.4222); 

Unnamed (42.9031, ¥124.4581); 

Unnamed (42.9294, ¥124.4421); 

Unnamed (42.9347, ¥124.4559); 

Unnamed (42.9737, ¥124.3363); 

Unnamed (42.9800, ¥124.3432); 

Unnamed (43.0058, ¥124.4066); 

Willow Creek (42.8880, ¥124.4505). 

(14) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Oregon Coast coho salmon ESU 

follow: 

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(k) Hood Canal Summer-run Chum 

Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). Critical 

habitat is proposed to include the areas 

defined in the following units: 

(1) Unit 2. Hood Canal Subbasin 

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Frontal Watershed 1711001802.

Outlet(s)= Eagle Creek (Lat 47.4849, 

Long ¥123.0766); Finch Creek (47.4067, 

¥123.1377); Fulton Creek (47.6183, 

¥122.9736); Jorsted Creek (47.5263, 

¥123.0489); Lilliwaup Creek (47.4689, 

¥123.1136); Unnamed (47.4576, 

¥123.1117) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Eagle Creek (47.4905, ¥123.0830); 

Finch Creek (47.4076, ¥123.1586); 

Fulton Creek (47.6275, ¥122.9805); 

Jorsted Creek (47.5246, ¥123.0649); 

Lilliwaup Creek (47.4704, ¥123.1166); 

Unnamed (47.4585, ¥123.1186). 

(ii) Hamma Hamma River Watershed 

1711001803. Outlet(s) = Hamma Hamma 

River (Lat 47.5471, Long ¥123.0440) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Hamma 

Hamma River (47.5547, ¥123.0623); 

John Creek (47.5369, ¥123.0619). 

(iii) Duckabush River Watershed 

1711001804. Outlet(s) = Duckabush 

River (Lat 47.6502, Long ¥122.9348) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Duckabush 

River (47.6654, ¥122.9728). 

(iv) Dosewallips River Watershed 

1711001805. Outlet(s) = Dosewallips 

River (Lat 47.6880, Long ¥122.8949) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Dosewallips 

River (47.7157, ¥122.9396). 

(v) Big Quilcene River Watershed 

1711001806. Outlet(s) = Big Quilcene 

River (Lat 47.8188, Long ¥122.8605) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big 

Quilcene River (47.8102, ¥122.9119). 

(vi) Upper West Hood Canal Frontal 

Watershed 1711001807. Outlet(s) = 

Little Quilcene River (Lat 47.8266; Long 

¥122.8608) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Little Quilcene River (47.8374, 

¥122.8854). 

(vii) West Kitsap Watershed 

1711001808. Outlet(s) = Anderson Creek 

(Lat 47.5670, Long ¥122.9664); Big Beef 

Creek (47.6521, ¥122.7823); Dewatto 

River (47.4538, ¥123.0474); Little 

Anderson Creek (47.6653, ¥122.7554); 

Tahuya River (47.3767, ¥123.0355); 

Union River (47.4484, ¥122.8368); 

Unnamed (47.3767, ¥123.0372); 

Unnamed (47.4537, ¥123.0474) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Anderson 

Creek (47.5596, ¥122.9354); Bear Creek 

(47.4980, ¥122.8074); Big Beef Creek 

(47.6385, ¥122.7868); Dewatto River 

(47.4937, ¥122.9914); East Fork Union 

River (47.5056, ¥122.7897); Hazel 

Creek (47.5170, ¥122.7945); Little 

Anderson Creek (47.6606, ¥122.7543); 

North East Fork Union River (47.4954, 

¥122.7819); Tahuya River (47.4510, 

¥122.9597); Union River (47.5273, 

¥122.7846); Unnamed (47.4492, 

¥122.9229); Unnamed (47.4527, 

¥122.8294); Unnamed (47.4553, 

¥122.8301); Unnamed (47.4594, 

¥122.8396); Unnamed (47.4700, 

¥122.8300); Unnamed (47.4852, 

¥122.8313); Unnamed (47.4966, 

¥122.8393); Unnamed (47.4971, 

¥122.8315); Unnamed (47.6600, 

¥122.7559); Unnamed (47.6642, 

¥122.7534). 

(2) Unit 3. Puget Sound Subbasin 

17110019—Port Ludlow/Chimacum 

Creek Watershed 1711001908. Outlet(s) 

= Chimacum Creek (Lat 48.0507, Long 

¥122.7832) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Chimacum Creek (47.9743, ¥122.7764). 

(3) Unit 4. Dungeness/Elwha Subbasin 

17110020—(i) Discovery Bay Watershed 

1711002001. Outlet(s) = Salmon Creek 

(Lat 47.9895, Long ¥122.8879); Snow 

Creek (47.9900, ¥122.8834) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Salmon Creek (47.9775, 

¥122.9191); Snow Creek (47.9638, 

¥122.8827). 

(ii) Sequim Bay Watershed 

1711002002. Outlet(s) = 

Jimmycomelately Creek (Lat 48.0235, 

Long ¥123.0039) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Jimmycomelately Creek 

(48.0125, ¥123.0026). 

(iii) Dungeness River Watershed 

1711002003. Outlet(s) = Dungeness 

River (Lat 48.1506, Long ¥123.1311); 

Unnamed (48.1537, ¥123.1267) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Dungeness 

River (48.0258, ¥123.1358); Matriotti 

Creek (48.1369, ¥123.1488); Unnamed 

(48.1167, ¥123.1403); Unnamed 

(48.1514, ¥123.1216). 

(4) Unit 5. Nearshore Marine Areas—

This unit includes all nearshore zones 

(including areas adjacent to islands) of 

Hood Canal and the Strait of Juan de 

Fuca (to Dungeness Bay) from extreme 

high water out to a depth of 30 meters, 

except for the following contiguous 

nearshore segments associated with 

Department of Defense lands and 

restricted marine zones: from Lat 

47.7723, Long ¥122.7035 to Lat 

47.7214, Long ¥122.7454; from Lat 

47.7365, Long ¥122.8542 to Lat 

47.7623, Long ¥122.8517; from Lat 

47.7810, Long ¥122.8517 to Lat 

47.8001, Long ¥122.8182; from Lat 

47.8001, Long ¥122.7873 to Lat 

47.6928, Long ¥122.8309; from Lat 

48.0159, Long ¥122.6971 to Lat 

48.0190, Long ¥122.6980; from Lat 

48.1174, Long ¥122.7508 to Lat 

48.1180, Long ¥122.7498; from Lat 

48.1195, Long ¥122.7501 to Lat 

48.1426, Long ¥122.7545; and from Lat 

48.1444, Long ¥122.7547 to Lat 

48.1407, Long ¥122.7945. 

(5) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Hood Canal summer-run chum 

salmon ESU follow: 

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(Oncorhynchus keta). Critical habitat is 

proposed to include the areas defined in 

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(1) Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin 17070105—(i) White Salmon 

River Watershed 1707010509. Outlet(s) 

= White Salmon River (Lat 45.7267, 

Long ¥121.5209) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: White Salmon River 

(45.7677, ¥121.5374). 

(ii) Middle Columbia/Grays Creek 

Watershed 1707010512. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.7074, Long 

¥121.7965) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.7267, ¥121.5209). 

(iii) Middle Columbia/Eagle Creek 

1707010513. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 45.6453, Long ¥121.9395) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (45.7074, ¥121.7965). 

(2) Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin 17080001—(i) Washougal 

River Watershed 1708000106. Outlet(s) 

= Unnamed (Lat 45.5812, Long 

¥122.4077); Washougal River (45.5795, 

¥122.4023) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lacamas Creek (45.5972, ¥122.3933); 

Little Washougal River (45.6210, 

¥122.3750); Unnamed (45.5861, 

¥122.4083); Washougal River (45.6232, 

¥122.2738). 

(ii) Columbia Gorge Tributaries 

Watershed 1708000107. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.5709, Long 

¥122.4020) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.6453, ¥121.9395); 

Duncan Creek (45.6136, ¥122.0539); 

Gibbons Creek (45.5710, ¥122.3147); 

Greenleaf Creek (45.6548, ¥121.9569); 

Hamilton Creek (45.6535, ¥121.9879); 

Hardy Creek (45.6354, ¥121.9987); 

Indian Mary Creek (45.6066, 

¥122.0716); Lawton Creek (45.5746, 

¥122.2501); Unnamed (45.5673, 

¥122.3033); Unnamed (45.6017, 

¥122.1106); Unnamed (45.6017, 

¥122.1087); Unnamed (45.6483, 

¥121.9725); Unnamed (45.6509, 

¥121.9502); Walton Creek (45.5757, 

¥122.2618). 

(iii) Salmon Creek Watershed 

1708000109. Outlet(s) = Lake River (Lat 

45.8437, Long ¥122.7800); Love Creek 

(45.5976, ¥122.5443); Unnamed 

(45.5867, ¥122.5015); Unnamed 

(45.5919, ¥122.5241); Unnamed 

(45.5952, ¥122.5366) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Love Creek (45.5981, 

¥122.5444); Salmon Creek (45.7089, 

¥122.6480); Unnamed (45.5873, 

¥122.5015); Unnamed (45.5924, 

¥122.5242); Unnamed (45.5955, 

¥122.5360). 

(3) Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin 

17080002—(i) East Fork Lewis River 

Watershed 1708000205. Outlet(s) = East 

Fork Lewis River (Lat 45.8664, Long 

¥122.7189); Gee Creek (45.8462, 

¥122.7803) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Brezee Creek (45.8622, ¥122.6667); East 

Fork Lewis River (45.8395, ¥122.4463); 

Gee Creek (45.8264, ¥122.7458); 

Lockwood Creek (45.8578, ¥122.6259); 

Mason Creek (45.8410, ¥122.5919); 

McCormick Creek (45.8521, 

¥122.6907); Riley Creek (45.8663, 

¥122.6349); Unnamed (45.8076, 

¥122.5878); Unnamed (45.8076, 

¥122.6286); Unnamed (45.8090, 

¥122.6089); Unnamed (45.8111, 

¥122.5860); Unnamed (45.8149, 

¥122.5654); Unnamed (45.8201, 

¥122.5991); Unnamed (45.8241, 

¥122.6380); Unnamed (45.8280, 

¥122.6431); Unnamed (45.8292, 

¥122.6040); Unnamed (45.8389, 

¥122.6456); Unnamed (45.8439, 

¥122.6478); Unnamed (45.8439, 

¥122.6605). 

(ii) Lower Lewis River Watershed 

1708000206. Outlet(s) = Lewis River 

(Lat 45.8519, Long ¥122.7806) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cedar Creek 

(45.9383, ¥122.5818); Colvin Creek 

(45.9400, ¥122.6081); Houghton Creek 

(45.9395, ¥122.6478); Johnson Creek 

(45.9385, ¥122.6261); Lewis River 

(45.9570, ¥122.5550); Ross Creek 

(45.9340, ¥122.7076). 

(4) Unit 4. Lower Columbia/

Clatskanie Subbasin 17080003—(i) 

Kalama River Watershed 1708000301.

Outlet(s) = Kalama River (Lat 46.0340, 

Long ¥122.8696) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Kalama River (46.0449, 

¥122.8034). 

(ii) Germany/Abernathy Watershed 

1708000304. Outlet(s) = Abernethy 

Creek (Lat 46.1908, Long ¥123.1661); 

Germany Creek (46.1895, ¥123.1244); 

Mill Creek (46.1888, ¥123.1745) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Abernethy 

Creek (46.2263, ¥123.1467); Germany 

Creek (46.2221, ¥123.1353); Mill Creek 

(46.1932, ¥123.1834). 

(iii) Skamokawa/Elochoman 

Watershed 1708000305. Outlet(s) = 

Elochoman River (Lat 46.2269, Long 

¥123.4039); Jim Crow Creek (46.2662, 

¥123.5511); Skamokawa Creek 

(46.2677, ¥123.4562); Unnamed 

(46.2243, ¥123.3975) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (46.2262, 

¥123.3239); Brooks Slough (46.2502, 

¥123.4094); Clear Creek (46.2611, 

¥123.2996); Duck Creek (46.2517, 

¥123.3159); Eggman Creek (46.3248, 

¥123.4951); Elochoman River (46.2615, 

¥123.2965); Indian Jack Slough 

(46.2371, ¥123.3955); Jim Crow Creek 

(46.2891, ¥123.5553); Kelly Creek 

(46.3109, ¥123.4797); Left Fork 

Skamokawa Creek (46.3331, 

¥123.4610); Quarry Creek (46.3292, 

¥123.4241); Skamokawa Creek 

(46.3277, ¥123.4236); Unnamed 

(46.2338, ¥123.3282); Unnamed 

(46.3293, ¥123.4534); West Fork 

Skamokawa Creek (46.3119, 

¥123.4889); West Valley Creek 

(46.2981, ¥123.4698); Wilson Creek 

(46.3006, ¥123.3787). 

(5) Unit 5. Lower Cowlitz Subbasin 

17080005—(i) Jackson Prairie 

Watershed 1708000503. Outlet(s) = 

Cowlitz River (Lat 46.3678, Long 

¥122.9337) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (46.4544, ¥122.9187); Blue 

Creek (46.4885, ¥122.7253); Coon 

Creek (46.4272, ¥122.9109); Cowlitz 

River (46.5033, ¥122.5871); Lacamas 

Creek (46.5564, ¥122.6878); Mill Creek 

(46.5025, ¥122.8017); Salmon Creek 

(46.4130, ¥122.8165); Skook Creek 

(46.4708, ¥122.7594); Unnamed 

(46.4191, ¥122.8205); Unnamed 

(46.4205, ¥122.8662); Unnamed 

(46.4280, ¥122.8380); Unnamed 

(46.4707, ¥122.7713); Unnamed 

(46.4885, ¥122.8068); Unnamed 

(46.5076, ¥122.6675); Unnamed 

(46.5311, ¥122.8194); Unnamed 

(46.5432, ¥122.7466).

(ii) North Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000504. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3669, 

Long ¥122.5859) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: North Fork Toutle River 

(46.3718, ¥122.5847). 

(iii) Green River Watershed 

1708000505. Outlet(s) = Green River 

(Lat 46.3718, Long ¥122.5847) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Green River 

(46.3831, ¥122.5540). 

(iv) South Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000506. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3282, 

Long ¥122.7215) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Johnson Creek (46.3102, 

¥122.6444); South Fork Toutle River 

(46.2817, ¥122.6420). 

(v) East Willapa Watershed 

1708000507. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.2660, Long ¥122.9154) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Arkansas 

Creek (46.3032, ¥122.9801); Cowlitz 

River (46.3678, ¥122.9337); Delameter 

Creek (46.2598, ¥122.9679); Hill Creek 

(46.3704, ¥122.9267); McMurphy Creek 

(46.4082, ¥122.9520); Monahan Creek 

(46.2636, ¥122.9727); North Fork 

Toutle River (46.3669, ¥122.5859); 

Olequa Creek (46.4324, ¥122.9688); 

Unnamed (46.2606, ¥122.9551); 

Unnamed (46.2642, ¥122.9291); 

Unnamed (46.2689, ¥122.9589); 

Unnamed (46.2880, ¥122.9051); 

Unnamed (46.2892, ¥122.9626); 

Unnamed (46.3294, ¥122.9085); 

Unnamed (46.3371, ¥122.8922); 

Unnamed (46.3491, ¥122.7052); 

Unnamed (46.3571, ¥122.7684); 

Unnamed (46.3587, ¥122.7478); 

Unnamed (46.3683, ¥122.7503); 

Unnamed (46.3814, ¥122.6091); Wyant 

Creek (46.3314, ¥122.6768). 

(vi) Coweeman Watershed 

1708000508. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

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Creek (46.0768, ¥122.8679) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Baird Creek (46.1789, 

¥122.5822); Butler Creek (46.1491, 

¥122.5170); Cowlitz River (46.2660, 

¥122.9154); Goble Creek (46.1074, 

¥122.7068); Leckler Creek (46.2164, 

¥122.9325); Mulholland Creek 

(46.2004, ¥122.6484); Nineteen Creek 

(46.1593, ¥122.6095); North Fork Goble 

Creek (46.1208, ¥122.7691); Owl Creek 

(46.0914, ¥122.8692); Salmon Creek 

(46.2547, ¥122.8839); Sandy Bend 

Creek (46.2318, ¥122.9143); Skipper 

Creek (46.1625, ¥122.5915); Turner 

Creek (46.1167, ¥122.8150); Unnamed 

(46.0719, ¥122.8607); Unnamed 

(46.0767, ¥122.8604); Unnamed 

(46.0897, ¥122.7355); Unnamed 

(46.1295, ¥122.8993); Unnamed 

(46.1369, ¥122.8034); Unnamed 

(46.1441, ¥122.5816); Unnamed 

(46.1478, ¥122.8649); Unnamed 

(46.1516, ¥122.8749); Unnamed 

(46.1558, ¥122.7803); Unnamed 

(46.1727, ¥122.7716); Unnamed 

(46.1753, ¥122.7657); Unnamed 

(46.1940, ¥122.7068); Unnamed 

(46.2021, ¥122.6941); Unnamed 

(46.2416, ¥122.8869). 

(6) Unit 6. Lower Columbia Subbasin 

17080006—(i) Big Creek Watershed 

1708000602. Outlet(s) = Big Creek (Lat 

46.1848, Long ¥123.5943) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big Creek (46.1476, 

¥123.5820); Little Creek (46.1510, 

¥123.6007). 

(ii) Grays Bay Watershed 1708000603.

Outlet(s) = Deep River (Lat 46.3035, 

Long ¥123.7092); Grays River (46.3035, 

¥123.6867); Unnamed (46.2419, 

¥123.8842); Unnamed (46.3026, 

¥123.9702) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Alder Creek (46.4279, ¥123.4621); 

Blaney Creek (46.3957, ¥123.4607); 

Campbell Creek (46.3435, ¥123.7087); 

Chinook River (46.2685, ¥123.9233); 

Deep River (46.3480, ¥123.6865); East 

Fork Grays River (46.4424, ¥123.4120); 

Fossil Creek (46.3612, ¥123.5217); 

Grays River (46.4628, ¥123.4602); 

Johnson Creek (46.4544, ¥123.4732); 

Kessel Creek (46.3336, ¥123.5850); 

King Creek (46.3444, ¥123.5774); 

Lassila Creek (46.3343, ¥123.7108); 

Mitchell Creek (46.4512, ¥123.4269); 

South Fork Grays River (46.3836, 

¥123.4592); Thadbar Creek (46.3331, 

¥123.6092); Unnamed (46.2502, 

¥123.8833); Unnamed (46.2847, 

¥123.9402); Unnamed (46.2901, 

¥123.9368); Unnamed (46.3605, 

¥123.5228); Unnamed (46.3838, 

¥123.5454); Unnamed (46.4328, 

¥123.4444); West Fork Grays River 

(46.3942, ¥123.5611). 

(7) Unit 7. Lower Columbia River 

Corridor—Lower Columbia River 

Corridor Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 

46.2485, Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(45.5709, ¥122.4020). 

(8) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Columbia River chum salmon 

ESU follow: 

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(m) Ozette Lake Sockeye Salmon 

(Oncorhynchus nerka). Critical habitat 

is proposed to include the areas defined 

in the following unit: 

(1) Unit 1. Hoh/Quillayute Subbasin 

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1710010102. Outlet(s) = Ozette River 

(Lat 48.1818, Long ¥124.7076) 

upstream to endpoints in: Big River 

(48.1740, ¥124.5106); Crooked Creek 

(48.0950, ¥124.5599); East Branch 

Umbrella Creek (48.1835, ¥124.5659); 

Ozette River (48.0370, ¥124.6218); 

Umbrella Creek (48.2127, ¥124.5787). 

(2) A map of proposed critical habitat 

for the Ozette Lake sockeye salmon ESU 

follows:

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C (n) Upper Columbia River 

Oncorhynchus mykiss. Critical habitat is 

proposed to include the areas defined in 

the following units: 


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(1) Unit 1. Chief Joseph Subbasin 

17020005—Upper Columbia/Swamp 

Creek Watershed 1702000505. Outlet(s) 

= Columbia River (Lat 47.8077, Long 

¥119.9754) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (48.0828, ¥119.7062). 

(2) Unit 2. Okanogan Subbasin 

17020006—(i) Upper Okanogan River 

Watershed 1702000601. Outlet(s) = 

Okanogan River (Lat 48.7350, Long 

¥119.4280) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Antoine Creek (48.7474, ¥119.3655); 

Ninemile Creek (48.9755, ¥119.3834); 

Okanogan River (49.0002, ¥119.4409); 

Similkameen River (48.9345, 

¥119.4411); Tomasket Creek (48.9502, 

¥119.3618); Whitestone Creek (48.7773, 

¥119.4170). 

(ii) Okanogan River/Bonaparte Creek 

Watershed 1702000602. Outlet(s) = 

Okanogan River (Lat 48.5612, Long 

¥119.4863) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Aeneas Creek (48.6629, ¥119.4953); 

Bonaparte Creek (48.6824, ¥119.3947); 

Okanogan River (48.7350, ¥119.4280); 

Tunk Creek (48.5644, ¥119.4718). 

(iii) Salmon Creek Watershed 

1702000603. Outlet(s) = Salmon Creek 

(Lat 48.3593, Long ¥119.5805) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Salmon 

Creek (48.5374, ¥119.7465). 

(iv) Okanogan River/Omak Creek 

Watershed 1702000604. Outlet(s) = 

Okanogan River (Lat 48.3593, Long 

¥119.5805) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Okanogan River (48.5612, ¥119.4863); 

Omak Creek (48.3698, ¥119.4365); 

Unnamed (48.3802, ¥119.4915). 

(v) Lower Okanogan River Watershed 

1702000605. Outlet(s) = Okanogan River 

(Lat 48.0976, Long ¥119.7352) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Chiliwist 

Creek (48.2643, ¥119.7304); Loup Loup 

Creek (48.3080, ¥119.7128); Okanogan 

River (48.3593, ¥119.5805). 

(3) Unit 3. Similkameen Subbasin 

17020007—Lower Similkameen River 

Watershed 1702000704. Outlet(s) = 

Similkameen River (Lat 48.9345, Long 

¥119.4411) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Similkameen River (48.9657, 

¥119.5009). 

(4) Unit 4. Methow Subbasin 

17020008—(i) Lost River Watershed 

1702000801. Outlet(s) = Lost River 

Gorge (Lat 48.6501, Long ¥120.5103) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Lost River 

Gorge (48.7324, ¥120.4475). 

(ii) Upper Methow River Watershed 

1702000802. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.6015, Long ¥120.4376) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Early 

Winters Creek (48.5889, ¥120.4711); 

Methow River (48.6597, ¥120.5368). 

(iii) Upper Chewuch River Watershed 

1702000803. Outlet(s) = Chewuch River 

(Lat 48.7501, Long ¥120.1356) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Andrews 

Creek (48.7855, ¥120.1087); Chewuch 

River (48.8614, ¥120.0288); Lake Creek 

(48.8258, ¥120.1996). 

(iv) Lower Chewuch River Watershed 

1702000804. Outlet(s) = Chewuch River 

(Lat 48.4751, Long ¥120.1790) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Boulder 

Creek (48.5804, ¥120.1521); Chewuch 

River (48.7501, ¥120.1356); Eightmile 

Creek (48.6167, ¥120.1975); 

Twentymile Creek (48.7025, 

¥120.1087). 

(v) Twisp River Watershed 

1702000805. Outlet(s) = Twisp River 

(Lat 48.3682, Long ¥120.1176) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buttermilk 

Creek 48.3414, ¥120.3034); Eagle Creek 

(48.3579, ¥120.3953); Little Bridge 

Creek (48.4289, ¥120.3552); South 

Creek (48.4329, ¥120.5434); Twisp 

River (48.4545, ¥120.5621); War Creek 

(48.3626, ¥120.4106). 

(vi) Middle Methow River Watershed 

1702000806. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.2495, Long ¥120.1156) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Goat Creek 

(48.6101, ¥120.3692); Hancock Creek 

(48.5338, ¥120.3310); Little Boulder 

Creek (48.5569, ¥120.3847); Methow 

River (48.6015, ¥120.4376); North Fork 

Beaver Creek (48.4340, ¥120.0228); 

Wolf Creek (48.4777, ¥120.2844). 

(vii) Lower Methow River Watershed 

1702000807. Outlet(s) = Methow River 

(Lat 48.0502, Long ¥119.8942) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Black 

Canyon Creek (48.0721, ¥120.0168); 

Foggy Dew Creek (48.1869, ¥120.2344); 

Gold Creek (48.2113, ¥120.2021); Libby 

Creek (48.2548, ¥120.1653); Methow 

River (48.2495, ¥120.1156); South Fork 

Gold Creek (48.1468, ¥120.1650). 

(5) Unit 6. Upper Columbia/Entiat 

Subbasin 17020010—(i) Entiat River 

Watershed 1702001001. Outlet(s) = 

Entiat River (Lat 47.6585, Long 

¥120.2194) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Entiat River (47.9855, ¥120.5749); Mad 

River (47.8254, ¥120.5301); Potato 

Creek (47.7944, ¥120.3889); Roaring 

Creek (47.6795, ¥120.4163); Stormy 

Creek (47.8246, ¥120.4125); Tamarack 

Creek (47.6699, ¥120.4041); Tillicum 

Creek (47.7295, ¥120.4303). 

(ii) Lake Entiat Watershed 

1702001002. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 47.3539, Long ¥120.1105) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (47.8077, ¥119.9754). 

(iii) Columbia River/Lynch Coulee 

Watershed 1702001003. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 47.0494, Long 

¥120.0241) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Brushy Creek (47.1316, ¥120.1493); 

Colockum Creek (47.2919, ¥120.1592); 

Columbia River (47.3539, ¥120.1105); 

Lynch Coulee (47.2320, ¥119.9943); 

Quilomene Creek (47.1105, ¥120.0379); 

Tarpiscan Creek (47.2264, ¥120.0922); 

Tekison Creek (47.1816, ¥120.0206). 

(iv) Columbia River/Sand Hollow 

Watershed 1702001004. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 46.8159, Long 

¥119.9255) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (47.0494, ¥120.0241); 

Sand Hollow (46.9296, ¥119.9365); 

Whiskey Dick Creek (47.0302, 

¥120.0331).

(6) Unit 7. Wenatchee Subbasin 

17020011—(i) White River Watershed 

1702001101. Outlet(s) = White River 

(Lat 47.8088, Long ¥120.7159) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little 

Wenatchee River (47.8526, ¥120.9541); 

Napeequa River (47.9359, ¥120.8712); 

Panther Creek (47.9375, ¥120.9408); 

White River (47.9535, ¥120.9380). 

(ii) Chiwawa River Watershed 

1702001102. Outlet(s) = Chiwawa River 

(Lat 47.7880, Long ¥120.6589) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(47.8565, ¥120.6564); Alpine Creek 

(48.0823, ¥120.8683); Buck Creek 

(48.1045, ¥120.8815); Chikamin Creek 

(47.9111, ¥120.7165); Chiwawa River 

(48.1140, ¥120.8775); Clear Creek 

(47.8016, ¥120.6210); James Creek 

(48.0748, ¥120.8598); Phelps Creek 

(48.0743, ¥120.8484); Unnamed 

(47.9727, ¥120.7878). 

(iii) Nason/Tumwater Watershed 

1702001103. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.5801, Long ¥120.6660) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (47.7649, ¥120.6553); 

Chiwaukum Creek (47.7038, 

¥120.7788); Coulter Creek (47.7594, 

¥120.7969); Gill Creek (47.7716, 

¥120.8237); Henry Creek (47.7545, 

¥120.9944); Kahler Creek (47.7691, 

¥120.7558); Mill Creek (47.7744, 

¥121.0117); Nason Creek (47.7825, 

¥121.0464); Roaring Creek (47.7572, 

¥120.8203); Skinney Creek (47.7247, 

¥120.7370). 

(iv) Icicle/Chumstick Watershed 

1702001104. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.5575, Long ¥120.5729) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Chumstick 

Creek (47.6785, ¥120.6385); Derby 

Canyon (47.6036, ¥120.5623); Eagle 

Creek (47.6342, ¥120.6261); Icicle 

Creek (47.6460, ¥120.9833); Wenatchee 

River (47.5801, ¥120.6660). 

(v) Lower Wenatchee River Watershed 

1702001105. Outlet(s) = Wenatchee 

River (Lat 47.4553, Long ¥120.3185) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Brender 

Creek (47.5214, ¥120.4844); Ingalls 

Creek (47.4612, ¥120.6776); King 

Canyon (47.3522, ¥120.4423); Mill 

Creek (47.5139, ¥120.6724); Mission 

Creek (47.3289, ¥120.4771); Peshastin 

Creek (47.4380, ¥120.6590); Sand Creek 

(47.4321, ¥120.5307); Wenatchee River 

(47.5575, ¥120.5729). 

(7) Unit 9. Lower Crab Subbasin 

17020015—Lower Crab Creek 

Watershed 1702001509. Outlet(s) = 

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Lower Crab Creek (Lat 46.8159, Long 

¥119.9255) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Hayes Creek (46.8821, ¥119.2703); 

Lower Crab Creek (46.9028, 

¥119.2785); Unnamed (46.8157, 

¥119.4326); Unnamed (46.8243, 

¥119.4429); Unnamed (46.8353, 

¥119.3750); Unnamed (46.8658, 

¥119.3757); Unnamed (46.8770, 

¥119.5863). 

(8) Unit 10. Upper Columbia/Priest 

Rapids Subbasin 17020016—(i) Yakima 

River/Hanson Creek Watershed 

1702001604. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 46.7159, Long ¥119.5294) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (46.8159, ¥119.9255). 

(ii) Middle Columbia/Priest Rapids 

Watershed 1702001605. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 46.5091, Long 

¥119.2661) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (46.7159, ¥119.5294). 

(iii) Columbia River/Zintel Canyon 

Watershed 1702001606. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 46.2534, Long 

¥119.2268) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (46.5091, ¥119.2661). 

(9) Unit 11. Columbia River 

Corridor—(i) Columbia River Corridor

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 46.2485, 

Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(46.2534, ¥119.2268). 

(10) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Upper Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU follow: 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C (o) Snake River Basin Oncorhynchus 

mykiss. Critical habitat is proposed to 

include the areas defined in the 

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(1) Unit 1. Hells Canyon Subbasin 

17060101—(i) Snake River/Granite 

Creek Watershed 1706010101. Outlet(s) 

= Snake River (Lat 45.467, Long 

¥116.554) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Battle Creek (45.307, ¥116.697); 

Bernard Creek (45.387, ¥116.569); 

Brush Creek (45.275, ¥116.657); Bull 

Creek (45.329, ¥116.673); Clarks Fork 

(45.476, ¥116.500); Deep Creek (45.237, 

¥116.674); Devils Farm Creek (45.301, 

¥116.611); Granite Creek (45.277, 

¥116.630); Hells Canyon (45.254, 

¥116.698); Lightning Creek (45.440, 

¥116.500); Little Granite Creek (45.335, 

¥116.636); North Fork Battle Creek 

(45.316, ¥116.687); Rattlesnake Creek 

(45.457, ¥116.610); Rough Creek 

(45.397, ¥116.638); Rush Creek (45.468, 

¥116.596); Saddle Creek (45.375, 

¥116.721); Sheep Creek (45.406, 

¥116.523); Sluice Creek (45.445, 

¥116.622); Snake River (45.243, 

¥116.700); Stud Creek (45.267, 

¥116.693); Three Creek (45.353, 

¥116.610); Unnamed (45.468, 

¥116.610); Wild Sheep Creek (45.326, 

¥116.676). 

(ii) Snake River/Getta Creek 

Watershed 1706010102. Outlet(s) = 

Snake River (Lat 45.747, Long 

¥116.543) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Canyon Creek (45.689, ¥116.467); 

Corral Creek (45.588, ¥116.433); Cove 

Creek (45.553, ¥116.574); Durham 

Creek (45.595, ¥116.472); Getta Creek 

(45.736, ¥116.421); Highrange Creek 

(45.738, ¥116.518); Indian Creek 

(45.744, ¥116.449); Jones Creek 

(45.703, ¥116.526); Kirby Creek 

(45.575, ¥116.454); Kirkwood Creek 

(45.548, ¥116.457); Klopton Creek 

(45.627, ¥116.434); Kurry Creek 

(45.656, ¥116.426); Lookout Creek 

(45.713, ¥116.542); Lost Valley Creek 

(45.550, ¥116.482); Pleasant Valley 

Creek (45.647, ¥116.492); Salt Creek 

(45.576, ¥116.554); SCreek (45.491, 

¥116.574); Snake River (45.468, 

¥116.554); Somers Creek (45.645, 

¥116.553); Temperance Creek (45.537, 

¥116.571); Tryon Creek (45.694, 

¥116.540); Two Corral Creek (45.561, 

¥116.526); West Creek (45.664, 

¥116.453); West Fork West Creek 

(45.669, ¥116.463). 

(iii) Snake River/Divide Creek 

Watershed 1706010104. Outlet(s) = 

Snake River (Lat 45.857 Long ¥116.794) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Deep Creek 

(45.774, ¥116.654); Divide Creek 

(45.859, ¥116.741); Dry Creek (45.842, 

¥116.598); Snake River (45.747, 

¥116.543); Wolf Creek (45.776, 

¥116.567). 

(2) Unit 2. Imnaha River Subbasin 

17060102—(i) Upper Imnaha River 

Watershed 1706010201. Outlet(s) = 

Imnaha River (Lat 45.232, Long 

¥116.844) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Crazyman Creek (45.190, ¥116.811); 

Dry Creek (45.123, ¥116.867); Gumboot 

Creek (45.147, ¥116.968); Mahogany 

Creek (45.201, ¥116.905); North Fork 

Dry Creek (45.143, ¥116.850); North 

Fork Gumboot Creek (45.184, 

¥116.928); North Fork Imnaha River 

(45.118, ¥117.129); Skookum Creek 

(45.117, ¥116.938); South Fork Imnaha 

River (45.111, ¥117.230); Unnamed 

(45.188, ¥116.923); Unnamed (45.208, 

¥116.890). 

(ii) Middle Imnaha River Watershed 

1706010202. Outlet(s) = Imnaha River 

(Lat 45.557, Long ¥116.834) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Freezeout Creek 

(45.352, ¥116.761); Grouse Creek 

(45.179, ¥116.976); Imnaha River 

(45.232, ¥116.844); Morgan Creek 

(45.261, ¥116.948); Rich Creek (45.243, 

¥116.869); Road Creek (45.279, 

¥116.932); Shadow Canyon (45.295, 

¥116.860); Summit Creek (45.228, 

¥116.793); Unnamed (45.203, 

¥116.978); Unnamed (45.203, 

¥116.943); Unnamed (45.250, 

¥116.923). 

(iii) Big Sheep Creek Watershed 

1706010203. Outlet(s) = Big Sheep 

Creek (Lat 45.520, Long ¥116.859) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Sheep 

Creek (45.171, ¥117.086); Carrol Creek 

(45.240, ¥117.063); Griffith Creek 

(45.273, ¥117.061); Lick Creek (45.133, 

¥117.056); Marr Creek (45.299, 

¥116.949); North Fork Carrol Creek 

(45.295, ¥116.993); South Fork Squaw 

Creek (45.354, ¥116.872); Tyee Creek 

(45.188, ¥116.991); Unnamed (45.164, 

¥117.023); Unnamed (45.239, 

¥117.045); Unnamed (45.297, 

¥116.940). 

