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PIRU CREEK INFO:
See
http://www.fscr.org/html/steelhead.html for more infllowing and on the Santa Clara River Watershed and related
issues. The following quote is courtesy of the Friends of
the Santa Clara River and their website. Please visit
their site and get involved in these issues:
"National Marine Fisheries
Service Issues a Draft Jeopardy Opinion on Operation of Santa
Felicia Dam on Piru Creek
On November 8, 2007, in a
document that could have major effects on future operations at
Piru Creek's Santa Felicia Dam by the United Water Conservation
District, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a
draft biological opinion (BO) concluding that future operation
of the dam in the proposed manner could jeopardize the existence
of the southern California steelhead (more exactly, the Southern
California Distinct Population Segment of the endangered
steelhead that carries the scientific name Oncorhynchus
mykiss). The BO also laid out a set of actions, termed a
"reasonable and prudent alternative," that United could take to
avoid the likelihood of steelhead extinction. It can be
downloaded as a PDF file
(15.2 MB PDF)."
We now have over 70 volunteers
and organizations
now signed up and plan a work day as soon as possible.
2. LOCKWOOD CREEK AREA:
- On
4/21/08, a substantial amount of debris and possible clay
pollution were discovered on West Frazier Creek, just south of
where it runs thru TXI's mining operations. Debris is
presumed to include diesel that is used in their baking process.
Investigation and reporting for enforcement are continuing.
West Frazier
is one of the longest tributaries in the area, traveling over 5
miles southwesterly from just below the summit of Frazier
Mountain. It is fed by 12 smaller, seasonal tributary
watersheds and eventually joins Seymour and Lockwood Creeks.
Full copy of an email related to this situation is shown below.
- The
following are emails and info related to
recent
issues involving Piru Creek and Seymour. These
are only two of many such situations affecting the streams in
this area. We need volunteers to walk all of these
streams, take notes, photos or videos of obstructions & illegal
diversions, do fish counts, file reports with us about that so
we can document them for our data files, or push for
enforcement or correction. Lockwood and San Guillermo
Creeks and their feeder tributaries are some of the finest
native trout streams in this part of the state. If they
are to be preserved, we need your help in monitoring things that
are impacting them. The trout population in these streams
is growing rapidly in Lockwood, thanks to prior protection efforts.
Trout are appearing everywhere, just like they did 60 to 70 years ago before humanoids starting jeopardizing their native
waters. Protection and oversight of
Seymour,
San Guillermo, Lockwood's feeders and
West Frazier Creeks is critical to continuing this
restoration work.
- We still are receiving reports
of OHV's or motorcycles in Lockwood Creek. If you observe
such activities, please call us immediately at the number below,
or
EMAIL US. USFS and Fish & Game are working
cooperatively on this issue and planning new barricades to keep
vehicles out of the creek, erecting new signage, etc.
- The
Forest Service is redesigning the new low water bridge just
below the confluence of West Frazier & Seymour Creeks to
accommodate passage of native trout above it. See email
below related to this.
Seymour Creek is running only to a point just below Seymour
Sage Flat Road, where it goes underground; the flow that is
running across the new crossing is all coming from the several
tributaries feeding
West Frazier Creek, which flows
thru TXI. Seymour is running well on Mt. Pinos- still
covered with snow at its headwaters north of Mt. Pinos
Campground on 4/23/08; more stream surveys continuing.
If you would like to volunteer to help us continue
this restoration work and improve the quality of fishing in
these great trout streams, or just give us a stream or fish
count report, please
email me or call me at
661-245-3438. We can't do it without your help.
Thanks for your involvement and for the many fishermen that have
already come together to support this effort. Please get
your friends involved. Lloyd Wiens
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: Fw: West Frazier Creek Pollution
Carole- For your information..........
