Appendix F Wild and Scenic River Suitability Report Appendix F: Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests Wild and Scenic River Suitability Report Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Relevant Laws, Regulation and Policy ........................................................................................................... 4 Study Report ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Determining Eligibility .............................................................................................................................. 5 Free Flowing River Determination ............................................................................................................ 6 Determining Outstandingly Remarkable Values ...................................................................................... 7 Scenery .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Recreation ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Geology ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Fish ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Wildlife ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Historic and Cultural Values ................................................................................................................ 17 Other Similar River-Related Values ........................................................................................................ 19 Assigning Preliminary Classification ....................................................................................................... 22 Determining Suitability ........................................................................................................................... 26 Questions to Answer ........................................................................................................................... 26 Criteria for Determining Suitability ..................................................................................................... 26 River Analyses ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Clearwater River Basin ............................................................................................................................ 34 Potlatch River ...................................................................................................................................... 34 North Fork Clearwater River Basin ......................................................................................................... 39 North Fork Clearwater River ............................................................................................................... 39 Bostonian Creek, Boundary Creek, Caledonia Creek, and Graves Creek ............................................ 46 Cave Creek and Chateau Creek ........................................................................................................... 50 Weitas Creek ....................................................................................................................................... 54 Cliff Creek, Falls Creek, Lost Pete Creek .............................................................................................. 59 Elk Creek .............................................................................................................................................. 63 Beaver Creek, Elmer Creek, and Isabella Creek .................................................................................. 68 Cayuse Creek, Kelly Creek, North Fork Kelly Creek, Middle Fork Kelly Creek, and South Fork Kelly Creek ................................................................................................................................................... 73 Little North Fork Clearwater River ...................................................................................................... 80 Lake Creek ........................................................................................................................................... 85 Middle Fork Clearwater River Basin ....................................................................................................... 89 Clear Creek and South Fork Clear Creek ............................................................................................. 89 Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests Revised Forest Plan DEIS F- 1 Appendix F Wild and Scenic River Suitability Report Lolo Creek ........................................................................................................................................... 94 Musselshell Creek ............................................................................................................................... 99 Lochsa River Basin ................................................................................................................................ 103 Canyon Creek, Glade Greek, Lowell Creek, and Rye Patch Creek ..................................................... 103 Upper Lochsa River, Colt Killed Creek (formally known as “White Sand Creek”), Big Sand Creek, Storm Creek, North Fork Storm Creek, and South Fork Storm Creek ............................................... 108 Crooked Fork Creek, Brushy Fork Creek, and Hopeful Creek ........................................................... 114 Fish Creek and Hungery Creek .......................................................................................................... 120 Huckleberry Creek ............................................................................................................................. 125 Warm Springs Creek .......................................................................................................................... 130 ‘Imnamatnoon Creek and Waw’aalamnime Creek ........................................................................... 136 Old Man Creek .................................................................................................................................. 141 Lake Creek (Lochsa Subbasin) ........................................................................................................... 145 Selway River Basin ................................................................................................................................ 149 Gedney Creek and West Fork Gedney Creek .................................................................................... 154 O’Hara Creek ..................................................................................................................................... 159 Meadow Creek, East Fork Meadow Creek, and Buck Lake Creek ..................................................... 163 Moose Creek, North Fork Moose Creek, West Moose Creek, East Fork Moose Creek, Rhoda Creek, and Wounded Doe Creek .................................................................................................................. 169 Running Creek ................................................................................................................................... 174 Three Links Creek and West Fork Three Links Creek ........................................................................ 178 Glover Creek ...................................................................................................................................... 183 South Fork Clearwater River Basin ....................................................................................................... 187 American River .................................................................................................................................. 187 Johns Creek, Gospel Creek, and West Fork Gospel Creek ................................................................ 192 Meadow Creek (South Fork Clearwater River) ................................................................................. 197 Mill Creek .......................................................................................................................................... 202 Red River ........................................................................................................................................... 207 Silver Creek ....................................................................................................................................... 212 South Fork Clearwater River ............................................................................................................. 218 West Fork Crooked River .................................................................................................................. 225 Salmon River Basin ..............................................................................................................................