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1951 "Silvers [Coho] and chums utilizethe stream" [Gee Creek]Above the lower 2 miles of Gee Creek slough, "Fair togood spawning areas occur throughout the remainderof the stream." [Silvers and chum also reported inWhipple Creek to south.]Unknown Author [WDF? nowWDFW?] Aug. 1951. PlanningReports. Lower ColumbiaFisheries Development Program,Washington. Preliminary Draft.[2 pages attached to August1998 USFWS CRFPO AlanEcklund letter to Clark CountyWR.]1953 Dairying reported as principalagricultural operation in Ridgefieldarea with associated watershedimpacts.Early 1960’sOne meander of Gee Creek istaken out when ball fields atAbrams Park are developed1963-64 Pacific Wood Treatment Plant builtand openslate 1950'searly1960's County- construction and increasedInterstate 5 built through Clarkroad runoff in upper watershedearly 1960'sRidgefield sewage treatment plantbuilt on slopes above Lake River.early 1960's Swimming facilities for children inAbrams Park1966 Carty Unit is first parcel acquiredfor new Ridgefield NWR.Along with berries and other farm products, largelyreplacing potatoes. [Suggests degree of animal useand associated runoff in watershed.]After 1962 Columbus Day windstorm. Creek used tomeander a bit more in a couple of places.Industrial uses change along Lake River and lowerwatershed.On route of Hwy 99 and earlier roads."one of the most modern in the state"…"haseliminated the detrimental cesspools"Refuge boundary established 1965. Refuge had3,000 acres by 1970.Vancouver Columbian July 31,1953 articleGarrison, Roy. 2006. RidgefieldResident. Phone communicationto Lynn Cornelius, June 19,2006.Ridgefield Reflections 1909-1984The Columbian Presents ClarkCounty Volume II 1950-1999.Vancouver, WA Columbian,2000.Clark County HistoryClark County HistoryUSFWS, 1970's. Refugebrochure - CC Historical Societybox files- Ridgefield.57