I have been a resident and business operator
in Frazier Park for 30 years. During those years, I have
had many reports from fishermen and other outdoor
recreational users of Ridgelite and TXI materials floating
in Lockwood Creek, Piru Creek and Pyramid Lake. As a local
business person, I have refrained from confronting these and
other TXI issues for a variety of reasons, including the
jobs they provide local residents. However, my tour of the
watershed below this plant last week on West Frazier Creek
was the last straw. There is a huge amount of their excess
materials in and around this streambed and watershed between
the plant and West Frazier's confluence with Seymour Creek.
This corporation needs to be ordered to clean
it up, restore it to its natural condition, install a
surface and groundwater quality and flow monitoring program
upstream and downstream of their operations, get a 404 Clean
Water Certification, comply with the Clean Water Act and
stop screwing up our local streams and native trout fishery,
including on federal public lands. Enough is enough. Thank
you for whatever you can do to provide whatever enforcement
action you can to make that happen. If you would like to
discuss, please advise and I will send you my cell #.
Thanks again. Lloyd Wiens
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:48 AM
Subject: West Frazier Creek Pollution
Please forward this email to the proper
enforcement division managers and wardens:
West Frazier Creek flows through a mining
operation in Lockwood Valley,
Ventura County run by TXI. There are native coastal
rainbow trout resident
in that stream and possibly So. Calif. Steelhead. Genetic
studies
referenced below in this email confirm their relationship.
A recent story in the LA Times detailed offenses by this
company in
Riverside. You may review that at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hex16apr16,1,836899.story
. You
can see West Frazier- a blueline stream and its several
feeder tributaries at
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=11&X=393&Y=4812&W=3&qs=%7cPine+Mountain+Club%7cCA%7c
. TXI's operations are shown in the bottom left corner of
that map, or on the aerial
photo link for it. TXI has previously been fined for
illegal diversion of
that stream, and permits for ponds constructed on their
property are suspect at best. I see water standing in their
entry and
traffic areas regularly and believe there are numerous
violations occurring.
Their operations appear to be authorized under a patented
mining claim on US
Forest Service property under SMARA. MSHA has been in there
previously
conducting investigations, including related to silicate
affects on
employees. Ventura County has had a running oversight
situation with them
related to air pollution issues; illnesses have been
prevalent in the
neighborhood. We have governmental regulatory employees
willing to testify under subpoena about
previously-undisclosed and non-enforced issues at
this plant. The State Water Resources Control Board
investigated their
ponds, wells and groundwater previously and found them
polluted with diesel
and other contaminants from their diesel-injected baking
processes. We have
documentation and testimony available on all of these
situations, and
references to prior litigation on some of them for you.
Hundreds of rocks and materials from their operations can
be found in the West Frazier trout stream or on streambanks
adjacent to it.
Unnatural-appearing clay residue, possibly from the clay
materials used in
their operations is also present in the stream, and strange
algae
influences. I will presume that this material and rock
contain diesel and
other residue from their baking operations. Some of them
have burned
exteriors on them.
TXI should be forced to clean that material up and restore
it to its natural
state, implement controls to prevent it from happening again
in the future.
Water quality and flow should be tested, evaluated and
monitored both
upstream and downstream of their facility and reported to
Fish & Game, SWRCB and
USFS on an ongoing basis. The site of the polluted
area is large enough to probably qualify as a
superfund situation.
We are dealing cooperatively with the US Forest Service on
solutions regarding a brand new, trout-impeding low water
bridge stream
crossing just below this area and West Frazier's confluence
with Seymour
Creek. It is currently being re-engineered. These streams
flow south about
1/2 mile to Lockwood Creek, one of the finest native trout
fisheries in So. Calif.,
then into Piru Creek, then to Pyramid Lake and into LA's
water supply. All of
those are impacted by any permit issues or pollution. Some
of the issues & info
related to these streams can be seen at http://www.shopoutdoors.com/fishingreport.html
.
A study from National Marine Fisheries Service, shown online
at
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm27/tm27.htm#toc
,
confirms what we have been saying for many years...... The
genetic
relationship of the coastal rainbow and the listed So.
