• Thumbnail for Trout Creek (Truckee River tributary)
    Trout Creek is a small tributary of the Truckee River draining about 5.1 square miles (13 km2) along the eastern crest of the Sierra Nevada. It originates...
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    Cabin Creek, Pole Creek, Donner Creek, Trout Creek, Martis Creek, Prosser Creek, the Little Truckee River, Gray Creek, and Bronco Creek. Major lakes and...
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  • California, a tributary of Los Gatos Creek Trout Creek (Truckee River tributary), California, a tributary of the Truckee River Trout Creek, Michigan, a...
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  • Thumbnail for Upper Truckee River
    Tahoe is known as Lake Valley. Historically, Trout Creek was tributary to Upper Truckee River in the Truckee Marsh area near the lake (fig. 2). But with...
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  • Thumbnail for Lahontan cutthroat trout
    trout that are listed as federally threatened. The Lahontan cutthroat is native to the drainages of the Truckee River, Humboldt River, Carson River,...
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    freestone streams that are typical tributaries of the rivers of the Pacific Basin, Great Basin and Rocky Mountains. Cutthroat trout spawn in the spring and may...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramid Lake (Nevada)
    Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the basin of the Truckee River, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno, Nevada, United States. Pyramid Lake is the biggest...
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    Valley Creek Dry Valley Creek Baxter Creek Truckee River Little Truckee River Martis Creek Prosser Creek Trout Creek Cold Creek Lake Tahoe (tributaries clockwise...
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  • Thumbnail for Carson River
    cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris) in existence in the drainages of Silver King Creek, a tributary of the East Fork Carson River in the Carson...
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  • Thumbnail for Kern River
    are native to the Kern River tributaries South Fork Kern River and Golden Trout Creek, and the latter's tributary, Volcano Creek. Two currently recognized...
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  • Thumbnail for Martis Creek
    tributary to the Truckee River on the eastern side of Truckee. An archaic Native American people known as the Martis people lived in the Martis Creek...
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  • Thumbnail for Little Truckee River
    The Little Truckee River is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) river that is a tributary to its larger counterpart, the Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe. It...
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  • Independence Creek is a 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) northeast-flowing creek that is tributary to the Little Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe. It drains...
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  • Thumbnail for Lake Tahoe
    services. Lake Tahoe is a tributary watershed drainage element within the Truckee River Basin, and its sole outlet is the Truckee River, which continues on...
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  • Thumbnail for Feather River
    The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The river's main stem is about 73...
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  • Thumbnail for Owens River
    the valley once built dams across the Owens River (and possibly one of its major tributaries, Bishop Creek) to divert water into local canals. The switch...
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  • Thumbnail for Merced River
    Merced River (/mɜːrˈsɛd/), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a 145-mile (233 km)-long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing...
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  • Thumbnail for American River
    Nevada and its many headwaters and tributaries, including its North, Middle, and South Forks. The American River is known for the discovery of gold at...
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    Nevada, after Palisade Glacier at the headwaters of Big Pine Creek a tributary of the Owens River. Both Lyell and Maclure glaciers have shrunk significantly...
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  • Thumbnail for Walker River
    LCT are still extant in By-Day Creek, a tributary of the East Walker River. The riparian zone of the lower Walker River and its delta at Walker Lake provide...
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  • Thumbnail for Mokelumne River
    impounds the river, forming Lodi Lake. The river receives Dry Creek from the east near Thornton and shortly afterwards receives its major tributary, the Cosumnes...
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    transformed Alhambra Creek from a trickle into multiple dams and beaver ponds, which in turn, led to the return of steelhead trout and river otter in 2008,...
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  • Thumbnail for California Trail
    Humboldt River, Pyramid Lake, Carson River, Walker River, Old Spanish Trail etc. their current names. The Truckee River (called the Salmon-Trout River by Fremont)...
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  • Thumbnail for Kings River (California)
    10 miles (16 km) of the Kings River between present-day Piedra and Sanger; the Chukaymina along the Mill Creek tributary, and the Michahay further south...
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  • Thumbnail for Sacramento River
    on Battle Creek, a major tributary of the Sacramento River, were removed to allow better passage of the fish. Three other dams along the creek were fitted...
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  • Thumbnail for Cosumnes River
    salmon spawning into the river. Some water is diverted from two tributaries of the North Fork – Camp Creek and Sly Park Creek – for irrigation in the Camino...
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    the river and its tributaries, which also play host to introduced brown trout. For its size, the San Joaquin River is one of the most polluted rivers in...
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  • Thumbnail for Prosser Creek Dam
    crest length of 1,830 feet (560 m). It impounds Prosser Creek (a tributary of the Truckee River) for irrigation storage and winter and spring flood control...
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    New Bullards Bar Reservoir on the North Yuba River. Water is also taken from Oregon Creek, the main tributary of the Middle Yuba. This enables the generation...
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  • Thumbnail for Trout Creek (Lake Tahoe)
    both, in a study of brook, rainbow and brown trout in Sagehen Creek, which flows into the Little Truckee River at an altitude of 5,800 feet (1,800 m) and...
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