Goshute Creek is a small stream in eastern Nevada that provides habitat for an endangered subspecies of cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki spp). A stream habitat survey in 1975 identified two sections of the stream in which intensive erosion was occurring. With monies received in association with the Sikes Act, the Bureau of Land Management in Ely, Nevada, constructed three large open-mesh wire gabions in the stream channel to stop headcutting of the stream bed. The upper gabion is 60 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 28 feet high. The lower gabion is 39 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 13 feet high with a metal fish pass secured to the outside panel to facilitate fish movement up and down the stream. The third gabion is 6 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 5 feet high. Construction was accomplished by awarding a contract to a private contractor for $33,696 which included special environmental needs for Goshute Creek. These structures are designed to improve habitat on 3 miles of Goshute Creek.
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