Calif. steelhead is
detailed throughout the study. The coastal rainbow is
prevalent in Lockwood
and upper Piru creeks, and in Pyramid Lake and they no doubt
enter Seymour
and West Frazier Creeks. I personally observed a half dozen
trout below the
new crossing referred to above about a month ago. Both
species should be
protected as endangered or at least special status. We have
inquired
accordingly with Fish & Game, the Forest Service and US Fish
& Wildlife
Service on several occasions and have never had even the
courtesy of a
response about that.
Related issues and discussions are underway regarding Piru
Creek below
Pyramid Dam and above Piru Lake, and Piru Lake is undergoing
re-licensing
hearings with FERC; an EIR has been produced about some of
that. CalTrout
and Trout Unlimited are involved in this and have had a
couple of
unresponsive meetings and hearings with these agencies. For
certain, we
know that steelhead exist in the Santa Clara River, and that
they previously
were documented in all of the tributaries and streams noted
above. At a
minimum, fish ladders should be constructed at both Piru and
Pyramid Lake
dams to allow natural movement of fish into upper Piru and
Lockwood Creeks-
their historical spawning areas. See
<http://www.fscr.org/html/steelhead.html>
http://www.fscr.org/html/steelhead.html
for more info on that. All of these
issues are intertwined.
Historical and Current Steelhead and Rainbow Trout
Distribution Stream
Survey Information for local streams can also be found
online!
<http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/scsesu.htm>
Click Here to Start. Historical
pages include information as far back as the '20's for many
So. Calif.
streams. Piru and Lockwood are both mentioned here:
http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/hcd/soCalHistoric.htm
We have historical photos
of stringers of steelhead taken out of Piru and Lockwood in
the 40's at our
local museum.
I request that the Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game, US Fish &
Wildlife Service, Ventura County & the
State Water Resources Control Board address these issues
promptly. TXI has
enough resources to pay for this cleanup, protect these
species, monitor this stream and pay the court
costs.......... Thanks for reviewing the above. Please let
me know what I can do to help.
Lloyd Wiens
Frazier Park Area Adopt-A-Creek Project
The Lockwood Project
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:23 PM
Subject: Fw: Lockwood creek tributary
I will be discussing this with Chuchupate-Mt.
Pinos ranger station today:
USFS just built a new low water bridge at
a crossing of the Seymour Creek tributary that flows
down from TXI, just south of the residences, etc. on
the main entry road to Lockwood Creek, just below the
gate on the road. I saw four native trout hanging in a
pool of water about 100 feet downstream. There is no
passage upstream for them past the new construction
because boulders and a tarp are blocking the stream
below the crossing, right next to it. Not good. Will
let you know what the results are. I will be requesting
a fish ladder and crossing so they can move upstream for
spawning, copies of DFG crossing permit, etc. Lloyd
Wiens
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 2:01 PM
Subject: Fw: Lockwood creek tributary
I just spoke with Mt. Pinos District Ranger
Tom Kuekes. He was very concerned and agreed that the trout
have to be able to move upstream from below the crossing and
said he would go look for himself asap and absolutely make
sure that happened. Will keep you apprised. Lloyd
NEWS FROM FISH & GAME ABOUT LOCKWOOD & PIRU CREEKS,
OTHER LOCAL INFO:
To:
shopoutd@qnet.com
> Hello Lloyd,
> My name is Joe ..... On the weekend of April 4th myself and
two
> friends hiked along Piru Creek from Frenchman Flats to the upper
end of Piru
> lake. In the past I have always had great luck on dry flies above
Frenchman
> Flat to Pyramid Dam, so I thought fishing downstream would be
great. Well,
> it wasn't even close to what I expected. We did not see a single
rise, no
> minnows in the shallows or anything except for two olive-brown
colored water
> turtles and lots of frogs. As far as the trout went, the river
seemed to be
> absolutely sterile. The water was pretty clear and the flows from
the upper
> gauge were on the order of 90-100 cfs. After the falls below the
confluence
> of Fish Creek we started seeing a few small minnows in the
shallows.
