Little Rock Dam

[grandpagary]

I took a drive out to Little Rock last weekend and it appears to be closed. Gate was locked and no one around. Since I'm new to the forum maybe this is not new.

[tpfishnfool]

Army Cor engineers are planed to dredge the lake base of dam.

[grandpagary]

Thanks

[Viejo]

Little Rock Creek has all but dried up. There are some pools in an isolated part of the wilderness but they are no longer connected to any source of water and are drying up quickly. Fish? Fish in that area were killed to protect the Yellow Legged Frogs. That worked for a while but now the drought looks like it will kill them anyway.

[tpfishnfool]

The creek still holds native fish. Hard to get to but those who know , know. There are pools that have servived fish way before the dam was built.

[Viejo]

A USGS survey oarty went in regarding the health and habitat of the frogs and how they were faring. There are some pools with frogs but they are not connected to the stream any more and are about a month away from drying up like a majority of Little Rock Creek. The fish are located in pools, nearby, but they are in the same boat. No springs and no connection to any source of water. There is no free running creek anymore. They almost look like Vernal Pools.

Big Rock is dry and dead as far as fish above the campground. The dam has nothing to do with providing water to Little Rock Creek. It is miles below the last remaining wild fish. The Angeles National Forest creeks and streams are at a critical juncture if we don't get significant and continuous rain...soon. Between the fires and drought, almost all of the Angeles creeks and streams are dust or filled with acid laden ash. Once these fish are gone, they will not be replaced with other then radiated Triploids that do not reproduce and only where the can drive the truck.

Best deal know is more rain then we know what to do with.