(iv) Little Sheep Creek Watershed 

1706010204. Outlet(s) = Big Sheep 

Creek (Lat 45.557, Long ¥116.834) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Gulch 

(45.379, ¥116.955); Big Sheep Creek 

(45.520, ¥116.859); Camp Creek 

(45.544, ¥116.959); Canal Creek 

(45.256, ¥117.103); Devils Gulch 

(45.428, ¥116.962); Downey Gulch 

(45.405, ¥116.958); Ferguson Creek 

(45.267, ¥117.106); Lightning Creek 

(45.475, ¥117.020); Little Sheep Creek 

(45.236, ¥117.083); McCully Creek 

(45.295, ¥117.107); Redmont Creek 

(45.250, ¥117.099); South Fork 

Lightning Creek (45.473, ¥117.019); 

Summit Creek (45.390, ¥116.930); 

Threebuck Creek (45.395, ¥117.012); 

Trail Creek (45.563, ¥116.898). 

(v) Lower Imnaha River Watershed 

1706010205. Outlet(s) = Imnaha River 

(Lat 45.817, Long ¥116.764) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Corral Creek (45.708, 

¥116.815); Cottonwood Creek (45.659, 

¥116.865); Cow Creek (45.573, 

¥116.628); Dodson Fork (45.725, 

¥116.821); East Fork Fence Creek 

(45.652, ¥116.855); Fence Creek 

(45.655, ¥116.875); Horse Creek 

(45.421, ¥116.725); Imnaha River 

(45.557, ¥116.834); Lightning Creek 

(45.447, ¥116.682); Prong (45.589, 

¥116.592); Pumpkin Creek (45.517, 

¥116.758); Sleepy Creek (45.604, 

¥116.666); Stubblefield Fork (45.711, 

¥116.815); Tulley Creek (45.743, 

¥116.766). 

(3) Unit 3. Lower Snake/Asotin 

Subbasin 17060103—(i) Snake River/

Rogersburg Watershed 1706010301.

Outlet(s) = Snake River (Lat 46.080, 

Long ¥116.978) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cache Creek (45.976, 

¥116.928); Cave Gulch (46.023, 

¥116.840); Cook Creek (45.901, 

¥116.865); Corral Creek (46.055, 

¥116.875); Cottonwood Creek (45.944, 

¥116.860); Garden Creek (45.972, 

¥116.903); Snake River (45.857, 

¥116.794).

(ii) Asotin River Watershed 

1706010302. Outlet(s) = Asotin Creek 

(Lat 46.345, Long ¥117.053) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Ayers Gulch (46.278, 

¥117.094); Charley Creek (46.271, 

¥117.460); Coombs Canyon (46.128, 

¥117.276); George Creek (46.144, 

¥117.303); Hefflefinger Gulch (46.151, 

¥117.231); Huber Gulch (46.155, 

¥117.188); Kelly Creek (46.251, 

¥117.114); Lick Creek (46.260, 

¥117.358); Middle Branch North Fork 

Asotin Creek (46.195, ¥117.439); Nims 

Gulch (46.178, ¥117.121); North Fork 

Asotin Creek (46.207, ¥117.478); 

Pintler Creek (46.194, ¥117.153); South 

Fork Asotin Creek (46.174, ¥117.341); 

South Fork North Fork Asotin Creek 

(46.192, ¥117.425). 

(iii) Snake River/Captain John Creek 

Watershed 1706010303. Outlet(s) = 

Snake River (Lat 46.428, Long 

¥117.038) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Captain John Creek (46.145, ¥116.821); 

Couse Creek (46.157, ¥117.032); 

Edeburn Gulch (46.142, ¥117.008); Mill 

Creek (46.157, ¥117.078); Redbird 

Creek (46.220, ¥116.898); Snake River 

(46.080, ¥116.978); South Fork Captain 

John Creek (46.123, ¥116.864); 

Tammany Creek (46.362, ¥117.052); 

Tenmile Canyon (46.284, ¥116.976); 

Tenmile Creek (46.123, ¥117.086); 

Unnamed (46.119, ¥117.100); 

Unnamed (46.124, ¥117.111). 

(4) Unit 4. Upper Grande Ronde River 

Subbasin 17060104—(i) Upper Grande 

Ronde River Watershed 1706010401.

Outlet(s) = Grande Ronde River (Lat 

45.264, Long ¥118.376) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Chicken Creek (44.987, 

¥118.378); Clear Creek (45.014, 

¥118.329); Dry Creek (45.052, 

¥118.380); East Fork Grande Ronde 

River (45.060, ¥118.237); East Sheep 

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Creek (44.987, ¥118.425); Fly Creek 

(45.125, ¥118.596); Grande Ronde 

River (44.998, ¥118.273); Limber Jim 

Creek (45.107, ¥118.270); Little Clear 

Creek (45.038, ¥118.300); Little Fly 

Creek (45.062, ¥118.504); Lookout 

Creek (45.065, ¥118.543); Muir Creek 

(45.066, ¥118.297); North Fork Limber 

Jim Creek (45.125, ¥118.308); Sheep 

Creek (45.016, ¥118.507); South Fork 

Limber Jim Creek (45.088, ¥118.304); 

Squaw Creek (45.103, ¥118.554); 

Umapine Creek (45.116, ¥118.571); 

Unnamed (45.042, ¥118.269); 

Unnamed (45.045, ¥118.417); West 

Chicken Creek (45.025, ¥118.404); 

Winter Canyon (45.215, ¥118.361). 

(ii) Meadow Creek Watershed 

1706010402. Outlet(s) = Meadow Creek 

(Lat 45.264, Long ¥118.376) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Battle Creek (45.216, 

¥118.507); Bear Creek (45.210, 

¥118.577); Burnt Corral Creek (45.159, 

¥118.524); Dark Canyon (45.382, 

¥118.394); East Burnt Corral Creek 

(45.173, ¥118.498); Ensign Creek 

(45.361, ¥118.554); Little Dark Canyon 

(45.322, ¥118.418); Marley Creek 

(45.177, ¥118.476); McCoy Creek 

(45.322, ¥118.628); McIntyre Creek 

(45.345, ¥118.459); Meadow Creek 

(45.286, ¥118.716); Peet Creek (45.233, 

¥118.611); Smith Creek (45.295, 

¥118.594); Sullivan Gulch (45.200, 

¥118.515); Syrup Creek (45.296, 

¥118.543); Tybow Canyon (45.214, 

¥118.467); Unnamed (45.206, 

¥118.552); Unnamed (45.275, 

¥118.695); Unnamed (45.295, 

¥118.718); Unnamed (45.330, 

¥118.551); Waucup Creek (45.243, 

¥118.660). 

(iii) Grande Ronde River/Beaver Creek 

Watershed 1706010403. Outlet(s) = 

Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.347, Long 

¥118.221) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (45.283, ¥118.270); Beaver 

Creek (45.146, ¥118.206); Dry Beaver 

Creek (45.168, ¥118.316); East Fork 

Rock Creek (45.166, ¥118.111); Grande 

Ronde River (45.264, ¥118.376); Graves 

Creek (45.245, ¥118.161); Hoodoo 

Creek (45.154, ¥118.259); Jordan Creek 

(45.162, ¥118.187); Little Beaver Creek 

(45.185, ¥118.333); Little Whiskey 

Creek (45.209, ¥118.178); Rock Creek 

(45.172, ¥118.139); Sheep Creek 

(45.281, ¥118.130); South Fork Spring 

Creek (45.346, ¥118.363); Spring Creek 

(45.396, ¥118.372); Unnamed (45.167, 

¥118.144); Unnamed (45.227, 

¥118.262); Unnamed (45.231, 

¥118.279); Unnamed (45.232, 

¥118.091); Unnamed (45.240, 

¥118.257); Watermelon Creek (45.195, 

¥118.277); Whiskey Creek (45.198, 

¥118.181). 

(iv) Grande Ronde River/Five Points 

Creek Watershed 1706010404. Outlet(s) 

= Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.408, Long 

¥117.930) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

California Gulch (45.406, ¥118.335); 

Conley Creek (45.406, ¥118.084); 

Dobbin Ditch (45.377, ¥118.017); Dry 

Creek (45.426, ¥118.379); Fiddlers Hell 

(45.443, ¥118.145); Five Points Creek 

(45.482, ¥118.143); Grande Ronde 

River (45.347, ¥118.221); Little John 

Day Creek (45.430, ¥118.192); Middle 

Fork Five Points Creek (45.485, 

¥118.129); Mt Emily Creek (45.465, 

¥118.125); Pelican Creek (45.438, 

¥118.318); Tie Creek (45.420, 

¥118.129); Unnamed (45.385, 

¥118.043); Unnamed (45.423, 

¥118.243). 

(v) Catherine Creek Watershed 

1706010405. Outlet(s) = Catherine Creek 

(Lat 45.219, Long ¥117.915) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Buck Creek (45.132, 

¥117.606); Camp Creek (45.100, 

¥117.596); Collins Creek (45.100, 

¥117.531); Corral Creek (45.113, 

¥117.575); Little Catherine Creek 

(45.148, ¥117.716); Middle Fork 

Catherine Creek (45.155, ¥117.567); 

Milk Creek (45.092, ¥117.717); North 

Fork Catherine Creek (45.221, 

¥117.610); Pole Creek (45.123, 

¥117.544); Prong Creek (45.096, 

¥117.565); SPass Creek (45.115, 

¥117.528); Scout Creek (45.105, 

¥117.644); South Fork Catherine Creek 

(45.116, ¥117.503); Unnamed (45.104, 

¥117.685). 

(vi) Ladd Creek Watershed 

1706010406. Outlet(s) = Ladd Creek (Lat 

45.282, Long ¥117.936) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Catherine Creek (45.219, 

¥117.915); Ladd Creek (45.215, 

¥118.024); Little Creek (45.210, 

¥117.784); Mill Creek (45.263, 

¥118.083); Unnamed (45.259, 

¥118.039). 

(vii) Grande Ronde River/Mill Creek 

Watershed 1706010407. Outlet(s) = 

Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.408, Long 

¥117.930) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Catherine Creek (45.282, ¥117.936); 

McAlister Slough (45.315, ¥117.973); 

Mill Creek (45.278, ¥117.728); 

Unnamed (45.297, ¥117.806).

(viii) Phillips Creek/Willow Creek 

Watershed 1706010408. Outlet(s) = 

Willow Creek (Lat 45.492, Long 

¥117.931) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Dry Creek (45.640, ¥118.114); Finley 

Creek (45.625, ¥118.099); Mill Creek 

(45.568, ¥118.025); Slide Creek (45.422, 

¥118.028); Unnamed (45.525, 

¥118.014); Willow Creek (45.488, 

¥118.032). 

(ix) Grande Ronde River/Indian Creek 

Watershed 1706010409. Outlet(s) = 

Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.560, Long 

¥117.910) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Camp Creek (45.386, ¥117.720); Clark 

Creek (45.409, ¥117.728); East Fork 

Indian Creek (45.363, ¥117.737); 

Grande Ronde River (45.408, 

¥117.930); Indian Creek (45.332, 

¥117.717); Little Indian Creek (45.375, 

¥117.785); Middle Fork Clark Creek 

(45.462, ¥117.764); North Fork Clark 

Creek (45.502, ¥117.733); North Fork 

Indian Creek (45.419, ¥117.787); 

Unnamed (45.375, ¥117.739); 

Unnamed (45.476, ¥117.757). 

(x) Lookingglass Creek Watershed 

1706010410. Outlet(s) = Lookingglass 

Creek (Lat 45.707, Long ¥117.841) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buzzard 

Creek (45.845, ¥117.939); Eagle Creek 

(45.723, ¥118.005); Jarboe Creek 

(45.776, ¥117.855); Little Lookingglass 

Creek (45.848, ¥117.901); Lookingglass 

Creek (45.777, ¥118.070); Mottet Creek 

(45.827, ¥117.958); Unnamed (45.835, 

¥117.869); Unnamed (45.844, 

¥117.893). 

(xi) Grande Ronde River/Cabin Creek 

Watershed 1706010411. Outlet(s) = 

Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.726, Long 

¥117.784) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Buck Creek (45.662, ¥117.919); Duncan 

Canyon (45.654, ¥117.776); East 

Phillips Creek (45.669, ¥118.066); 

Gordon Creek (45.665, ¥118.001); 

Grande Ronde River (45.560, 

¥117.910); Little Phillips Creek (45.668, 

¥118.036); North Fork Cabin Creek 

(45.721, ¥117.929); Pedro Creek 

(45.676, ¥118.051); Phillips Creek 

(45.666, ¥118.089); Rysdam Canyon 

(45.633, ¥117.812); South Fork Cabin 

Creek (45.698, ¥117.963); Unnamed 

(45.661, ¥117.930); Unnamed (45.672, 

¥117.941); Unnamed (45.682, 

¥117.974); Unnamed (45.695, 

¥117.927); Unnamed (45.707, 

¥117.916). 

(5) Unit 5. Wallowa River Subbasin 

17060105—(i) Upper Wallowa River 

Watershed 1706010501. Outlet(s) = 

Wallowa River (Lat 45.427, Long 

¥117.310) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Hurricane Creek (45.337, ¥117.291); 

Little Hurricane Creek (45.407, 

¥117.276); Prairie Creek (45.394, 

¥117.189); Spring Creek (45.406, 

¥117.287); Trout Creek (45.455, 

¥117.281); Unnamed (45.387, 

¥117.215); Unnamed (45.392, 

¥117.214); Unnamed (45.411, 

¥117.264); Unnamed (45.412, 

¥117.156); Unnamed (45.424, 

¥117.313); Wallowa River (45.335, 

¥117.222). 

(ii) Lostine River Watershed 

1706010502. Outlet(s) = Lostine River 

(Lat 45.552, Long ¥117.489) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lostine River (45.245, 

¥117.375); Silver Creek (45.394, 

¥117.420). 

(iii) Middle Wallowa River Watershed 

1706010503. Outlet(s) = Wallowa River 

(Lat 45.584, Long ¥117.540) upstream 

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to endpoint(s) in: Middle Fork Whisky 

Creek (45.590, ¥117.342); North Fork 

Whisky Creek (45.614, ¥117.331); 

Parsnip Creek (45.533, ¥117.419); 

South Fork Whisky Creek (45.590, 

¥117.413); Straight Whisky Creek 

(45.622, ¥117.396); Wallowa River 

(45.427, ¥117.310); Whisky Creek 

(45.608, ¥117.397). 

(iv) Bear Creek Watershed 

1706010504. Outlet(s) = Bear Creek (Lat 

45.584, Long ¥117.540) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.347, 

¥117.500); Doc Creek (45.449, 

¥117.572); Fox Creek (45.447, 

¥117.562); Goat Creek (45.413, 

¥117.519); Little Bear Creek (45.456, 

¥117.500). 

(v) Minam River Watershed 

1706010505. Outlet(s) = Minam River 

(Lat 45.621, Long ¥117.720) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cougar Creek (45.517, 

¥117.672); Elk Creek (45.157, 

¥117.480); Little Minam River (45.338, 

¥117.643); Minam River (45.149, 

¥117.392); Murphy Creek (45.414, 

¥117.644); North Minam River (45.275, 

¥117.520); Patrick Creek (45.426, 

¥117.645); Squaw Creek (45.576, 

¥117.706); Trout Creek (45.471, 

¥117.652). 

(vi) Lower Wallowa River Watershed 

1706010506. Outlet(s) = Wallowa River 

(Lat 45.726, Long ¥117.784) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Deer Creek (45.452, 

¥117.606); Dry Creek (45.650, 

¥117.439); Fisher Creek (45.666, 

¥117.750); Howard Creek (45.735, 

¥117.695); Reagin Gulch (45.670, 

¥117.559); Rock Creek (45.679, 

¥117.620); Sage Creek (45.486, 

¥117.590); Tamarack Canyon (45.656, 

¥117.518); Unnamed (45.618, 

¥117.629); Unnamed (45.654, 

¥117.442); Unnamed (45.678, 

¥117.556); Wallowa River (45.584, 

¥117.540); Water Canyon (45.589, 

¥117.614); Wise Creek (45.671, 

¥117.705). 

(6) Unit 6. Lower Grande Ronde 

Subbasin 17060106—(i) Grande Ronde 

River/Rondowa Watershed 1706010601.

Outlet(s) = Grande Ronde River (Lat 

45.896, Long ¥117.493) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek (45.844, 

¥117.750); Bear Creek (45.885, 

¥117.752); Clear Creek (45.775, 

¥117.714); Deep Creek (45.817, 

¥117.651); East Grossman Creek 

(45.819, ¥117.625); Elbow Creek 

(45.927, ¥117.630); Grande Ronde 

River (45.726, ¥117.784); Grossman 

Creek (45.732, ¥117.614); Meadow 

Creek (45.825, ¥117.760); Sheep Creek 

(45.756, ¥117.797); Sickfoot Creek 

(45.842, ¥117.567); Unnamed (45.746, 

¥117.656). 

(ii) Grande Ronde River/Mud Creek 

Watershed 1706010602. Outlet(s) = 

Grande Ronde River (Lat 45.946, Long 

¥117.450) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bishop Creek (45.747, ¥117.555); 

Bobcat Creek (45.853, ¥117.370); Buck 

Creek (45.758, ¥117.298); Burnt Creek 

(45.769, ¥117.283); Courtney Creek 

(45.857, ¥117.314); Grande Ronde 

River (45.896, ¥117.493); Little 

Courtney Canyon (45.903, ¥117.385); 

McAllister Creek (45.683, ¥117.361); 

McCubbin Creek (45.700, ¥117.294); 

Mud Creek (45.633, ¥117.291); 

Unnamed (45.867, ¥117.329); 

Shamrock Creek (45.828, ¥117.335); 

Simmons Draw (45.730, ¥117.514); 

Sled Creek (45.730, ¥117.278); Teepee 

Creek (45.694, ¥117.349); Tope Creek 

(45.634, ¥117.330); Unnamed (45.710, 

¥117.283); Unnamed (45.856, 

¥117.312); Wallupa Creek (45.765, 

¥117.528); Wildcat Creek (45.732, 

¥117.489). 

(iii) Wenaha River Watershed 

1706010603. Outlet(s) = Wenaha River 

(Lat 45.946, Long ¥117.450) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (46.002, 

¥117.815); Crooked Creek (46.046, 

¥117.624); First Creek (46.071, 

¥117.519); Melton Creek (46.060, 

¥117.566); Milk Creek (45.973, 

¥117.902); North Fork Wenaha River 

(46.064, ¥117.912); Rock Creek (45.999, 

¥117.766); Second Creek (46.065, 

¥117.595); Slick Ear Creek (45.983, 

¥117.784); South Fork Wenaha River 

(45.872, ¥117.897); Third Creek 

(46.089, ¥117.627); Weller Creek 

(45.989, ¥117.648); West Fork Butte 

Creek (46.064, ¥117.759). 

(iv) Chesnimnus Creek Watershed 

1706010604. Outlet(s) = Chesnimnus 

Creek (Lat 45.715, Long ¥117.155) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.702, ¥116.997); Billy Creek (45.815, 

¥117.032); Butte Creek (45.641, 

¥117.096); Chesnimnus Creek (45.718, 

¥116.906); Deadman Gulch (45.659, 

¥117.049); Devils Run Creek (45.775, 

¥116.882); Doe Creek (45.751, 

¥117.029); Dry Salmon Creek (45.663, 

¥117.051); East Fork Peavine Creek 

(45.830, ¥117.061); Gooseberry Creek 

(45.681, ¥117.110); McCarty Gulch 

(45.749, ¥117.064); Peavine Creek 

(45.795, ¥117.084); Pine Creek (45.673, 

¥117.029); Poison Creek (45.791, 

¥116.979); Salmon Creek (45.662, 

¥117.038); South Fork Chesnimnus 

Creek (45.743, ¥116.861); Sterling 

Gulch (45.712, ¥117.000); Summit 

Creek (45.794, ¥116.947); Telephone 

Gulch (45.767, ¥117.076); TNT Gulch 

(45.754, ¥116.919); Unnamed (45.694, 

¥117.013); Unnamed (45.709, 

¥116.878); Unnamed (45.724, 

¥116.867); Unnamed (45.742, 

¥117.090); Unnamed (45.825, 

¥117.004); Unnamed (45.838, 

¥117.009); Unnamed (45.846, 

¥117.029); West Fork Peavine Creek 

(45.805, ¥117.100).

(v) Upper Joseph Creek Watershed 

1706010605. Outlet(s) = Joseph Creek 

(Lat 45.823, Long ¥117.231) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Alford Gulch (45.729, 

¥117.165); Cougar Creek (45.806, 

¥117.150); Crow Creek (45.536, 

¥117.115); Davis Creek (45.658, 

¥117.257); Elk Creek (45.598, 

¥117.167); Gould Gulch (45.657, 

¥117.181); Little Elk Creek (45.694, 

¥117.199); Sumac Creek (45.753, 

¥117.148); Swamp Creek (45.543, 

¥117.218); Unnamed (45.597, 

¥117.141). 

(vi) Lower Joseph Creek Watershed 

1706010606. Outlet(s) = Joseph Creek 

(Lat 46.053, Long ¥117.005) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Basin Creek (45.910, 

¥117.057); Broady Creek (45.882, 

¥117.076); Cottonwood Creek (45.832, 

¥116.950); Horse Creek (45.945, 

¥116.962); Joseph Creek (45.823, 

¥117.231); Peavine Creek (45.879, 

¥117.162); Rush Creek (45.899, 

¥117.150); Tamarack Creek (45.964, 

¥117.127); Unnamed (45.826, 

¥116.957); West Fork Broady Creek 

(45.862, ¥117.102). 

(vii) Lower Grande Ronde River/

Menatchee Creek Watershed 

1706010607. Outlet(s) = Grande Ronde 

River (Lat 46.080, Long ¥116.978) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(45.973, ¥117.455); Buford Creek 

(45.975, ¥117.276); Cottonwood Creek 

(46.071, ¥117.301); Cougar Creek 

(46.049, ¥117.327); Deer Creek (45.992, 

¥117.191); East Bear Creek (45.960, 

¥117.307); Grande Ronde River 

(45.946, ¥117.450); Grouse Creek 

(46.031, ¥117.460); Menatchee Creek 

(46.018, ¥117.371); Rattlesnake Creek 

(46.079, ¥117.204); Shumaker Creek 

(46.049, ¥117.117); West Bear Creek 

(45.951, ¥117.337); West Branch 

Rattlesnake Creek (46.086, ¥117.258). 

(7) Unit 7. Lower Snake/Tucannon 

Subbasin 17060107—(i) Alpowa Creek 

Watershed 1706010701. Outlet(s) = 

Alpowa Creek (Lat 46.422, Long 

¥117.203) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Kidwell Gulch (46.338, ¥117.480); Page 

Creek (46.402, ¥117.210); Pow Wah 

Kee Creek (46.389, ¥117.288). 

(ii) Snake River/Steptoe Canyon 

Watershed 1706010702. Outlet(s) = 

Snake River (Lat 46.660, Long 

¥117.433) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Offield Canyon (46.648, ¥117.420); 

Snake River (46.428, ¥117.038); Steptoe 

Canyon (46.455, ¥117.192); Truax 

Canyon (46.565, ¥117.348); Wawawai 

Canyon (46.636, ¥117.375). 

(iii) Deadman Creek Watershed 

1706010703. Outlet(s) = Deadman Creek 

(Lat 46.626, Long ¥117.799) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Deadman Gulch 

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(46.574, ¥117.565); Lynn Gulch 

(46.628, ¥117.597); North Deadman 

Creek (46.578, ¥117.457); North 

Meadow Creek (46.517, ¥117.489); 

South Meadow Creek (46.507, 

¥117.508). 

(iv) Flat Creek Watershed 

1706010704. Outlet(s) = Alkali Flat 

Creek (Lat 46.575, Long ¥118.087) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alkali Flat 

Creek (46.653, ¥118.012). 

(v) Upper Tucannon River Watershed 

1706010706. Outlet(s) = Tucannon River 

(Lat 46.509, Long ¥117.995) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cummings Creek 

(46.235, ¥117.610); Little Tucannon 

River (46.221, ¥117.758); Meadow 

Creek (46.163, ¥117.728); Panjab Creek 

(46.171, ¥117.709); Sheep Creek 

(46.196, ¥117.623); Tucannon River 

(46.168, ¥117.559); Tumalum Creek 

(46.315, ¥117.585). 

(vi) Lower Tucannon River Watershed 

1706010707. Outlet(s) = Tucannon River 

(Lat 46.558, Long ¥118.174) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Kellogg Creek (46.430, 

¥118.067); Smith Hollow (46.463, 

¥118.017); Tucannon River (46.509, 

¥117.995). 

(vii) Snake River/Penawawa Creek 

Watershed 1706010708. Outlet(s) = 

Snake River (Lat 46.589, Long 

¥118.215) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Almota Creek (46.706, ¥117.363); Little 

Almota Creek (46.715, ¥117.465); 

Penawawa Creek (46.728, ¥117.625); 

Snake River (46.660, ¥117.433); 

Unnamed (46.698, ¥117.381). 

(8) Unit 8. Palouse River Subbasin 

17060108—(i) Lower Palouse River 

Watershed 1706010808. Outlet(s) = 

Palouse River (Lat 46.589, Long 

¥118.215) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Palouse River (46.669, ¥118.223). 

(9) Unit 9. Upper Salmon Subbasin 

17060201—(i) Salmon River/Challis 

Watershed 1706020101. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.692, Long 

¥114.049) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Challis Creek (44.563, ¥114.246); 

Salmon River (44.470, ¥114.192). 

(ii) Salmon River/Bayhorse Creek 

Watershed 1706020104. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.470, Long 

¥114.192) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bayhorse Creek (44.395, ¥114.308); 

Salmon River (44.268, ¥114.326). 

(iii) East Fork Salmon River/

McDonald Creek Watershed 

1706020105. Outlet(s) = East Fork 

Salmon River (Lat 44.268, Long 

¥114.326) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Lake Creek (44.165, ¥114.394); East 

Fork Salmon River (44.147, ¥114.378); 

McDonald Creek (44.091, ¥114.318); 

Pine Creek (44.136, ¥114.367). 

(iv) Herd Creek Watershed 

1706020108. Outlet(s) = Herd Creek (Lat 

44.154, Long ¥114.300) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: East Fork Herd Creek 

(44.037, ¥114.203); East Pass Creek 

(44.009, ¥114.369); Lake Creek (44.103, 

¥114.194); Taylor Creek (44.067, 

¥114.317); West Fork Herd Creek 

(44.032, ¥114.248). 

(v) East Fork Salmon River/Big 

Boulder Creek Watershed 1706020109.

Outlet(s) = East Fork Salmon River (Lat 

44.147, Long ¥114.378) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big Boulder Creek 

(44.131, ¥114.518); East Fork Salmon 

River (44.039, ¥114.461); Little Boulder 

Creek (44.065, ¥114.542). 

(vi) Upper East Fork Salmon River 

Watershed 1706020110. Outlet(s) = East 

Fork Salmon River (Lat 44.039, Long 

¥114.461) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bowery Creek (44.0316, ¥114.4587); 

South Fork East Fork Salmon River 

(43.902, ¥114.562); West Fork East Fork 

Salmon River (43.929, ¥114.575); West 

Pass Creek (43.922, ¥114.446). 

(vii) Germania Creek Watershed 

1706020111. Outlet(s) = Germania Creek 

(Lat 44.039, Long ¥114.461) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Germania Creek 

(44.003, ¥114.532). 

(viii) Salmon River/Kinnikinic Creek 

Watershed 1706020112. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.268, Long 

¥114.326) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (44.249, ¥114.454). 

(ix) Salmon River/Slate Creek 

Watershed 1706020113. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.249, Long 

¥114.454) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Holman Creek (44.250, ¥114.529); 

Salmon River (44.254, ¥114.675); Silver 

Rule Creek (44.198, ¥114.588); Slate 

Creek (44.168, ¥114.626); Thompson 

Creek (44.318, ¥114.588). 

(x) Warm Springs Creek Watershed 

1706020114. Outlet(s) = Warm Springs 

Creek (Lat 44.254, Long ¥114.675) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Warm 

Springs Creek (44.151, ¥114.718). 

(xi) Salmon River/Big Casino Creek 

Watershed 1706020115. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.254, Long 

¥114.675) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Casino Creek (44.216, ¥114.830); 

Little Casino Creek (44.224, ¥114.861); 

Lower Harden Creek (44.274, 

¥114.778); Nip Tuck Creek (44.234, 

¥114.929); Salmon River (44.169, 

¥114.898); Upper Harden Creek 

(44.272, ¥114.791). 

(xii) Salmon River/Fisher Creek 

Watershed 1706020117. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.169, Long 

¥114.898) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Decker Creek (44.072, ¥114.879); Gold 

Creek (44.114, ¥114.846); Huckleberry 

Creek (44.061, ¥114.875); Salmon River 

(44.032, ¥114.836); Williams Creek 

(44.096, ¥114.852).

(xiii) Salmon River/Fourth of July 

Creek Watershed 1706020118. Outlet(s) 

= Salmon River (Lat 44.032, Long 

¥114.836) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Champion Creek (44.019, ¥114.825); 

Fourth of July Creek (44.035, 

¥114.784); Hell Roaring Creek (44.031, 

¥114.856); Salmon River (44.004, 

¥114.836); Unnamed (44.017, 

¥114.879). 

(xiv) Upper Salmon River Watershed 

1706020119. Outlet(s) = Salmon River 

(Lat 44.004, Long ¥114.836) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (43.919, 

¥114.813); Camp Creek (43.876, 

¥114.738); Frenchman Creek (43.822, 

¥114.792); Pole Creek (43.940, 

¥114.686); Salmon River (43.837, 

¥114.759); Smiley Creek (43.829, 

¥114.823); Twin Creek (43.935, 

¥114.723); Unnamed (43.843, 

¥114.742); Unnamed (43.990, 

¥114.803). 

(xv) Alturas Lake Creek Watershed 

1706020120. Outlet(s) = Alturas Lake 

Creek (Lat 44.004, Long ¥114.836) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alpine 

Creek (43.905, ¥114.923); Alturas Lake 

Creek (43.895, ¥114.910); Cabin Creek 

(43.937, ¥114.856); Pettit Lake Creek 

(43.961, ¥114.916); Unnamed (43.952, 

¥114.858); Vat Creek (43.967, 

¥114.871); Yellowbelly Creek (43.995, 

¥114.847). 

(xvi) Redfish Lake Creek Watershed 

1706020121. Outlet(s) = Redfish Lake 

Creek (Lat 44.169, Long ¥114.898) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Fishhook 

Creek (44.137, ¥114.966); Redfish Lake 

Creek (44.097, ¥114.959). 

(xvii) Valley Creek/Iron Creek 

Watershed 1706020122. Outlet(s) = 

Valley Creek (Lat 44.225, Long 

¥114.927) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Crooked Creek (44.214, ¥115.034); Goat 

Creek (44.179, ¥115.008); Iron Creek 

(44.191, ¥115.025); Job Creek (44.242, 

¥115.027); Meadow Creek (44.190, 

¥114.961); Park Creek (44.281, 

¥115.036); Stanley Creek (44.276, 

¥114.938); Valley Creek (44.291, 

¥115.018). 

(xviii) Upper Valley Creek Watershed 

1706020123. Outlet(s) = Valley Creek 

(Lat 44.291, Long ¥115.018); Stanley 

Lake Creek (44.2535,¥115.0040) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: East Fork 

Valley Creek (44.347, ¥114.999); Elk 

Creek (44.227, ¥115.145); Hanna Creek 

(44.314, ¥115.041); Meadow Creek 

(44.291, ¥115.119); Stanley Lake Creek 

(44.248, ¥115.045); Trap Creek (44.311, 

¥115.121); Valley Creek (44.392, 

¥114.980). 

(xix) Basin Creek Watershed 

1706020124. Outlet(s) = Basin Creek 

(Lat 44.264, Long ¥114.817) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Basin Creek (44.361, 

¥114.902); East Basin Creek (44.314, 

¥114.823). 

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(xx) Yankee Fork/Jordan Creek 

Watershed 1706020125. Outlet(s) = 

Yankee Fork (Lat 44.270, Long 

¥114.734) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Eightmile Creek (44.448, ¥114.639); 

Fivemile Creek (44.355, ¥114.615); 

Jordan Creek (44.457, ¥114.752); 

Ramey Creek (44.355, ¥114.641); 

Sevenmile Creek (44.423, ¥114.608); 

Sixmile Creek (44.394, ¥114.585); 

Yankee Fork (44.426, ¥114.619). 

(xxi) West Fork Yankee Fork 

Watershed 1706020126. Outlet(s) = 

West Fork Yankee Fork (Lat 44.351, 

Long ¥114.727) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cabin Creek (44.428, 

¥114.881); Deadwood Creek (44.356, 

¥114.834); Lightning Creek (44.466, 

¥114.787); Sawmill Creek (44.341, 

¥114.765); West Fork Yankee Fork 

(44.386, ¥114.919). 

(xxii) Upper Yankee Fork Watershed 

1706020127. Outlet(s) = Yankee Fork 

(Lat 44.426, Long ¥114.619) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Elevenmile Creek 

(44.436, ¥114.544); McKay Creek 

(44.475, ¥114.491); Ninemile Creek 

(44.439, ¥114.590); Tenmile Creek 

(44.484, ¥114.646); Twelvemile Creek 

(44.497, ¥114.614); Yankee Fork 

(44.510, ¥114.588). 

(xxiii) Squaw Creek Watershed 

1706020128. Outlet(s) = Squaw Creek 

(Lat 44.249, Long ¥114.454) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cash Creek (44.353, 

¥114.473); Cinnabar Creek (44.359, 

¥114.503); Squaw Creek (44.420, 

¥114.489). 

(xxiv) Garden Creek Watershed 

1706020129. Outlet(s) = Garden Creek 

(Lat 44.511, Long ¥114.203) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Garden Creek (44.468, 

¥114.325). 

(xxv) Challis Creek/Mill Creek 

Watershed 1706020130. Outlet(s) = 

Challis Creek (Lat 44.563, Long 

¥114.246) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Challis Creek (44.573, ¥114.309); 

Darling Creek (44.572, ¥114.252). 

(xxvi) Morgan Creek Watershed 

1706020132. Outlet(s) = Morgan Creek 

(Lat 44.612, Long ¥114.168) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Blowfly Creek (44.714, 

¥114.326); Morgan Creek (44.681, 

¥114.243); West Fork Morgan Creek 

(44.710, ¥114.335). 

(10) Unit 10. Pahsimeroi Subbasin 

17060202—(i) Lower Pahsimeroi River 

Watershed 1706020201. Outlet(s) = 

Pahsimeroi River (Lat 44.692, Long 

¥114.049) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Pahsimeroi River (44.559, ¥113.900); 

Patterson Creek (44.561, ¥113.897). 

(ii) Paterson Creek Watershed 

1706020203. Outlet(s) = Patterson Creek 

(Lat 44.534, Long ¥113.837) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Patterson Creek 

(44.566, ¥113.670). 

(11) Unit 11. Middle Salmon-Panther 

Subbasin 17060203—(i) Salmon River/

Colson Creek Watershed 1706020301.

