Salmonid Habitat Relationships In The Western United States

A literature review of habitat requirements of anadromous fishes and some resident salmonid fishes. Various life stages are described, including upstream migration for adults, spawning, incubation, and juvenile rearing. The literature covered primarily the western U.S. states and British Columbia.

In 1984, the Nez Perce National Forest and the Bonneville Power Administration entered into a contractual agreement which provided for improvement of spring chinook salmon and summer steelhead trout habitat in south Fork Clearwater River tributaries. Project work was completed in seven main locations: Crooked River, Red River, Meadow Creek Haysfork Gloryhole, Cal-Idaho Gloryhole, Fisher Placer and Leggett Placer. This report describes restoration activities at each of these sites.