| Area | Coastal Tributaries South |
| Topic | Tour: NF Schooner Stream Reconnaissance #2 |
Fisheries biologist Pat Higgins uses V* probe to measure sediment depth in the North Fork Schooner Gulch. Note abundant large woody debris but also large amount of fine sediment in the stream channel. November 1993. Photo by Brian Thurman.
This photo shows major deposits of fine sediment in the lower North Fork Schooner Gulch channel. Sediment may have a long residence time in low gradient reaches like the lower North Fork. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Brian Thurman stands on large wood spanning the North Fork Schooner Gulch channel and gestures as to the size of fish he is seeing scurrying under the log jam, likely young of the year steelhead. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
This picture shows a close up of the channel of the North Fork Schooner Gulch. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Brian Thurman clowns it up as he gestures to a yard long imaginary fish in the deepest hole encountered in the survey of North Fork Schooner Gulch. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Overhanging riparian trees and large woody cover in the stream make this pool on the North Fork Schooner Gulch very complex fish habitat, but again sediment in the foreground suggests compromised depth. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
Waterfall in the middle reaches of the North Fork Schooner Gulch. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
This photo shows a plunge pool in the middle reaches of the North Fork Schooner Gulch. November 1993. Photo by Pat Higgins.
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