Silver King Creek Paiute cutthroat trout restoration, 1991 through 1993

Flint, Richard and Somer, William L. and Trumbo, Joel (1998) Silver King Creek Paiute cutthroat trout restoration, 1991 through 1993. Sacramento, CA, California Department of Fish and Game, (Inland Fisheries Division Administrative Report, 98-7)

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Abstract

Silver King Creek, Alpine County, is the native range of the Federally-threatened Paiute cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris. Paiute cutthroat currently inhabit Coyote Valley and Corral Valley creeks, which are tributaries to Silver King Creek below Llewellyn Falls, and also Silver King Creek and tributaries aboye Llewellyn Falls. Rainbow trout, O. mykiss, were introduced into the basin during 1949 and became hybridized with Paiute cutthroat. Chemical treatments attempted by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) in 1964 and 1976 failed to eliminate hybrid trout. A chemical treatment project was again conducted by the CDFG from 1991 through 1993 to eliminate hybrid trout from within the range of Paiute cutthroat. This report presents a summary of events for the first two years of the Silver King Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project; a more thorough analysis is made of the third and final year of the project. (PDF contains 39 pages.)

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