Fish Inventory of Up-a-tree Creek, Brooks Lake Drainage, Bristol Bay, Alaska
Wall CL and Hamon TR. 2000. Fish Inventory of Up-a-tree Creek, Brooks Lake Drainage, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Natural Resource Management Technical Report
Up-a-tree Creek is a low-gradient stream draining into Brooks Lake within Katmai National Park. There is considerable beaver activity upstream and increasing species diversity downstream. The aquatic community includes ninespine stickleback, rainbow trout, Dolly Varden char, coastrange sculpin, and three species of salmon. Hydrocarbon contamination affects salmon reproduction. The fuel storage facility along the Valley of 10,000 Smokes road is situated within 300 m of Up-a-tree Creek. Despite that proximity, it lies in a different watershed with surface flow that does not intersect the creek. The direction of groundwater flow in the area is not known. If the present schedule for removal of fuel is interrupted and the containment area shows signs of fatigue, studies of groundwater movement might be beneficial.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wall, Chris; Hamon, Troy
- Date of Issue
- 2000-10
- Units
- KATM
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Fisheries Management, Hydrology, Surface Water