Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous Fishes to the ...

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
BANGOR, MAINE
NORTHERN PIKE MOVEMENT BARRIER RISK ASSESSMENT SURVEY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA ......................................................................... 2
2.1 East Branch Lake .................................................................................................... 2
2.2 Wangan and Sanborn Brooks.................................................................................. 2
3.0 METHODS ......................................................................................................................... 4
4.0 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 East Branch Lake .................................................................................................... 6
4.1.1 Seboeis Stream Outlet ................................................................................. 6
4.1.2 Nollesemic Outlet ..................................................................................... 11
4.1.3 Wangan and Sanborn Brooks.................................................................... 14
5.0 DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................... 17
5.1 East Branch Lake .................................................................................................. 17
5.2 Wangan and Sanborn Brooks................................................................................ 18
6.0 LITERATURE CITED ..................................................................................................... 19
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: East Branch Lake Showing Both the North and South Outlet Streams ...................2
Figure 2: Headwaters of Wangan and Sanborn Brooks ..........................................................3
Figure 3: Horizontal Schematic View of South Outlet (East Branch Seboeis Stream)
of East Branch Lake, Maine, May 29, 2009 at 18.5 cfs ...........................................9
Figure 4: Water and Channel Elevations, South Outlet of East Branch Lake, Maine
(Cross-Sectional View Looking Upstream) ...........................................................10
Figure 5: Water and Channel Elevations, North Outlet of East Branch Lake, Maine
(Cross-Sectional View Looking Upstream) ...........................................................13
Figure 6: Location of Beaver Flowage Relative to Sanborn Brook, Wangan Brook
and Governing Topographic Features (Red Line Indicates Partial GPS
Track During Survey) ............................................................................................15
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