>
> My question is why are there so few fish in the stretch of the
river that
> should be loaded? Did last year's fire storm cause a fish kill?
Are there
> typically a lot of fish in this 17 mile stretch of Piru Creek?
>
> Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.Regards, Joe
Subject: Re: Want to Join Stream Volunteers
Thanks for the info Joe. I will put you on our list, forward this
email to our
project coordinator, to the regional
biologist at Fish & Game and a couple of other folks.
The sterility of the stream may have to do with DWR
screwing with the flows in
that part of the creek again, emanating from Pyramid Dam, but there
are other
strange things happening up here around headwaters areas also.
Thanks again and we will be back in touch. Lloyd
Wiens
Hi Joe,
Your email was forwarded to me by a local activist in the Piru/Lockwood
area, Lloyd Wiens. Your trip sounds like it would have been a lot of
fun, given the recent weather, but I am not very surprised to hear about
the fish conditions in the Piru canyon in-between Frenchman's Flat and
upper Piru Reservoir. The last 2 years of drought definitely were hard
on the trout, as flow in this stretch was barely a trickle in some
spots, and the water was nearly too warm to allow fish to live.
One positive is that we had a wet winter, that really re-energized the
tributaries to Piru in this section.
I have had a few reports lately of juvenile wild trout
being seen in Agua Blanca and Fish Creeks. These two systems are the
life blood for the fishery in this portion of Piru; on good years over
populating these smaller creeks and recolonizing Piru. Unfortunately
during poor water years, these fish that have colonized Piru are quite
susceptible.
You mention seeing minnows. Were these possibly juvenile trout? I am
not sure exactly what you mean by minnow, but if juvenile trout were
present, that was a good thing! Historic reports for this section see
good numbers of very large hatchery and wild trout, so I am afraid that
you hit this water possibly after two of the worst drought years on
record. That would be my guess as to why you and your friends didn't
see any trout.
Feel free to contact me in the future with trout related issues, and
better luck fishing to you and your friends this year,
-Chris McKibbin
Fisheries Biologist
Heritage and Wild Trout Program
California Department of Fish and Game
4665 Lampton Avenue Suite C
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(805) 816-3606
cmckibbin@dfg.ca.gov
10/4/07 -Hi Lloyd,
Rodger forwarded me your email and I apologize to getting back to you so
late. I was helping with the Lake Davis treatment up north and was
unable to check my email for several weeks. I am DFG's recently appointed
south coast regional wild trout biologist. Roger obviously
sent me your email due to my position.
I read the links associated with your email as well as the bulk of the
letter, and I am aware of the steelhead issues you have presented.
Since my appointment to this position in February of this year, I have been
trying to keep up with SH meetings with other agencies, attend SH
workshops, and overall just familiarize myself with southern California
waters including those historically supporting SH. I have to say, being
born, raised and schooled in northern California, I have a lot of catching
up to do. Fortunately I sit in a position that allows me to
catch up quickly, as much of the information being passed around DFG as well
as the other parties involved ends up here on my desk.
As of right now, the protection of Oncorhynchus mykiss in tributaries above
reservoirs is a major concern for me as well as other DFG
biologists specifically working with SH. Most water agencies will argue
that that these populations are not native, due to DFG stocking in said
reservoirs, as well as the actual impossibility of these stocks to reach the
ocean and be truly anadromous. I am sure that I am not telling you
anything that you don't already know here, but my understanding is that this
is the situation for the fish you mentioned in your letter,
those above Piru/Pyramid reservoirs. I would be very interested to know the
actual genetic lineage of the fish in this system.
My self and the DFG wild trout crew did a week of surveys in Lockwood and
Piru creeks above Pyramid Lake. We did simple population and
habitat surveys, but did not take any tissue samples for genetic analysis.
