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Ahern, S. 1981. Freshwater Creek Watershed Analysis. Prepared December, 1981 for Watershed Management Class At Humboldt State University. 40 pp. without photographs.
Bjorkstedt, E. P., B.C. Spence, J.C. Garza, D.G. Hankin, D. Fuller, W.E. Jones, J.J. Smith, and R.Macedo. 2005. An analysis of historical population structure for evolutionarily significant units of chinook salmon, coho salmon, and steelhead in the North-CentralCalifornia Coast recovery domain. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-382. National Marine Fisheries Service. Santa Cruz, CA. 231 pp. [6.5Mb]
Bottorff, R. L. and A.W. Knight. 1996. The effects of clearcut logging on the stream biology of the North Fork of Caspar Creek, Jackson Demonstration State Forest, Fort Bragg, CA, 1986 to 1994. Final Report. University of California, Davis. 165 pp. [754kb]
Boyd, M. J., T.J. Mulligan, and F.J. Shaughnessy. 2002. Non-indigenous marine species of Humboldt Bay, California. A report to the California Department of Fish and Game. Arcata, CA. 110 pp. [403kb]
Bray, B. S. 2000. Quantitative assessment of suspended sediment concentration on coho salmon in Freshwater Creek. A senior project presented to the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering. Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA. 90 pp. [4.5Mb]
California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB). 2001. Staff report for proposed Regional Water Board actions in the North Fork Elk River, Bear Creek, Freshwater Creek, Jordan Creek and Stitz Creek watersheds. CRWQCB, North Coast Region. Santa Rosa, CA. 28 pp. [166kb]
Coastal Stream Restoration Group. 2003. McCready Gulch fish passage barrier removal project, August 2003. Final report. Prepared by Bob Pagliuco for California Department of Fish and Game, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Fieldbrook, CA. 14 pp. [1.8Mb]
Coastal Streams Restoration Group. 2004. Lower Freshwater Creek Evaluation and Monitoring Project 2000-2003. Final report. California Department of Fish and Game. Contract # P0110527. Fieldbrook, CA. 38 pp. [4.6Mb]
Cole, M. E. 2004. Distribution of fish species in Humboldt Bay, Humboldt County, California, USA: A GIS perspective. Master's thesis. Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA. 149 pp. [7.7Mb]
Collison, A., W. Emmingham, F. Everest, W. Haneberg, R. Marston, D. Tarboton, and R. Twiss. 2002. Final report on sediment impairment and effects on beneficial uses of the Elk River and Stitz, Bear, Jordan and Freshwater creeks. Authored by the Humboldt Watersheds Independent Scientific Review Panel under the auspices of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Santa Rosa, CA. 64 pp. [1.98Mb]
Collison, A., W. Emmingham, F. Everest, W. Haneberg, R. Marston, D. Tarboton, and R. Twiss. 2003. Phase II report: Independent Scientific Review Panel on sediment impairment and effects on beneficial uses of the Elk River and Stitz, Bear, Jordan and Freshwater creeks. Authored by the Humboldt Watersheds Independent Scientific Review Panel under the auspices of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Santa Rosa, CA. 95 pp. [1.1Mb]
Cummins, K, J. Matousek, and A. Shackelford. 2005. Using Macroinvertebrate Community Functional Organization to Predict Prey Base and Ecosystem Attributes Favorable to Juvenile Salmonid Growth and Survival in Freshwater Creek. Institute for River Ecosystems at Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA. 42 pp. [3.7Mb]
Eads, R. and J. Lewis. 2002. Continuous turbidity monitoring in streams of northwestern California. In Turbidity and other sediment surrogates workshop (ed. by G.D. Glysson and J.R. Gray). 30 April - 02 May 2002, Reno, NV. 3 pp. [14kb]
Halligan, D. and J. P. Fisher. 2001. Appendix F: Freshwater Creek Watershed Analysis - Fisheries Assessment. Review DRAFT. Prepared for Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO). Scotia, CA. 95 pp. [571kb]
Higgins, P. T. 2001. Freshwater Creek Watershed Analysis dissenting report: Fisheries module. Arcata, CA. 95 pp. [1.9Mb]
Humboldt Bay Watershed Advisory Committee and RCAA Natural Resources Division. 2005. Humboldt Bay Watershed Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Plan. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Conservancy. Eureka, CA. 250 pp. [21Mb]
Humboldt Bay Watershed Advisory Committee and RCAA Natural Resources Division (Part "A"). 2005. Humboldt Bay Watershed Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Plan (the first 66 pages). Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Conservancy. Eureka, CA. 66 of 250 pp. [10Mb] NOTE: Due to the very large file size, we have broken the document into two pieces for easier downloading.
