B. Classification/Mileage: Wild – 126 km (78 mi); Scenic – 50 km (31 mi); Recreational – 348 km (216 mi); Total – 524 km (325 mi).

C. Managing Agencies: California Resources Agency; Smith River National Recreation Area

4. Trinity River:

A. Designated Reach: January 19, 1981. From the confluence with the Klamath River to 91 m (300 ft) below Lewiston Dam. The North Fork from the Trinity River confluence to the southern boundary of the Salmon-Trinity Primitive Area. The South Fork from the Trinity River confluence to the California State Highway 36 bridge crossing. The New River from the Trinity River confluence to the Salmon-Trinity Primitive Area.

B. Classification/Mileage: Wild – 71 km (44 mi); Scenic – 63 km (39 mi); Recreational – 194 km (120 mi); Total – 327 km (203 mi).

C. Managing Agencies: California Resources Agency; Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation; Yurok Tribe; Shasta-Trinity National Forest; Six Rivers National Forest; Bureau of Land management

Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Impaired Waters

Table 1 lists the 303(d) impaired waters within the Klamath Network. Redwood Creek and the Klamath River in Redwoods are listed due to impacts associated with upstream land use practices; in particular, road building, reduced land cover as a result of logging, and dams. In Whiskeytown, Willow Creek (associated with past mining activities) and designated swim beaches of Whiskeytown Lake are listed as 303(d) impaired waters. Whiskeytown Staff are in the process of having the swim beaches delisted. A full discussion of the CWA Section 303(d) listing and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program process can be found at the following EPA web site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/.

*See the EPA web site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/ for a description of the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Loads) process.

Aquatic Species of Special Concern

In 2002, the Klamath Network began an inventory of vascular plants and vertebrate species of special concern in network park units (Acker et al. 2001). Aquatic vertebrate species of concern at the network-level include nine amphibian, five reptile, and four fish species.

 

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