Outlet(s) = Salmon River (Lat 45.297, 

Long ¥114.591) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Colson Creek (45.307, 

¥114.531); Owl Creek (45.340, 

¥114.462); Salmon River (45.316, 

¥114.405). 

(ii) Owl Creek Watershed 1706020302.

Outlet(s) = Owl Creek (Lat 45.340, Long 

¥114.462) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

East Fork Owl Creek (45.367, 

¥114.430); Owl Creek (45.382, 

¥114.469). 

(iii) Salmon River/Pine Creek 

Watershed 1706020303. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.316, Long 

¥114.405) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Boulder Creek (45.385, ¥114.297); Pine 

Creek (45.307, ¥114.186); Salmon River 

(45.399, ¥114.168); Spring Creek 

(45.421, ¥114.278); Squaw Creek 

(45.449, ¥114.215).

(iv) Indian Creek Watershed 

1706020304. Outlet(s) = Indian Creek 

(Lat 45.400, Long ¥114.167) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Indian Creek (45.523, 

¥114.151); McConn Creek (45.519, 

¥114.185); West Fork Indian Creek 

(45.481, ¥114.168). 

(v) Salmon River/Moose Creek 

Watershed 1706020305. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.399, Long 

¥114.168) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Dump Creek (45.369, ¥114.035); Fourth 

of July Creek (45.417, ¥113.857); Little 

Fourth of July Creek (45.396, 

¥113.912); Moose Creek (45.346, 

¥114.080); Salmon River (45.320, 

¥113.909); Wagonhammer Creek 

(45.395, ¥113.945). 

(vi) North Fork Salmon River 

Watershed 1706020306. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Salmon River (Lat 45.405, 

Long ¥113.994) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Anderson Creek (45.577, 

¥113.918); Dahlonega Creek (45.559, 

¥113.845); Ditch Creek (45.534, 

¥113.994); Hughes Creek (45.541, 

¥114.069); Hull Creek (45.471, 

¥114.016); Moose Creek (45.674, 

¥113.951); Pierce Creek (45.640, 

¥113.937); Sheep Creek (45.502, 

¥113.889); Smithy Creek (45.575, 

¥113.889); Threemile Creek (45.577, 

¥113.866); Twin Creek (45.591, 

¥114.081). 

(vii) Salmon River/Tower Creek 

Watershed 1706020307. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.320, Long 

¥113.909) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (45.250, ¥113.899); 

Tower Creek (45.367, ¥113.857); 

Wallace Creek (45.2645, ¥113.9035). 

(viii) Carmen Creek Watershed 

1706020308. Outlet(s) = Carmen Creek 

(Lat 45.250, Long ¥113.899) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Carmen Creek (45.316, 

¥113.800); Freeman Creek (45.269, 

¥113.752). 

(ix) Salmon River/Jesse Creek 

Watershed 1706020309. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.250, Long 

¥113.899) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (45.109, ¥113.901); 

Unnamed (45.180, ¥113.930). 

(x) Salmon River/Williams Creek 

Watershed 1706020310. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.109, Long 

¥113.901) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (45.011, ¥113.932); 

Williams Creek (45.081, ¥113.935). 

(xi) Salmon River/Twelvemile Creek 

Watershed 1706020311. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.011, Long 

¥113.932) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lake Creek (45.015, ¥113.959); Salmon 

River (44.896, ¥113.963); Twelvemile 

Creek (45.011, ¥113.927). 

(xii) Salmon River/Cow Creek 

Watershed 1706020312. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 44.896, Long 

¥113.963) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cow Creek (44.730, ¥113.940); McKim 

Creek (44.810, ¥114.008); Poison Creek 

(44.876, ¥113.934); Salmon River 

(44.692, ¥114.049); Warm Spring Creek 

(44.913, ¥113.914). 

(xiii) Hat Creek Watershed 

1706020313. Outlet(s) = Hat Creek (Lat 

44.795, Long ¥114.001) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hat Creek (44.785, 

¥114.040). 

(xiv) Iron Creek Watershed 

1706020314. Outlet(s) = Iron Creek (Lat 

44.887, Long ¥113.968) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Iron Creek (44.921, 

¥114.124). 

(xv) Upper Panther Creek Watershed 

1706020315. Outlet(s) = Panther Creek 

(Lat 45.022, Long ¥114.313) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cabin Creek (44.957, 

¥114.365); Opal Creek (44.901, 

¥114.307); Panther Creek (44.887, 

¥114.305); Porphyry Creek (45.034, 

¥114.388). 

(xvi) Moyer Creek Watershed 

1706020316. Outlet(s) = Moyer Creek 

(Lat 45.024, Long ¥114.311) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Moyer Creek (44.949, 

¥114.265); South Fork Moyer Creek 

(44.944, ¥114.305). 

(xvii) Panther Creek/Woodtick Creek 

Watershed 1706020317. Outlet(s) = 

Panther Creek (Lat 45.079, Long 

¥114.251) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Copper Creek (45.060, ¥114.258); Fawn 

Creek (45.073, ¥114.247); Musgrove 

Creek (45.054, ¥114.368); Panther 

Creek (45.022, ¥114.313); Woodtick 

Creek (45.008, ¥114.235). 

(xviii) Deep Creek Watershed 

1706020318. Outlet(s) = Deep Creek (Lat 

45.126, Long ¥114.215) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Deep Creek (45.108, 

¥114.179). 

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(xix) Panther Creek/Spring Creek 

Watershed 1706020320. Outlet(s) = 

Panther Creek (45.176, Long ¥114.314) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little Deer 

Creek (45.156, ¥114.298); Panther 

Creek (45.079, ¥114.251); Spring Creek 

(45.088, ¥114.223). 

(xx) Panther Creek/Trail Creek 

Watershed 1706020322. Outlet(s) = 

Panther Creek (Lat 45.316, Long 

¥114.405) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Beaver Creek (45.2816,¥114.2744); 

Garden Creek (45.2959,¥114.4293); 

Trail Creek (45.2318,¥114.2663); 

Panther Creek (45.176, ¥114.314). 

(xxi) Clear Creek Watershed 

1706020323. Outlet(s) = Clear Creek (Lat 

45.295, Long ¥114.351) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Clear Creek (45.210, 

¥114.485). 

(12) Unit 12. Lemhi Subbasin 

17060204—(i) Lemhi River/Bohannon 

Creek Watershed 1706020401. Outlet(s) 

= Lemhi River (Lat 45.188, Long 

¥113.889) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bohannon Creek (45.189, ¥113.692); 

Lemhi River (45.098, ¥113.720). 

(ii) Lemhi River/Whimpey Creek 

Watershed 1706020402. Outlet(s) = 

Lemhi River (Lat 45.098, Long 

¥113.720) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lemhi River (45.032, ¥113.662); 

Wimpey Creek (45.131, ¥113.678); 

Withington Creek (45.058, ¥113.750). 

(iii) Lemhi River/Kenney Creek 

Watershed 1706020403. Outlet(s) = 

Lemhi River (Lat 45.032, Long 

¥113.662) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Kenney Creek (45.087, ¥113.551); 

Lemhi River (44.940, ¥113.639).

(iv) Agency Creek Watershed 

1706020404. Outlet(s) = Agency Creek 

(Lat 44.964, Long ¥113.647) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Agency Creek (44.949, 

¥113.600). 

(v) Lemhi River/McDevitt Creek 

Watershed 1706020405. Outlet(s) = 

Lemhi River (Lat 44.940, Long 

¥113.639) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lemhi River (44.870, ¥113.626). 

(vi) Lemhi River/Yearian Creek 

Watershed 1706020406. Outlet(s) = 

Lemhi River (Lat 44.867, Long 

¥113.626) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lemhi River (44.778, ¥113.535). 

(vii) Peterson Creek Watershed 

1706020407. Outlet(s) = Lemhi River 

(Lat 44.778, Long ¥113.535) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lemhi River (44.739, 

¥113.459). 

(viii) Big Eight Mile Creek Watershed 

1706020408. Outlet(s) = Lemhi River 

(Lat 44.739, Long ¥113.459) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lemhi River (44.692, 

¥113.366). 

(ix) Canyon Creek Watershed 

1706020409. Outlet(s) = Lemhi River 

(Lat 44.692, Long ¥113.366) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lemhi River (44.682, 

¥113.355). 

(x) Hayden Creek Watershed 

1706020414. Outlet(s) = Hayden Creek 

(Lat 44.870, Long ¥113.626) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Bear Valley Creek 

(44.796, ¥113.790); East Fork Hayden 

Creek (44.708, ¥113.661); Hayden 

Creek (44.726, ¥113.769); Kadletz 

Creek (44.761, ¥113.767); West Fork 

Hayden Creek (44.706, ¥113.768); 

Wright Creek (44.759, ¥113.794). 

(13) Unit 13. Upper Middle Fork 

Salmon Subbasin 17060205—(i) Lower 

Loon Creek Watershed 1706020501.

Outlet(s) = Loon Creek (Lat 44.808, Long 

¥114.811) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cabin Creek (44.742, ¥114.708); Loon 

Creek (44.552, ¥114.849). 

(ii) Warm Springs Watershed 

1706020502. Outlet(s) = Warm Spring 

Creek (Lat 44.653, Long ¥114.736) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Trapper 

Creek (44.504, ¥114.617); Warm Spring 

Creek (44.609, ¥114.481). 

(iii) Upper Loon Creek Watershed 

1706020503. Outlet(s) = Loon Creek (Lat 

44.552, Long ¥114.849) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cottonwood Creek 

(44.593, ¥114.679); East Fork Mayfield 

Creek (44.494, ¥114.700); Loon Creek 

(44.469, ¥114.923); Pioneer Creek 

(44.466, ¥114.873); South Fork 

Cottonwood Creek (44.563, ¥114.780); 

Trail Creek (44.506, ¥114.959); West 

Fork Mayfield Creek (44.473, 

¥114.730). 

(iv) Little Loon Creek Watershed 

1706020504. Outlet(s) = Little Loon 

Creek (Lat 44.731, Long ¥114.940) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little Loon 

Creek (44.615, ¥114.963). 

(v) Rapid River Watershed 

1706020505. Outlet(s) = Rapid River 

(Lat 44.680, Long ¥115.152) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Float Creek (44.546, 

¥115.148); North Fork Sheep Creek 

(44.656, ¥114.997); Rapid River 

(44.551, ¥115.007); South Fork Sheep 

Creek (44.628, ¥114.988); Vanity Creek 

(44.500, ¥115.072). 

(vi) Marsh Creek Watershed 

1706020506. Outlet(s) = Marsh Creek 

(Lat 44.449, Long ¥115.230) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Asher Creek (44.374, 

¥115.126); Banner Creek (44.291, 

¥115.187); Bear Creek (44.490, 

¥115.098); Beaver Creek (44.494, 

¥114.964); Camp Creek (44.384, 

¥115.144); Cape Horn Creek (44.333, 

¥115.287); Knapp Creek (44.424, 

¥114.915); Marsh Creek (44.329, 

¥115.091); Swamp Creek (44.300, 

¥115.175); Winnemucca Creek (44.479, 

¥114.972). 

(vii) Middle Fork Salmon River/

Soldier Creek Watershed 1706020507.

Outlet(s) = Middle Fork Salmon River 

(Lat 44.680, Long ¥115.152) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Boundary Creek 

(44.507, ¥115.328); Dagger Creek 

(44.498, ¥115.307); Elkhorn Creek 

(44.582, ¥115.369); Greyhound Creek 

(44.626, ¥115.158); Middle Fork 

Salmon River (44.449, ¥115.230); 

Soldier Creek (44.528, ¥115.201). 

(viii) Bear Valley Creek Watershed 

1706020508. Outlet(s) = Bear Valley 

Creek (Lat 44.449, Long ¥115.230) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Ayers Creek 

(44.454, ¥115.330); Bear Valley Creek 

(44.236, ¥115.499); Bearskin Creek 

(44.331, ¥115.528); Cache Creek 

(44.286, ¥115.409); Cold Creek (44.371, 

¥115.317); Cook Creek (44.389, 

¥115.438); East Fork Elk Creek (44.481, 

¥115.359); Fir Creek (44.354, 

¥115.296); Little Beaver Creek (44.415, 

¥115.504); Little East Fork Elk Creek 

(44.479, ¥115.407); Mace Creek 

(44.289, ¥115.443); North Fork Elk 

Creek (44.527, ¥115.458); Poker Creek 

(44.444, ¥115.345); Pole Creek (44.361, 

¥115.366); Porter Creek (44.466, 

¥115.529); Sack Creek (44.320, 

¥115.351); Sheep Trail Creek (44.360, 

¥115.451); West Fork Elk Creek 

(44.485, ¥115.499); Wyoming Creek 

(44.362, ¥115.335). 

(ix) Sulphur Creek Watershed 

1706020509. Outlet(s) = Sulphur Creek 

(Lat 44.555, Long ¥115.297) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Blue Moon Creek 

(44.572, ¥115.364); Full Moon Creek 

(44.535, ¥115.400); Honeymoon Creek 

(44.605, ¥115.399); North Fork Sulphur 

Creek (44.583, ¥115.467); Sulphur 

Creek (44.510, ¥115.518). 

(x) Pistol Creek Watershed 

1706020510. Outlet(s) = Pistol Creek 

(Lat 44.724, Long ¥115.149) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Little Pistol Creek 

(44.721, ¥115.404); Luger Creek 

(44.636, ¥115.386); Pistol Creek 

(44.644, ¥115.442). 

(xi) Indian Creek Watershed 

1706020511. Outlet(s) = Indian Creek 

(Lat 44.770, Long ¥115.089) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Big Chief Creek 

(44.817, ¥115.368); Indian Creek 

(44.803, ¥115.383); Little Indian Creek 

(44.879, ¥115.226). 

(xii) Upper Marble Creek Watershed 

1706020512. Outlet(s) = Marble Creek 

(Lat 44.797, Long ¥114.971) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Big Cottonwood Creek 

(44.879, ¥115.206); Canyon Creek 

(44.822, ¥114.943); Cornish Creek 

(44.933, ¥115.127); Dynamite Creek 

(44.871, ¥115.207); Marble Creek 

(44.983, ¥115.079); Trail Creek (44.917, 

¥114.930).

(xiii) Middle Fork Salmon River/

Lower Marble Creek Watershed 

1706020513. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

Salmon River (Lat 44.808, Long 

¥114.811) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Marble Creek (44.797, ¥114.971); 

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Middle Fork Salmon River (44.680, 

¥115.152). 

(14) Unit 14. Lower Middle Fork 

Salmon Subbasin 17060206—(i) Lower 

Middle Fork Salmon River Watershed 

1706020601. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

Salmon River (Lat 45.297, Long 

¥114.591) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Middle Fork Salmon River (45.095, 

¥114.732); Roaring Creek (45.186, 

¥114.574); Stoddard Creek (45.244, 

¥114.702). 

(ii) Wilson Creek Watershed 

1706020602. Outlet(s) = Wilson Creek 

(Lat 45.033, Long ¥114.723) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Wilson Creek (45.032, 

¥114.659). 

(iii) Middle Fork Salmon River/Brush 

Creek Watershed 1706020603. Outlet(s) 

= Middle Fork Salmon River (Lat 

45.095, Long ¥114.732) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Brush Creek (44.955, 

¥114.733); Middle Fork Salmon River 

(44.958, ¥114.747). 

(iv) Yellow Jacket Creek Watershed 

1706020604. Outlet(s) = Yellowjacket 

Creek (Lat 44.892, Long ¥114.644) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beagle Creek 

(44.993, ¥114.466); Hoodoo Creek 

(44.993, ¥114.568); Lake Creek (44.967, 

¥114.603); Little Jacket Creek (44.931, 

¥114.505); Meadow Creek (44.984, 

¥114.481); Shovel Creek (45.006, 

¥114.463); Trail Creek (44.939, 

¥114.461); Yellowjacket Creek (45.050, 

¥114.480). 

(v) Silver Creek Watershed 

1706020605. Outlet(s) = Silver Creek 

(Lat 44.830, Long ¥114.501) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Silver Creek (44.856, 

¥114.458). 

(vi) Upper Camas Creek Watershed 

1706020606. Outlet(s) = Camas Creek 

(Lat 44.830, Long ¥114.501) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Castle Creek (44.825, 

¥114.415); Fly Creek (44.703, 

¥114.509); Furnace Creek (44.767, 

¥114.421); J Fell Creek (44.669, 

¥114.459); South Fork Camas Creek 

(44.731, ¥114.553); Spider Creek 

(44.688, ¥114.495); White Goat Creek 

(44.731, ¥114.460). 

(vii) West Fork Camas Creek 

Watershed 1706020607. Outlet(s) = 

West Fork Camas Creek (Lat 44.831, 

Long ¥114.504) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Flume Creek (44.806, 

¥114.526); Martindale Creek (44.822, 

¥114.560); West Fork Camas Creek 

(44.795, ¥114.595). 

(viii) Lower Camas Creek Watershed 

1706020608. Outlet(s) = Camas Creek 

(Lat 44.892, Long ¥114.722) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Camas Creek (44.830, 

¥114.501); Duck Creek (44.852, 

¥114.521); Woodtick Creek (44.870, 

¥114.636). 

(ix) Middle Fork Salmon River/Sheep 

Creek Watershed 1706020609. Outlet(s) 

= Middle Fork Salmon River (Lat 

44.955, Long ¥114.733) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Middle Fork Salmon 

River (44.808, ¥114.811); Sheep Creek 

(44.923, ¥114.873). 

(x) Rush Creek Watershed 

1706020610. Outlet(s)=Rush Creek (Lat 

45.105, Long ¥114.861) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Rush Creek (44.958, 

¥114.992); South Fork Rush Creek 

(45.013, ¥114.972); Two Point Creek 

(45.027, ¥114.947). 

(xi) Monumental Creek Watershed 

1706020611. Outlet(s)=Monumental 

Creek (Lat 45.160, Long ¥115.129) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Monumental 

Creek (44.952, ¥115.179); Snowslide 

Creek (45.055, ¥115.266); West Fork 

Monumental Creek (45.011, ¥115.244). 

(xii) Big Creek/Little Marble Creek 

Watershed 1706020612. Outlet(s) = Big 

Creek (Lat 45.163, Long ¥115.128) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Creek 

(45.153, ¥115.297); Little Marble Creek 

(45.062, ¥115.276). 

(xiii) Upper Big Creek Watershed 

1706020613. Outlet(s) = Big Creek (Lat 

45.153, Long ¥115.297) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big Creek (45.075, 

¥115.342); Jacobs Ladder Creek 

(45.063, ¥115.322); Middle Fork Smith 

Creek (45.166, ¥115.411); Smith Creek 

(45.170, ¥115.380); Unnamed (45.129, 

¥115.422). 

(xiv) Beaver Creek Watershed 

1706020614. Outlet(s) = Beaver Creek 

(Lat 45.163, Long ¥115.242) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (45.242, 

¥115.314); Coin Creek (45.218, 

¥115.328); HCreek (45.266, ¥115.270). 

(xv) Big Ramey Creek Watershed 

1706020615. Outlet(s) = Big Ramey 

Creek (Lat 45.177, Long ¥115.159) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Ramey 

Creek (45.279, ¥115.243). 

(xvi) Big Creek/Crooked Creek 

Watershed 1706020616. Outlet(s) = Big 

Creek (Lat 45.127, Long ¥114.935) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Creek 

(45.163, ¥115.128); Cave Creek (45.219, 

¥114.916); Coxey Creek (45.181, 

¥115.022); East Fork Crooked Creek 

(45.250, ¥114.975); Fawn Creek 

(45.125, ¥115.032); West Fork Crooked 

Creek (45.251, ¥115.117). 

(xvii) Lower Big Creek Watershed 

1706020617. Outlet(s) = Big Creek (Lat 

45.095, Long ¥114.732) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big Creek (45.127, 

¥114.935); Cabin Creek (45.195, 

¥114.837); Canyon Creek (45.087, 

¥114.997); Cliff Creek (45.127, 

¥114.857); Cougar Creek (45.138, 

¥114.813); Pioneer Creek (45.066, 

¥114.842). 

(15) Unit 15. Middle 

Salmon¥Chamberlain Subbasin 

17060207—(i) Salmon River/Fall Creek 

Watershed 1706020701. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.426, Long 

¥116.025) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Carey Creek (45.4242,¥115.9343); Fall 

Creek (45.4153,¥115.9755); Salmon 

River (45.455, ¥115.941). 

(ii) Salmon River/California Creek 

Watershed 1706020703. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.455, Long 

¥115.941) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (45.435, ¥115.852); Bull 

Creek (45.482, ¥115.716); California 

Creek (45.341, ¥115.850); Cottontail 

Creek (45.388, ¥115.752); Maxwell 

Creek (45.392, ¥115.841); Salmon River 

(45.434, ¥115.666). 

(iii) Sheep Creek Watershed 

1706020704. Outlet(s) = Sheep Creek 

(Lat 45.468, Long ¥115.810) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: East Fork Sheep Creek 

(45.546, ¥115.769); Meadow Creek 

(45.544, ¥115.792); Plummer Creek 

(45.531, ¥115.807); Porcupine Creek 

(45.506, ¥115.817); Sheep Creek 

(45.591, ¥115.705). 

(iv) Crooked Creek Watershed 

1706020705. Outlet(s) = Crooked Creek 

(Lat 45.434, Long ¥115.666) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Arlington Creek 

(45.491, ¥115.678); Crooked Creek 

(45.515, ¥115.554); Lake Creek (45.616, 

¥115.686). 

(v) Salmon River/Rabbit Creek 

Watershed 1706020706. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.434, Long 

¥115.666) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Indian Creek (45.409, ¥115.608); Rabbit 

Creek (45.416, ¥115.667); Salmon River 

(45.378, ¥115.512). 

(vi) Salmon River/Trout Creek 

Watershed 1706020708. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.378, Long 

¥115.512) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Blowout Creek (45.468, ¥115.432); 

Big Elkhorn Creek (45.521, ¥115.331); 

Fivemile Creek (45.391, ¥115.452); 

Jersey Creek (45.494, ¥115.531); Little 

Fivemile Creek (45.416, ¥115.425); 

Little Mallard Creek (45.538, ¥115.317); 

Rhett Creek (45.483, ¥115.410); 

Richardson Creek (45.499, ¥115.265); 

Salmon River (45.567, ¥115.191); Trout 

Creek (45.396, ¥115.315). 

(vii) Bargamin Creek Watershed 

1706020709. Outlet(s) = Bargamin Creek 

(Lat 45.567, Long ¥115.191) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Bargamin Creek 

(45.706, ¥115.046); Cache Creek 

(45.691, ¥115.180); Porcupine Creek 

(45.725, ¥115.128); Prospector Creek 

(45.688, ¥115.153); Rainey Creek 

(45.617, ¥115.210); Salt Creek (45.643, 

¥115.189).

(viii) Salmon River/Rattlesnake Creek 

Watershed 1706020710. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.567, Long 

¥115.191) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Rattlesnake Creek (45.560, ¥115.143); 

Salmon River (45.511, ¥115.041). 

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(ix) Sabe Creek Watershed 

1706020711. Outlet(s) = Sabe Creek (Lat 

45.507, Long ¥115.024) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Center Creek (45.573, 

¥115.040); Hamilton Creek (45.544, 

¥114.826). 

(x) Salmon River/Hot Springs Creek 

Watershed 1706020712. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.511, Long 

¥115.041) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Harrington Creek (45.498, 

¥114.895); Hot Springs Creek (45.465, 

¥115.135); Salmon River (45.454, 

¥114.931). 

(xi) Salmon River/Disappointment 

Creek Watershed 1706020713. Outlet(s) 

= Salmon River (Lat 45.454, Long 

¥114.931) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (45.395, ¥114.732). 

(xii) Horse Creek Watershed 

1706020714. Outlet(s) = Horse Creek 

(Lat 45.395, Long ¥114.732) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: East Fork Reynolds 

Creek (45.541, ¥114.493); Horse Creek 

(45.498, ¥114.421); Reynolds Creek 

(45.555, ¥114.558); West Horse Creek 

(45.494, ¥114.754). 

(xiii) Salmon River/Kitchen Creek 

Watershed 1706020715. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.395, Long 

¥114.732) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Corn Creek (45.370, ¥114.681); Kitchen 

Creek (45.295, ¥114.752); Salmon River 

(45.297, ¥114.591). 

(xiv) Cottonwood Creek Watershed 

1706020716. Outlet(s) = Cottonwood 

Creek (Lat 45.394, Long ¥114.802) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cottonwood 

Creek (45.354, ¥114.823). 

(xv) Lower Chamberlain/McCalla 

Creek Watershed 1706020717. Outlet(s) 

= Chamberlain Creek (Lat 45.454, Long 

¥114.931) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

McCalla Creek (45.321, ¥115.115); 

Unnamed (45.433, ¥114.935); 

Whimstick Creek (45.241, ¥115.053). 

(xvi) Upper Chamberlain Creek 

Watershed 1706020718. Outlet(s) = 

Chamberlain Creek (Lat 45.414, Long 

¥114.981) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Flossie Creek (45.384, ¥115.248); 

Lodgepole Creek (45.305, ¥115.254); 

Moose Creek (45.283, ¥115.292); South 

Fork Chamberlain Creek (45.288, 

¥115.342). 

(xvii) Warren Creek Watershed 

1706020719. Outlet(s) = Warren Creek 

(Lat 45.397, Long ¥115.592) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Richardson Creek 

(45.372, ¥115.625); Slaughter Creek 

(45.269, ¥115.648); Steamboat Creek 

(45.259, ¥115.722); Warren Creek 

(45.248, ¥115.653). 

(16) Unit 16. South Fork Salmon 

Subbasin 17060208—(i) Lower South 

Fork Salmon River Watershed 

1706020801. Outlet(s) = South Fork 

Salmon River (Lat 45.378, Long 

¥115.512) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Buck Creek (45.253, ¥115.554); 

Pony Creek (45.209, ¥115.663); 

Porphyry Creek (45.255, ¥115.462); 

Smith Creek (45.265, ¥115.550); South 

Fork Salmon River (45.156, ¥115.585). 

(ii) South Fork Salmon River/Sheep 

Creek Watershed 1706020802. Outlet(s) 

= South Fork Salmon River (Lat 45.156, 

Long ¥115.585) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.124, 

¥115.643); Contux Creek (45.155, 

¥115.620); Deer Creek (45.162, 

¥115.606); Elk Creek (45.149, 

¥115.506); Sheep Creek (45.039, 

¥115.583); South Fork Salmon River 

(45.025, ¥115.706). 

(iii) Lower East Fork South Fork 

Salmon River Watershed 1706020803.

Outlet(s) = East Fork South Fork Salmon 

River (Lat 45.015, Long ¥115.713) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Caton Creek 

(44.900, ¥115.584); East Fork South 

Fork Salmon River (44.963, ¥115.501); 

Loosum Creek (44.918, ¥115.529); 

Parks Creek (44.969, ¥115.530). 

(iv) Upper East Fork South Fork 

Salmon River Watershed 1706020804.

Outlet(s) = East Fork South Fork Salmon 

River (Lat 44.963, Long ¥115.501) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: East Fork 

South Fork Salmon River (44.934, 

¥115.336); Profile Creek (45.035, 

¥115.409); Quartz Creek (45.048, 

¥115.496); Salt Creek (44.962, 

¥115.329); Sugar Creek (44.975, 

¥115.245); Tamarack Creek (44.995, 

¥115.318). 

(v) Lower Johnson Creek Watershed 

1706020805. Outlet(s) = Johnson Creek 

(Lat 44.963, Long ¥115.501) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Johnson Creek 

(44.803, ¥115.518); Riordan Creek 

(44.898, ¥115.472); Trapper Creek 

(44.829, ¥115.508). 

(vi) Burntlog Creek Watershed 

1706020806. Outlet(s) = Burntlog Creek 

(Lat 44.803, Long ¥115.518) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Burntlog Creek 

(44.718, ¥115.419). 

(vii) Upper Johnson Creek Watershed 

1706020807. Outlet(s) = Johnson Creek 

(Lat 44.803, Long ¥115.518) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Boulder Creek 

(44.565, ¥115.595); Johnson Creek 

(44.550, ¥115.590); Landmark Creek 

(44.630, ¥115.574); Rock Creek (44.600, 

¥115.592); S Creek (44.609, ¥115.413); 

Whiskey Creek (44.563, ¥115.486). 

(viii) Upper South Fork Salmon River 

Watershed 1706020808. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Salmon River (Lat 44.652, 

Long ¥115.703) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (44.607, 

¥115.600); Camp Creek (44.605, 

¥115.633); Curtis Creek (44.593, 

¥115.752); Lodgepole Creek (44.576, 

¥115.610); Mormon Creek (44.499, 

¥115.654); Rice Creek (44.510, 

¥115.644); South Fork Salmon River 

(44.480, ¥115.688); Tyndall Creek 

(44.568, ¥115.736). 

(ix) South Fork Salmon River/Cabin 

Creek Watershed 1706020809. Outlet(s) 

= South Fork Salmon River (Lat 44.759, 

Long ¥115.684) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cabin Creek (44.713, 

¥115.638); Dollar Creek (44.759, 

¥115.751); North Fork Dollar Creek 

(44.755, ¥115.745); Six-Bit Creek 

(44.684, ¥115.724); South Fork Salmon 

River (44.652, ¥115.703); Two-Bit 

Creek (44.655, ¥115.747); Warm Lake 

Creek (44.653, ¥115.662). 

(x) South Fork Salmon River/

Blackmare Creek Watershed 

1706020810. Outlet(s) = South Fork 

Salmon River (Lat 44.898, Long 

¥115.715) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Blackmare Creek (44.809, ¥115.795); 

Camp Creek (44.889, ¥115.691); Cougar 

Creek (44.823, ¥115.804); Phoebe Creek 

(44.910, ¥115.705); South Fork Salmon 

River (44.759, ¥115.684). 

(xii) Buckhorn Creek Watershed 

1706020811. Outlet(s) = Buckhorn Creek 

(Lat 44.922, Long ¥115.736) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Buckhorn Creek 

(44.881, ¥115.856); Little Buckhorn 

Creek (44.902, ¥115.756); West Fork 

Buckhorn Creek (44.909, ¥115.832). 

(xiii) South Fork Salmon River/Fitsum 

Creek Watershed 1706020812. Outlet(s) 

= South Fork Salmon River (Lat 45.025, 

Long ¥115.706) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Fitsum Creek (44.996, 

¥115.784); North Fork Fitsum Creek 

(44.992, ¥115.870); South Fork Fitsum 

Creek (44.981, ¥115.768); South Fork 

Salmon River (44.898, ¥115.715). 

(xiv) Lower Secesh River Watershed 

1706020813. Outlet(s) = Secesh River 

(Lat 45.025, Long ¥115.706) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cly Creek (45.031, 

¥115.911); Hum Creek (45.070, 

¥115.903); Lick Creek (45.049, 

¥115.906); Secesh River (45.183, 

¥115.821); Split Creek (45.109, 

¥115.805); Zena Creek (45.057, 

¥115.732). 

(xv) Middle Secesh River Watershed 

1706020814. Outlet(s) = Secesh River 

(Lat 45.183, Long ¥115.821) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Grouse Creek (45.289, 

¥115.835); Secesh River (45.257, 

¥115.895); Victor Creek (45.186, 

¥115.831). 

(xiv) Upper Secesh River Watershed 

1706020815. Outlet(s) = Secesh River 

(Lat 45.257, Long ¥115.895) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lake Creek (45.374, 

¥115.867); Threemile Creek (45.334, 

¥115.891).

(17) Unit 17. Lower Salmon Subbasin 

17060209—(i) Salmon River/China 

Creek Watershed 1706020901. Outlet(s) 

= Salmon River (Lat 45.857, Long 

¥116.794) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

China Creek (46.004, ¥116.817); Flynn 

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Creek (45.911, ¥116.714); Salmon River 

(45.999, ¥116.695); Wapshilla Creek 

(45.945, ¥116.766). 

(ii) Eagle Creek Watershed 

1706020902. Outlet(s) = Eagle Creek (Lat 

45.997, Long ¥116.700) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Eagle Creek (46.057, 

¥116.814). 

(iii) Deer Creek Watershed 

1706020903. Outlet(s) = Deer Creek (Lat 

45.999, Long ¥116.695) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Deer Creek (46.051, 

¥116.702). 

(iv) Salmon River/Cottonwood Creek 

Watershed 1706020904. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.999, Long 

¥116.695) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Billy Creek (45.990, ¥116.643); 

Cottonwood Creek (45.932, ¥116.598); 

Maloney Creek (46.068, ¥116.625); 

Salmon River (46.038, ¥116.625); West 

Fork Maloney Creek (46.061, 

¥116.632). 

(v) Salmon River/Deep Creek 

Watershed 1706020905. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 46.038, Long 

¥116.625) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Burnt Creek (45.966, ¥116.548); Deep 

Creek (46.005, ¥116.547); Round 

Spring Creek (45.972, ¥116.501); 

Salmon River (45.911, ¥116.410); 

Telcher Creek (45.978, ¥116.443). 

(vi) Rock Creek Watershed 

1706020906. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

45.905, Long ¥116.396) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Grave Creek (45.978, 

¥116.359); Johns Creek (45.930, 

¥116.245); Rock Creek (45.919, 

¥116.245). 

(vii) Salmon River/Hammer Creek 

Watershed 1706020907. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.911, Long 

¥116.410) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Salmon River (45.752, ¥116.322). 

(viii) White Bird Creek Watershed 

1706020908. White Bird Creek (Lat 

45.752, Long ¥116.322) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Asbestos Creek (45.722, 

¥116.050); Cabin Creek (45.842, 

¥116.110); Chapman Creek (45.841, 

¥116.216); Cold Springs Creek (45.716, 

¥116.037); Fish Creek (45.865, 

¥116.084); Jungle Creek (45.739, 

¥116.063); Little White Bird Creek 

(45.740, ¥116.087); North Fork White 

Bird Creek (45.797, ¥116.089); Pinnacle 

Creek (45.779, ¥116.086); South Fork 

White Bird Creek (45.772, ¥116.028); 

Twin Cabins Creek (45.782, ¥116.048); 

Unnamed (45.809, ¥116.086); 

Unnamed (45.841, ¥116.114); 

Unnamed (45.858, ¥116.105). 

(ix) Salmon River/McKinzie Creek 

Watershed 1706020909. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.752, Long 

¥116.322) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Deer Creek (45.706, ¥116.332); 

McKinzie Creek (45.676, ¥116.260); 

Salmon River (45.640, ¥116.284); Sotin 

Creek (45.725, ¥116.341). 

(x) Skookumchuck Creek Watershed 

1706020910. Outlet(s) = Skookumchuck 

Creek (Lat 45.700, Long ¥116.317) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: North Fork 

Skookumchuck Creek (45.728, 

¥116.114); South Fork Skookumchuck 

Creek (45.711, ¥116.197). 

(xi) Slate Creek Watershed 

1706020911. Outlet(s) = Slate Creek (Lat 

45.640, Long ¥116.284) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Deadhorse Creek 

(45.603, ¥116.093); Little Slate Creek 

(45.587, ¥116.075); North Fork Slate 

Creek (45.671, ¥116.095); Slate Creek 

(45.634, ¥116.000); Slide Creek (45.662, 

¥116.146); Waterspout Creek (45.631, 

¥116.115). 

