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Upper Mokelumne Management Unit AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE UPPER MOKELUMNE MANAGEMENT UNIT 2016 Prepared By Sarah Mussulman Environmental Scientist Mitch Lockhart Environmental Scientist And Kevin Thomas Kimberly Gagnon NORTH CENTRAL REGION DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... II LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................. III SECTION I .............................................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1 1) OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 2 2) FACTORS AFFECTING THE SIERRA NEVADA YELLOW-LEGGED FROG ........................... 3 3) REGULATORY STATUS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA YELLOW-LEGGED FROG ................... 4 4) RESOURCE ASSESSMENT METHODS ................................................................................... 5 5) FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ............................................................................. 6 6) AMPHIBIAN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ............................................................................. 7 7) MONITORING ............................................................................................................................. 9 SECTION II ........................................................................................................................... 10 MANAGEMENT SETTING AND RESOURCES .................................................................... 10 1) ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .................................................................................................. 11 2) HERPETOFAUNA RESOURCES............................................................................................. 12 3) FISHERIES RESOURCES ....................................................................................................... 13 SECTION III .......................................................................................................................... 17 MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ................................................................................................ 17 1) DEADWOOD CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ................ 18 2) FOURTH OF JULY CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ....... 31 3) JELMINI CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ........................... 35 4) LADEUX MEADOW PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ...................... 42 5) LOWER DEER CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ................. 50 6) LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ............. 57 7) MIDDLE COLE CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ................. 62 8) TANGLEFOOT CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION .............. 76 9) UPPER COLE CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION .................. 81 10) UPPER SUMMIT CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ........... 85 SECTION IV ........................................................................................................................ 104 LITERATURE CITED .......................................................................................................... 104 - 2 - LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR BULL RUN CREEK PWS. ...... 18 TABLE 2: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR DEADWOOD CANYON PWS. 23 TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN DEADWOOD CANYON PWS. .................................. 27 TABLE 4: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FOR DEADWOOD CANYON PWS. ...................................... 27 TABLE 5: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR FOURTH OF JULY CANYON PWS. ............................................................................................................................................. 31 TABLE 6: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR HIGHLAND LAKES PWS. ....... 35 TABLE 7: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN HIGHLAND LAKES PWS. ........................................ 36 TABLE 8: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR HIGHLAND LAKES PWS. ...................... 36 TABLE 9: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR LADEUX MEADOW PWS. ...... 43 TABLE 10: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN LADEUX MEADOW PWS. ..................................... 45 TABLE 11: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR LADEUX MEADOW PWS. ................... 46 TABLE 12: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR LOWER DEER CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. .................................................................................................................. 51 TABLE 13: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN LOWER DEER CREEK PWS. ................................ 56 TABLE 14: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR LOWER DEER CREEK PWS................ 56 TABLE 15: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PWS. ....................................................................................................................................................... 62 TABLE 16: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PWS. ............................. 67 TABLE 17: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PWS. ........... 68 TABLE 18: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR MIDDLE COLE CREEK PWS.: .......... 73 TABLE 19: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN MIDDLE COLE CREEK PWS. ................................ 74 TABLE 20: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR TANGLEFOOT CANYON PWS. ....................................................................................................................................................... 79 TABLE 21: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR TANGLEFOOT CANYON PWS. ............ 80 TABLE 22: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN TANGLEFOOT CANYON PWS. .............................. 81 TABLE 23: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR UPPER COLE CREEK PWS. 86 TABLE 24: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN UPPER COLE CREEK PWS. ................................. 90 TABLE 25: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR UPPER COLE CREEK PWS. ............... 90 TABLE 26: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA SURVEY DATA AND MANAGEMENT FOR UPPER SUMMIT CREEK PWS. ....................................................................................................................................................... 97 TABLE 27: SUMMARY OF FISHERIES POPULATION DATA IN UPPER SUMMIT CREEK PWS............................... 99 TABLE 28 SUMMARY OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR UPPER SUMMIT CREEK PWS. ........... 100 ii LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: CDFW PLANNING WATERSHEDS WITHIN UPPER MOKELUMNE MANAGEMENT UNIT. .................... 15 FIGURE 2: USE WITHIN THE UPPER MOKELUMNE MANAGEMENT UNIT. ........................................................ 16 FIGURE 3: HERPETOFAUNA RESOURCES IN BULL RUN CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ............................... 19 FIGURE 4: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN BULL RUN CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ..................................... 20 FIGURE 5: FISHERIES RESOURCES IN BULL RUN CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ........................................ 21 FIGURE 6: HERPETOFAUNA SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN DEADWOOD CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ........... 28 FIGURE 7: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN DEADWOOD CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ................................ 29 FIGURE 8: FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN DEADWOOD CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ............................ 30 FIGURE 9: HERPETOFAUNA SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN FOURTH OF JULY CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ... 32 FIGURE 10: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN FOURTH OF JULY CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ...................... 33 FIGURE 11: FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN FOURTH OF JULY CANYON PLANNING WATERSHED. ................... 34 FIGURE 12: SUMMARY OF HERPETOFAUNA RESOURCES IN HIGHLAND LAKES PLANNING WATERSHED. .......... 37 FIGURE 13: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN HIGHLAND LAKES PLANNING WATERSHED. ................................... 38 FIGURE 14: FISHERIES RESOURCES IN HIGHLAND LAKES PLANNING WATERSHED........................................ 39 FIGURE 15: LAKE AND STREAM DISTRIBUTION IN JELMINI CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ............................ 41 FIGURE 16: HERPETOFAUNA SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN LADEUX MEADOW PLANNING WATERSHED. .............. 47 FIGURE 17: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN LADEUX MEADOW PLANNING WATERSHED. ................................... 48 FIGURE 18: FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN LADEUX MEADOW PLANNING WATERSHED. ............................... 49 FIGURE 19: HERPETOFAUNA SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN LOWER DEER CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ......... 57 FIGURE 20: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN LOWER DEER CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. .............................. 58 FIGURE 21: FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN LOWER DEER CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. .......................... 59 FIGURE 22: HERPETOFAUNA SPECIES DISTRIBUTION IN LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. ..... 69 FIGURE 23: MANAGEMENT DIRECTION IN LOWER SUMMIT CREEK PLANNING WATERSHED. .......................... 70 FIGURE 24: FISH SPECIES DISTRIBUTION
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