East Fork Crooked Creek IA 03-SKU-919

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Continued to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1996 report (=PS).   Follow-up monitoring is needed to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) uses may be impaired.  Because the data used for this assessment are more than 5 years old, the 305(b) assessment category was changed from "monitored" to "evaluated."  A review of the field sheet from the July 1991 DNR stream use assessments shows (1) that the fish community (3 spp.) lacked most of the expected species/genera for Class B(LR) streams in this region and (2) that sampling (i.e., seining) was hindered by "lot of snags" in the creek.  Follow-up monitoring is needed.