(xii) Salmon River/John Day Creek 

Watershed 1706020912. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.640, Long 

¥116.284) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

China Creek (45.547, ¥116.310); Cow 

Creek (45.539, ¥116.330); East Fork 

John Day Creek (45.575, ¥116.221); 

Fiddle Creek (45.495, ¥116.269); John 

Day Creek (45.564, ¥116.220); Race 

Creek (45.437, ¥116.316); South Fork 

Race Creek (45.440, ¥116.403); West 

Fork Race Creek (45.464, ¥116.352). 

(xiii) Salmon River/Lake Creek 

Watershed 1706020913. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.437, Long 

¥116.316) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Allison Creek (45.507, ¥116.156); Berg 

Creek (45.426, ¥116.244); Lake Creek 

(45.294, ¥116.219); Salmon River 

(45.418, ¥116.162); West Fork Allison 

Creek (45.457, ¥116.184); West Fork 

Lake Creek (45.370, ¥116.241). 

(xiv) Salmon River/Van Creek 

Watershed 1706020914. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.418, Long 

¥116.162) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Robbins Creek (45.430, ¥116.026); 

Salmon River (45.426, ¥116.025); Van 

Creek (45.431, ¥116.138). 

(xv) French Creek Watershed 

1706020915. Outlet(s) = French Creek 

(Lat 45.425, Long ¥116.030) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: French Creek (45.375, 

¥116.040). 

(xvi) Partridge Creek Watershed 

1706020916. Outlet(s) = Elkhorn Creek 

(Lat 45.4043, Long ¥116.0941); 

Partridge Creek (45.408, ¥116.126) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Elkhorn 

Creek (45.369, ¥116.092); Partridge 

Creek (45.369, ¥116.146). 

(18) Unit 18. Little Salmon Subbasin 

17060210—(i) Lower Little Salmon River 

Watershed 1706021001. Outlet(s) = 

Little Salmon River (Lat 45.417, Long 

¥116.313) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Denny Creek (45.306, ¥116.359); Elk 

Creek (45.218, ¥116.311); Hat Creek 

(45.313, ¥116.354); Little Salmon River 

(45.204, ¥116.310); Lockwood Creek 

(45.254, ¥116.366); Rattlesnake Creek 

(45.268, ¥116.339); Sheep Creek 

(45.344, ¥116.336); Squaw Creek 

(45.418, ¥116.423).

(ii) Little Salmon River/Hard Creek 

Watershed 1706021002. Outlet(s) = 

Little Salmon River (Lat 45.204, Long 

-116.310) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bascum Canyon (45.145, ¥116.248); 

Hard Creek (45.125, ¥116.239); Little 

Salmon River (45.123, ¥116.298); Trail 

Creek (45.164, ¥116.338). 

(iii) Hazard Creek Watershed 

1706021003. Outlet(s) = Hazard Creek 

(Lat 45.183, Long ¥116.283) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Hazard Creek (45.201, 

¥116.248). 

(iv) Boulder Creek Watershed 

1706021006. Outlet(s) = Boulder Creek 

(Lat 45.204, Long ¥116.310) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Ant Basin Creek 

(45.128, ¥116.447); Boulder Creek 

(45.103, ¥116.479); Bull Horn Creek 

(45.159, ¥116.407); Pollock Creek 

(45.168, ¥116.395); Pony Creek (45.190, 

¥116.374); Squirrel Creek (45.198, 

¥116.368); Star Creek (45.152, 

¥116.418); Unnamed (45.095, 

¥116.461); Unnamed (45.116, 

¥116.455); Yellow Jacket Creek (45.141, 

¥116.426). 

(v) Rapid River Watershed 

1706021007. Outlet(s) = Rapid River 

(Lat 45.375, Long ¥116.355) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Granite Fork Lake 

Fork Rapid River (45.179, ¥116.526); 

Paradise Creek (45.223, ¥116.550); 

Rapid River (45.157, ¥116.489); Shingle 

Creek (45.369, ¥116.409); West Fork 

Rapid River (45.306, ¥116.425). 

(19) Unit 19. Upper Selway Subbasin 

17060301—(i) Selway River/Pettibone 

Creek Watershed 1706030101. Outlet(s) 

= Selway River (Lat 46.122, Long 

¥114.935) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Ditch Creek (46.022, ¥114.900); Elk 

Creek (45.987, ¥114.872); Pettibone 

Creek (46.105, ¥114.745); Selway River 

(45.962, ¥114.828). 

(ii) Bear Creek Watershed 

1706030102. Outlet(s) = Bear Creek (Lat 

46.019, Long ¥114.844) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (46.104, 

¥114.588); Brushy Fork Creek (45.978, 

¥114.602); Cub Creek (46.021, 

¥114.662); Granite Creek (46.102, 

¥114.619); Paradise Creek (46.036, 

¥114.710); Wahoo Creek (46.104, 

¥114.633). 

(iii) Selway River/Gardner Creek 

Watershed 1706030103. Outlet(s) = 

Selway River (Lat 45.962, Long 

¥114.828) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bad Luck Creek (45.899, ¥114.752); 

Crooked Creek (45.865, ¥114.764); 

Gardner Creek (45.937, ¥114.772); 

Magruder Creek (45.702, ¥114.795); 

North Star Creek (45.950, ¥114.806); 

Selway River (45.707, ¥114.719); Sheep 

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Creek (45.821, ¥114.741); Snake Creek 

(45.855, ¥114.728). 

(iv) White Cap Creek Watershed 

1706030104. Outlet(s) = White Cap 

Creek (Lat 45.860, Long ¥114.744) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Barefoot 

Creek (45.886, ¥114.639); Canyon 

Creek (45.878, ¥114.422); Cedar Creek 

(45.895, ¥114.668); Cooper Creek 

(45.861, ¥114.557); Elk Creek (45.928, 

¥114.574); Fox Creek (45.898, 

¥114.597); Granite Creek (45.931, 

¥114.506); Lookout Creek (45.959, 

¥114.626); Paloma Creek (45.918, 

¥114.592); Peach Creek (45.868, 

¥114.607); South Fork Lookout Creek 

(45.929, ¥114.649); Unnamed (45.855, 

¥114.557); White Cap Creek (45.947, 

¥114.534). 

(v) Indian Creek Watershed 

1706030105. Outlet(s) = Indian Creek 

(Lat 45.792, Long ¥114.764) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Indian Creek (45.786, 

¥114.581); Jack Creek (45.789, 

¥114.681); Saddle Gulch (45.766, 

¥114.641); Schofield Creek (45.818, 

¥114.586). 

(vi) Upper Selway River Watershed 

1706030106. Outlet(s) = Selway River 

(Lat 45.707, Long ¥114.719) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Cayuse Creek (45.752, 

¥114.572); Deep Creek (45.703, 

¥114.517); French Creek (45.609, 

¥114.561); Gabe Creek (45.714, 

¥114.666); Hells Half Acre Creek 

(45.689, ¥114.708); Lazy Creek (45.670, 

¥114.553); Line Creek (45.590, 

¥114.585); Mist Creek (45.561, 

¥114.629); Pete Creek (45.720, 

¥114.557); Selway River (45.502, 

¥114.702); Slow Gulch Creek (45.678, 

¥114.520); Storm Creek (45.641, 

¥114.596); Surprise Creek (45.533, 

¥114.672); Swet Creek (45.516, 

¥114.804); Three Lakes Creek (45.620, 

¥114.803); Unnamed (45.569, 

¥114.642); Vance Creek (45.681, 

¥114.594); Wilkerson Creek (45.561, 

¥114.601). 

(vii) Little Clearwater River Watershed 

1706030107. Outlet(s) = Little 

Clearwater River (Lat 45.754, Long 

¥114.775) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Burnt Knob Creek (45.697, ¥114.950); 

FCreek (45.644, ¥114.847); Little 

Clearwater River (45.740, ¥114.949); 

Lonely Creek (45.727, ¥114.865); 

Salamander Creek (45.655, ¥114.883); 

Short Creek (45.759, ¥114.859); Throng 

Creek (45.736, ¥114.904). 

(viii) Running Creek Watershed 

1706030108. Outlet(s) = Running Creek 

(Lat 45.919, Long ¥114.832) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Eagle Creek (45.844, 

¥114.886); Lynx Creek (45.794, 

¥114.993); Running Creek (45.910, 

¥115.027); South Fork Running Creek 

(45.820, ¥115.024). 

(ix) Goat Creek Watershed 

1706030109. Outlet(s) = Goat Creek (Lat 

45.962, Long ¥114.828) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Goat Creek (45.940, 

¥115.038). 

(20) Unit 20. Lower Selway Subbasin 

17060302—(i) Selway River/Goddard 

Creek Watershed 1706030201. Outlet(s) 

= Selway River (Lat 46.140, Long 

¥115.599) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Boyd Creek (46.092, ¥115.431); Glover 

Creek (46.082, ¥115.361); Goddard 

Creek (46.059, ¥115.610); Johnson 

Creek (46.139, ¥115.514); Rackliff 

Creek (46.110, ¥115.494); Selway River 

(46.046, ¥115.295). 

(ii) Gedney Creek Watershed 

1706030202. Outlet(s) = Gedney Creek 

(Lat 46.056, Long ¥115.313) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Gedney Creek (46.111, 

¥115.268). 

(iii) Selway River/Three Links Creek 

Watershed 1706030203. Outlet(s) = 

Selway River (Lat 46.046, Long 

¥115.295) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Mink Creek (46.041, ¥115.087); Otter 

Creek (46.042, ¥115.216); Pinchot 

Creek (46.120, ¥115.108); Selway River 

(46.098, ¥115.071); Three Links Creek 

(46.143, ¥115.093). 

(iv) Upper Three Links Creek 

Watershed 1706030204. Outlet(s) = 

Three Links Creek (Lat 46.143, Long 

¥115.093) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Three Links Creek (46.155, ¥115.100).

(v) Rhoda Creek Watershed 

1706030205. Outlet(s) = Rhoda Creek 

(Lat 46.234, Long ¥114.960) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Lizard Creek (46.220, 

¥115.136); Rhoda Creek (46.252, 

¥115.164); Wounded Doe Creek 

(46.299, ¥115.078). 

(vi) North Fork Moose Creek 

Watershed 1706030207. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Moose Creek (Lat 46.165, 

Long ¥114.897) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: North Fork Moose Creek 

(46.305, ¥114.853); West Moose Creek 

(46.322, ¥114.970). 

(vii) East Fork Moose Creek/Trout 

Creek Watershed 1706030208. Outlet(s) 

= Selway River (Lat 46.098, Long 

¥115.071) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Double Creek (46.230, ¥114.837); East 

Fork Moose Creek (46.204, ¥114.722); 

Elbow Creek (46.200, ¥114.716); Fitting 

Creek (46.231, ¥114.861); Maple Creek 

(46.218, ¥114.785); Monument Creek 

(46.189, ¥114.728); Selway River 

(46.122, ¥114.935); Trout Creek 

(46.141, ¥114.861). 

(viii) Upper East Fork Moose Creek 

Watershed 1706030209. Outlet(s) = East 

Fork Moose Creek (Lat 46.204, Long 

¥114.722) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cedar Creek (46.291, ¥114.708); East 

Fork Moose Creek (46.253, ¥114.700). 

(ix) Marten Creek Watershed 

1706030210. Outlet(s) = Marten Creek 

(Lat 46.099, Long ¥115.052) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Marten Creek (45.988, 

¥115.029). 

(x) Upper Meadow Creek Watershed 

1706030211. Outlet(s) = Meadow Creek 

(Lat 45.88043738, Long ¥115.1034371) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Butter Creek 

(45.804, ¥115.149); Meadow Creek 

(45.698, ¥115.217); Three Prong Creek 

(45.790, ¥115.062). 

(xi) Middle Meadow Creek Watershed 

1706030212. Outlet(s) = Meadow Creek 

(Lat 45.88157325, Long ¥115.2178401) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: East Fork 

Meadow Creek (45.868, ¥115.067); 

Meadow Creek (45.880, ¥115.103); 

Sable Creek (45.853, ¥115.219); Schwar 

Creek (45.905, ¥115.108); Simmons 

Creek (45.856, ¥115.247). 

(xii) Lower Meadow Creek Watershed 

1706030213. Outlet(s) = Meadow Creek 

(Lat 46.04563958, Long ¥115.2953459) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buck Lake 

Creek (45.992, ¥115.084); Butte Creek 

(45.878, ¥115.248); Fivemile Creek 

(45.953, ¥115.310); Little Boulder 

Creek (45.935, ¥115.293); Meadow 

Creek (45.882, ¥115.218). 

(xiii) O’Hara Creek Watershed 

1706030214. Outlet(s) = O’Hara Creek 

(Lat 46.08603027, Long ¥115.5170987) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: East Fork 

O’Hara Creek (45.995, ¥115.521); West 

Fork O’Hara Creek (45.995, ¥115.543). 

(21) Unit 21. Lochsa Subbasin 

17060303—(i) Lower Lochsa River 

Watershed 1706030301. Outlet(s) = 

Lochsa River (Lat 46.14004554, Long 

¥115.5986467) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Canyon Creek (46.227, ¥115.580); 

Coolwater Creek (46.215, ¥115.464); 

Deadman Creek (46.262, ¥115.517); 

East Fork Deadman Creek (46.275, 

¥115.505); Fire Creek (46.203, 

¥115.411); Kerr Creek (46.162, 

¥115.579); Lochsa River (46.338, 

¥115.314); Nut Creek (46.180, 

¥115.601); Pete King Creek (46.182, 

¥115.697); Placer Creek (46.196, 

¥115.631); South Fork Canyon Creek 

(46.211, ¥115.556); Split Creek (46.207, 

¥115.364); Walde Creek (46.193, 

¥115.662). 

(ii) Fish Creek Watershed 

1706030302. Outlet(s) = Fish Creek (Lat 

46.33337703, Long ¥115.3449332) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(46.319, ¥115.460); Ceanothus Creek 

(46.341, ¥115.470); Fish Creek (46.341, 

¥115.575); Frenchman Creek (46.330, 

¥115.544); Gass Creek (46.390, 

¥115.511); Ham Creek (46.391, 

¥115.365); Hungery Creek (46.377, 

¥115.542); Myrtle Creek (46.343, 

¥115.569); Poker Creek (46.346, 

¥115.447); Willow Creek (46.396, 

¥115.369). 

(iii) Lochsa River/Stanley Creek 

Watershed 1706030303. Outlet(s) = 

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Lochsa River (Lat 46.33815653, Long 

¥115.3141495) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Bald Mountain Creek (46.406, 

¥115.254); Dutch Creek (46.377, 

¥115.211); Eagle Mountain Creek 

(46.428, ¥115.130); Indian Grave Creek 

(46.472, ¥115.103); Indian Meadow 

Creek (46.450, ¥115.060); Lochsa River 

(46.466, ¥114.985); Lost Creek (46.432, 

¥115.116); Sherman Creek (46.352, 

¥115.320); Stanley Creek (46.387, 

¥115.144); Unnamed (46.453, 

¥115.028); Unnamed (46.460, 

¥115.006); Unnamed (46.502, 

¥115.050); Weir Creek (46.490, 

¥115.035). 

(iv) Lochsa River/Squaw Creek 

Watershed 1706030304. Outlet(s) = 

Lochsa River (Lat 46.4656626, Long 

¥114.9848623) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Badger Creek (46.535, ¥114.833); 

Bear Mtn. Creek (46.471, ¥114.962); 

Cliff Creek (46.482, ¥114.708); Colgate 

Creek (46.455, ¥114.914); Doe Creek 

(46.534, ¥114.914); East Fork Papoose 

Creek (46.555, ¥114.743); Jay Creek 

(46.513, ¥114.739); Lochsa River 

(46.508, ¥114.681); Postoffice Creek 

(46.529, ¥114.948); Squaw Creek 

(46.567, ¥114.859); Unnamed (46.463, 

¥114.923); Wendover Creek (46.521, 

¥114.788); West Fork Papoose Creek 

(46.576, ¥114.758); West Fork 

Postoffice Creek (46.493, ¥114.985); 

West Fork Squaw Creek (46.545, 

¥114.884). 

(v) Lower Crooked Fork Watershed 

1706030305. Outlet(s) = Crooked Fork 

Lochsa River (Lat 46.50828495, Long 

¥114.680785) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Crooked Fork Lochsa River (46.578, 

¥114.612). 

(vi) Upper Crooked Fork Watershed 

1706030306. Outlet(s) = Crooked Fork 

Lochsa River (Lat 46.57831788, Long 

¥114.6115072) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Boulder Creek (46.636, ¥114.703); 

Crooked Fork Lochsa River (46.653, 

¥114.670); Haskell Creek (46.605, 

¥114.596); Shotgun Creek (46.601, 

¥114.667). 

(vii) Brushy Fork Watershed 

1706030307. Outlet(s) = Brushy Fork 

(Lat 46.57831788, Long ¥114.6115072) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Brushy Fork 

(46.619, ¥114.450); Pack Creek (46.580, 

¥114.588); Spruce Creek (46.609, 

¥114.433). 

(viii) Lower White Sands Creek 

Watershed 1706030308. Outlet(s) = 

White Sands Creek (Lat 46.50828495, 

Long ¥114.680785) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Beaver Creek (46.509, 

¥114.619); Cabin Creek (46.518, 

¥114.641); Walton Creek (46.500, 

¥114.673); White Sands Creek (46.433, 

¥114.540). 

(ix) Storm Creek Watershed 

1706030309. Outlet(s) = Storm Creek 

(Lat 46.46307502, Long ¥114.5482819) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Maud Creek 

(46.495, ¥114.511); Storm Creek 

(46.540, ¥114.424). 

(x) Upper White Sands Creek 

Watershed 1706030310. Outlet(s) = 

White Sands Creek (Lat 46.4330966, 

Long ¥114.5395027) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big F Creek (46.401, 

¥114.475); Big S Creek (46.407, 

¥114.534); Colt Creek (46.403, 

¥114.726); White Sands Creek (46.422, 

¥114.462). 

(xi) Warm Springs Creek Watershed 

1706030311. Outlet(s) = Warm Springs 

Creek (Lat 46.4733796, Long 

¥114.8872254) upstream to endpoint(s) 

in: Cooperation Creek (46.453, 

¥114.866); Warm Springs Creek 

(46.426, ¥114.868). 

(xii) Fish Lake Creek Watershed 

1706030312. Outlet(s) = Fish Lake Creek 

(Lat 46.46336343, Long ¥114.9957028) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Fish Lake 

Creek (46.405, ¥115.000); Heslip Creek 

(46.393, ¥115.027); Sponge Creek 

(46.384, ¥115.048). 

(xiii) Boulder Creek Watershed 

1706030313. Outlet(s) = Boulder Creek 

(Lat 46.33815653, Long ¥115.3141495) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Boulder 

Creek (46.320, ¥115.199). 

(xiv) Old Man Creek Watershed 

1706030314. Outlet(s) = Old Man Creek 

(Lat 46.2524595, Long ¥115.3988563) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Old Man 

Creek (46.256, ¥115.343).

(22) Unit 22. Middle Fork Clearwater 

Subbasin 17060304—(i) Middle Fork 

Clearwater River/Maggie Creek 

Watershed 1706030401. Outlet(s) = 

Middle Fork Clearwater River (Lat 

46.1459, Long ¥115.9797) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Maggie Creek (46.195, 

¥115.801); Middle Fork Clearwater 

River (46.140, ¥115.599). 

(ii) Clear Creek Watershed 

1706030402. Outlet(s) = Clear Creek (Lat 

46.1349, Long ¥115.9515) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Browns Spring Creek 

(46.067, ¥115.658); Clear Creek (46.056, 

¥115.659); Kay Creek (46.005, 

¥115.725); Middle Fork Clear Creek 

(46.030, ¥115.739); Pine Knob Creek 

(46.093, ¥115.702); South Fork Clear 

Creek (45.941, ¥115.769); West Fork 

Clear Creek (46.013, ¥115.821). 

(23) Unit 23. South Fork Clearwater 

Subbasin 17060305—(i) Lower South 

Fork Clearwater River Watershed 

1706030501. Outlet(s) = South Fork 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.1459, Long 

¥115.9797) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Butcher Creek (45.945, ¥116.064); 

Castle Creek (45.834, ¥115.966); 

Earthquake Creek (45.853, ¥116.005); 

Green Creek (45.957, ¥115.937); 

Lightning Creek (45.936, ¥115.946); 

Mill Creek (45.934, ¥116.010); Rabbit 

Creek (46.028, ¥115.877); Sally Ann 

Creek (46.019, ¥115.893); Schwartz 

Creek (45.914, ¥116.000); South Fork 

Clearwater River (45.830, ¥115.931); 

Wall Creek (45.998, ¥115.926). 

(ii) South Fork Clearwater River/

Meadow Creek Watershed 1706030502.

Outlet(s) = South Fork Clearwater River 

(Lat 45.8299, Long ¥115.9312) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Covert Creek 

(45.890, ¥115.933); North Meadow 

Creek (45.923, ¥115.890); South Fork 

Clearwater River (45.824, ¥115.889); 

Storm Creek (45.952, ¥115.848); 

Whitman Creek (45.914, ¥115.919). 

(iii) South Fork Clearwater River/

Peasley Creek Watershed 1706030503.

Outlet(s) = South Fork Clearwater River 

(Lat 45.8239, Long ¥115.8892) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: South Fork 

Clearwater River (45.795, ¥115.763). 

(iv) South Fork Clearwater River/

Leggett Creek Watershed 1706030504.

Outlet(s) = South Fork Clearwater River 

(Lat 45.7952, Long ¥115.7628) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Allison 

Creek (45.832, ¥115.588); Buckhorn 

Creek (45.807, ¥115.658); Fall Creek 

(45.833, ¥115.696); Leggett Creek 

(45.862, ¥115.685); Maurice Creek 

(45.856, ¥115.514); Moose Creek 

(45.835, ¥115.578); Rabbit Creek 

(45.822, ¥115.603); Santiam Creek 

(45.811, ¥115.624); South Fork 

Clearwater River (45.808, ¥115.474); 

Twentymile Creek (45.791, ¥115.765); 

Whiskey Creek (45.869, ¥115.544). 

(v) Newsome Creek Watershed 

1706030505. Outlet(s) = Newsome Creek 

(Lat 45.8284, Long ¥115.6147) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Baldy Creek 

(45.944, ¥115.681); Bear Creek (45.887, 

¥115.580); Beaver Creek (45.943, 

¥115.568); Haysfork Creek (45.953, 

¥115.678); Mule Creek (45.985, 

¥115.606); Newsome Creek (45.972, 

¥115.654); Nuggett Creek (45.897, 

¥115.600); Pilot Creek (45.939, 

¥115.716); Sawmill Creek (45.904, 

¥115.701); Sing Lee Creek (45.898, 

¥115.677); West Fork Newsome Creek 

(45.880, ¥115.661). 

(vi) American River Watershed 

1706030506. Outlet(s) = American River 

(Lat 45.8082, Long ¥115.4740) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: American 

River (45.996, ¥115.445); Big Elk Creek 

(45.902, ¥115.513); Box Sing Creek 

(45.850, ¥115.386); Buffalo Gulch 

(45.873, ¥115.522); East Fork American 

River (45.905, ¥115.381); Flint Creek 

(45.913, ¥115.423); Kirks Fork 

American River (45.842, ¥115.385); 

Lick Creek (45.945, ¥115.477); Little 

Elk Creek (45.894, ¥115.476); Monroe 

Creek (45.871, ¥115.495); Unnamed 

(45.884, ¥115.510); West Fork 

American River (45.934, ¥115.510); 

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West Fork Big Elk Creek (45.883, 

¥115.515). 

(vii) Red River Watershed 

1706030507. Outlet(s) = Red River (Lat 

45.8082, Long ¥115.4740) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bridge Creek (45.814, 

¥115.163); Campbell Creek (45.792, 

¥115.486); Dawson Creek (45.728, 

¥115.393); Deadwood Creek (45.794, 

¥115.471); Ditch Creek (45.758, 

¥115.309); Jungle Creek (45.710, 

¥115.286); Little Campbell Creek 

(45.801, ¥115.478); Little Moose Creek 

(45.710, ¥115.399); Moose Butte Creek 

(45.695, ¥115.365); Otterson Creek 

(45.803, ¥115.222); Red Horse Creek 

(45.822, ¥115.355); Red River (45.788, 

¥115.174); Siegel Creek (45.800, 

¥115.323); Soda Creek (45.741, 

¥115.257); South Fork Red River 

(45.646, ¥115.407); Trail Creek (45.784, 

¥115.265); Trapper Creek (45.672, 

¥115.311); Unnamed (45.788, 

¥115.199); West Fork Red River 

(45.662, ¥115.447). 

(viii) Crooked River Watershed 

1706030508. Outlet(s) = Crooked River 

(Lat 45.8241, Long ¥115.5291) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: East Fork 

Crooked River (45.655, ¥115.562); East 

Fork Relief Creek (45.759, ¥115.477); 

Fivemile Creek (45.721, ¥115.568); 

Quartz Creek (45.702, ¥115.536); Relief 

Creek (45.712, ¥115.472); Silver Creek 

(45.713, ¥115.535); West Fork Crooked 

River (45.666, ¥115.596). 

(ix) Ten Mile Creek Watershed 

1706030509. Outlet(s) = Tenmile Creek 

(Lat 45.8064, Long ¥115.6833) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Mackey 

Creek (45.754, ¥115.683); Morgan 

Creek (45.731, ¥115.672); Sixmile 

Creek (45.762, ¥115.641); Tenmile 

Creek (45.694, ¥115.694); Williams 

Creek (45.703, ¥115.636). 

(x) John’s Creek Watershed 

1706030510. Outlet(s) = Johns Creek 

(Lat 45.8239, Long ¥115.8892) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: American 

Creek (45.750, ¥115.961); Frank Brown 

Creek (45.708, ¥115.785); Gospel Creek 

(45.637, ¥115.915); Johns Creek 

(45.665, ¥115.827); Trout Creek 

(45.750, ¥115.909); West Fork Gospel 

Creek (45.657, ¥115.949). 

(xi) Mill Creek Watershed 

1706030511. Outlet(s) = Mill Creek (Lat 

45.8299, Long ¥115.9312) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Camp Creek (45.670, 

¥116.001); Corral Creek (45.678, 

¥115.999); Hunt Creek (45.695, 

¥116.001); Melton Creek (45.725, 

¥115.980); Mill Creek (45.641, 

¥116.008). 

(xii) Cottonwood Creek Watershed 

1706030513. Outlet(s) = Cottonwood 

Creek (Lat 46.0810, Long ¥115.9764) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cottonwood 

Creek (46.090, ¥115.999). 

(24) Unit 24. Clearwater Subbasin 

17060306—(i) Lower Clearwater River 

Watershed 1706030601. Outlet(s) = 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.4281, Long 

¥117.0380) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.447, ¥116.837). 

(ii) Clearwater River/Lower Potlatch 

River Watershed 1706030602. Outlet(s) 

= Clearwater River (Lat 46.4467, Long 

¥116.8366) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Catholic Creek (46.489, ¥116.841); 

Clearwater River (46.474, ¥116.765); 

Potlatch River (46.523, ¥116.728). 

(iii) Potlatch River/Middle Potlatch 

Creek Watershed 1706030603. Outlet(s) 

= Potlatch River (Lat 46.5231, Long 

¥116.7284) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Middle Potlatch Creek (46.669, 

¥116.796); Potlatch River (46.583, 

¥116.700). 

(iv) Lower Big Bear Creek Watershed 

1706030604. Outlet(s) = Big Bear Creek 

(Lat 46.6180, Long ¥116.6439) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Bear 

Creek (46.642, ¥116.658). 

(v) Potlatch River/Pine Creek 

Watershed 1706030606. Outlet(s) = 

Potlatch River (Lat 46.5830, Long 

¥116.6998) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Boulder Creek (46.711, ¥116.450); 

Cedar Creek (46.635, ¥116.510); Pine 

Creek (46.706, ¥116.554); Potlatch 

River (46.699, ¥116.504).

(vi) Upper Potlatch River Watershed 

1706030607. Outlet(s) = Potlatch River 

(Lat 46.6987, Long ¥116.5036) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Corral Creek 

(46.787, ¥116.477); East Fork Potlatch 

River (46.876, ¥116.247); Feather Creek 

(46.938, ¥116.411); Head Creek (46.942, 

¥116.366); Little Boulder Creek 

(46.768, ¥116.414); Nat Brown Creek 

(46.911, ¥116.375); Pasture Creek 

(46.940, ¥116.371); Porcupine Creek 

(46.937, ¥116.379); Potlatch River 

(46.941, ¥116.359); Unnamed (46.922, 

¥116.449); West Fork Potlatch River 

(46.931, ¥116.458). 

(vii) Clearwater River/Bedrock Creek 

Watershed 1706030608. Outlet(s) = 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.4741, Long 

¥116.7652) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bedrock Creek (46.564, ¥116.540); 

Clearwater River (46.516, ¥116.590); 

Pine Creek (46.579, ¥116.615). 

(viii) Clearwater River/Jack’s Creek 

Watershed 1706030609. Outlet(s) = 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.5159, Long 

¥116.5903) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.498, ¥116.433); 

Jacks Creek (46.435, ¥116.462). 

(ix) Big Canyon Creek Watershed 

1706030610. Outlet(s) = Big Canyon 

Creek (Lat 46.4984, Long ¥116.4326) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Canyon 

Creek (46.319, ¥116.500); Posthole 

Canyon (46.318, ¥116.450); Sixmile 

Canyon (46.372, ¥116.441). 

(x) Little Canyon Creek Watershed 

1706030611. Outlet(s) = Little Canyon 

Creek (Lat 46.4681, Long ¥116.4172) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Little 

Canyon Creek (46.295, ¥116.279). 

(xi) Clearwater River/Lower Orofino 

Creek Watershed 1706030612. Outlet(s) 

= Clearwater River (Lat 46.4984, Long 

¥116.4326) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.476, ¥116.254); 

Orofino Creek (46.485, ¥116.196); 

Whiskey Creek (46.5214,¥116.1753). 

(xii) Upper Orofino Creek Watershed 

1706030613. Outlet(s) = Orofino Creek 

(Lat 46.4854, Long ¥116.1964) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Orofino 

Creek (46.472, ¥116.176). 

(xiii) Jim Ford Creek Watershed 

1706030614. Outlet(s) = Jim Ford Creek 

(Lat 46.4394, Long ¥116.2115) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Jim Ford 

Creek (46.427, ¥116.059). 

(xiv) Lower Lolo Creek Watershed 

1706030615. Outlet(s) = Lolo Creek (Lat 

46.3718, Long ¥116.1697) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Big Creek (46.392, 

¥116.118); Lolo Creek (46.284, 

¥115.882). 

(xv) Middle Lolo Creek Watershed 

1706030616. Outlet(s) = Lolo Creek (Lat 

46.2844, Long ¥115.8818) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Crocker Creek (46.254, 

¥115.859); Lolo Creek (46.381, 

¥115.708); Mud Creek (46.274, 

¥115.759); Nevada Creek (46.322, 

¥115.735); Pete Charlie Creek (46.289, 

¥115.823); Yakus Creek (46.238, 

¥115.763). 

(xvi) Musselshell Creek Watershed 

1706030617. Outlet(s) = Jim Brown 

Creek (Lat 46.3098, Long ¥115.7531) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Gold Creek 

(46.376, ¥115.735); Jim Brown Creek 

(46.357, ¥115.790); Musselshell Creek 

(46.394, ¥115.744). 

(xvii) Upper Lolo Creek Watershed 

1706030618. Outlet(s) = Lolo Creek (Lat 

46.3815, Long ¥115.7078) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Camp Creek (46.416, 

¥115.624); Lolo Creek (46.425, 

¥115.648); Max Creek (46.384, 

¥115.679); Relaskon Creek (46.394, 

¥115.647); Siberia Creek (46.384, 

¥115.707); Yoosa Creek (46.408, 

¥115.589). 

(xviii) Eldorado Creek Watershed 

1706030619. Outlet(s) = Eldorado Creek 

(Lat 46.2947, Long ¥115.7500) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cedar Creek 

(46.298, ¥115.711); Dollar Creek 

(46.301, ¥115.640); Eldorado Creek 

(46.300, ¥115.645); Four Bit Creek 

(46.294, ¥115.644). 

(xix) Clearwater River/Fivemile Creek 

Watershed 1706030620. Outlet(s) = 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.4759, Long 

¥116.2543) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.350, ¥116.154). 

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(xx) Clearwater River/Sixmile Creek 

Watershed 1706030621. Outlet(s) = 

Clearwater River (Lat 46.3500, Long 

¥116.1541) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.257, ¥116.067); 

Sixmile Creek (46.269, ¥116.213). 

(xxi) Clearwater River/Tom Taha 

Creek Watershed 1706030622. Outlet(s) 

= Clearwater River (Lat 46.2565, Long 

¥116.067) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clearwater River (46.146, ¥115.980); 

Tom Taha Creek (46.244, ¥115.993). 

(xxii) Lower Lawyer Creek Watershed 

1706030623. Outlet(s) = Lawyer Creek 

(Lat 46.2257, Long ¥116.0116) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Lawyer 

Creek (46.155, ¥116.190). 

(xxiii) Middle Lawyer Creek 

Watershed 1706030624. Outlet(s) = 

Lawyer Creek (Lat 46.1546, Long 

¥116.1899) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lawyer Creek (46.188, ¥116.380). 

(xiv) Cottonwood Creek Watershed 

1706030627. Outlet(s) = Cottonwood 

Creek (Lat 46.5023, Long ¥116.7127) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cottonwood 

Creek (46.387, ¥116.622). 

(xv) Upper Sweetwater Creek 

Watershed 1706030630. Outlet(s) = 

Webb Creek (Lat 46.3310, Long 

¥116.8369) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Sweetwater Creek (46.2751,¥116.8513); 

Webb Creek (46.2500,¥116.7541). 

(xvi) Lower Sweetwater Creek 

Watershed 1706030631. Outlet(s) = 

Lapwai Creek (Lat 46.4512, Long 

¥116.8182) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Lapwai Creek (46.364, ¥116.750); 

Sweetwater Creek (46.331, ¥116.837). 

(25) Unit 25. Lower North Fork 

Clearwater Subbasin 17060308—(i) 

Lower North Fork Clearwater River 

Watershed 1706030801. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Clearwater River (Lat 

46.5027, Long ¥116.3309) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: North Fork Clearwater 

River (46.514, ¥116.295). 

(26) Unit 26. Lower Snake/Columbia 

River Corridor—(i) Lower Snake/

Columbia River Corridor. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River mouth (Lat 46.2485, 

Long ¥124.0782) upstream to endpoint 

at the confluence of the Palouse River 

(46.589, ¥117.215). 

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(1) Unit 1. Upper Yakima Subbasin 

17030001—Upper Yakima River 

Watershed 1703000101. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 47.1770, Long 

¥120.9964) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Creek (47.1951, ¥121.1181); Cabin 

Creek (47.2140, ¥121.2400); Cle Elum 

River (47.2457, ¥121.0729); Kachess 

River (47.2645, ¥121.2062); Little Creek 

(47.2002, ¥121.0842); Peterson Creek 

(47.1765, ¥121.0592); Tucker Creek 

(47.2202, ¥121.1639); Yakima River 

(47.3219, ¥121.3371). 

