Area	Corte Madera Creek
Topic	Tour: Monitoring Sites San Anselmo Creek Upper 1999

 

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Habitat typing site SA-144, located at Pacheco Avenue, contained a mid-channel pool with an average depth of 0.35 meters. The dam in the picture measures about three meters high, nine meters wide, and over 0.5 meters deep and has a cut in the middle to allow the creek to flow through (Rich, 2000). This area was photographed and habitat typed on October 20, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-158A, located between Pacheco Avenue and Creek Road, contained a lateral scour pool with an average depth of 0.18 meters and was associated with a concrete wall. This area was photographed and habitat typed on October 20, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-195, located between Bolinas Road and Meadow Way, contained a lateral scour pool with an average depth of 0.45 meters and was associated with a rootwad. This area was photographed and habitat typed on October 14, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-197, located just downstream of Meadow Way, contained dry habitat and spawning gravel. The creek was dry beginning at this site and extending over a mile, although the substrate almost throughout was composed of spawning gravel (Rich, 2000). This area was photographed and habitat typed on October 14, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-197 also contained a wood and concrete dam. This area was photographed and habitat typed on October 14, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-198B, located at Canyon Road, contained dry habitat and a Denil fish ladder. This area was photographed and habitat typed on November 4, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.


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Habitat typing site SA-216, located in the Cascade Canyon Open Space Preserve just downstream of Cascade Creek, contained a lateral scour pool with an average depth of 0.14 meters and associated with bedrock. The area within this preserve seemed to have the best steelhead trout habitat in San Anselmo Creek, although flows were low by the end of summer (Rich, 2000). This area was photographed and habitat typed on September 10, 1999 by A.A. Rich and Associates.

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