State of Alaska Nomination Form Department of Fish and Game Anadromous Waters Gatalog Division of Sport Fish rfiq

Region Southwest USGS Quad(s)

Anadromous Waters Catalog Number of Wut"*"V g Name of Waterway Unnamed Tributary West Fork Twin Creek n USGS Name Local Name

E Addition I Deletion fl Correction n Backup Information

For Office Use

OBSERVATION I N FORMATION Fe-$n"* (!-O?t Pink Salmon (5) fl-&6 N-,Y+O

IMPORTANT: Provide all supporting documentation that this water body is important for the spawning, rearing or migration of anadromous fish, including: lq-o7:, number of fish and life stages observed; sampling methods, sampling duration and area sampled; copies of field notes; elc. Attach a copy of a map showing location of mouth and observed upper elitent of each species, as well as other information such as: specific stream reaches observed as spawning or rearing /v4+7 habitat; locations, types, and heights of any barriers; etc. tRei,t{.- / !'ol' Comments a-S:1-at- r;o7p h.,r)e. OS tqlb) During a joint AKSSF and A-1 Timber fish sdrfr"pling, I used afi electrofisher to sample an unnamed / ./-o+; tributary to West Fork Twin Creek. See the May 1-2,20l4Trip Report. r - at / g- o7z i {ik'$- tt do 'r"--- f:f';; i!, f A // rlws "i,;L"; ltr/ trp'',.r.,1$\\ , a,/ Lt f-2{- l6pzo- zo 70. gd#1 u'}ifi., Trlt Name of Observer (please print): Habitat Bi Signature: Date: 51712014 Agency: ADF&G, Division of Habitat Address: 333 Raspberry Road Anchorage, AK 99518

This certifies that in my best professional judgment and belief the above information is evidence that this waterbody should be included in or deleted from the Anadromous Waters Catalog.

Signature of Area Biologist: Date:_ Revision 05/08 Name of Area Biologist (please print): Figura I rI I

Lkters 0 :3s 4a.c S0 t,3t:,t 1,800 MEMORANDUM State of Alaska Departrnent of Fish and Game Division of Habitat

TO: MichaelDaigneault DATE: May g,2014 Central Region Regional Supervisor PHONE NO: 267-2813

FROM: WillFrost Pf SUBJECT: AKSSF AWC Survey: Habitat Biologist Kodiak Island May 2014

on May 1 and2,2014,rjoined David Nesheim, A-l rimber consultants (A_l) and Josh Brekken' Alaska Department of Fish and Game (eoraci on Kodiak tsland for the purpose sampling waters in the area of proposed of harvest activities io document the presence of anadromous fish' The informaiion gathered will be used to submit official nominations for inclusion in the Anadromous wateri catalog and its r"rp""i"" Atlas. Inclusion in the Anadromous waters catalog will conserve salmon habitai by providing the 66-foot riparian retention area protection required under the Forest Resorrces and practices Act (FRpA). A water body listed in the Anadromous waters catalog is aiso'arrorded additional protection under state law at AS 16'05'871. The weather conditions ivere clear and unseasonably warm.

on the morning of May l, we drove to chiniak and walked up west Fork Twin creek (stream No' 259-25-10020) to an unnamed tributary in unit 2013-ri. we used an erectrofisher about 140 meters of to sampre the upper reach of the ,t."u,n (Figu; lower.each were ij. rn. was dry. No fish captured or observed' we ended our survey where the stream gradient became a barrier. A-l will provide a voluntary 66-feet wide riparian retention area to about stream 140 meters of the below the barrier in the same area we sampled.

we walked down west Fork Twin creek to an unnamed tributary in Unit about 140 2013-13. we sampled meters ollhe stream. we captured 6 juvenile (FL)) coho salmo n (23-60mm fork length and l5 Dolly varden (15-55 mm FL). ThL unnam.o ,tr"u,n will be nominated to the Anadromous Waters Catalog.

we walked down west Fork Twin creek to an unnamed tributary in about Unit 2013-13. we sampled 590 meters of the we capture!7 young-or-j.u. pint (Figure :t-."1-. sarmon (zs_4lmm FL) 2) and 48 Dolly varden (32-55 mm FL). we-ouserved-about the streambanks, l0 salmon bone piles along which are likely pink salmon, because of the length of the intact bones and the presence of young-of-year pink suimon (Figure 3). The r;;;y ended where the stream gradient became a barrier' The unnamed stream *ili il;t"t";#;oit anuaromous Two . wu,.r, catalog. additional tributaries that flow into this stream *e.e also-sampled. we ended our surveys in these streams where the gradient became a barrier. No fish were captured or observed. A-l will May 2014 AKSSF Kodiak Trip Report _ 2 _ May 8,2014

provide a voluntary 66-foot riparian retention area adjacent to these secondary tributaries. we walked across west Fork Twin creek to an unnamed tributary. meters of the we sampled about l g5 stream' we captured 4 juvenile.coho rutron a spring (Figure iiz-ss mm FL). The stream ended at 4)' The unnamed stream will be nominatei to the Anadromous waters catarog. on the morning of May 2, we returned to west Fork Twin creek an additional in unit 2013-13. we sampled five unnamed tributaries that flow rro,n (Figure ,frrg, located above un olo beaver pond 5)' The beaver dam has deteriorated and a g.ass .nEuoo* has replaced the pond (Figure 6)' we sampled about 940 meters of the main streJm upri."u,n to the headwater. l5 juvenile coho sarmon (3*!195_mm we captured FL), 9 ylyng:9f-v.- pi"r. sarmon Dolly varden (35-90 (33-36mm FL), and 40 t-T er-l (Figures 7 and 8).-w. *ult.i downstream and sampred the second tributary about 130 meters to the headwater lFigure l;. w. captured juvenile salmon (65 and 75 2 coho mmFL)' we walked downstream t6 tne meters tiriro tributary and sampred about 90 to the headwater' we captured 3 juvenile .otto .utrnon (55-75mm FL). we walked downstream to the fourth tributary and sampled about soo meters to the headwater. 4 juvenile coho salmon (55-90 we captured mm FL) and observec un uaCIiional juvenile we walked 300 coho salmon. downstream to the fifth tributary and walked up rn. tributary about 90 meters observed about l0 juvenile coho salmon. and Th. five tributaries will be nominated to Anadromous Waters Catalog. the

we walked down west Fork Twin creek to an unnamed tributary of the and sampled about 290 meters stream' we captured 2 juvenile coho salmon fso unJgo mm FL) and observed an additional 25 juvenile coho saimon in the lower ,.u.ir. we enoed our survey when became too shallow and the stream no additional i,sh w"re captured. The nominated unnamed stream will be to the Anadromous Waters Catalog.

is currently planning on returning #ifot*G to Kodiak for a sampling effort in mid May May 2014 AKSSF Kodiak Trip Reporr -3- May 8,2014

Mr. Frost sampling un unnurn.d t l3_l5.

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Figure 3. Pink satmo; 2013-13. ,,

Figure 4. Sp May 2014 AKSSF Kodiak Trip Reporr -5- May 8,2014

Figure 5. Spring fed unnamed

Figure 6. old beaver d.r 2013-13. o"ffili' May 2014 AKSSF Kodiak Trip Reporr -6- May 8,2014

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L reek rn Unit 20l3-13. May 2014 AKSSF Kodiak Trip Report -7 - May 8,2014

Figure g. Mr. -'- -r^"'6 qrr ulr'illrloo 13' tnbutary to west Fork Twin crffi-un it2013_

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