Humboldt Bay Watershed Advisory Committee and RCAA Natural Resources Division (Part "B"). 2005. Humboldt Bay Watershed Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Plan (the last 184 pages). Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Conservancy. Eureka, CA. 184 of 250 pp. [12Mb] NOTE: Due to the very large file size, we have broken the document into two pieces for easier downloading.
Humboldt Bay Watershed Advisory Committee and RCAA Natural Resources Division. 2005. Humboldt Bay Watershed Salmon and Steelhead Conservation Plan. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game and the California Coastal Conservancy. Eureka, CA. 250 pp. [4.5Mb] NOTE: Due to the very large file size of the full document, we have made available here a copy of the document without figures.
Klein, R. 2003. Duration of turbidity and suspended sediment transport in salmonid-bearing streams, north coastal California. A report to the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX. San Francisco, CA. 29 pp. [2.1Mb]
Lewis, J. 1996. Turbidity-controlled suspended sediment sampling for runoff-event load estimation. Water Resources Research, Vol. 32, No. 7, Pages 2299-2310, July 1996. 12 pp. [250kb]
Lewis, J. 2002. Estimation of suspendend sediment flux in streams using continuous turbidity and flow data coupled with laboratory concentrations. In Turbidity and other sediment surrogates workshop (ed. by G.D. Glysson and J.R. Gray). 30 April - 02 May 2002, Reno, NV. 3 pp. [860kb]
Lewis, J. 2003. Turbidity-controlled sampling for suspended sediment load estimation.In: Bogen, J. Tharan Fergus and Des Walling (eds.), Erosion and Sediment Transport Measurement in Rivers: Technological and Methodological Advances (Proc. Oslo Workshop, 19-20 June 2002). IAHS Publ. 283: 13-20. 7 pp. [300kb]
Lewis, J. and R. Eads. 1998. Automatic real-time control of suspended sediment sampling based upon high frequency in situ measurements of nephelometric turbidity. In Proceedings, Federal Interagency Workshop, "Sediment Technology for the 21st Century," St. Petersburg, FL, February 17-19, 1998. 4 pp. [13kb]
Lewis, J. and R. Eads. 2001. Turbidity threshold sampling for suspended sediment load estimation. In Proceedings, Seventh Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, March 25 to 29, 2001, Reno, Nevada. 8 pp. [1.9Mb]
Lewis, J. and R. Eads. 1996. Turbidity-controlled suspended sediment sampling. Watershed Management Council Newsletter 6(4): 1&4-5. 4 pp. [34kb]
Manka, P. 2005. Suspended Sediment Yields in Tributaries of Elk River, Humboldt County, California. A Report to the California State Water Resources Control Board, Region 1 - North Coast. Humboldt State University. Arcata, CA. 91 pp. [4.7Mb]
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) . 2004. Update on Elk River flooding analysis, with "Preliminary assessment of flooding in Lower Elk River" attached . Prepared for Elk River sediment TMDL by NCRWQCB staff and J.R. Patenaude. Santa Rosa, CA. 3+22 pp. [1.1Mb]
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB). 2005. Watershed Planning Chapter. NCRWQCB. Santa Rosa, CA. 257 pp. [9.1Mb]
Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA). 2004. Humboldt Bay First Flush Quality Assurance Project Plan. RCAA. Eureka, CA. 49 pp. [615kb]
Reid, L. M. 2001. Review of the Sustained Yield Plan / Habitat Conservation Plan for the properties of the Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia Pacific Holding Company and Salmon Creek Corporation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Pacific Southwest Research Station. Arcata, CA. 68 pp. [614kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2001. Results of the juvenile downstream migrant trapping conducted on Freshwater Creek, 2001. Project 2a6. Annual report. California Department of Fish and Game. Northern California, North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program. Arcata, CA. 30 pp. [115kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2002. Escapement and life history patterns of adult steelhead in Freshwater Creek California. 