(ii) Tenaway River Watershed 

1703000102. Outlet(s) = Yakima River 

(Lat 47.1673, Long ¥120.8338) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(47.3684, ¥120.7902); Dickey Creek 

(47.2880, ¥120.8322); Indian Creek 

(47.3216, ¥120.8145); Jack Creek 

(47.3414, ¥120.8130); Jungle Creek 

(47.3453, ¥120.8951); Mason Creek 

(47.2528, ¥120.7889); Middle Creek 

(47.2973, ¥120.8204); Middle Fork 

Teanaway River (47.3750, ¥120.9800); 

North Fork Teanaway River (47.3851, 

¥120.8936); Tillman Creek (47.1698, 

¥120.9798); Unnamed (47.2809, 

¥120.8995); West Fork Teanaway River 

(47.3040, ¥121.0179); Yakima River 

(47.1770, ¥120.9964). 

(iii) Middle Upper Yakima River 

Watershed 1703000103. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 46.8987, Long 

¥120.5035) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Badger Creek (46.9305, ¥120.4805); 

Coleman Creek (46.9636, ¥120.4764); 

Cooke Creek (46.9738, ¥120.4381); Dry 

Creek (47.0366, ¥120.6122); Iron Creek 

(47.3495, ¥120.7032); Manastash Creek 

(46.9657, ¥120.7347); Naneum Creek 

(46.9561, ¥120.4987); North Fork 

Taneum Creek (47.1224, ¥121.0396); 

Reecer Creek (47.0066, ¥120.5817); 

South Fork Taneum Creek (47.0962, 

¥120.9713); Swauk Creek (47.3274, 

¥120.6586); Unnamed (46.9799, 

¥120.5407); Unnamed (47.0000, 

¥120.5524); Unnamed (47.0193, 

¥120.5676); Williams Creek (47.2638, 

¥120.6513); Wilson Creek (46.9931, 

¥120.5497); Yakima River (47.1673, 

¥120.8338). 

(iv) Umtanum/Wenas Watershed 

1703000104. Outlet(s) = Yakima River 

(Lat 46.6309, Long ¥120.5130) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Burbank 

Creek (46.7663, ¥120.4238); Lmuma 

Creek (46.8224, ¥120.4510); Umtanum 

Creek (46.8928, ¥120.6130); Wenas 

Creek (46.7087, ¥120.5179); Yakima 

River (46.8987, ¥120.5035). 

(2) Unit 2. Naches Subbasin 

17030002—(i) Little Naches River 

Watershed 1703000201. Outlet(s) = 

Little Naches River (Lat 46.9854, Long 

¥121.0915) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

American River (46.9008, ¥121.4194); 

Barton Creek (46.8645, ¥121.2869); 

Bear Creek (47.0793, ¥121.2415); 

Blowout Creek (47.0946, ¥121.3046); 

Crow Creek (47.0147, ¥121.3241); Goat 

Creek (46.9193, ¥121.2269); Kettle 

Creek (46.9360, ¥121.3262); Mathew 

Creek (47.0829, ¥121.1944); Miner 

Creek (46.9542, ¥121.3074); Morse 

Creek (46.9053, ¥121.4131); North Fork 

Little Naches River (47.0958, 

¥121.3141); Parker Creek (46.9589, 

¥121.2900); Pinus Creek (46.9682, 

¥121.2766); Quartz Creek (47.0382, 

¥121.1128); Scab Creek (46.8969, 

¥121.2459); South Fork Little Naches 

River (47.0574, ¥121.2760); Sunrise 

Creek (46.9041, ¥121.2448); Survey 

Creek (46.9435, ¥121.3296); Timber 

Creek (46.9113, ¥121.3822); Unnamed 

(46.8705, ¥121.2809); Unnamed 

(46.8741, ¥121.2956); Unnamed 

(46.8872, ¥121.2811); Unnamed 

(46.8911, ¥121.2816); Unnamed 

(46.9033, ¥121.4162); Unnamed 

(46.9128, ¥121.2286); Unnamed 

(46.9132, ¥121.4058); Unnamed 

(46.9158, ¥121.3710); Unnamed 

(46.9224, ¥121.2200); Unnamed 

(46.9283, ¥121.3484); Unnamed 

(46.9302, ¥121.2103); Unnamed 

(46.9339, ¥121.1970); Unnamed 

(46.9360, ¥121.3482); Unnamed 

(46.9384, ¥121.3200); Unnamed 

(46.9390, ¥121.1898); Unnamed 

(46.9396, ¥121.3404); Unnamed 

(46.9431, ¥121.3088); Unnamed 

(46.9507, ¥121.2894); Unnamed 

(47.0774, ¥121.3092); Wash Creek 

(46.9639, ¥121.2810). 

(ii) Naches River/Rattlesnake Creek 

Watershed 1703000202. Outlet(s) = 

Naches River (Lat 46.7467, Long 

¥120.7858) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Glass Creek (46.8697, ¥121.0974); Gold 

Creek (46.9219, ¥121.0464); Hindoo 

Creek (46.7862, ¥121.1689); Little 

Rattlesnake Creek (46.7550, 

¥121.0543); Lost Creek (46.9200, 

¥121.0568); Naches River (46.9854, 

¥121.0915); North Fork Rattlesnake 

Creek (46.8340, ¥121.1439); 

Rattlesnake Creek (46.7316, 

¥121.2339); Rock Creek (46.8847, 

¥120.9718). 

(iii) Naches River/Tieton River 

Watershed 1703000203. Outlet(s) = 

Naches River (Lat 46.6309, Long 

¥120.5130) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Naches River (46.7467, ¥120.7858); 

Oak Creek (46.7295, ¥120.9348); South 

Fork Cowiche Creek (46.6595, 

¥120.7601); Tieton River (46.6567, 

¥121.1287); Unnamed (46.6446, 

¥120.5923); Wildcat Creek (46.6715, 

¥121.1520). 

(3) Unit 3. Lower Yakima Subbasin 

17030003—(i) Ahtanum Creek 

Watershed 1703000301. Outlet(s) = 

Ahtanum Creek (Lat 46.5283, Long 

¥120.4732) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Foundation Creek (46.5349, 

¥121.0134); Middle Fork Ahtanum 

Creek (46.5075, ¥121.0225); Nasty 

Creek (46.5718, ¥120.9721); North Fork 

Ahtanum Creek (46.5217, ¥121.0917); 

South Fork Ahtanum Creek (46.4917, 

¥120.9590); Unnamed (46.5811, 

¥120.6390). 

(ii) Upper Lower Yakima River 

Watershed 1703000302. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 46.5283, Long 

¥120.4732) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Unnamed (46.5460, ¥120.4383); 

Yakima River (46.6309, ¥120.5130).

(iii) Upper Toppenish Creek 

Watershed 1703000303. Outlet(s) = 

Toppenish Creek (Lat 46.3767, Long 

¥120.6172) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Agency Creek (46.3619, ¥120.9646); 

Branch Creek (46.2958, ¥120.9969); 

North Fork Simcoe Creek (46.4548, 

¥120.9307); North Fork Toppenish 

Creek (46.3217, ¥120.9985); Old Maid 

Canyon (46.4210, ¥120.9349); South 

Fork Toppenish Creek (46.2422, 

¥121.0885); Toppenish Creek (46.3180, 

¥121.1387); Unnamed (46.3758, 

¥120.9336); Unnamed (46.4555, 

¥120.8436); Wahtum Creek (46.3942, 

¥120.9146); Willy Dick Canyon 

(46.2952, ¥120.9021). 

(iv) Lower Toppenish Creek 

Watershed 1703000304. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 46.3246, Long 

¥120.1671) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Toppenish Creek (46.3767, ¥120.6172); 

Unnamed (46.3224, ¥120.4464); 

Unnamed (46.3363, ¥120.5891); 

Unnamed (46.3364,120.2288); Unnamed 

(46.3679, ¥120.2801); Unnamed 

(46.4107, ¥120.5582); Unnamed 

(46.4379, ¥120.4258); Yakima River 

(46.5283, ¥120.4732). 

(v) Satus Creek Watershed 

1703000305. Outlet(s) = Satus Creek 

(Lat 46.2893, Long ¥120.1972) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bull Creek 

(46.0314, ¥120.5147); Kusshi Creek 

(46.0994, ¥120.6094); Logy Creek 

(46.1357, ¥120.6389); Mule Dry Creek 

(46.0959, ¥120.3186); North Fork Dry 

Creek (46.1779, ¥120.7669); Satus 

Creek (46.0185, ¥120.7268); Unnamed 

(46.0883, ¥120.5278); Wilson Charley 

Canyon (46.0419, ¥120.6479). 

(vi) Yakima River/Spring Creek 

Watershed 1703000306. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 46.3361, Long 

¥119.4817) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Corral Creek (46.2971, ¥119.5302); 

Satus Creek (46.2893, ¥120.1972); 

Snipes Creek (46.2785, ¥119.6772); 

Spring Creek (46.2359, ¥119.6952); 

Unnamed (46.2169, ¥120.0189); 

Unnamed (46.2426, ¥120.0993); 

Unnamed (46.2598, ¥120.1322); 

Unnamed (46.2780, ¥120.0186); 

Unnamed (46.2913, ¥120.0181); 

Unnamed (46.3314, ¥119.9787); 

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Yakima River (46.3246, ¥120.1671). 

(vii) Yakima River/Cold Creek 

Watershed 1703000307. Outlet(s) = 

Yakima River (Lat 46.2534, Long 

¥119.2268) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Yakima River (46.3361, ¥119.4817). 

(4) Unit 4. Middle Columbia/Lake 

Wallula Subbasin 17070101—(i) Upper 

Lake Wallula Watershed 1707010101.

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 46.0594, 

Long ¥118.9445) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(46.1776, ¥119.0183). 

(ii) Lower Lake Wallula Watershed 

1707010102. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 45.9376, Long ¥119.2969) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (46.0594, ¥118.9445). 

(iii) Glade Creek Watershed 

1707010105. Outlet(s) = Glade Creek 

(Lat 45.8895, Long ¥119.6809) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Glade Creek 

(45.8978, ¥119.6962). 

(iv) Upper Lake Umatilla Watershed 

1707010106. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 45.8895, Long ¥119.6809) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (45.9376, ¥119.2969). 

(v) Middle Lake Umatilla Watershed 

1707010109. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 45.8318, Long ¥119.9069) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (45.8895, ¥119.6809). 

(vi) Alder Creek Watershed 

1707010110. Outlet(s) = Alder Creek 

(Lat 45.8298, Long ¥119.9277) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.8668, ¥119.9224). 

(vii) Pine Creek Watershed 

1707010111. Outlet(s) = Pine Creek (Lat 

45.7843, Long ¥120.0823) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Pine Creek (45.8234, 

¥120.1396). 

(viii) Wood Gulch Watershed 

1707010112. Outlet(s) = Wood Creek 

(Lat 45.7443, Long ¥120.1930) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Horn 

Canyon (45.8322, ¥120.2467); Wood 

Gulch (45.8386, ¥120.3006). 

(ix) Rock Creek Watershed 

1707010113. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

45.6995, Long ¥120.4597) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Rock Creek (45.8835, 

¥120.5557); Squaw Creek (45.8399, 

¥120.4935). 

(x) Lower Lake Umatilla Watershed 

1707010114. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 45.7168, Long ¥120.6927) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Chapman 

Creek (45.7293, ¥120.3148); Columbia 

River (45.8318, ¥119.9069). 

(5) Unit 5. Walla Walla Subbasin 

17070102—(i) Upper Walla Walla River 

Watershed 1707010201. Outlet(s) = 

Walla Walla River (Lat 45.9104, Long 

¥118.3696) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (45.8528, ¥118.0991); Big 

Meadow Canyon (45.900, ¥118.1116); 

Burnt Cabin Gulch (45.8056, 

¥118.0593); Couse Creek (45.8035, 

¥118.2032); Elbow Creek (45.7999, 

¥118.1462); Kees Canyon (45.8262, 

¥118.0927); Little Meadow Canyon 

(45.9094, ¥118.1333); North Fork Walla 

Walla River (45.9342, ¥118.0169); 

Reser Creek (45.8840, ¥117.9950); 

Rodgers Gulch (45.8513, ¥118.0839); 

Skiphorton Creek (45.8892, ¥118.0255); 

South Fork Walla Walla River (45.9512, 

¥117.9647); Swede Canyon (45.8506, 

¥118.0640); Table Creek (45.8540, 

¥118.0546); Unnamed (45.8026, 

¥118.1412); Unnamed (45.8547, 

¥117.9915); Unnamed (45.8787, 

¥118.0387); Unnamed (45.8868, 

¥117.9629); Unnamed (45.9095, 

¥117.9621). 

(ii) Mill Creek Watershed 1707010202.

Outlet(s) = Mill Creek (Lat 46.0391, 

Long ¥118.4779) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Blue Creek (46.0188, 

¥118.0519); Broken Creek (45.9745, 

¥117.9899); Cold Creek (46.0540, 

¥118.4097); Deadman Creek (46.0421, 

¥117.9503); Doan Creek (46.0437, 

¥118.4353); Green Fork (46.0298, 

¥117.9389); Henry Canyon (45.9554, 

¥118.1104); Low Creek (45.9649, 

¥117.9980); Mill Creek (46.0112, 

¥117.9406); North Fork Mill Creek 

(46.0322, ¥117.9937); Paradise Creek 

(46.0005, ¥117.9900); Tiger Creek 

(45.9588, ¥118.0253); Unnamed 

(46.0253, ¥117.9320); Unnamed 

(46.0383, ¥117.9463); Webb Creek 

(45.9800, ¥118.0875). 

(iii) Upper Touchet River Watershed 

1707010203. Outlet(s) = Touchet River 

(Lat 46.3196, Long ¥117.9841) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Burnt Fork 

(46.0838, ¥117.9311); Coates Creek 

(46.1585, ¥117.8431); Green Fork 

(46.0737, ¥117.9712); Griffin Fork 

(46.1100, ¥117.9336); Ireland Gulch 

(46.1894, ¥117.8070); Jim Creek 

(46.2156, ¥117.7959); Lewis Creek 

(46.1855, ¥117.7791); North Fork 

Touchet River (46.0938, ¥117.8460); 

North Patit Creek (46.3418, ¥117.7538); 

Robinson Fork (46.1200, ¥117.9006); 

Rodgers Gulch (46.2813, ¥117.8411); 

Spangler Creek (46.1156, ¥117.7934); 

Unnamed (46.1049, ¥117.9351); 

Unnamed (46.1061, ¥117.9544); 

Unnamed (46.1206, ¥117.9386); 

Unnamed (46.1334, ¥117.9512); 

Unnamed (46.1604, ¥117.9018); 

Unnamed (46.2900, ¥117.7339); 

Weidman Gulch (46.2359, ¥117.8067); 

West Patit Creek (46.2940, ¥117.7164); 

Whitney Creek (46.1348, ¥117.8491); 

Wolf Fork (46.1035, ¥117.8797). 

(iv) Middle Touchet River Watershed 

1707010204. Outlet(s) = Touchet River 

(Lat 46.2952, Long ¥118.3320) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: North Fork 

Coppei Creek (46.1384, ¥118.0181); 

South Fork Coppei Creek (46.1302, 

¥118.0608); Touchet River (46.3196, 

¥117.9841); Whisky Creek (46.2438, 

¥118.0785). 

(v) Lower Touchet River Watershed 

1707010207. Outlet(s) = Touchet River 

(Lat 46.0340, Long ¥118.6828) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Touchet 

River (46.2952, ¥118.3320).

(vi) Cottonwood Creek Watershed 

1707010208. Outlet(s) = Walla Walla 

River (Lat 46.0391, Long ¥118.4779) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Birch Creek 

(45.9489, ¥118.2541); Caldwell Creek 

(46.0493, ¥118.3022); East Little Walla 

Walla River (46.0009, ¥118.4069); 

Garrison Creek (46.0753, ¥118.2726); 

Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek 

(45.9566, ¥118.1776); North Fork 

Cottonwood Creek (45.9738, 

¥118.1533); Reser Creek (46.0370, 

¥118.3085); Russell Creek (46.0424, 

¥118.2488); South Fork Cottonwood 

Creek (45.9252, ¥118.1798); Stone 

Creek (46.0618, ¥118.3081); Unnamed 

(45.9525, ¥118.2513); Unnamed 

(46.0022, ¥118.4070); Walla Walla 

River (45.9104, ¥118.3696); 

Yellowhawk Creek (46.0753, 

¥118.2726). 

(vii) Dry Creek Watershed 

1707010210. Outlet(s) = Dry Creek (Lat 

46.0507, Long ¥118.5932) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Dry Creek (46.0725, 

¥118.0268); Mud Creek (46.1414, 

¥118.1313); South Fork Dry Creek 

(46.0751, ¥118.0514); Unnamed 

(46.1122, ¥118.1141). 

(viii) Lower Walla Walla River 

Watershed 1707010211. Outlet(s) = 

Walla Walla River (Lat 46.0594, Long 

¥118.9445) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Walla Walla River (46.0391, 

¥118.4779); West Little Walla Walla 

River (46.0010, ¥118.4380). 

(6) Unit 6. Umatilla Subbasin 

17070103—(i) Upper Umatilla River 

Watershed 1707010301. Outlet(s) = 

Umatilla River (Lat 45.7024, Long 

¥118.3593) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Creek (45.7595, ¥118.1942); 

Bobsled Creek (45.7268, ¥118.2503); 

Buck Creek (45.7081, ¥118.1059); East 

Fork Coyote Creek (45.7553, 

¥118.1263); Johnson Creek #4 (45.7239, 

¥118.0797); Lake Creek #2 (45.7040, 

¥118.1297); Lick Creek (45.7400, 

¥118.1880); North Fork Umatilla River 

(45.7193, ¥118.0244); Rock Creek 

(45.7629, ¥118.2377); Ryan Creek 

(45.6362, ¥118.2963); Shimmiehorn 

Creek (45.6184, ¥118.1908); South Fork 

Umatilla River (45.6292, ¥118.2424); 

Spring Creek #2 (45.6288, ¥118.1525); 

Swamp Creek (45.6978, ¥118.1356); 

Thomas Creek (45.6546, ¥118.1435); 

Unnamed (45.6548, ¥118.1371); 

Unnamed (45.6737, ¥118.1616); 

Unnamed (45.6938, ¥118.3036); 

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Unnamed (45.7060, ¥118.2123); 

Unnamed (45.7200, ¥118.3092); 

Unnamed (45.7241, ¥118.3197); 

Unnamed (45.7281, ¥118.1604); 

Unnamed (45.7282, ¥118.3372); 

Unnamed (45.7419, ¥118.1586); West 

Fork Coyote Creek (45.7713, 

¥118.1513); Woodward Creek (45.7484, 

¥118.0760). 

(ii) Meacham Creek Watershed 

1707010302. Outlet(s) = Meacham Creek 

(Lat 45.7024, Long ¥118.3593) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

#3 (45.4882, ¥118.1993); Beaver Creek 

(45.4940, ¥118.4411); Boston Canyon 

(45.6594, ¥118.3344); Butcher Creek 

(45.4558, ¥118.3737); Camp Creek 

(45.5895, ¥118.2800); Duncan Canyon 

(45.5674, ¥118.3244); East Meacham 

Creek (45.4570, ¥118.2212); Hoskins 

Creek (45.5188, ¥118.2059); Line Creek 

(45.6303, ¥118.3291); Meacham Creek 

(45.4364, ¥118.3963); North Fork 

Meacham Creek (45.5767, ¥118.1721); 

Owsley Creek (45.4349, ¥118.2434); Pot 

Creek (45.5036, ¥118.1438); Sheep 

Creek (45.5121, ¥118.3945); Twomile 

Creek (45.5085, ¥118.4579); Unnamed 

(45.4540, ¥118.2192); Unnamed 

(45.5585, ¥118.2064); Unnamed 

(45.6019, ¥118.2971); Unnamed 

(45.6774, ¥118.3415). 

(iii) Umatilla River/Mission Creek 

Watershed 1707010303. Outlet(s) = 

Umatilla River (Lat 45.6559, Long 

¥118.8804) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bachelor Canyon (45.6368, ¥118.3890); 

Buckaroo Creek (45.6062, ¥118.5000); 

Coonskin Creek (45.6556, ¥118.5239); 

Cottonwood Creek (45.6122, 

¥118.5704); Little Squaw Creek 

(45.5969, ¥118.4095); Mission Creek 

(45.6256, ¥118.6133); Moonshine Creek 

(45.6166, ¥118.5392); Patawa Creek 

(45.6424, ¥118.7125); Red Elk Canyon 

(45.6773, ¥118.4431); Saddle Hollow 

(45.7067, ¥118.3968); South Patawa 

Creek (45.6250, ¥118.6919); Squaw 

Creek (45.5584, ¥118.4389); Stage 

Gulch (45.6533, ¥118.4481); Thorn 

Hollow Creek (45.6957, ¥118.4530); 

Umatilla River (45.7024, ¥118.3593); 

Unnamed (45.5649, ¥118.4221); 

Unnamed (45.6092, ¥118.7603); 

Unnamed (45.6100, ¥118.4046); 

Unnamed (45.6571, ¥118.7473); 

Unnamed (45.6599, ¥118.4641); 

Unnamed (45.6599, ¥118.4711); 

Unnamed (45.6676, ¥118.6176); 

Unnamed (45.6688, ¥118.5575); 

Unnamed (45.6745, ¥118.5859). 

(iv) McKay Creek Watershed 

1707010305. Outlet(s) = McKay Creek 

(Lat 45.6685, Long –118.8400) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: McKay Creek 

(45.6077, ¥118.7917). 

(v) Birch Creek Watershed 

1707010306. Outlet(s) = Birch Creek 

(Lat 45.6559, Long ¥118.8804) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(45.2730, ¥118.8939); Bridge Creek 

(45.3603, ¥118.9039); California Gulch 

(45.3950, ¥118.8149); Dark Canyon 

(45.3119, ¥118.7572); East Birch Creek 

(45.3676, ¥118.6085); Johnson Creek #2 

(45.3931, ¥118.7518); Little Pearson 

Creek (45.3852, ¥118.7415); Merle 

Gulch (45.3450, ¥118.8136); Owings 

Creek (45.3864, ¥118.9600); Pearson 

Creek (45.2901, ¥118.7985); South 

Canyon #2 (45.3444, ¥118.6949); 

Unnamed (45.2703, ¥118.7624); 

Unnamed (45.3016, ¥118.7705); 

Unnamed (45.3232, ¥118.7264); 

Unnamed (45.3470, ¥118.7984); 

Unnamed (45.3476, ¥118.6703); 

Unnamed (45.3511, ¥118.6328); 

Unnamed (45.4628, ¥118.7491); West 

Birch Creek (45.2973, ¥118.8341); 

Willow Spring Canyon (45.3426, 

¥118.9833). 

(vi) Umatilla River/Alkali Canyon 

Watershed 1707010307. Outlet(s) = 

Umatilla River (Lat 45.7831, Long 

¥119.2372) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Umatilla River (45.6559, ¥118.8804).

(vii) Stage Gulch Watershed 

1707010308. Outlet(s) = Stanfield Drain 

(Lat 45.7831, Long ¥119.2372) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Stage Gulch 

(45.7991, ¥119.1333). 

(viii) Lower Butter Creek Watershed 

1707010310. Outlet(s) = Butter Creek 

(Lat 45.7952, Long ¥119.3285) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Butter Creek 

(45.7148, ¥119.3741). 

(ix) Lower Umatilla River Watershed 

1707010313. Outlet(s) = Umatilla River 

(Lat 45.9247, Long ¥119.3575) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Umatilla 

River (45.7831, ¥119.2372); Unnamed 

(45.8202, ¥119.3305). 

(7) Unit 7. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin 17070105—(i) Upper Middle 

Columbia/Hood Watershed 1707010501.

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 45.6426, 

Long ¥120.9142) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(45.7168, ¥120.6927); Frank Fulton 

Canyon (45.6244, ¥120.8258); Spanish 

Hollow Creek (45.6469, ¥120.8069); 

Unnamed (45.6404, ¥120.8654). 

(ii) Fifteenmile Creek Watershed 

1707010502. Outlet(s) = Fifteenmile 

Creek (Lat 45.6197, Long ¥121.1265) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cedar Creek 

(45.3713, ¥121.4153); Dry Creek 

(45.4918, ¥121.0479); Fifteenmile 

Creek (45.3658, ¥121.4390); Ramsey 

Creek (45.3979, ¥121.4454); Unnamed 

(45.3768, ¥121.4410). 

(iii) Fivemile Creek Watershed 

1707010503. Outlet(s) = Eightmile Creek 

(Lat 45.6064, Long ¥121.0854) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Eightmile 

Creek (45.3944, ¥121.4983); Middle 

Fork Fivemile Creek (45.4502, 

¥121.4324); South Fork Fivemile Creek 

(45.4622, ¥121.3641). 

(iv) Middle Columbia/Mill Creek 

Watershed 1707010504. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.6920, Long 

¥121.2937) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Brown Creek (45.5911, ¥121.2729); 

Chenoweth Creek (45.6119, ¥121.2658); 

Columbia River (45.6426, ¥120.9142); 

North Fork Mill Creek (45.4999, 

¥121.4537); South Fork Mill Creek 

(45.5187, ¥121.3367); Threemile Creek 

(45.5598, ¥121.1747). 

(v) Mosier Creek Watershed 

1707010505. Outlet(s) = Mosier Creek 

(Lat 45.6950, Long ¥121.3996) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Mosier 

Creek (45.6826, ¥121.3896); Rock Creek 

(45.6649, ¥121.4352). 

(vi) White Salmon River Watershed 

1707010509. Outlet(s) = White Salmon 

River (Lat 45.7267, Long ¥121.5209) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Unnamed 

(45.7395, ¥121.5500); White Salmon 

River (45.7676, ¥121.5374). 

(vii) Middle Columbia/Grays Creek 

Watershed 1707010512. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.7070, Long 

¥121.7943) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Catherine Creek (45.7448, ¥121.4206); 

Columbia River (45.6920, ¥121.2937); 

Dog Creek (45.7200, ¥121.6804); East 

Fork Major Creek (45.8005, ¥121.3449); 

Hanson Creek (45.7472, ¥121.3143); 

Jewett Creek (45.7524, ¥121.4704); 

Rowena Creek (45.6940, ¥121.3122); 

Unnamed (45.7238, ¥121.7227); 

Unnamed (45.7248, ¥121.7322); 

Unnamed (45.7303, ¥121.3095); 

Unnamed (45.7316, ¥121.3094); 

Unnamed (45.7445, ¥121.3309); 

Unnamed (45.7486, ¥121.3203); 

Unnamed (45.7530, ¥121.4697); 

Unnamed (45.7632, ¥121.4795); 

Unnamed (45.7954, ¥121.3863); 

Unnamed (45.8003, ¥121.4062); West 

Fork Major Creek (45.8117, ¥121.3929). 

(8) Unit 8. Klickitat Ssubbasin 

17070106—(i) Upper Klickitat River 

Watershed 1707010601. Outlet(s) = 

Klickitat River (Lat 46.1263, Long 

¥121.2881) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cedar Creek (46.2122, ¥121.2042); 

Coyote Creek (46.4640, ¥121.1839); 

Cuitin Creek (46.4602, ¥121.1662); 

Diamond Fork (46.4794, ¥121.2284); 

Huckleberry Creek (46.4273, 

¥121.3720); Klickitat River (46.4439, 

¥121.3756); McCreedy Creek (46.3319, 

¥121.2529); Piscoe Creek (46.3708, 

¥121.1436); Surveyors Creek (46.2181, 

¥121.1838); Unnamed (46.4476, 

¥121.2575); Unnamed (46.4585, 

¥121.2565); West Fork Klickitat River 

(46.2757, ¥121.3267). 

(ii) Middle Klickitat River Watershed 

1707010602. Outlet(s) = Klickitat River 

(Lat 45.9858, Long ¥121.1233) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

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(46.0770, ¥121.2262); Klickitat River 

(46.1263, ¥121.2881); Outlet Creek 

(46.0178, ¥121.1740); Summit Creek 

(46.0035, ¥121.0918); Trout Creek 

(46.1166, ¥121.1968); White Creek 

(46.1084, ¥121.0730). 

(iii) Little Klickitat River Watershed 

1707010603. Outlet(s) = Little Klickitat 

River (Lat 45.8452, Long ¥121.0625) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Blockhouse 

Creek (45.8188, ¥120.9813); Butler 

Creek (45.9287, ¥120.7005); Canyon 

Creek (45.8833, ¥121.0504); East Prong 

Little Klickitat River (45.9279, 

¥120.6832); Mill Creek (45.8374, 

¥121.0001); Unnamed (45.8162, 

¥120.9288); West Prong Little Klickitat 

River (45.9251, ¥120.7202). 

(iv) Lower Klickitat River Watershed 

1707010604. Outlet(s) = Klickitat River 

(Lat 45.6920, Long ¥121.2937) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Dead 

Canyon (45.9473, ¥121.1734); Dillacort 

Canyon (45.7349, ¥121.1904); Klickitat 

River (45.9858, ¥121.1233); Logging 

Camp Canyon (45.7872, ¥121.2260); 

Snyder Canyon (45.8431, ¥121.2152); 

Swale Creek (45.7236, ¥121.0315); 

Wheeler Canyon (45.7946, ¥121.1615). 

(9) Unit 9. Upper John Day Subbasin 

17070201—(i) Middle South Fork John 

Day Watershed 1707020103. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork John Day River (Lat 44.1918, 

Long ¥119.5261) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Blue Creek (44.2183, 

¥119.3679); Corral Creek (44.1688, 

¥119.3573); North Fork Deer Creek 

(44.2034, ¥119.3009); South Fork Deer 

Creek (44.1550, ¥119.3457); South Fork 

John Day River (44.1822, ¥119.5243).

(ii) Murderers Creek Watershed 

1707020104. Outlet(s) = Murderers 

Creek (Lat 44.3146, Long ¥119.5383) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bark Cabin 

Creek (44.2481, ¥119.3967); Basin 

Creek (44.2700, ¥119.1711); Cabin 

Creek (44.3420, ¥119.4403); Charlie 

Mack Creek (44.2708, ¥119.2344); 

Crazy Creek (44.2421, ¥119.4282); Dans 

Creek (44.2500, ¥119.2774); Duncan 

Creek (44.3219, ¥119.3555); Lemon 

Creek (44.2528, ¥119.2500); Miner 

Creek (44.3237, ¥119.2416); Orange 

Creek (44.2524, ¥119.2613); Oregon 

Mine Creek (44.2816, ¥119.2945); 

South Fork Murderers Creek (44.2318, 

¥119.3221); Sugar Creek (44.2914, 

¥119.2326); Tennessee Creek (44.3041, 

¥119.3029); Thorn Creek (44.3113, 

¥119.3157); Todd Creek (44.3291, 

¥119.3976); Unnamed (44.3133, 

¥119.3533); Unnamed (44.3250, 

¥119.3476); White Creek (44.2747, 

¥119.1866). 

(iii) Lower South Fork John Day 

Watershed 1707020105. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork John Day River (Lat 44.4740, 

Long ¥119.5344) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cougar Gulch (44.2279, 

¥119.4898); Frazier Creek (44.2200, 

¥119.5745); Jackass Creek (44.3564, 

¥119.4958); North Fork Wind Creek 

(44.3019, ¥119.6632); Payten Creek 

(44.3692, ¥119.6185); Smoky Creek 

(44.3893, ¥119.4791); South Fork Black 

Canyon Creek (44.3789, ¥119.7293); 

South Fork John Day River (44.1918, 

¥119.5261); South Fork Wind Creek 

(44.2169, ¥119.6192); South Prong 

Creek (44.3093, ¥119.6558); Squaw 

Creek (44.3000, ¥119.6143); Unnamed 

(44.2306, ¥119.6095); Unnamed 

(44.2358, ¥119.6013); Unnamed 

(44.3052, ¥119.6332); Wind Creek 

(44.2793, ¥119.6515). 

(iv) Upper John Day River Watershed 

1707020106. Outlet(s) = John Day River 

(Lat 44.4534, Long ¥118.6711) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bogue Gulch 

(44.3697, ¥118.5200); Call Creek 

(44.2973, ¥118.5169); Crescent Creek 

(44.2721, ¥118.5473); Dads Creek 

(44.5140, ¥118.6463); Dans Creek 

(44.4989, ¥118.5920); Deardorff Creek 

(44.3665, ¥118.4596); Eureka Gulch 

(44.4801, ¥118.5912); Graham Creek 

(44.3611, ¥118.6084); Isham Creek 

(44.4649, ¥118.5626); Jeff Davis Creek 

(44.4813, ¥118.6370); John Day River 

(44.2503, ¥118.5256); Mossy Gulch 

(44.4641, ¥118.5211); North Reynolds 

Creek (44.4525, ¥118.4886); Rail Creek 

#2 (44.3413, ¥118.5017); Reynolds 

Creek (44.4185, ¥118.4507); Roberts 

Creek (44.3060, ¥118.5815); Thompson 

Creek (44.3581, ¥118.5395); Unnamed 

(44.2710, ¥118.5412). 

(v) Canyon Creek Watershed 

1707020107. Outlet(s) = Canyon Creek 

(Lat 44.4225, Long ¥118.9584) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Berry Creek 

(44.3084, ¥118.8791); Brookling Creek 

(44.3042, ¥118.8363); Canyon Creek 

(44.2368, ¥118.7775); Crazy Creek #2 

(44.2165, ¥118.7751); East Brookling 

Creek (44.3029, ¥118.8082); East Fork 

Canyon Creek (44.2865, ¥118.7939); 

Middle Fork Canyon Creek (44.2885, 

¥118.7500); Skin Shin Creek (44.3036, 

¥118.8488); Tamarack Creek #2 

(44.2965, ¥118.8611); Unnamed 

(44.2500, ¥118.8298); Unnamed 

(44.2717, ¥118.7500); Unnamed 

(44.2814, ¥118.7620); Vance Creek 

(44.2929, ¥118.9989); Wall Creek 

(44.2543, ¥118.8308). 

(vi) Strawberry Creek Watershed 

1707020108. Outlet(s) = John Day River 

(Lat 44.4225, Long ¥118.9584) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(44.5434, ¥118.7508); Dixie Creek 

(44.5814, ¥118.7257); Dog Creek 

(44.3635, ¥118.8890); Grub Creek 

(44.5189, ¥118.8050); Hall Creek 

(44.5479, ¥118.7894); Indian Creek #3 

(44.3092, ¥118.7438); John Day River 

(44.4534, ¥118.6711); Little Pine Creek 

(44.3771, ¥118.9103); Onion Creek 

(44.3151, ¥118.6972); Overholt Creek 

(44.3385, ¥118.7196); Pine Creek 

(44.3468, ¥118.8345); Slide Creek 

(44.2988, ¥118.6583); Standard Creek 

(44.5648, ¥118.6468); Strawberry Creek 

(44.3128, ¥118.6772); West Fork Little 

Indian Creek (44.3632, ¥118.7918). 