Typically while doing wild trout surveys, my self and the
state crew study population size, dynamics and particular habitat quality.
This being said, the observance of SH or resident trout quite
often depends on phenotype, not its actual genetics, which would help truly
define the fish's origin. This is due to the DFG wild trout
program protocol of developing and providing fishing experience for the
public. Although, when doing surveys the state crew occasionally takes
tissue samples to help other or future genetic surveys being performed in a
particular system. As to the data that was collected from the
surveys done in Lockwood and Piru creeks in early June, I have not actually
received the finished reports to be completed by the wild trout
crew in Sacramento. My understanding is that there is no special protection
for these fish under the ESA for the Southern California Steelhead ESU.
As a department biologist, the other part of my position, I will be looking
into the genetic origin of the fish in my region. This is where
I think that in the long run, I will be more able to help you with the
questions in your email. My personal goal as well as my actual job is
to understand, preserve and protect inland trout populations. In regard to
your question of coastal and anadromous O. mykiss ; I would expect
that the proper management of SH would provide for an increase in quality
environmental/habitat conditions for coastal rainbow, and vise
versa. The dilemma here is, once again genetic origin. I would rather
protect everything from the beginning and then try to further develop
genetic relationships and define what is native and planted, but
unfortunately the world we live in right now, it is quite the opposite,
where nothing is protected and (once again I mention water agencies) fish
are presumed to be nonnative from the outright.
As for the last portion of your email, I heard about the fish die off in the
city pond. Sounds like you guys have the problem solved there
though; more fresh, clean and cold water should help tremendously. I don't
know much about the restoration project for Cuddy creek, so
please if you could, keep me posted. I would like to visit the site before,
during and after the project. Finally, the area I think you are
talking about on Lockwood creek that is being abused by OHV use is near the
Lockwood campground site??? I have been through that area a few
times and have seen dozens of motorcycles crossing the creek, and lifted
trucks parked in the creek there, but for the most part the area of
abuse is limited to a 15 yard section of the creek, where several large
boulders have been placed in the creek, on the down end portion of the
crossing to prevent motorized access. Have things changed recently? If so,
I will visit and see if I can't make some phone calls.
Please feel free to email me any time, or give me a call with any regional
environmental and trout related issues! Chris
Lockwood Valley/Seymour Creek Station Rainfall Data History-
http://www.vcwatershed.org/hydrodata/htdocs/static/stat_1223437.htm?entryparakey=Precip_Daily#Precip_Daily
Lockwood, Piru Creek, other Ventura Stream Discharge Data and
Ventura County Watershed Protection District Hydrology Data
Webpage:
http://www.vcwatershed.org/hydrodata/htdocs/static/list_Discharge_Daily_0.htm?entryparakey=Discharge_Daily
Stream Gauge Station Data List:
http://www.vcwatershed.org/hydrodata/StreamStations.htm
USGS Flow Data For Piru & Sespe Creeks, Santa Clara River, etc.:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/current?huc_cd=18070102&index_pmcode_00065=3&index_pmcode_00060=4&index_pmcode_00062=5&index_pmcode_72020=6&sort_key=site_no&group_key=county_cd&sitefile_output_format=html_table
EPA Santa Clara/Piru Watershed Information Page:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=18070102
See
Friends of the River's Piru Creek
Action Page for current protection actions & info.