2000-2001 annual report. Project 1a1. California Department of Fish and Game, Northern California - North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program . Arcata, CA. 15 pp. [405kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2002. Results of the juvenile downstream migrant trapping conducted on Freshwater Creek, 2002. Project 2a6. Annual report 2001-2002. California Department of Fish and Game. Northern California, North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program. Arcata, CA. 20 pp. [85kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2003. Freshwater Creek adult steelhead run-size and life history. 2001-2002 annual report. Project 1a1. California Department of Fish and Game, Northern California - North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program . Arcata, CA. 14 pp. [270kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2003. Results of the juvenile salmonid downstream migrant trapping conducted on Freshwater Creek, 2003. Project 2a6. Annual report 2002-2003. California Department of Fish and Game. Northern California, North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program. Arcata, CA. 18 pp. [275kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2005. Freshwater Creek adult salmonid escapement, 2004. Scientific report prepared in partial fulfillment of California Adaptive Watershed Improvement. Grantee Agreement No. : CAWIP-NR-35. California Department of Fish and Game, Northern California - North Coast Region. Anadromous Fisheries Resource Assessment and Monitoring Program . Arcata, CA. 20 pp. [380kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2005. Freshwater Creek adult salmonid run-size and life history studies. 2002-2003 annual report. Project 1a1. California Department of Fish and Game, Northern California - North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program . Arcata, CA. 23 pp. [350kb]
Ricker, S. J. 2005. Results of juvenile salmonid downstream migrant trapping conducted on Freshwater Creek, 2004. Project 2a6. Scientific report prepared in partial fulfillment of California Adaptive Watershed Improvement. Grantee Agreement No.: CAWIP-NR-35. California Department of Fish and Game. Northern California, North Coast Region. Steelhead Research and Monitoring Program. Arcata, CA. 17 pp. [275kb]
Salmon Forever. 2001. Volunteer monitoring of suspended sediment concentrations and turbidity in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties, California - Quality Assurance Project Plan. Salmon Forever . McKinleyville, CA. 88 pp. including appendices [314kb]
VanKirk, S. 1996. Fisheries Articles (1855-1949) Salmon Creek, Elk River, Freshwater Creek, Jacoby Creek. Compilation of excerpts from historical Humboldt County newspapers (77 kb)
VanKirk, S. 1996 Land Use and Stream Conditions (1860-1949) Compilation of excerpts from historical Humboldt County newspapers (77 kb)
VanKirk, S. 1996 California Department of Fish and Game Stocking Records, Reports and Field Notes for various Humboldt Bay Tributaries. (22 kb)
Watershed Professionals Network . 2003. Freswater Creek watershed analysis. Final report. Prepared for Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO). Scotia, CA. 899 pp. [10.1Mb]
Watershed Professionals Network. 2003. Freswater Creek watershed analysis. Final report. (Front part, without appendices). Prepared for Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO). Scotia, CA. 217 of 899 pp. [4.8Mb]
Watershed Professionals Network . 2003. Freswater Creek watershed analysis. Final report. (Part two - appendices only). Prepared for Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO). Scotia, CA. 682 of 899 pp. [5.5Mb]