(vii) Beech Creek Watershed 

1707020109. Outlet(s) = Beech Creek 

(Lat 44.4116, Long ¥119.1151) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(44.5268, ¥119.1002); Beech Creek 

(44.5682, ¥119.1170); Clear Creek 

(44.5522, ¥118.9942); Cottonwood 

Creek (44.5758, ¥119.0694); East Fork 

Beech Creek (44.5248, ¥118.9023); 

Ennis Creek (44.5409, ¥119.0207); Hog 

Creek (44.5484, ¥119.0379); Little 

Beech Creek (44.4676, ¥118.9733); 

McClellan Creek #2 (44.5570, 

¥118.9490); Tinker Creek (44.5550, 

¥118.8892); Unnamed (44.5349, 

¥119.0827). 

(viii) Laycock Creek Watershed 

1707020110. Outlet(s) = John Day River 

(Lat 44.4155, Long ¥119.2230) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Birch Creek 

#2 (44.4353, ¥119.2148); East Fork Dry 

Creek (44.4896, ¥119.1817); Fall Creek 

#2 (44.3551, ¥119.0420); Hanscombe 

Creek (44.3040, ¥119.0513); Harper 

Creek (44.3485, ¥119.1259); Ingle Creek 

(44.3154, ¥119.1153); John Day River 

(44.4225, ¥118.9584); Laycock Creek 

(44.3118, ¥119.0842); McClellan Creek 

(44.3510, ¥119.2004); Moon Creek 

(44.3483, ¥119.2389); Riley Creek 

(44.3450, ¥119.1664). 

(ix) Fields Creek Watershed 

1707020111. Outlet(s) = John Day River 

(Lat 44.4740, Long ¥119.5344) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Belshaw 

Creek (44.5460, ¥119.2025); Bridge 

Creek (44.4062, ¥119.4180); Buck 

Cabin Creek (44.3412, ¥119.3313); 

Cummings Creek (44.5043, ¥119.3250); 

Fields Creek (44.3260, ¥119.2828); Flat 

Creek (44.3930, ¥119.4386); John Day 

River (44.4155, ¥119.2230); Marks 

Creek (44.5162, ¥119.3886); Wickiup 

Creek (44.3713, ¥119.3239); Widows 

Creek (44.3752, ¥119.3819); Wiley 

Creek (44.4752, ¥119.3784). 

(x) Upper Middle John Day Watershed 

1707020112. Outlet(s) = John Day River 

(Lat 44.5289, Long ¥119.6320) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Back Creek 

(44.4164, ¥119.6858); Battle Creek 

(44.4658, ¥119.5863); Cottonwood 

Creek (44.3863, ¥119.7376); Cougar 

Creek (44.4031, ¥119.7056); East Fork 

Cottonwood Creek (44.3846, 

¥119.6177); Ferris Creek (44.5446, 

¥119.5250); Franks Creek (44.5067, 

¥119.4903); John Day River (44.4740, 

¥119.5344); Rattlesnake Creek 

(44.4673, ¥119.6953); Unnamed 

(44.3827, ¥119.6479); Unnamed 

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(44.3961, ¥119.7403); Unnamed 

(44.4082, ¥119.6916). 

(xi) Mountain Creek Watershed 

1707020113. Outlet(s) = Mountain Creek 

(Lat 44.5214, Long ¥119.7138) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Badger 

Creek (44.4491, ¥120.1186); Fopiano 

Creek (44.5899, ¥119.9429); Fort Creek 

(44.4656, ¥119.9253); Fry Creek 

(44.4647, ¥119.9940); Keeton Creek 

(44.4632, ¥120.0195); Mac Creek 

(44.4739, ¥119.9359); Milk Creek 

(44.4649, ¥120.1526); Unnamed 

(44.4700, ¥119.9427); Unnamed 

(44.4703, ¥120.0328); Unnamed 

(44.4703, ¥120.0597); Unnamed 

(44.4827, ¥119.8970); Willow Creek 

(44.6027, ¥119.8746). 

(xii) Rock Creek Watershed 

1707020114. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

44.5289, Long ¥119.6320) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Baldy Creek (44.3906, 

¥119.7651); Bear Creek (44.3676, 

¥119.8401); Fir Tree Creek (44.3902, 

¥119.7893); First Creek (44.4086, 

¥119.8120); Fred Creek (44.4602, 

¥119.8549); Little Windy Creek 

(44.3751, ¥119.7595); Pine Hollow #2 

(44.5007, ¥119.8559); Rock Creek 

(44.3509, ¥119.7636); Second Creek 

(44.3984, ¥119.8075); Unnamed 

(44.4000, ¥119.8501); Unnamed 

(44.4232, ¥119.7271); West Fork Birch 

Creek (44.4365, ¥119.7500).

(xiii) John Day River/Johnson Creek 

Watershed 1707020115. Outlet(s) = John 

Day River (Lat 44.7554, Long 

¥119.6382) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Buckhorn Creek (44.6137, ¥119.7382); 

Burnt Corral Creek (44.6987, 

¥119.5733); Frank Creek (44.6262, 

¥119.7177); Indian Creek (44.5925, 

¥119.7636); John Day River (44.5289, 

¥119.6320); Johnny Creek (44.6126, 

¥119.5534); Johnson Creek (44.6766, 

¥119.7363). 

(10) Unit 10. North Fork John Day 

Subbasin 17070202—(i) Upper North 

Fork John Day River Watershed 

1707020201. Outlet(s) = North Fork 

John Day River (Lat 44.8661, Long 

¥118.5605) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Baldy Creek (44.8687, ¥118.3172); Bear 

Gulch (44.8978, ¥118.5400); Crane 

Creek (44.8715, ¥118.3539); Crawfish 

Creek (44.9424, ¥118.2608); 

Cunningham Creek (44.9172, 

¥118.2478); Davis Creek (44.9645, 

¥118.4156); First Gulch (44.8831, 

¥118.5588); Hoodoo Creek (44.9763, 

¥118.3673); Long Meadow Creek 

(44.9490, ¥118.2932); McCarty Gulch 

(44.9131, ¥118.5114); Middle Trail 

Creek (44.9513, ¥118.3185); North Fork 

John Day River (44.8691, ¥118.2392); 

North Trail Creek (44.9675, ¥118.3219); 

South Trail Creek (44.9434, ¥118.2930); 

Trout Creek (44.9666, ¥118.4656); 

Unnamed (44.8576, ¥118.3169); 

Unnamed (44.8845, ¥118.3421); 

Unnamed (44.9221, ¥118.5000); 

Unnamed (44.9405, ¥118.4093); 

Unnamed (44.9471, ¥118.4797); 

Wagner Gulch (44.9390, ¥118.5148). 

(ii) Granite Creek Watershed 

1707020202. Outlet(s) = Granite Creek 

(Lat 44.8661, Long ¥118.5605) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (44.7425, ¥118.3940); Boulder 

Creek (44.8368, ¥118.3631); Boundary 

Creek (44.8106, ¥118.3420); Bull Run 

Creek (44.7534, ¥118.3154); Corral 

Creek #2 (44.8186, ¥118.3565); Deep 

Creek #2 (44.8017, ¥118.3200); East 

Ten Cent Creek (44.8584, ¥118.4253); 

Granite Creek (44.8578, ¥118.3736); 

Lake Creek (44.7875, ¥118.5929); Lick 

Creek (44.8503, ¥118.5065); Lightning 

Creek (44.7256, ¥118.5011); Lost Creek 

(44.7620, ¥118.5822); North Fork Ruby 

Creek (44.7898, ¥118.5073); Olive 

Creek (44.7191, ¥118.4677); Rabbit 

Creek (44.7819, ¥118.5616); Ruby 

Creek (44.7797, ¥118.5237); South Fork 

Beaver Creek (44.7432, ¥118.4272); 

Squaw Creek #5 (44.8552, ¥118.4705); 

Unnamed (44.8427, ¥118.4233); West 

Fork Clear Creek (44.7490, ¥118.5440); 

West Ten Cent Creek (44.8709, 

¥118.4377); Wolesy Creek (44.7687, 

¥118.5540). 

(iii) North Fork John Day River/Big 

Creek Watershed 1707020203. Outlet(s) 

= North Fork John Day River (Lat 

44.9976, Long ¥118.9444) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Backout Creek (44.8560, 

¥118.6289); Basin Creek (44.9081, 

¥118.6671); Big Creek (45.0115, 

¥118.6041); Bismark Creek (44.9548, 

¥118.7020); Corral Creek (44.9592, 

¥118.6368); Cougar Creek (44.9288, 

¥118.6653); Meadow Creek (44.9856, 

¥118.4664); North Fork John Day River 

(44.8661, ¥118.5605); Oregon Gulch 

(44.8694, ¥118.6119); Oriental Creek 

(45.0000, ¥118.7255); Otter Creek 

(44.9634, ¥118.7567); Paradise Creek 

(44.9168, ¥118.5850); Raspberry Creek 

(44.9638, ¥118.7356); Ryder Creek 

(44.9341, ¥118.5943); Silver Creek 

(44.9077, ¥118.5580); Simpson Creek 

(44.9383, ¥118.6794); South Fork 

Meadow Creek (44.9303, ¥118.5481); 

South Martin Creek (44.9479, 

¥118.5281); Unnamed (44.8594, 

¥118.6432); Unnamed (44.9073, 

¥118.5690); Unnamed (45.0031, 

¥118.7060); Unnamed (45.0267, 

¥118.7635); Unnamed (45.0413, 

¥118.8089); White Creek (45.0000, 

¥118.5617); Winom Creek (44.9822, 

¥118.6766). 

(iv) Desolation Creek Watershed 

1707020204. Outlet(s) = Desolation 

Creek (Lat 44.9977, Long ¥118.9352) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Battle Creek 

(44.8895, ¥118.7010); Beeman Creek 

(44.8230, ¥118.7498); Bruin Creek 

(44.8936, ¥118.7600); Howard Creek 

(44.8513, ¥118.7004); Junkens Creek 

(44.8482, ¥118.7994); Kelsay Creek 

(44.9203, ¥118.6899); Little Kelsay 

Creek (44.9127, ¥118.7124); North Fork 

Desolation Creek (44.7791, ¥118.6231); 

Park Creek (44.9109, ¥118.7839); Peep 

Creek (44.9488, ¥118.8069); South Fork 

Desolation Creek (44.7890, ¥118.6732); 

Sponge Creek (44.8577, ¥118.7165); 

Starveout Creek (44.8994, ¥118.8220); 

Unnamed (44.8709, ¥118.7130); 

Unnamed (44.9058, ¥118.7689); 

Unnamed (44.9163, ¥118.8384); 

Unnamed (44.9203, ¥118.8315); 

Unnamed (44.9521, ¥118.8141); 

Unnamed (44.9735, ¥118.8707). 

(v) Upper Camas Creek Watershed 

1707020205. Outlet(s) = Camas Creek 

(Lat 45.1576, Long ¥118.8411) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Wallow 

Creek (45.2501, ¥118.7502); Bowman 

Creek (45.2281, ¥118.7028); 

Butcherknife Creek (45.1495, 

¥118.6913); Camas Creek (45.1751, 

¥118.5548); Dry Camas Creek (45.1582, 

¥118.5846); Frazier Creek (45.1196, 

¥118.6152); Hidaway Creek (45.0807, 

¥118.5788); Lane Creek (45.2429, 

¥118.7749); Line Creek (45.1067, 

¥118.6562); North Fork Cable Creek 

(45.0535, ¥118.6569); Rancheria Creek 

(45.2144, ¥118.6552); Salsbury Creek 

(45.2022, ¥118.6206); South Fork Cable 

Creek (45.0077, ¥118.6942); Unnamed 

(45.0508, ¥118.6536); Unnamed 

(45.0579, ¥118.6705); Unnamed 

(45.0636, ¥118.6198); Unnamed 

(45.0638, ¥118.5908); Unnamed 

(45.0823, ¥118.6579); Unnamed 

(45.1369, ¥118.6771); Unnamed 

(45.1513, ¥118.5966); Unnamed 

(45.1854, ¥118.6842); Unnamed 

(45.1891, ¥118.6110); Unnamed 

(45.2429, ¥118.7575); Warm Spring 

Creek (45.1386, ¥118.6561). 

(vi) Lower Camas Creek Watershed 

1707020206. Outlet(s) = Camas Creek 

(Lat 45.0101, Long ¥118.9950) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bridge Creek 

(45.0395, ¥118.8633); Camas Creek 

(45.1576, ¥118.8411); Cooper Creek 

(45.2133, ¥118.9881); Deerlick Creek 

(45.1489, ¥119.0229); Dry Fivemile 

Creek (45.1313, ¥119.0898); Fivemile 

Creek (45.1804, ¥119.2259); Middle 

Fork Wilkins Creek (45.1193, 

¥119.0439); North Fork Owens Creek 

(45.1872, ¥118.9705); Owens Creek 

(45.2562, ¥118.8305); Silver Creek 

(45.1066, ¥119.1268); Snipe Creek 

(45.2502, ¥118.9707); South Fork 

Wilkins Creek (45.1078, ¥119.0312); 

Sugarbowl Creek (45.1986, ¥119.0999); 

Taylor Creek (45.1482, ¥119.1820); 

Tribble Creek (45.1713, ¥119.1617); 

Unnamed (45.0797, ¥118.7878); 

Unnamed (45.1198, ¥118.8514); 

Unnamed (45.1993, ¥118.9062); 

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Unnamed (45.2000, ¥118.8236); 

Unnamed (45.2141, ¥118.8079); 

Wilkins Creek (45.1239, ¥119.0094). 

(vii) North Fork John Day River/

Potamus Creek Watershed 1707020207.

Outlet(s) = North Fork John Day River 

(Lat 44.8832. Long ¥119.4090) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buckaroo 

Creek (45.0245, ¥119.1187); Butcher 

Bill Creek (45.1290, ¥119.3197); Cabin 

Creek (44.9650, ¥119.3628); Deep Creek 

(45.0977, ¥119.2021); Deerhorn Creek 

(45.0513, ¥119.0542); Ditch Creek 

(45.1584, ¥119.3153); East Fork 

Meadow Brook Creek (44.9634, 

¥118.9575); Ellis Creek (45.1197, 

¥119.2167); Graves Creek (44.9927, 

¥119.3171); Hunter Creek (45.0114, 

¥119.0896); Jericho Creek (45.0361, 

¥119.0829); Little Potamus Creek 

(45.0462, ¥119.2579); Mallory Creek 

(45.1030, ¥119.3112); Martin Creek 

(45.1217, ¥119.3538); Matlock Creek 

(45.0762, ¥119.1837); No Name Creek 

(45.0730, ¥119.1459); North Fork John 

Day River (44.9976, ¥118.9444); Pole 

Creek (45.1666, ¥119.2533); Rush Creek 

(45.0498, ¥119.1219); Skull Creek 

(44.9726, ¥119.2035); Smith Creek 

(44.9443, ¥118.9687); Stalder Creek 

(45.0655, ¥119.2844); Stony Creek 

(45.0424, ¥119.1489); West Fork 

Meadow Brook (44.9428, ¥119.0319); 

Wickiup Creek (45.0256, ¥119.2776); 

Wilson Creek (45.1372, ¥119.2673).

(viii) Wall Creek Watershed 

1707020208. Outlet(s) = Big Wall Creek 

(Lat 44.8832, Long ¥119.4090) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.1049,¥119.4170); Bacon Creek 

(45.0137,¥119.4800); Bear Creek 

(45.0551,¥119.4170); Big Wall Creek 

(44.9369,¥119.6055); Bull Prairie Creek 

(44.9753,¥119.6604); Colvin Creek 

(44.9835,¥119.6911); East Fork Alder 

Creek (45.1028,¥119.3929); East Fork 

Indian Creek (44.9009,¥119.4918); 

Happy Jack Creek (44.8997,¥119.5730); 

Hog Creek (45.0507,¥119.4821); Indian 

Creek (44.8810,¥119.5260); Johnson 

Creek (45.0097,¥119.6282); Little Bear 

Creek (45.0433,¥119.4084); Little Wall 

Creek (45.0271,¥119.5235); Little 

Wilson Creek (44.8979,¥119.5531); 

Lovlett Creek (44.9675,¥119.5105); 

Skookum Creek (45.0894,¥119.4725); 

South Fork Big Wall Creek 

(44.9315,¥119.6167); Swale Creek 

(45.1162,¥119.3836); Three Trough 

Creek (44.9927,¥119.5318); Two Spring 

Creek (45.0251,¥119.3938); Unnamed 

(44.9000,¥119.6213); Unnamed 

(44.9830,¥119.7364); Unnamed 

(44.9883,¥119.7248); Unnamed 

(45.0922,¥119.4374); Unnamed 

(45.1079,¥119.4359); Willow Spring 

Creek (44.9467,¥119.5921); Wilson 

Creek (44.9861,¥119.6623). 

(ix) Cottonwood Creek Watershed 

1707020209. Outlet(s) = Cottonwood 

Creek (Lat 44.8141, Long ¥119.4183) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: BecK Creek 

(44.5795,¥119.2664); Board Creek 

(44.5841,¥119.3763); Boulder Creek 

(44.5876,¥119.3006); Camp Creek #3 

(44.6606,¥119.3283); Cougar Creek #2 

(44.6230,¥119.4133); Day Creek 

(44.5946,¥119.0235); Donaldson Creek 

(44.5919,¥119.3480); Dunning Creek 

(44.6416,¥119.0628); Fox Creek 

(44.6163,¥119.0078); Indian Creek #3 

(44.6794,¥119.2196); McHaley Creek 

(44.5845,¥119.2234); Mill Creek 

(44.6080,¥119.0878); Mine Creek 

(44.5938,¥119.1756); Murphy Creek 

(44.6062,¥119.1114); Smith Creek 

(44.6627,¥119.0808); Squaw Creek #3 

(44.5715,¥119.4069); Unnamed 

(44.6176,¥119.0806). 

(x) Lower North Fork John Day River 

Watershed 1707020210. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork John Day River (Lat 44.7554, 

Long ¥119.6382) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: East Fork Deer Creek 

(44.7033,¥119.2753); Gilmore Creek 

(44.6744,¥119.4875); North Fork John 

Day River (44.8832,¥119.4090); Rudio 

Creek (44.6254,¥119.5026); Straight 

Creek (44.6759,¥119.4687); West Fork 

Deer Creek (44.6985,¥119.3372). 

(11) Unit 11. Middle Fork John Day 

Subbasin 17070203—(i) Upper Middle 

Fork John Day River Watershed 

1707020301. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

John Day River (Lat 44.5946, Long 

¥118.5163) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bridge Creek (44.5326,¥118.5746); 

Clear Creek (44.4692,¥118.4615); 

Crawford Creek (44.6381,¥118.3887); 

Dry Fork Clear Creek 

(44.5339,¥118.4484); Fly Creek 

(44.6108,¥118.3810); Idaho Creek 

(44.6113,¥118.3856); Middle Fork John 

Day River (44.5847,¥118.4286); Mill 

Creek (44.6106,¥118.4809); North Fork 

Bridge Creek (44.5479,¥118.5663); 

North Fork Summit Creek 

(44.5878,¥118.3560); Squaw Creek 

(44.5303,¥118.4089); Summit Creek 

(44.5831,¥118.3585). 

(ii) Camp Creek Watershed 

1707020302. Outlet(s) = Middle Fork 

John Day River (Lat 44.6934, Long 

¥118.7947) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Badger Creek (44.7102,¥118.6738); 

Balance Creek (44.6756,¥118.7661); 

Beaver Creek (44.6918,¥118.6467); 

Bennett Creek (44.6095,¥118.6432); Big 

Boulder Creek (44.7332,¥118.6889); 

Blue Gulch (44.6952,¥118.5220); Butte 

Creek (44.5913,¥118.6481); Camp 

Creek (44.5692,¥118.8041); Caribou 

Creek (44.6581,¥118.5543); Charlie 

Creek (44.5829,¥118.8277); 

Cottonwood Creek 

(44.6616,¥118.8919); Cougar Creek 

(44.6014,¥118.8261); Coxie Creek 

(44.5596,¥118.8457); Coyote Creek 

(44.7040,¥118.7436); Davis Creek 

(44.5720,¥118.6026); Deerhorn Creek 

(44.5984,¥118.5879); Dry Creek 

(44.6722,¥118.6962); Eagle Creek 

(44.5715,¥118.8269); Granite Boulder 

Creek (44.6860,¥118.6039); Lemon 

Creek (44.6933,¥118.6169); Lick Creek 

(44.6102,¥118.7504); Little Boulder 

Creek (44.6661,¥118.5807); Little Butte 

Creek (44.6093,¥118.6188); Middle 

Fork John Day River 

(44.5946,¥118.5163); Myrtle Creek 

(44.7336,¥118.7187); Placer Gulch 

(44.5670,¥118.5593); Ragged Creek 

(44.6366,¥118.7048); Ruby Creek 

(44.6050,¥118.6897); Sulphur Creek 

(44.6119,¥118.6672); Sunshine Creek 

(44.6424,¥118.7437); Tincup Creek 

(44.6489,¥118.6320); Trail Creek 

(44.6249,¥118.8469); Unnamed 

(44.5535,¥118.8139); Unnamed 

(44.5697,¥118.5975); Unnamed 

(44.6041,¥118.6051); Unnamed 

(44.6471,¥118.6869); Unnamed 

(44.6559,¥118.5777); Vincent Creek 

(44.6663,¥118.5345); Vinegar Creek 

(44.6861,¥118.5378); West Fork Lick 

Creek (44.6021,¥118.7891); Whiskey 

Creek (44.6776,¥118.8659); Windlass 

Creek (44.6653,¥118.6030); Wray Creek 

(44.6978,¥118.6588). 

(iii) Big Creek Watershed 1707020303.

Outlet(s) = Middle Fork John Day River 

(Lat 44.8363, Long ¥119.0306) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Barnes 

Creek (44.8911,¥118.9974); Bear Creek 

(44.7068,¥118.8742); Big Creek 

(44.7726,¥118.6831); Deadwood Creek 

(44.7645,¥118.7499); Deep Creek 

(44.7448,¥118.7591); East Fork Big 

Creek (44.7923,¥118.7783); Elk Creek 

(44.7167,¥118.7721); Granite Creek 

(44.8893,¥119.0103); Huckleberry 

Creek (44.8045,¥118.8605); Indian 

Creek (44.8037,¥118.7498); Lick Creek 

(44.8302,¥118.9613); Little Indian 

Creek (44.8743,¥118.8862); Lost Creek 

(44.7906,¥118.7970); Middle Fork John 

Day River (44.6934,¥118.7947); 

Mosquito Creek (44.7504,¥118.8021); 

North Fork Elk Creek 

(44.7281,¥118.7624); Onion Gulch 

(44.7622,¥118.7846); Pizer Creek 

(44.7805,¥118.8102); Slide Creek 

(44.6950,¥118.9124); Swamp Gulch 

(44.7606,¥118.7641); Unnamed 

(44.8249,¥118.8718); Unnamed 

(44.8594,¥118.9018). 

(iv) Long Creek Watershed 

1707020304. Outlet(s) = Long Creek (Lat 

44.8878, Long ¥119.2338) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Basin Creek 

(44.7458,¥119.2452); Everett Creek 

(44.7106,¥119.1063); Jonas Creek 

(44.6307,¥118.9118); Long Creek 

(44.6076,¥118.9402); Pass Creek 

(44.7681,¥119.0414); Paul Creek 

(44.7243,¥119.1304); Pine Creek 

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(44.8125,¥119.0859); South Fork Long 

Creek (44.6360,¥118.9756). 

(v) Lower Middle Fork John Day River 

Watershed 1707020305. Outlet(s) = 

Middle Fork John Day River (Lat 

44.9168, Long ¥119.3004) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Eightmile Creek 

(44.9584,¥119.0679); Middle Fork John 

Day River (44.8363,¥119.0306); Rush 

Creek (44.8994,¥119.0630); Sixmile 

Creek (44.9384,¥119.1797); Threemile 

Creek (44.9310,¥119.2399); Twelvemile 

Creek (44.9123,¥119.0764); Unnamed 

(44.9506,¥119.0771); Unnamed 

(44.9584,¥119.0808). 

(12) Unit 12. Lower John Day 

Subbasin 17070204—(i) Lower John Day 

River/Kahler Creek 1707020401.

Outlet(s) = John Day River (Lat 44.8080, 

Long ¥119.9585) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(44.9575,¥119.8621); Camp Creek 

(44.9005,¥119.9505); East Bologna 

Canyon (44.8484,¥119.5842); Henry 

Creek (44.9609,¥119.7683); Horseshoe 

Creek (44.7076,¥119.9465); John Day 

River (44.7554,¥119.6382); Kahler 

Creek (44.9109,¥119.7030); Lake Creek 

(44.9012,¥119.9806); Left Hand Creek 

(44.7693,¥119.7613); Parrish Creek 

(44.7207,¥119.8369); Tamarack Butte 

#2 (44.6867,¥119.7898); Tamarack 

Creek (44.9107,¥119.7026); Unnamed 

(44.9334,¥119.9164); Unnamed 

(44.9385,¥119.9088); Unnamed 

(44.9451,¥119.8932); Unnamed 

(44.9491,¥119.8696); Unnamed 

(44.9546,¥119.8739); Unnamed 

(44.9557,¥119.7561); West Bologna 

Canyon (44.8338,¥119.6422); Wheeler 

Creek (44.9483,¥119.8447); William 

Creek (44.7458,¥119.9027).

(ii) Lower John Day River/Service 

Creek Watershed 1707020402. Outlet(s) 

= John Day River (Lat 44.7368, Long 

¥120.3054) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Service Creek (44.9286, ¥120.0428); 

Girds Creek (44.6681, ¥120.1234); John 

Day River (44.8080, ¥119.9585); Rowe 

Creek (44.8043, ¥120.1751); Service 

Creek (44.8951, ¥120.0892); Shoofly 

Creek (44.6510, ¥120.0207). 

(iii) Bridge Creek Watershed 

1707020403. Outlet(s) = Bridge Creek 

(Lat 44.7368, Long ¥120.3054) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(44.5585, ¥120.4198); Bridge Creek 

(44.4721, ¥120.2009); Carroll Creek 

(44.5460, ¥120.3322); Dodds Creek 

(44.5329, ¥120.3867); Gable Creek 

(44.5186, ¥120.2384); Johnson Creek #2 

(44.5193, ¥120.0949); Slide Creek 

(44.4956, ¥120.3023); Thompson Creek 

(44.5270, ¥120.2489); West Branch 

Bridge Creek (44.4911, ¥120.3098). 

(iv) Lower John Day River/Muddy 

Creek Watershed 1707020404. Outlet(s) 

= John Day River (Lat 44.9062, Long 

¥120.4460) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Cherry Creek (44.6344, ¥120.4543); 

Clubfoot Hollow (44.8865, ¥120.1929); 

Cove Creek (44.9299, ¥120.3791); Dry 

Creek (44.6771, ¥120.5367); John Day 

River (44.7368, ¥120.3054); Little 

Muddy Creek (44.7371, ¥120.5575); 

Muddy Creek (44.7491, ¥120.5071); 

Pine Creek (44.8931, ¥120.1797); 

Robinson Canyon (44.8807, ¥120.2678); 

Steers Canyon (44.9247, ¥120.2013). 

(v) Lower John Day River/Clarno 

Watershed 1707020405. Outlet(s) = John 

Day River (Lat 45.1626, Long 

¥120.4681) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Pine Creek (44.9062, ¥120.4460). 

(vi) Butte Creek Watershed 

1707020406. Outlet(s) = Butte Creek (Lat 

45.0574, Long ¥120.4831) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Butte Creek (44.9266, 

¥120.1142); Cottonwood Creek 

(44.9816, ¥120.2136); Deep Creek 

(45.0166, ¥120.4165); Hunt Canyon 

(45.1050, ¥120.2838); Straw Fork 

(44.9536, ¥120.1024); Unnamed 

(45.0952, ¥120.2928); West Fork Butte 

Creek (44.9883, ¥120.3332). 

(vii) Pine Hollow Watershed 

1707020407. Outlet(s) = Pine Hollow 

(Lat 45.1531, Long ¥120.4757) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Big Pine 

Hollow (44.9968, ¥120.7342); Brush 

Canyon (45.0255, ¥120.6329); Eakin 

Canyon (45.1608, ¥120.5863); Hannafin 

Canyon (45.1522, ¥120.6158); Long 

Hollow Creek (44.9922, ¥120.5565); 

West Little Pine Hollow (44.9921, 

¥120.7324). 

(viii) Thirtymile Creek Watershed 

1707020408. Outlet(s) = Thirtymile 

Creek (Lat 45.1626, Long ¥120.4681) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Condon 

Canyon (45.1870, ¥120.1829); Dry Fork 

Thirtymile Creek (45.1858, ¥120.1338); 

East Fork Thirtymile Creek (45.1575, 

¥120.0556); Lost Valley Creek (45.1062, 

¥119.9916); Patill Canyon (45.1252, 

¥120.1870); Thirtymile Creek (44.9852, 

¥120.0375); Unnamed (44.9753, 

¥120.0469); Wehrli Canyon (45.1539, 

¥120.2137). 

(ix) Lower John Day River/Ferry 

Canyon Watershed 1707020409.

Outlet(s) = John Day River (Lat 45.3801, 

Long ¥120.5117) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: John Day River (45.1626, 

¥120.4681). 

(x) Lower John Day River/Scott 

Canyon Watershed 1707020410.

Outlet(s) = John Day River (Lat 45.5769, 

Long ¥120.4041) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: John Day River (45.3801, 

¥120.5117). 

(xi) Upper Rock Creek Watershed 

1707020411. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

45.2190, Long ¥119.9597) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Allen Canyon (45.1092, 

¥119.5976); Allen Spring Canyon 

(45.0471, ¥119.6468); Board Creek 

(45.1120, ¥119.5390); Brown Creek 

(45.0365, ¥119.8296); Buckhorn Creek 

(45.0272, ¥119.9186); Chapin Creek 

(45.0538, ¥119.6727); Davidson Canyon 

(45.0515, ¥119.5952); Hahn Canyon 

(45.1491, ¥119.8320); Harris Canyon 

(45.0762, ¥119.5856); Hollywood Creek 

(45.0964, ¥119.5174); Indian Creek 

(45.0481, ¥119.6476); John Z Canyon 

(45.0829, ¥119.6058); Juniper Creek 

(45.0504, ¥119.7730); Middle Fork 

Rock Creek (45.0818, ¥119.7404); Rock 

Creek (45.0361, ¥119.5989); Stahl 

Canyon (45.0071, ¥119.8683); Tree 

Root Canyon (45.0626, ¥119.6314); 

Tupper Creek (45.0903, ¥119.4999); 

Unnamed (45.0293, ¥119.5907); 

Unnamed (45.0698, ¥119.5329); 

Unnamed (45.0714, ¥119.5227); West 

Fork Juniper Creek (45.0192, 

¥119.7786). 

(xii) Lower Rock Creek Watershed 

1707020412. Outlet(s) = Rock Creek (Lat 

45.5769, Long ¥120.4041) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Dry Creek (45.3238, 

¥119.9709); Rock Creek (45.2190, 

¥119.9597); Sixmile Canyon (45.2448, 

¥120.0283); South Fork Rock Creek 

(45.2770, ¥120.1232). 

(xiii) Grass Valley Canyon Watershed 

1707020413. Outlet(s) = Grass Valley 

Canyon (Lat 45.5974, Long ¥120.4232) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Grass Valley 

Canyon (45.4071, ¥120.7226); Hay 

Canyon (45.5104, ¥120.6085); 

Rosebush Creek (45.3395, ¥120.7159). 

(xiv) Lower John Day River/McDonald 

Ferry Watershed 1707020414. Outlet(s) 

= John Day River (Lat 45.7389, Long 

¥120.6520) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

John Day River (45.5769, ¥120.4041). 

(13) Unit 13. Lower Deschutes 

Subbasin 17070306—(i) Upper 

Deschutes River Watershed 1707030603.

Outlet(s) = Deschutes River (Lat 

44.8579, Long ¥121.0668) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Deschutes River 

(44.7243, ¥121.2465); Shitike Creek 

(44.7655, ¥121.5835); Unnamed 

(44.7934, ¥121.3715). 

(ii) Mill Creek Watershed 1707030604.

Outlet(s) = Mill Creek (Lat 44.8792, 

Long ¥121.3711) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Boulder Creek (44.8261, 

¥121.4924); Mill Creek (44.8343, 

¥121.6737); Unnamed (44.8330, 

¥121.6756). 

(iii) Beaver Creek Watershed 

1707030605. Outlet(s) = Beaver Creek 

(Lat 44.8730, Long ¥121.3405) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver Butte 

Creek (45.0786, ¥121.5746); Beaver 

Creek (45.1306, ¥121.6468); Indian 

Creek (45.0835, ¥121.5113). 

(iv) Warm Springs River Watershed 

1707030606. Outlet(s) = Warm Springs 

River (Lat 44.8579, Long ¥121.0668) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Badger 

Creek #2 (44.9352, ¥121.5569); South 

Fork Warm Springs River (44.9268, 

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(44.9812, ¥121.7976). 

(v) Middle Deschutes River Watershed 

1707030607. Outlet(s) = Deschutes River 

(Lat 45.2642, Long ¥121.0232) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cove Creek 

(44.9673, ¥121.0430); Deschutes River 

(44.8579, ¥121.0668); Eagle Creek 

(44.9999, ¥121.1688); Nena Creek 

(45.1030, ¥121.1653); Oak Creek 

(44.9336, ¥121.0981); Paquet Gulch 

(45.0676, ¥121.2911); Skookum Creek 

(44.9171, ¥121.1251); Stag Canyon 

(45.1249, ¥121.0563); Unnamed 

(45.0186, ¥121.0464); Unnamed 

(45.0930, ¥121.1511); Wapinitia Creek 

(45.1177, ¥121.3025). 

(vi) Bakeoven Creek Watershed 

1707030608. Outlet(s) = Bakeoven Creek 

(Lat 45.1748, Long ¥121.0728) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bakeoven 

Creek (45.1261, ¥120.9398); Booten 

Creek (45.1434, ¥121.0131); 

Cottonwood Creek (45.0036, 

¥120.8720); Deep Creek (44.9723, 

¥120.9480); Robin Creek (45.1209, 

¥120.9652); Trail Hollow Creek 

(45.1481, ¥121.0423).

(vii) Buck Hollow Creek Watershed 

1707030611. Outlet(s) = Buck Hollow 

Creek (Lat 45.2642, Long ¥121.0232) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buck 

Hollow Creek (45.0663, ¥120.7095); 

Finnegan Creek (45.2231, ¥120.8472); 

Macken Canyon (45.1093, ¥120.7011); 

Thorn Hollow (45.0450, ¥120.7386). 

(viii) Lower Deschutes River 

Watershed 1707030612. Outlet(s) = 

Deschutes River (Lat 45.6426, Long 

¥120.9142) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bull Run Canyon (45.4480, ¥120.8655); 

Deschutes River (45.2642, ¥121.0232); 

Fall Canyon (45.5222, ¥120.8538); 

Ferry Canyon (45.3854, ¥120.9373); 

Jones Canyon (45.3011, ¥120.9404); 

Macks Canyon (45.3659, ¥120.8524); 

Oak Canyon (45.3460, ¥120.9960); 

Sixteen Canyon (45.4050, ¥120.8529). 