Piru Creek
|
Upper Piru Creek (Above Pyramid Lake) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
number of anglers responding
|
|
65
|
|
| |
Total
hours fished
|
|
265
|
.5
|
| |
Average
number of fish caught per angler
|
|
8
|
.4
|
| |
Estimated
angler catch per angler hour
|
|
2
|
.05
|
| |
Total
number of fish reported
| |
rainbow trout
|
kept
|
=
|
14
|
| |
|
released
|
=
|
530
|
| |
|
Total
|
=
|
544
|
|
|
Upper Piru Creek, Gold Hill Area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
number of anglers responding
|
|
16
|
|
| |
Total
hours fished
|
|
77
|
.5
|
| |
Average
number of fish caught per angler
|
|
12
|
.4
|
| |
Estimated
angler catch per angler hour
|
|
2
|
.6
|
| |
Total
number of fish reported
| |
rainbow trout
|
kept
|
=
|
0
|
| |
|
released
|
=
|
198
|
| |
|
Total
|
=
|
198
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Upper Piru Creek, Hard Luck Crossing Area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
number of anglers responding
|
|
5
|
|
| |
Total
hours fished
|
|
19
|
.5
|
| |
Average
number of fish caught per angler
|
|
4
|
.4
|
| |
Estimated
angler catch per angler hour
|
|
1
|
.1
|
| |
Total
number of fish reported
| |
rainbow trout
|
kept
|
=
|
0
|
| |
|
released
|
=
|
22
|
| |
|
Total
|
=
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Upper Piru Creek, Lockwood Creek Area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
number of anglers responding
|
|
57
|
|
| |
Total
hours fished
|
|
189
|
.25
|
| |
Average
number of fish caught per angler
|
|
11
|
.1
|
| |
Estimated
angler catch per angler hour
|
|
3
|
.3
|
| |
Total
number of fish reported
| |
rainbow trout
|
kept
|
=
|
8
|
| |
|
released
|
=
|
622
|
| |
|
Total
|
=
|
630
|
|
|
LINKS:
Angeles National Forest Fishing Webpage:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recreation/fishing.shtml
Los Padres National Forest Fishing Webpage:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/lospadres/recreation/fishing/
Calif. Dept. of Fish & Game:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fish/Fishing/
Fisheries Resource Volunteer Corps:
http://www.frvc.org/
Federation of Fly Fishers:
http://www.fedflyfishers.org/
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Steelhead Trout.......
Have You Caught One of These? Please let us know if you do.
We are running a survey of steelhead in our local streams.
A couple of typical quotes: 8/31/05- "Hey Lloyd, I made it up to
Gold Hill last weekend. I ended up going downstream--there were some
people headed upstream. I probably caught a dozen rainbows in 2 hours of
working the stream. All of the fish were little guys, the largest was
about 10 inches. The fish looked nice and healthy thought. Fish were
caught on barbless panther. It was bright, sunny and hot...."
2/15: "Well Lloyd you were right I fished upstream
from Gold Hill and the fish were there."
Feb 16- "Drove down to Hardluck and parked at first stream
crossing. Good water flow. Skies cloudy but air not too
cold. Water not too cold. Clear water. Walked below road
crossing and fished up. Caught a total of 4 fish after 2-3 hours of
constant fishing. Fish in the 9 to 12 " range. Spooked a few
fish that were in warmer still water at close end of pools. Fished dry
flys... grey adams parachute with white indicator, about a # 14.
Switched to large black beetle imitation and stuck with that. The rises
were slow and cautious, except the last take at 4:00. This water
looks like great holding water for bigger fish. Lots of pools and
riffles, bigger water than Lockwood above. Great to hit this in early
spring when it warms up." See more fisherman's reports on www.shopoutdoors.com/fishing.html
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Reyes Creek at Camp Schiedeck, on Lockwood Valley Road at Hwy. 33, stocked regularly.
Try eggs or Roosters.
A study from National Marine Fisheries, online at
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm27/tm27.htm#toc ,
confirms what we have been saying for many years...... The genetic
relationship of the coastal rainbow and steelhead is confirmed throughout
the study. The coastal rainbow is prevalent in Lockwood and upper Piru
creeks, and in Pyramid Lake.
Striped Bass M. saxatilis
Brown Trout (Salmo trutta fario)
We have a new basic Fishing, hiking, camping, sightseeing guide to
the Frazier Park/Mt. Pinos area available for $6.99. Includes local
lakes, ponds, Trout Stream info and Area Maps. email us
for more info.
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
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