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Maximum Potential Restored Habitat of Stream Reaches Within the Battle Creek Watershed

Habitat in the Wildcat reach would be reduced to "C grade" if instream flow releases were insufficient to maintain water temperatures for spring-run chinook incubation at levels that avoid chronic problems.

Habitat in the reach upstream of the Panther Reach would be improved to "A grade" if the boulder falls at the Panther Creek Grade were modified to allow anadromous fish passage.

*Habitat prioritization was determined by professional judgment based on restorable temperature regime, cold water accretions from springs, physical habitat characteristics, species life history, length of stream reach, stream gradient, and past observations in similar watersheds.