(14) Unit 14. Trout Subbasin 

17070307—(i) Upper Trout Creek 

Watershed 1707030701. Outlet(s) = 

Trout Creek (Lat 44.8229, Long 

¥120.9193) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Amity Creek (44.6447, ¥120.5854); 

Auger Creek (44.5539, ¥120.5381); 

Beaver Creek (44.6390, ¥120.7034); Big 

Log Creek (44.5436, ¥120.6997); Big 

Whetstone Creek (44.6761, ¥120.7645); 

Board Hollow (44.6064, ¥120.7405); 

Cartwright Creek (44.5404, ¥120.6535); 

Clover Creek (44.6523, ¥120.7358); 

Dutchman Creek (44.5320, ¥120.6704); 

Foley Creek (44.5861, ¥120.6801); 

Little Trout Creek (44.7816, 

¥120.7237); Opal Creek (44.5792, 

¥120.5446); Potlid Creek (44.5366, 

¥120.6207); Trout Creek (44.5286, 

¥120.5805); Tub Springs Canyon 

(44.8155, ¥120.7888); Unnamed 

(44.5428, ¥120.5848); Unnamed 

(44.6043, ¥120.7403); Unnamed 

(44.6510, ¥120.7337). 

(ii) Antelope Creek Watershed 

1707030702. Antelope Creek (Lat 

44.8229, Long ¥120.9193) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Antelope Creek (44.8564, 

¥120.8574); Boot Creek (44.9086, 

¥120.8864); Pole Creek (44.9023, 

¥120.9108); Ward Creek (44.9513, 

¥120.8341). 

(iii) Mud Springs Creek Watershed 

1707030704. Outlet(s) = Mud Springs 

Creek (Lat 44.8020, Long ¥121.0614) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Mud 

Springs Creek (44.7870, ¥121.0479). 

(iv) Lower Trout Creek Watershed 

1707030705. Outlet(s) = Trout Creek 

(Lat 44.8214, Long ¥121.0876) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Brocher 

Creek (44.8357, ¥121.0330); Hay Creek 

(44.7824, ¥120.9652); Trout Creek 

(44.8229, ¥120.9193). 

(15) Unit 15. Upper Columbia/Priest 

Rapids Subbasin 17020016–Columbia 

River/Zintel Canyon Watershed 

1702001606. Outlet(s) = Columbia River 

(Lat 46.1776, Long ¥119.0183) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Columbia 

River (46.2534, ¥119.2268). 

(16) Unit 16. Columbia River 

Corridor—Columbia River Corridor

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 46.2485, 

Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(45.7070, ¥121.7943). 

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for the Middle Columbia River O. 

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(1) Unit 1. Middle Columbia/Hood 

Subbasin 17070105—(i) East Fork Hood 

River Watershed 1707010506. Outlet(s) 

= Hood River (Lat 45.6050, Long 

¥121.6323) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Baldwin Creek (45.5618, ¥121.5585); 

Bear Creek (45.4894, ¥121.6516); Cat 

Creek (45.4708, ¥121.5591); Clark 

Creek (45.3335, ¥121.6420); Coe 

Branch (45.4342, ¥121.6673); Cold 

Spring Creek (45.4020, ¥121.5873); 

Culvert Creek (45.3770, ¥121.5660); 

Dog River (45.4404, ¥121.5623); East 

Fork Hood River (45.3172, ¥121.6390); 

Eliot Branch, Middle Fork Hood River 

(45.4534, ¥121.6362); Emil Creek 

(45.5223, ¥121.5886); Evans Creek 

(45.4872, ¥121.5894); Graham Creek 

(45.5463, ¥121.5639); Meadows Creek 

(45.3195, ¥121.6279); Newton Creek 

(45.3370, ¥121.6261); Pinnacle Creek 

(45.4595, ¥121.6568); Pocket Creek 

(45.3025, ¥121.5969); Polallie Creek 

(45.4132, ¥121.5826); Tony Creek 

(45.5254, ¥121.6584); Unnamed 

(45.3470, ¥121.5843); Unnamed 

(45.4661, ¥121.5627); Unnamed 

(45.5208, ¥121.6198); Unnamed 

(45.5445, ¥121.5738). 

(ii) West Fork Hood River Watershed 

1707010507. Outlet(s) = West Fork 

Hood River (Lat 45.6050, Long 

¥121.6323) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Divers Creek (45.5457, ¥121.7447); Elk 

Creek (45.4294, ¥121.7884); Green 

Point Creek (45.5915, ¥121.6981); 

Indian Creek (45.5375, ¥121.7857); 

Jones Creek (45.4673, ¥121.8020); Lake 

Branch (45.5083, ¥121.8485); McGee 

Creek (45.4120, ¥121.7598); No Name 

Creek (45.5347, ¥121.7929); Red Hill 

Creek (45.4720, ¥121.7705); Unnamed 

(45.5502, ¥121.7014). 

(iii) Hood River Watershed 

1707010508. Outlet(s) = Hood River (Lat 

45.7237, Long ¥121.5049) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Hood River (45.6050, 

¥121.6323); Lenz Creek (45.6291, 

¥121.5220); Neal Creek (45.5787, 

¥121.4875); West Fork Neal Creek 

(45.5751, ¥121.5215); Whiskey Creek 

(45.6827, ¥121.5064). 

(iv) Wind River Watershed 

1707010511. Outlet(s) = Wind River (Lat 

45.7067, Long ¥121.7929) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.7619, 

¥121.8295); Big Hollow Creek (45.9408, 

¥122.0075); Bourbon Creek (45.9246, 

¥121.9982); Brush Creek (45.7720, 

¥121.7528); Cedar Creek (45.8388, 

¥121.7956); Compass Creek (45.8372, 

¥122.0633); Crater Creek (45.8637, 

¥122.0639); Dry Creek (45.9551, 

¥121.9924); East Fork Trout Creek 

(45.8503, ¥122.0096); Eightmile Creek 

(45.8616, ¥121.8966); Falls Creek 

(45.9107, ¥121.9151); Hollis Creek 

(45.8524, ¥121.9304); Jimmy Creek 

(45.7886, ¥121.8409); Layout Creek 

(45.8096, ¥122.0475); Little Wind River 

(45.7763, ¥121.7222); Martha Creek 

(45.7846, ¥121.9482); Mouse Creek 

(45.8415, ¥121.8428); Ninemile Creek 

(45.8942, ¥121.9023); Oldman Creek 

(45.9856, ¥121.9369); Panther Creek 

(45.8605, ¥121.8422); Pass Creek 

(45.8555, ¥122.0133); Planting Creek 

(45.8071, ¥122.0010); Proverbial Creek 

(45.9816, ¥121.9654); Tenmile Creek 

(45.8760, ¥121.8694); Trapper Creek 

(45.9113, ¥122.0470); Trout Creek 

(45.8679, ¥122.0477); Unnamed 

(45.7862, ¥121.9097); Unnamed 

(45.8008, ¥121.9881); Unnamed 

(45.8025, ¥121.9678); Unnamed 

(45.8142, ¥122.0204); Unnamed 

(45.8149, ¥122.0532); Unnamed 

(45.8161, ¥121.8437); Unnamed 

(45.8206, ¥121.8111); Unnamed 

(45.8218, ¥121.9470); Unnamed 

(45.8242, ¥122.0295); Unnamed 

(45.8427, ¥121.9180); Unnamed 

(45.8509, ¥121.9190); Unnamed 

(45.8529, ¥122.0406); Unnamed 

(45.8551, ¥122.0638); Unnamed 

(45.8610, ¥121.9635); Unnamed 

(45.8637, ¥122.0625); Unnamed 

(45.8640, ¥121.9764); Unnamed 

(45.8682, ¥121.9714); Unnamed 

(45.8940, ¥122.0348); Unnamed 

(45.8965, ¥122.0035); Unnamed 

(45.9652, ¥121.9517); Unnamed 

(45.9798, ¥121.8873); Unnamed 

(45.9844, ¥121.9171); Wind River 

(45.9964, ¥121.9000). 

(v) Middle Columbia/Grays Creek 

Watershed 1707010512. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.7070, Long 

¥121.7943) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.7237, ¥121.5049). 

(vi) Middle Columbia/Eagle Creek 

Watershed 1707010513. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.6453, Long 

¥121.9395) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.7070, ¥121.7943). 

(2) Unit 2. Lower Columbia/Sandy 

Subbasin 17080001—(i) Salmon River 

Watershed 17080001. Outlet(s) = 

Salmon River (Lat 45.3768, Long 

¥122.0293) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bighorn Creek (45.2582, ¥121.9204); 

Boulder Creek (45.3027, ¥122.0209); 

Cheeney Creek (45.2919, ¥121.9710); 

Copper Creek (45.2454, ¥121.9051); 

Mack Hall Creek (45.2391, ¥121.9508); 

Salmon River (45.2511, ¥121.9025); 

South Fork Salmon River (45.2500, 

¥121.9770); Unnamed (45.2576, 

¥121.9068); Unnamed (45.2600, 

¥121.9093); Unnamed (45.2633, 

¥121.9153); Unnamed (45.2646, 

¥121.9175); Unnamed (45.2708, 

¥121.9246); Unnamed (45.2946, 

¥121.9388); Unnamed (45.3161, 

¥121.9565); Unnamed (45.3225, 

¥121.9609); Unnamed (45.3254, 

¥121.9582); Unnamed (45.3277, 

¥121.9635); Unnamed (45.3336, 

¥121.9538); Unnamed (45.3383, 

¥121.9768); Unnamed (45.3398, 

¥121.9954). 

(ii) Zigzag River Watershed 

1708000102. Outlet(s) = Zigzag River 

(Lat 45.3489, Long ¥121.9442) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Camp Creek 

(45.3070, ¥121.7921); Cool Creek 

(45.2867, ¥121.8849); Devil Canyon 

(45.3186, ¥121.8587); Henry Creek 

(45.3241, ¥121.8869); Lady Creek 

(45.3199, ¥121.8225); Little Zigzag 

Canyon (45.3138, ¥121.8035); Still 

Creek (45.3167, ¥121.7228); Unnamed 

(45.2647, ¥121.8342); Unnamed 

(45.2706, ¥121.8194); Unnamed 

(45.2793, ¥121.8529); Unnamed 

(45.2801, ¥121.8537); Wind Creek 

(45.2961, ¥121.8515); Zigzag River 

(45.3270, ¥121.7786).

(iii) Upper Sandy River Watershed 

1708000103. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.3489, Long ¥121.9442) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cast Creek 

(45.3794, ¥121.8538); Clear Creek 

(45.3998, ¥121.8936); Clear Fork 

(45.4256, ¥121.8006); Horseshoe Creek 

(45.3664, ¥121.8680); Little Clear Creek 

(45.3854, ¥121.9190); Lost Creek 

(45.3670, ¥121.8091); Muddy Fork 

(45.3920, ¥121.7577); Sandy River 

(45.3719, ¥121.7560); Unnamed 

(45.3813, ¥121.8954); Unnamed 

(45.3904, ¥121.7979); Unnamed 

(45.4090, ¥121.8056); Unnamed 

(45.4164, ¥121.8342). 

(iv) Middle Sandy River Watershed 

1708000104. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.4464, Long ¥122.2459) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek 

(45.3459, ¥122.0875); Bear Creek #2 

(45.3368, ¥121.9265); Cedar Creek 

(45.4046, ¥122.2513); Hackett Creek 

(45.3525, ¥121.9504); North Boulder 

Creek (45.3900, ¥122.0037); Sandy 

River (45.3489, ¥121.9442); Unnamed 

(45.3469, ¥122.0673); Unnamed 

(45.3699, ¥122.0764); Unnamed 

(45.3808, ¥122.0325); Unnamed 

(45.3864, ¥122.0355); Whisky Creek 

(45.3744, ¥122.1202). 

(v) Washougal River Watershed 

1708000106. Outlet(s) = Unnamed (Lat 

45.5812, Long ¥122.4077); Washougal 

River (45.5795, ¥122.4023) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.7732, 

¥122.1468); Bluebird Creek (45.7486, 

¥122.1717); Cougar Creek (45.6514, 

¥122.2677); Dougan Creek (45.7080, 

¥122.1817); East Fork Little Washougal 

River (45.6722, ¥122.2827); Grouse 

Creek (45.7574, ¥122.1352); Hagen 

Creek (45.7154, ¥122.2518); Jackson 

Creek (45.6755, ¥122.2530); Jones 

Creek (45.6913, ¥122.2870); Lacamas 

Creek (45.5972, ¥122.3933); Little 

Washougal River (45.7006, ¥122.3212); 

Lookout Creek (45.7806, ¥122.1006); 

Meander Creek (45.7708, ¥122.0848); 

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Prospector Creek (45.7590, ¥122.0890); 

Silver Creek (45.7343, ¥122.1694); 

Stebbins Creek (45.7285, ¥122.0683); 

Texas Creek (45.6946, ¥122.1873); 

Timber Creek (45.7236, ¥122.1001); 

Unnamed (45.5873, ¥122.4121); 

Unnamed (45.6002, ¥122.3312); 

Unnamed (45.6132, ¥122.3238); 

Unnamed (45.6177, ¥122.2425); 

Unnamed (45.6206, ¥122.3449); 

Unnamed (45.6213, ¥122.2807); 

Unnamed (45.6243, ¥122.2283); 

Unnamed (45.6251, ¥122.3419); 

Unnamed (45.6279, ¥122.2549); 

Unnamed (45.6297, ¥122.2463); 

Unnamed (45.6321, ¥122.2753); 

Unnamed (45.6328, ¥122.2574); 

Unnamed (45.6382, ¥122.2915); 

Unnamed (45.6477, ¥122.3665); 

Unnamed (45.6487, ¥122.3336); 

Unnamed (45.6507, ¥122.1562); 

Unnamed (45.6531, ¥122.2739); 

Unnamed (45.6594, ¥122.2062); 

Unnamed (45.6622, ¥122.3015); 

Unnamed (45.6625, ¥122.3446); 

Unnamed (45.6675, ¥122.3415); 

Unnamed (45.6694, ¥122.1553); 

Unnamed (45.6703, ¥122.3399); 

Unnamed (45.6721, ¥122.1725); 

Unnamed (45.6749, ¥122.3370); 

Unnamed (45.6798, ¥122.2905); 

Unnamed (45.6835, ¥122.3336); 

Unnamed (45.6836, ¥122.1146); 

Unnamed (45.6871, ¥122.2996); 

Unnamed (45.6934, ¥122.1063); 

Unnamed (45.6949, ¥122.3305); 

Unnamed (45.6959, ¥122.3149); 

Unnamed (45.6965, ¥122.0837); 

Unnamed (45.7074, ¥122.1566); 

Unnamed (45.7080, ¥122.2600); 

Unnamed (45.7092, ¥122.2510); 

Unnamed (45.7179, ¥122.0744); 

Unnamed (45.7201, ¥122.1360); 

Unnamed (45.7249, ¥122.1067); 

Unnamed (45.7285, ¥122.1965); 

Unnamed (45.7303, ¥122.1126); 

Unnamed (45.7458, ¥122.1328); 

Unnamed (45.7476, ¥122.0518); 

Unnamed (45.7482, ¥122.1594); 

Unnamed (45.7624, ¥122.1308); 

Unnamed (45.7841, ¥122.1211); 

Washougal River (45.7798, ¥122.1403); 

West Fork Washougal River (45.7382, 

¥122.2173); Wildboy Creek (45.6712, 

¥122.2172); Winkler Creek (45.6377, 

¥122.2588). 

(vi) Columbia Gorge Tributaries 

Watershed 1708000107. Outlet(s) = 

Columbia River (Lat 45.5710, Long 

¥122.4021) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Columbia River (45.6453, ¥121.9395). 

(vii) Lower Sandy River Watershed 

1708000108. Outlet(s) = Sandy River 

(Lat 45.5679, Long ¥122.4023) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (45.4959, ¥122.3643); Big Creek 

(45.5068, ¥122.2966); Buck Creek 

(45.4985, ¥122.2671); Gordon Creek 

(45.5021, ¥122.1805); Kelly Creek 

(45.5134, ¥122.3953); Sandy River 

(45.4464, ¥122.2459); Smith Creek 

(45.5136, ¥122.3339); Trout Creek 

(45.4819, ¥122.2769); Unnamed 

(45.4889, ¥122.3513); Unnamed 

(45.5557, ¥122.3715); Unnamed 

(45.5600, ¥122.3650). 

(3) Unit 3. Lewis Subbasin 

17080002—(i) East Fork Lewis River 

Watershed 1708000205. Outlet(s) = 

Allen Creek (Lat 45.8641, Long 

¥122.7499); East Fork Lewis River 

(45.8664, ¥122.7189); Gee Creek 

(45.8462, ¥122.7803) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Allen Creek (45.8279, 

¥122.6968); Anaconda Creek (45.8208, 

¥122.2652); Basket Creek (45.8327, 

¥122.4579); Big Tree Creek (45.8572, 

¥122.3728); Brezee Creek (45.8625, 

¥122.6637); Cedar Creek (45.7226, 

¥122.3290); Cold Creek (45.7493, 

¥122.3252); Copper Creek (45.8177, 

¥122.2637); Coyote Creek (45.7554, 

¥122.2641); East Fork Lewis River 

(45.8380, ¥122.0948); Gee Creek 

(45.7920, ¥122.6679); Green Fork 

(45.8462, ¥122.1274); Grouse Creek 

(45.7214, ¥122.2709); King Creek 

(45.7802, ¥122.2552); Little Creek 

(45.8417, ¥122.1779); Lockwood Creek 

(45.8986, ¥122.5953); Mason Creek 

(45.8661, ¥122.5430); McCormick 

Creek (45.8521, ¥122.6907); McKinley 

Creek (45.8026, ¥122.1797); Niccolls 

Creek (45.8148, ¥122.3093); Poison 

Gulch (45.7898, ¥122.1617); Riley 

Creek (45.8936, ¥122.6175); Rock Creek 

(45.7375, ¥122.2571); Roger Creek 

(45.8183, ¥122.3426); Slide Creek 

(45.8477, ¥122.2090); Unnamed 

(45.7212, ¥122.3389); Unnamed 

(45.7623, ¥122.2727); Unnamed 

(45.7697, ¥122.3157); Unnamed 

(45.7726, ¥122.6651); Unnamed 

(45.7770, ¥122.3539); Unnamed 

(45.7802, ¥122.6068); Unnamed 

(45.7858, ¥122.3283); Unnamed 

(45.7916, ¥122.3780); Unnamed 

(45.7919, ¥122.2780); Unnamed 

(45.7961, ¥122.1312); Unnamed 

(45.7980, ¥122.5650); Unnamed 

(45.8033, ¥122.6667); Unnamed 

(45.8038, ¥122.3545); Unnamed 

(45.8075, ¥122.1120); Unnamed 

(45.8076, ¥122.6285); Unnamed 

(45.8079, ¥122.2942); Unnamed 

(45.8146, ¥122.4818); Unnamed 

(45.8147, ¥122.3144); Unnamed 

(45.8149, ¥122.5653); Unnamed 

(45.8172, ¥122.5742); Unnamed 

(45.8207, ¥122.4916); Unnamed 

(45.8230, ¥122.7069); Unnamed 

(45.8242, ¥122.6390); Unnamed 

(45.8292, ¥122.6040); Unnamed 

(45.8306, ¥122.3769); Unnamed 

(45.8353, ¥122.4842); Unnamed 

(45.8363, ¥122.1252); Unnamed 

(45.8368, ¥122.6498); Unnamed 

(45.8381, ¥122.4685); Unnamed 

(45.8427, ¥122.3708); Unnamed 

(45.8432, ¥122.1480); Unnamed 

(45.8434, ¥122.2292); Unnamed 

(45.8439, ¥122.6478); Unnamed 

(45.8471, ¥122.7486); Unnamed 

(45.8475, ¥122.6486); Unnamed 

(45.8484, ¥122.4401); Unnamed 

(45.8498, ¥122.7300); Unnamed 

(45.8502, ¥122.5228); Unnamed 

(45.8513, ¥122.1323); Unnamed 

(45.8537, ¥122.5973); Unnamed 

(45.8600, ¥122.6112); Unnamed 

(45.8604, ¥122.3831); Unnamed 

(45.8606, ¥122.3981); Unnamed 

(45.8662, ¥122.5772); Unnamed 

(45.8667, ¥122.5744); Unnamed 

(45.8689, ¥122.4227); Unnamed 

(45.8698, ¥122.6777); Unnamed 

(45.8756, ¥122.4795); Unnamed 

(45.8813, ¥122.4772); Unnamed 

(45.8899, ¥122.6256); Unnamed 

(45.8986, ¥122.5742); Unnamed 

(45.8988, ¥122.6123); Unnamed 

(45.9055, ¥122.5187); Yacolt Creek 

(45.8761, ¥122.4220).

(ii) Lower Lewis River Watershed 

1708000206. Outlet(s) = Lewis River 

(Lat 45.8519, Long ¥122.7806) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bitter Creek 

(45.9133, ¥122.4593); Brush Creek 

(45.9280, ¥122.4674); Cedar Creek 

(45.9019, ¥122.3655); Chelatchie Creek 

(45.9357, ¥122.3784); Colvin Creek 

(45.9400, ¥122.6081); Houghton Creek 

(45.9559, ¥122.6348); John Creek 

(45.9291, ¥122.4964); Johnson Creek 

(45.9536, ¥122.6183); Lewis River 

(45.9570, ¥122.5550); Pup Creek 

(45.9486, ¥122.5245); Robinson Creek 

(45.9362, ¥122.7243); Ross Creek 

(45.9536, ¥122.7043); Staples Creek 

(45.9423, ¥122.6665); Unnamed 

(45.8696, ¥122.7658); Unnamed 

(45.8878, ¥122.3688); Unnamed 

(45.8928, ¥122.4209); Unnamed 

(45.8940, ¥122.4371); Unnamed 

(45.9001, ¥122.7226); Unnamed 

(45.9136, ¥122.6836); Unnamed 

(45.9141, ¥122.5565); Unnamed 

(45.9172, ¥122.3591); Unnamed 

(45.9202, ¥122.5339); Unnamed 

(45.9203, ¥122.4557); Unnamed 

(45.9245, ¥122.3731); Unnamed 

(45.9258, ¥122.5964); Unnamed 

(45.9294, ¥122.6225); Unnamed 

(45.9396, ¥122.4097); Unnamed 

(45.9417, ¥122.7035); Unnamed 

(45.9436, ¥122.6417); Unnamed 

(45.9438, ¥122.6190); Unnamed 

(45.9446, ¥122.6437); Unnamed 

(45.9457, ¥122.3926); Unnamed 

(45.9474, ¥122.6695);Unnamed 

(45.9549, ¥122.6967). 

(4) Unit 4. Lower Columbia/

Clatskanie Subbasin 17080003—Kalama 

River Watershed 1708000301. Outlet(s) 

= Burris Creek (Lat 45.8926, Long 

¥122.7892); Bybee Creek (45.9667, 

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¥122.8150); Kalama River (46.0340, 

¥122.8695); Mill Creek (45.9579, 

¥122.8030); Schoolhouse Creek 

(45.9785, ¥122.8282); Unnamed 

(46.0001, ¥122.8438); Unnamed 

(46.0075, ¥122.8455) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Arnold Creek (46.0206, 

¥122.5638); Bear Creek (46.0951, 

¥122.5772); Burris Creek (45.9506, 

¥122.7428); Bush Creek (46.0828, 

¥122.4611); Bybee Creek (45.9695, 

¥122.8135); Canyon Creek (45.9540, 

¥122.7925); Cedar Creek (46.0333, 

¥122.8110); Dee Creek (45.9953, 

¥122.6525); Elk Creek (46.1154, 

¥122.4796); Hatchery Creek (46.0673, 

¥122.7548); Indian Creek (46.0516, 

¥122.7502); Jacks Creek (46.0400, 

¥122.5014); Kalama River (46.1109, 

¥122.3579); Knowlton Creek (46.0245, 

¥122.6454); Langdon Creek (46.1137, 

¥122.4364); Little Kalama River 

(45.9745, ¥122.6604); Lost Creek 

(46.0692, ¥122.5292); Mill Creek 

(45.9741, ¥122.7756); North Fork Elk 

Creek (46.1086, ¥122.5284); North Fork 

Kalama River (46.1550, ¥122.4007); 

Schoolhouse Creek (45.9810, 

¥122.8217); Spencer Creek (46.0253, 

¥122.8285); Summers Creek (46.0357, 

¥122.6529); Unnamed (45.9034, 

¥122.7792); Unnamed (45.9423, 

¥122.7761); Unnamed (45.9683, 

¥122.7751); Unnamed (45.9772, 

¥122.6534); Unnamed (45.9820, 

¥122.7123); Unnamed (45.9830, 

¥122.8249); Unnamed (45.9957, 

¥122.6742); Unnamed (46.0023, 

¥122.8001); Unnamed (46.0034, 

¥122.8330); Unnamed (46.0059, 

¥122.7350); Unnamed (46.0064, 

¥122.7377); Unnamed (46.0238, 

¥122.5834); Unnamed (46.0257, 

¥122.5913); Unnamed (46.0389, 

¥122.6305); Unnamed (46.0437, 

¥122.5713); Unnamed (46.0440, 

¥122.8548); Unnamed (46.0462, 

¥122.5097); Unnamed (46.0473, 

¥122.7668); Unnamed (46.0611, 

¥122.5514); Unnamed (46.0618, 

¥122.4290); Unnamed (46.0634, 

¥122.5630); Unnamed (46.0645, 

¥122.3953); Unnamed (46.0861, 

¥122.6708); Unnamed (46.0882, 

¥122.5729); Unnamed (46.0982, 

¥122.4887); Unnamed (46.0986, 

¥122.6384); Unnamed (46.0998, 

¥122.6089); Unnamed (46.1031, 

¥122.3851); Unnamed (46.1076, 

¥122.5965); Unnamed (46.1086, 

¥122.4399); Unnamed (46.1088, 

¥122.3440); Unnamed (46.1124, 

¥122.6411); Unnamed (46.1153, 

¥122.5646); Unnamed (46.1159, 

¥122.5728); Unnamed (46.1169, 

¥122.3397); Unnamed (46.1242, 

¥122.5932); Unnamed (46.1244, 

¥122.4255); Unnamed (46.1355, 

¥122.4413); Unnamed (46.1451, 

¥122.4279); Unnamed (46.1543, 

¥122.4131); Unnamed (46.1559, 

¥122.4254); Wild Horse Creek (46.1018, 

¥122.6755); Wolf Creek (46.0523, 

¥122.4334). 

(5) Unit 5. Upper Cowlitz Subbasin 

17080004—(i) Headwaters Cowlitz River 

Watershed 1708000401. Outlet(s) = 

Cowlitz River (Lat 46.6580, Long 

¥121.6032) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Clear Fork Cowlitz River (46.6846, 

¥121.5668); Muddy Fork Cowlitz River 

(46.6973, ¥121.6177); Ohanapecosh 

River (46.6909, ¥121.5809); Purcell 

Creek (46.6722, ¥121.5877). 

(ii) Upper Cowlitz River Watershed 

1708000402. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.5742, Long ¥121.7059) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Butter Creek 

(46.6451, ¥121.6749); Coal Creek 

(46.6438, ¥121.6108); Cowlitz River 

(46.6580, ¥121.6032); Hall Creek 

(46.6044, ¥121.6609); Johnson Creek 

(46.5546, ¥121.6373); Lake Creek 

(46.6227, ¥121.6093); Skate Creek 

(46.6850, ¥121.8052); Unnamed 

(46.6930, ¥121.8024). 

(iii) Cowlitz Valley Frontal Watershed 

1708000403. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.4765, Long ¥122.0952) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Burton 

Creek (46.5423, ¥121.7505); Cowlitz 

River (46.5742, ¥121.7059); Davis 

Creek (46.5410, ¥121.8084); Kilborn 

Creek (46.5081, ¥121.8007); Oliver 

Creek (46.5450, ¥121.9928); Peters 

Creek (46.5386, ¥121.9830); Siler Creek 

(46.4931, ¥121.9085); Silver Creek 

(46.5909, ¥121.9253); Smith Creek 

(46.5620, ¥121.6923); Unnamed 

(46.4913, ¥122.0820); Unnamed 

(46.5657, ¥122.0489); Willame Creek 

(46.5805, ¥121.7319). 

(iv) Upper Cispus River Watershed 

1708000404. Outlet(s) = Cispus River 

(Lat 46.4449, Long ¥121.7954) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cispus River 

(46.3450, ¥121.6833); East Canyon 

Creek (46.3472, ¥121.7028); North Fork 

Cispus River (46.4362, ¥121.6479); 

Timonium Creek (46.4318, ¥121.6548); 

Twin Creek (46.3748, ¥121.7297); 

Yozoo Creek (46.4363, ¥121.6637).

(v) Lower Cispus River Watershed 

1708000405. Outlet(s) = Cispus River 

(Lat 46.4765, Long ¥122.0952) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Ames Creek 

(46.4654, ¥121.9233); Camp Creek 

(46.4513, ¥121.8301); Cispus River 

(46.4449, ¥121.7954); Covell Creek 

(46.4331, ¥121.8516); Crystal Creek 

(46.4454, ¥122.0234); Greenhorn Creek 

(46.4217, ¥121.9042); Iron Creek 

(46.3887, ¥121.9702); McCoy Creek 

(46.3891, ¥121.8190); Quartz Creek 

(46.4250, ¥122.0519); Unnamed 

(46.4633, ¥121.9548); Woods Creek 

(46.4741, ¥121.9473); Yellowjacket 

Creek (46.3869, ¥121.8342). 

(6) Unit 6. Cowlitz Subbasin 

17080005—(i) Tilton River Watershed 

1708000501. Outlet(s) = Tilton River 

(Lat 46.5432, Long ¥122.5319) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Connelly 

Creek (46.6040, ¥122.3159); Coon 

Creek (46.6168, ¥122.2831); Eagle 

Creek (46.6535, ¥122.2579); East Fork 

Tilton River (46.5941, ¥122.1694); 

Heller Creek (46.5955, ¥122.2773); 

Jesse Creek (46.6446, ¥122.4204); 

Johnson Creek (46.5325, ¥122.2374); 

Little Creek (46.6664, ¥122.4031); 

Minnie Creek (46.5400, ¥122.2330); 

Nineteen Creek (46.5996, ¥122.2215); 

Otter Creek (46.6206, ¥122.4098); 

Rockies Creek (46.6426, ¥122.3980); 

Snow Creek (46.6207, ¥122.2664); 

South Fork Tilton Creek (46.5632, 

¥122.1563); Tilton River (46.6258, 

¥122.2142); Trout Creek (46.6586, 

¥122.2582); Unnamed (46.5736, 

¥122.2423); Unnamed (46.6091, 

¥122.3134); Wallanding Creek 

(46.6228, ¥122.3677); West Fork Tilton 

River (46.6587, ¥122.3067); Winnie 

Creek (46.6570, ¥122.4207). 

(ii) Riffe Reservoir Watershed 

1708000502. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.5033, Long ¥122.5870) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Cowlitz 

River (46.4765, ¥122.0952). 

(iii) Jackson Prairie Watershed 

1708000503. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.3678, Long ¥122.9337) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek 

(46.4538, ¥122.9192); Blue Creek 

(46.4885, ¥122.7253); Brights Creek 

(46.5015, ¥122.6247); Cedar Creek 

(46.4110, ¥122.7316); Coon Creek 

(46.4371, ¥122.9065); Cougar Creek 

(46.3937, ¥122.7945); Cowlitz River 

(46.5033, ¥122.5870); Foster Creek 

(46.4073, ¥122.8897); Hopkey Creek 

(46.4587, ¥122.5533); Jones Creek 

(46.5125, ¥122.6825); Lacamas Creek 

(46.5246, ¥122.7923); Little Salmon 

Creek (46.4402, ¥122.7458); Mill Creek 

(46.5024, ¥122.8013); Mill Creek 

(46.5175, ¥122.6209); Otter Creek 

(46.4801, ¥122.7000); Pin Creek 

(46.4133, ¥122.8321); Rapid Creek 

(46.4320, ¥122.5465); Skook Creek 

(46.5031, ¥122.7561); Unnamed 

(46.3838, ¥122.7243); Unnamed 

(46.3841, ¥122.6789); Unnamed 

(46.3849, ¥122.7043); Unnamed 

(46.3857, ¥122.9224); Unnamed 

(46.3881, ¥122.6949); Unnamed 

(46.3900, ¥122.7368); Unnamed 

(46.3998, ¥122.8974); Unnamed 

(46.4001, ¥122.7437); Unnamed 

(46.4015, ¥122.7327); Unnamed 

(46.4097, ¥122.5887); Unnamed 

(46.4102, ¥122.6787); Unnamed 

(46.4106, ¥122.7075); Unnamed 

(46.4115, ¥122.9091); Unnamed 

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(46.4117, ¥122.7554); Unnamed 

(46.4143, ¥122.7823); Unnamed 

(46.4174, ¥122.6365); Unnamed 

(46.4241, ¥122.8170); Unnamed 

(46.4269, ¥122.6124); Unnamed 

(46.4291, ¥122.6418); Unnamed 

(46.4293, ¥122.8354); Unnamed 

(46.4412, ¥122.5192); Unnamed 

(46.4454, ¥122.8662); Unnamed 

(46.4496, ¥122.5281); Unnamed 

(46.4514, ¥122.8699); Unnamed 

(46.4703, ¥122.7959); Unnamed 

(46.4708, ¥122.7713); Unnamed 

(46.4729, ¥122.6850); Unnamed 

(46.4886, ¥122.8067); Unnamed 

(46.5172, ¥122.6534); Unnamed 

(46.5312, ¥122.8196). 

(iv) North Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000504. Outlet(s) = 

North Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3669, 

Long ¥122.5859) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Alder Creek (46.2813, 

¥122.4964); Bear Creek (46.3085, 

¥122.3504); Coldwater Creek (46.2884, 

¥122.2675); Cow Creek (46.3287, 

¥122.4616); Hoffstadt Creek (46.3211, 

¥122.3324); Maratta Creek (46.2925, 

¥122.2845); Unnamed (46.3050, 

¥122.5416); Unnamed (46.3346, 

¥122.5460); Unnamed (46.3394, 

¥122.3314). 

(v) Green River Watershed 

1708000505. Outlet(s) = Green River 

(Lat 46.3718, Long ¥122.5847) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Beaver 

Creek (46.4056, ¥122.5671); Cascade 

Creek (46.3924, ¥122.3529); Devils 

Creek (46.4017, ¥122.4089); Elk Creek 

(46.4178, ¥122.2477); Green River 

(46.3857, ¥122.1815); Jim Creek 

(46.3885, ¥122.5256); Miners Creek 

(46.3483, ¥122.1932); Shultz Creek 

(46.3684, ¥122.2848); Tradedollar 

Creek (46.3769, ¥122.2411); Unnamed 

(46.3271, ¥122.2978); Unnamed 

(46.3467, ¥122.2092); Unnamed 

(46.3602, ¥122.3257); Unnamed 

(46.3655, ¥122.4774); Unnamed 

(46.3683, ¥122.3454); Unnamed 

(46.3695, ¥122.4132); Unnamed 

(46.3697, ¥122.4705); Unnamed 

(46.3707, ¥122.5175); Unnamed 

(46.3734, ¥122.3883); Unnamed 

(46.3817, ¥122.2348); Unnamed 

(46.3844, ¥122.4335); Unnamed 

(46.3876, ¥122.4870); Unnamed 

(46.3931, ¥122.3726); Unnamed 

(46.4023, ¥122.5543); Unnamed 

(46.4060, ¥122.5415); Unnamed 

(46.4087, ¥122.5061); Unnamed 

(46.4106, ¥122.4300); Unnamed 

(46.4143, ¥122.4463); Unnamed 

(46.4173, ¥122.2910); Unnamed 

(46.4196, ¥122.2850); Unnamed 

(46.4226, ¥122.3029); Unnamed 

(46.4285, ¥122.2662). 

(vi) South Fork Toutle River 

Watershed 1708000506. Outlet(s) = 

South Fork Toutle River (Lat 46.3282, 

Long ¥122.7215) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (46.2219, 

¥122.4620); Big Wolf Creek (46.2259, 

¥122.5662); Disappointment Creek 

(46.2138, ¥122.3080); Eighteen Creek 

(46.2453, ¥122.5989); Harrington Creek 

(46.2508, ¥122.4126); Johnson Creek 

(46.3047, ¥122.5923); Sheep Canyon 

(46.2066, ¥122.2672); South Fork 

Toutle River (46.2137, ¥122.2347); 

Studebaker Creek (46.2825, ¥122.6805); 

Thirteen Creek (46.2374, ¥122.6230); 

Trouble Creek (46.1999, ¥122.3774); 

Twenty Creek (46.2508, ¥122.5738); 

Unnamed (46.1858, ¥122.2983); 

Unnamed (46.1953, ¥122.2881); 

Unnamed (46.2068, ¥122.3301); 

Unnamed (46.2075, ¥122.3267); 

Unnamed (46.2082, ¥122.2591); 

Unnamed (46.2107, ¥122.4301); 

Unnamed (46.2115, ¥122.2786); 

Unnamed (46.2117, ¥122.2378); 

Unnamed (46.2121, ¥122.5188); 

Unnamed (46.2157, ¥122.3467); 

Unnamed (46.2215, ¥122.5318); 

Unnamed (46.2234, ¥122.3265); 

Unnamed (46.2265, ¥122.3906); 

Unnamed (46.2271, ¥122.3367); 

Unnamed (46.2277, ¥122.3719); 

Unnamed (46.2309, ¥122.3828); 

Unnamed (46.2357, ¥122.4802); 

Unnamed (46.2365, ¥122.4402); 

Unnamed (46.2424, ¥122.4860); 

Unnamed (46.2444, ¥122.5427); 

Unnamed (46.2457, ¥122.6283); 

Unnamed (46.2523, ¥122.5147); 

Unnamed (46.2587, ¥122.5333); 

Unnamed (46.2591, ¥122.5240); 

Unnamed (46.2608, ¥122.5493); 

Unnamed (46.2618, ¥122.5705); 

Unnamed (46.2693, ¥122.5763); 

Unnamed (46.2707, ¥122.6094); 

Unnamed (46.2932, ¥122.5890); 

Unnamed (46.2969, ¥122.6718); 

Unnamed (46.2976, ¥122.6129); 

Unnamed (46.3035, ¥122.5952); 

Unnamed (46.3128, ¥122.7032); 

Unnamed (46.3217, ¥122.6473); 

Whitten Creek (46.2328, ¥122.4944).

(vii) East Willapa Watershed 

1708000507. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.2660, Long ¥122.9154) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Arkansas 

Creek (46.3345, ¥123.0567); Baxter 

Creek (46.3367, ¥122.9841); Brim Creek 

(46.4446, ¥123.0395); Campbell Creek 

(46.3436, ¥123.0700); Cline Creek 

(46.3397, ¥122.8550); Cowlitz River 

(46.3678, ¥122.9337); Delameter Creek 

(46.2705, ¥123.0143); Ferrier Creek 

(46.4646, ¥122.9374); Hemlock Creek 

(46.2586. ¥122.7270); Hill Creek 

(46.3861, ¥122.8864); King Creek 

(46.5304, ¥123.0203); McMurphy Creek 

(46.4113, ¥122.9469); Monahan Creek 

(46.3041, ¥123.0614); North Fork Brim 

Creek (46.4627, ¥123.0222); North Fork 

Toutle River (46.3669, ¥122.5859); 

Owens Creek (46.3994, ¥123.0457); 

Rock Creek (46.3479, ¥122.8144); Rock 

Creek (46.3531, ¥122.9368); Snow 

Creek (46.4486, ¥122.9805); Stankey 

Creek (46.3259, ¥122.8266); Stillwater 

Creek (46.3583, ¥123.1144); Sucker 

Creek (46.2600, ¥122.7684); Tucker 

Creek (46.2565, ¥123.0162); Unnamed 

(46.2413, ¥122.9887); Unnamed 

(46.2480, ¥123.0169); Unnamed 

(46.2480, ¥122.7759); Unnamed 

(46.2517, ¥123.0173); Unnamed 

(46.2606, ¥122.9549); Unnamed 

(46.2629, ¥123.0188); Unnamed 

(46.2663, ¥122.9804); Unnamed 

(46.2709, ¥122.7687); Unnamed 

(46.2711, ¥122.8159); Unnamed 

(46.2840, ¥122.8128); Unnamed 

(46.2878, ¥123.0286); Unnamed 

(46.2883, ¥122.9051); Unnamed 

(46.2892, ¥122.9625); Unnamed 

(46.2900, ¥122.8124); Unnamed 

(46.3030, ¥123.0645); Unnamed 

(46.3092, ¥122.9826); Unnamed 

(46.3160, ¥122.7783); Unnamed 

(46.3161, ¥123.0123); Unnamed 

(46.3173, ¥122.8950); Unnamed 

(46.3229, ¥122.8152); Unnamed 

(46.3245, ¥122.8609); Unnamed 

(46.3248, ¥123.0292); Unnamed 

(46.3252, ¥122.9238); Unnamed 

(46.3294, ¥122.9084); Unnamed 

(46.3309, ¥123.0046); Unnamed 

(46.3316, ¥122.8257); Unnamed 

(46.3346, ¥123.0167); Unnamed 

(46.3378, ¥122.9398); Unnamed 

(46.3393, ¥122.9402); Unnamed 

(46.3415, ¥122.9208); Unnamed 

(46.3456, ¥122.6405); Unnamed 

(46.3472, ¥122.9457); Unnamed 

(46.3488, ¥123.0519); Unnamed 

(46.3510, ¥123.0079); Unnamed 

(46.3511, ¥122.7678); Unnamed 

(46.3584, ¥122.7902); Unnamed 

(46.3585, ¥123.0369); Unnamed 

(46.3586, ¥122.7477); Unnamed 

(46.3599, ¥123.0992); Unnamed 

(46.3623, ¥122.6910); Unnamed 

(46.3665, ¥122.6334); Unnamed 

(46.3667, ¥122.8953); Unnamed 

(46.3683, ¥122.8930); Unnamed 

(46.3683, ¥122.7502); Unnamed 

(46.3718, ¥122.6202); Unnamed 

(46.3720, ¥123.0933); Unnamed 

(46.3748, ¥122.6167); Unnamed 

(46.3818, ¥122.8822); Unnamed 

(46.3824, ¥122.6090); Unnamed 

(46.3942, ¥122.9794); Unnamed 

(46.4015, ¥123.0272); Unnamed 

(46.4045, ¥123.0194); Unnamed 

(46.4177, ¥122.9611); Unnamed 

(46.4200, ¥123.0403); Unnamed 

(46.4286, ¥123.0467); Unnamed 

(46.4362, ¥123.0451); Unnamed 

(46.4379, ¥122.9985); Unnamed 

(46.4571, ¥122.9604); Unnamed 

(46.4606, ¥123.0166); Unnamed 

(46.4724, ¥122.9989); Unnamed 

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(46.4907, ¥122.9352); Unnamed 

(46.5074, ¥122.8877); Unnamed 

(46.5089, ¥122.9291); Unnamed 

(46.5228, ¥122.8539); Unnamed 

(46.5336, ¥122.9793); Unnamed 

(46.5371, ¥122.8214); Unnamed 

(46.5439, ¥122.8538); Whittle Creek 

(46.3122, ¥122.9501); Wyant Creek 

(46.3381, ¥122.6117). 

(viii) Coweeman River Watershed 

1708000508. Outlet(s) = Cowlitz River 

(Lat 46.0977, Long ¥122.9141); Owl 

Creek (46.0771, ¥122.8676) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Baird Creek (46.1942, 

¥122.5483); Coweeman River (46.1505, 

¥122.5172); Cowlitz River (46.2660, 

¥122.9154); Goble Creek (46.1103, 

¥122.6789); Hill Creek (46.1784, 

¥122.5990); Leckler Creek (46.2317, 

¥122.9470); Little Baird Creek (46.1905, 

¥122.5709); Martin Creek (46.1394, 

¥122.5519); Mulholland Creek 

(46.2013, ¥122.6450); Nineteen Creek 

(46.1437, ¥122.6146); North Fork Goble 

Creek (46.1363, ¥122.6769); Nye Creek 

(46.1219, ¥122.8040); O’Neil Creek 

(46.1760, ¥122.5422); Ostrander Creek 

(46.2103, ¥122.7623); Owl Creek 

(46.0913, ¥122.8644); Salmon Creek 

(46.2547, ¥122.8839); Sandy Bend 

Creek (46.2319, ¥122.9140); Skipper 

Creek (46.1639, ¥122.5887); South Fork 

Ostrander Creek (46.1875, ¥122.8240); 

Turner Creek (46.1167, ¥122.8149); 

Unnamed (46.0719, ¥122.8607); 

Unnamed (46.0767, ¥122.8605); 

Unnamed (46.0824, ¥122.7200); 

Unnamed (46.0843, ¥122.7195); 

Unnamed (46.1185, ¥122.7253); 

Unnamed (46.1289, ¥122.8968); 

Unnamed (46.1390, ¥122.5709); 

Unnamed (46.1430, ¥122.8125); 

Unnamed (46.1433, ¥122.8084); 

Unnamed (46.1478, ¥122.8649); 

Unnamed (46.1546, ¥122.6376); 

Unnamed (46.1562, ¥122.7808); 

Unnamed (46.1579, ¥122.6476); 

Unnamed (46.1582, ¥122.5332); 

Unnamed (46.1605, ¥122.6681); 

Unnamed (46.1620, ¥122.5885); 

Unnamed (46.1671, ¥122.6284); 

Unnamed (46.1688, ¥122.9215); 

Unnamed (46.1724, ¥122.6118); 

Unnamed (46.1735, ¥122.8282); 

Unnamed (46.1750, ¥122.8428); 

Unnamed (46.1750, ¥122.7557); 

Unnamed (46.1797, ¥122.7746); 

Unnamed (46.1803, ¥122.7801); 

Unnamed (46.1811, ¥122.7631); 

Unnamed (46.1814, ¥122.7656); 

Unnamed (46.1840, ¥122.8191); 

Unnamed (46.1955, ¥122.9082); 

Unnamed (46.1966, ¥122.5542); 

Unnamed (46.1971, ¥122.7118); 

Unnamed (46.2014, ¥122.8241); 

Unnamed (46.2021, ¥122.6941); 

Unnamed (46.2027, ¥122.5593); 

Unnamed (46.2172, ¥122.9516); 

Unnamed (46.2192, ¥122.6663); 

Unnamed (46.2199, ¥122.8375); 

Unnamed (46.2208, ¥122.8887); 

Unnamed (46.2231, ¥122.9509); 

Unnamed (46.2257, ¥122.7667); 

Unnamed (46.2261, ¥122.8023); 

Unnamed (46.2379, ¥122.8859); 

Unnamed (46.2430, ¥122.8842). 

(7) Unit 8. Clackamas Subbasin 

17090011—(i) Collawash River 

Watershed 1709001101. Outlet(s) = 

Collawash River (Lat 45.0321, Long 

¥122.0600) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Blister Creek (44.9594, ¥122.1590); 

Dickey Creek (44.9335, ¥122.0469); 

East Fork Collawash River (44.8789, 

¥121.9850); Elk Lake Creek (44.8886, 

¥122.0128); Fan Creek (44.9926, 

¥122.0735); Farm Creek (44.9620, 

¥122.0604); Hot Springs Fork 

Collawash River (44.9005, ¥122.1616); 

Hugh Creek (44.9226, ¥122.1978); 

Pansy Creek (44.9463, ¥122.1420); Skin 

Creek (44.9477, ¥122.2015); Thunder 

Creek (44.9740, ¥122.1230). 

(ii) Upper Clackamas River Watershed 

1709001102. Outlet(s) = Clackamas 

River (Lat 45.0321, Long ¥122.0600) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Berry Creek 

(44.8291, ¥121.9176); Cabin Creek 

(45.0087, ¥121.8958); Clackamas River 

(44.8723, ¥121.8470); Cub Creek 

(44.8288, ¥121.8863); Fawn Creek 

(44.9089, ¥121.9226); Hunter Creek 

(44.8926, ¥121.9285); Kansas Creek 

(44.9820, ¥121.8999); Last Creek 

(44.9759, ¥121.8424); Lost Creek 

(45.0180, ¥121.9070); Lowe Creek 

(44.9636, ¥121.9457); Pinhead Creek 

(44.9421, ¥121.8359); Pot Creek 

(45.0201, ¥121.9014); Rhododendron 

Creek (44.9358, ¥121.9154); Sisi Creek 

(44.9110, ¥121.8875); Unnamed 

(44.8286, ¥121.9225); Unnamed 

(44.8343, ¥121.8778); Unnamed 

(44.8944, ¥121.9028); Unnamed 

(44.9355, ¥121.8735); Unnamed 

(44.9661, ¥121.8894); Unnamed 

(44.9687, ¥121.8920); Unnamed 

(45.0000, ¥121.8910).

(iii) Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River 

Watershed 1709001103. Outlet(s) = Oak 

Grove Fork Clackamas River (Lat 

45.0746, Long ¥122.0520) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Oak Grove Fork 

Clackamas River (45.0823, ¥121.9861); 

Pint Creek (45.0834, ¥122.0355). 

(iv) Middle Clackamas River 

Watershed 1709001104. Outlet(s) = 

Clackamas River (Lat 45.2440, Long 

¥122.2798) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Big Creek (45.0694, ¥122.0848); Calico 

Creek (45.0682, ¥122.1627); Clackamas 

River (45.0321, ¥122.0600); Cripple 

Creek (45.1149, ¥122.0618); Fish Creek 

(45.0634, ¥122.1597); Mag Creek 

(45.0587, ¥122.0488); North Fork 

Clackamas River (45.2371, ¥122.2181); 

Pick Creek (45.0738, ¥122.1994); Pup 

Creek (45.1451, ¥122.1055); Roaring 

River (45.1773, ¥122.0650); Sandstone 

Creek (45.0862, ¥122.0845); Second 

Creek (45.1081, ¥122.1601); South Fork 

Clackamas River (45.1912, ¥122.2261); 

Tag Creek (45.0605, ¥122.0475); Tar 

Creek (45.0494, ¥122.0569); Third 

Creek (45.0977, ¥122.1649); Trout 

Creek (45.0379, ¥122.0720); Wash 

Creek (45.0473, ¥122.1893); Whale 

Creek (45.1102, ¥122.0849). 

(v) Eagle Creek Watershed 

1709001105. Outlet(s) = Eagle Creek (Lat 

45.3535, Long ¥122.3823) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Bear Creek (45.3369, 

¥122.2331); Currin Creek (45.3369, 

¥122.3555); Delph Creek (45.2587, 

¥122.2098); Eagle Creek (45.2766, 

¥122.1998); Little Eagle Creek (45.3003, 

¥122.1682); North Fork Eagle Creek 

(45.3142, ¥122.1135); Trout Creek 

(45.3305, ¥122.1187). 

(vi) Lower Clackamas River 

1709001106. Outlet(s) = Clackamas 

River (Lat 45.3719, Long ¥122.6071) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bargfeld 

Creek (45.3195, ¥122.4398); Clackamas 

River (45.2440, ¥122.2798); Clear Creek 

(45.2022, ¥122.3121); Deep Creek 

(45.3421, ¥122.2799); Foster Creek 

(45.3512, ¥122.4082); Goose Creek 

(45.3621, ¥122.3549); Little Clear Creek 

(45.2803, ¥122.4055); Mosier Creek 

(45.2683, ¥122.4516); North Fork Deep 

Creek (45.4271, ¥122.3094); Richardson 

Creek (45.4097, ¥122.4484); Rock Creek 

(45.4157, ¥122.5013); Tickle Creek 

(45.3932, ¥122.2775); Unnamed 

(45.3502, ¥122.4861); Unnamed 

(45.3626, ¥122.2858); Unnamed 

(45.3816, ¥122.3721); Unnamed 

(45.4057, ¥122.3223); Unnamed 

(45.4102, ¥122.2987); Wade Creek 

(45.2922, ¥122.3237). 

(8) Unit 9. Lower Willamette Subbasin 

17090012—(i) Johnson Creek Watershed 

1709001201. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 45.4423, Long ¥122.6453) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Crystal 

Springs Creek (45.4811, ¥122.6381); 

Crystal Springs Lake (45.4799, 

¥122.6361); Johnson Creek (45.4610, 

¥122.3432); Kellogg Creek (45.4083, 

¥122.5925); Kelly Creek (45.4661, 

¥122.4655); Mount Scott Creek 

(45.4306, ¥122.5556); Oswego Creek 

(45.4105, ¥122.6666); Phillips Creek 

(45.4328, ¥122.5763); Tryon Creek 

(45.4472, ¥122.6863); Unnamed 

(45.4793, ¥122.4165); Willamette River 

(45.3719, ¥122.6071). 

(ii) Scappoose Creek Watershed 

1709001202. Outlet(s) = Multnomah 

Channel (Lat 45.8577, Long ¥122.7919) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Multnomah 

Channel (45.6188, ¥122.7921). 

(iii) Columbia Slough/Willamette 

River Watershed 1709001203. Outlet(s) 

= Willamette River (Lat 45.6530, Long 

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¥122.7646) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bybee Lake (45.6266, ¥122.7523); 

Bybee/Smith Lakes (45.6105, 

¥122.7285); Columbia Slough #1 

(45.6078, ¥122.7447); Swan Island 

Basin (45.5652, ¥122.7120); Unnamed 

(45.6253, ¥122.7568); Willamette River 

(45.4423, ¥122.6453). 

(9) Unit 10. Lower Columbia River 

Corridor—Lower Columbia River 

Corridor Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 

46.2485, Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Columbia River 

(45.5710, ¥122.4021). 

(10) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Lower Columbia River O. mykiss

ESU follow: 

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proposed to include the areas defined in 

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(1) Unit 1. Upper Willamette Subbasin 

17090003—(i) Calapooia River 

Watershed 1709000303. Outlet(s) = 

Calapooia River (Lat 44.5088, Long 

¥123.1101) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bigs Creek (44.2883, ¥122.6133); Butte 

Creek (44.4684, ¥123.0488); Calapooia 

River (44.2361, ¥122.3664); Hands 

Creek (44.2559, ¥122.5127); King Creek 

(44.2458, ¥122.4452); McKinley Creek 

(44.2569, ¥122.5621); North Fork 

Calapooia River (44.2497, ¥122.4094); 

Potts Creek (44.2581, ¥122.4756); 

Spoon Creek (44.4379, ¥123.0877); 

United States Creek (44.2244, 

¥122.3825). 

(ii) Oak Creek Watershed 1709000304.

Outlet(s) = Willamette River (Lat 

44.7504, Long ¥123.1421) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Calapooia River 

(44.5088, ¥123.1101); Cox Creek 

(44.6417, ¥123.0680); Periwinkle Creek 

(44.6250, ¥123.0814); Truax Creek 

(44.6560, ¥123.0598). 

(iii) Luckiamute River Watershed 

1709000306. Outlet(s) = Luckiamute 

River (Lat 44.7561, Long ¥123.1468) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bonner 

Creek (44.6735, ¥123.4849); Burgett 

Creek (44.6367, ¥123.4574); Clayton 

Creek (44.7749, ¥123.4870); Cooper 

Creek (44.8417, ¥123.3246); Grant 

Creek (44.8389, ¥123.4098); Little 

Luckiamute River (44.8673, 

¥123.4375); Luckiamute River 

(44.7970, ¥123.5270); Maxfield Creek 

(44.6849, ¥123.3427); McTimmonds 

Creek (44.7622, ¥123.4125); North Fork 

Pedee Creek (44.7866, ¥123.4511); 

Plunkett Creek (44.6522, ¥123.4241); 

Price Creek (44.6677, ¥123.3732); 

Sheythe Creek (44.7683, ¥123.5027); 

Soap Creek (44.6943, ¥123.2488); 

South Fork Pedee Creek (44.7798, 

¥123.4667); Teal Creek (44.8329, 

¥123.4582); Unnamed (44.7562, 

¥123.5293); Unnamed (44.7734, 

¥123.2027); Unnamed (44.7902, 

¥123.6211); Vincent Creek (44.6380, 

¥123.4327); Waymire Creek (44.8725, 

¥123.4128); Woods Creek (44.6564, 

¥123.3905). 

(2) Unit 2. North Santiam Subbasin 

17090005—(i) Middle North Santiam 

River Watershed 1709000504. Outlet(s) 

= North Santiam River (Lat 44.7852, 

Long ¥122.6079) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Little Rock Creek 

(44.7330, ¥122.3927); Mad Creek 

(44.7373, ¥122.3735); North Santiam 

River (44.7512, ¥122.2825); Rock Creek 

(44.7011, ¥122.4080); Snake Creek 

(44.7365, ¥122.4870). 

(ii) Little North Santiam River 

Watershed 1709000505. Outlet(s) = 

Little North Santiam River (Lat 44.7852, 

Long ¥122.6079) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Cedar Creek (44.8439, 

¥122.2682); Elkhorn Creek (44.8139, 

¥122.3451); Evans Creek (44.8412, 

¥122.3601); Fish Creek (44.8282, 

¥122.3915); Little North Santiam River 

(44.8534, ¥122.2887); Little Sinker 

Creek (44.8235, ¥122.4163); Sinker 

Creek (44.8211, ¥122.4210). 

(iii) Lower North Santiam River 

Watershed 1709000506. Outlet(s) = 

Santiam River (Lat 44.7504, Long 

¥123.1421) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Bear Branch (44.7602, ¥122.7942); 

Chehulpum Creek (44.7554, 

¥122.9898); Cold Creek (44.7537, 

¥122.8812); Morgan Creek (44.7495, 

¥123.0443); North Santiam River 

(44.7852, ¥122.6079); Salem Ditch 

(44.8000, ¥122.8120); Santiam River 

(44.6869, ¥123.0052); Smallman Creek 

(44.7293, ¥122.9139); Stout Creek 

(44.8089, ¥122.5994); Trask Creek 

(44.7725, ¥122.6152); Unnamed 

(44.7972, ¥122.7328); Valentine Creek 

(44.7999, ¥122.7311). 

(3) Unit 3. South Santiam Subbasin 

17090006—(i) Hamilton Creek/South 

Santiam River Watershed 1709000601.

Outlet(s) = South Santiam River (Lat 

44.6869, Long ¥123.0052) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Albany—Santiam Canal 

(44.5512, ¥122.9032); Hamilton Creek 

(44.5392, ¥122.7018); Johnson Creek 

(44.4548, ¥122.7080); McDowell Creek 

(44.4640, ¥122.6803); Mill Creek 

(44.6628, ¥122.9575); Morgan Creek 

(44.4557, ¥122.7058); Noble Creek 

(44.4513, ¥122.7974); South Santiam 

River (44.4163, ¥122.6693). 

(ii) Crabtree Creek Watershed 

1709000602. Outlet(s) = Crabtree Creek 

(Lat 44.6756, Long ¥122.9557) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Bald Barney 

Creek (44.5469, ¥122.5959); Bald Peter 

Creek (44.5325, ¥122.6024); Beaver 

Creek (44.6337, ¥122.8537); Camp 

Creek (44.5628, ¥122.5768); Crabtree 

Creek (44.6208, ¥122.5055); Cruiser 

Creek (44.5543, ¥122.5831); Green 

Mountain Creek (44.5777, ¥122.6258); 

Roaring River (44.6281, ¥122.7148); 

Rock Creek (44.5883, ¥122.6000); 

South Fork Crabtree Creek (44.5648, 

¥122.5441); White Rock Creek 

(44.6050, ¥122.5209). 

(iii) Thomas Creek Watershed 

1709000603. Outlet(s) = Thomas Creek 

(Lat 44.6778, Long ¥122.9654) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Criminal 

Creek (44.7122, ¥122.5709); Ella Creek 

(44.6815, ¥122.5228); Hortense Creek 

(44.6756, ¥122.5017); Jordan Creek 

(44.7527, ¥122.6519); Mill Creek 

(44.7060, ¥122.7849); Neal Creek 

(44.6923, ¥122.6484); South Fork Neal 

Creek (44.7016, ¥122.7049); Thomas 

Creek (44.6776, ¥122.4650); West Fork 

Ella Creek (44.6805, ¥122.5288). 

(iv) South Santiam River Watershed 

1709000606. Outlet(s) = South Santiam 

River (Lat 44.3977, Long ¥122.4473) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Canyon 

Creek (44.3074, ¥122.3300); Falls Creek 

(44.4007, ¥122.3828); Harter Creek 

(44.4166, ¥122.2605); Keith Creek 

(44.4093, ¥122.2847); Moose Creek 

(44.4388, ¥122.3671), Owl Creek 

(44.2999, ¥122.3686); Shuttle Camp 

Creek (44.4336, ¥122.2597); Soda Fork 

South Santiam River (44.4410, 

¥122.2466); South Santiam River 

(44.3980, ¥122.2610); Trout Creek 

(44.3993, ¥122.3464); Two Girls Creek 

(44.3248, ¥122.3346). 

(v) South Santiam River/Foster 

Reservoir Watershed 1709000607.

Outlet(s) = South Santiam River (Lat 

44.4163, Long ¥122.6693) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Lewis Creek (44.4387, 

¥122.6223); Middle Santiam River 

(44.4498, ¥122.5479); South Santiam 

River (44.3977, ¥122.4473). 

(vi) Wiley Creek Watershed 

1709000608. Outlet(s) = Wiley Creek 

(Lat 44.4140, Long ¥122.6752) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Farmers 

Creek (44.3383, ¥122.5812); Jackson 

Creek (44.3669, ¥122.6344); Little 

Wiley Creek (44.3633, ¥122.5228); 

Unnamed (44.3001, ¥122.4579); 

Unnamed (44.3121, ¥122.5197); 

Unnamed (44.3455, ¥122.5934); 

Unnamed (44.3565, ¥122.6051); Wiley 

Creek (44.2981, ¥122.4318). 

(4) Unit 4. Middle Willamette 

Subbasin 17090007—(i) Mill Creek/

Willamette River Watershed 

1709000701. Outlet(s) = Mill Creek (Lat 

44.9520, Long ¥123.0381) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Battle Creek (44.8399, 

¥122.9891); Beaver Creek (44.8504, 

¥122.8094); McKinney Creek (44.8207, 

¥122.9599); Mill Creek (44.8268, 

¥122.8249); Salem Ditch (44.8268, 

¥122.8249); Simpson Creek (44.8625, 

¥122.8495). 

(ii) Rickreall Creek Watershed 

1709000702. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 44.9288, Long ¥123.1124) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Willamette 

River (44.7504, ¥123.1421). 

(iii) Willamette River/Chehalem Creek 

Watershed 1709000703. Outlet(s) = 

Willamette River (Lat 45.2552, Long 

¥122.8806) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Willamette River (44.9288, ¥123.1124).

(iv) Abernethy Creek Watershed 

1709000704. Outlet(s) = Willamette 

River (Lat 45.3540, Long ¥122.6186) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Willamette 

River (45.2552, ¥122.8806). 

(5) Unit 5. Yamhill Subbasin 

17090008—(i) Upper South Yamhill 

River Watershed 1709000801. Outlet(s) 

= South Yamhill River (Lat 45.0784, 

Long ¥123.4753) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Agency Creek (45.1799, 

¥123.6976); Cedar Creek 

(45.0892,¥123.6969); Cockerham Creek 

(45.0584, ¥123.5077); Cosper Creek 

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(45.1497, ¥123.6178); Cow Creek 

(45.0410, ¥123.6165); Crooked Creek 

(45.0964, ¥123.6611); Doane Creek 

(45.0449, ¥123.4929); Ead Creek 

(45.1214, ¥123.6969); Elmer Creek 

(45.0794, ¥123.6714); Gold Creek 

(45.0108, ¥123.5496); Jackass Creek 

(45.0589, ¥123.6495); Joe Creek 

(45.1216, ¥123.6216); Joe Day Creek 

(45.0285, ¥123.6660); Kitten Creek 

(45.1110, ¥123.7266); Klees Creek 

(45.0784, ¥123.5496); Lady Creek 

(45.0404, ¥123.5269); Little Rowell 

Creek (45.0235, ¥123.5792); Mule Tail 

Creek (45.0190, ¥123.5547); Pierce 

Creek (45.1152, ¥123.7203); Rock Creek 

(45.0130, ¥123.6344); Rogue River 

(45.0613, ¥123.6550); Rowell Creek 

(45.0187, ¥123.5699); Unnamed 

(45.0318, ¥123.5421); Unnamed 

(45.0390, ¥123.4620); Unnamed 

(45.0431, ¥123.5541); Unnamed 

(45.0438, ¥123.4721); Unnamed 

(45.0493, ¥123.6044); Unnamed 

(45.0599, ¥123.4661); Unnamed 

(45.0945, ¥123.6110); Unnamed 

(45.0994, ¥123.6276); Unnamed 

(45.1151, ¥123.6566); Unnamed 

(45.1164, ¥123.6717); Unnamed 

(45.1412, ¥123.6705); West Fork 

Agency Creek (45.1575, ¥123.7032); 

Wind River (45.1367, ¥123.6392); 

Yoncalla Creek (45.1345, ¥123.6614). 

(ii) Mill Creek/South Yamhill River 

Watershed 1709000803. Outlet(s) = Mill 

Creek (Lat 45.0908, Long ¥123.4434) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Glenbrook 

Creek (45.0019, ¥123.4568); Gooseneck 

Creek (45.0113, ¥123.4705); Meadow 

Creek (45.0000, ¥123.4443); Mill Creek 

(45.0048, ¥123.4184); Red Prairie Creek 

(45.0271, ¥123.4058); Unnamed 

(45.0245, ¥123.4346); Unnamed 

(45.0257, ¥123.4456); Unnamed 

(45.0749, ¥123.4421). 

(iii) Lower South Yamhill River 

Watershed 1709000804. Outlet(s) = 

South Yamhill River (Lat 45.1616, Long 

¥123.2190) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Ash Creek (45.1016, ¥123.4638); Deer 

Creek (45.1063, ¥123.3498); Muddy 

Creek (45.1611, ¥123.3160); Rock Creek 

(45.1223, ¥123.4375); South Yamhill 

River (45.0784, ¥123.4753); Swale 

Creek (45.1173, ¥123.3173); Unnamed 

(45.0724, ¥123.3203); Unnamed 

(45.0841, ¥123.3539); Unnamed 

(45.1235, ¥123.3175); Unnamed 

(45.1409, ¥123.2500); Unnamed 

(45.1433, ¥123.2807); Unnamed 

(45.1605, ¥123.2586); Unnamed 

(45.1668, ¥123.2501). 

(iv) Yamhill River Watershed 

1709000807. Outlet(s) = Yamhill River 

(Lat 45.2301, Long ¥122.9950) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: South 

Yamhill River (45.1616, ¥123.2190). 

(6) Unit 6. Molalla/Pudding Subbasin 

17090009—(i) Butte Creek/Pudding 

River Watershed 1709000902. Outlet(s) 

= Pudding River (Lat 45.1907, Long 

¥122.7527) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Butte Creek (44.9258, ¥122.5127); Fall 

Creek (44.9674, ¥122.5368); Pudding 

River (45.0740, ¥122.8525); Zollner 

Creek (45.0946, ¥122.7931). 

(ii) Rock Creek/Pudding River 

Watershed 1709000903. Outlet(s) = 

Rock Creek (Lat 45.1907, Long 

¥122.7527) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Rock Creek (45.0876, ¥122.5916). 

(iii) Senecal Creek/Mill Creek 

Watershed 1709000904. Outlet(s) = 

Pudding River (Lat 45.2843, Long 

¥122.7149) upstream to endpoint(s) in: 

Mill Creek (45.2220, ¥122.7691); 

Pudding River (45.1907, ¥122.7527). 

(iv) Upper Molalla River Watershed 

1709000905. Outlet(s) = Molalla River 

(Lat 45.1196, Long ¥122.5342) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Camp Creek 

(44.9630, ¥122.2928); Cedar Creek 

(45.0957, ¥122.5257); Copper Creek 

(44.8877, ¥122.3704); Cougar Creek 

(45.0421, ¥122.3145); Dead Horse 

Canyon Creek (45.0852, ¥122.3146); 

Gawley Creek (44.9320, ¥122.4304); 

Lost Creek (44.9913, ¥122.2444); 

Lukens Creek (45.0498, ¥122.2421); 

Molalla River (44.9124, ¥122.3228); 

North Fork Molalla River (45.0131, 

¥122.2986); Pine Creek (45.0153, 

¥122.4560); Table Rock Fork Molalla 

River (44.9731, ¥122.2629); Trout 

Creek (45.0577, ¥122.4657). 

(v) Lower Molalla River Watershed 

1709000906. Outlet(s) = Molalla River 

(Lat 45.2979, Long ¥122.7141) 

upstream to endpoint(s) in: Buckner 

Creek (45.2382, ¥122.5399); Canyon 

Creek (45.1317, ¥122.3858); Cedar 

Creek (45.2037, ¥122.5327); Gribble 

Creek (45.2004, ¥122.6867); Jackson 

Creek (45.1822, ¥122.3898); Milk Creek 

(45.2036, ¥122.3761); Molalla River 

(45.1196, ¥122.5342); Woodcock Creek 

(45.1508, ¥122.5075). 

(7) Unit 7. Tualatin Subbasin 

17090010—(i) Gales Creek Watershed 

1709001002. Outlet(s) = Tualatin River 

(Lat 45.5019, Long –122.9946) upstream 

to endpoint(s) in: Bateman Creek 

(45.6350, –123.2966); Beaver Creek 

(45.6902, –123.2889); Clear Creek 

(45.5705, –123.2567); Gales Creek 

(45.6428, –123.3576); Iler Creek 

(45.5900, –123.2582); North Fork Gales 

Creek (45.6680, –123.3394); Roaring 

Creek (45.5620, ¥123.2574); Roderick 

Creek (45.5382, ¥123.2013); South Fork 

Gales Creek (45.6059, ¥123.2978); 

Tualatin River (45.4917, ¥123.1012). 

(8) Unit 8. Lower Willamette/

Columbia River Corridor—(i) Lower 

Willamette/Columbia River Corridor.

Outlet(s) = Columbia River (Lat 46.2485, 

Long ¥124.0782) upstream to 

endpoint(s) in: Willamette River 

(45.3540, ¥122.6186). 

(9) Maps of proposed critical habitat 

for the Upper Willamette River O. 

mykiss ESU follow: 

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