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I love small wild trout streams like Ranch House Spring Cree
Ranch House Spring Creek - Cochrane, Alta.
Ranch House Spring Creek was both an important spawning tributary for mature trout, and a nursery habitat for juvenile trout.
Spawning surveys revealed substantial numbers of egg nests or redds on Ranch House on some years. In the 40's.
Prior to the storm Drain Installation the trout spawned
Spawning records dating since records were first documented
The clean water and cover made the stream a perfect habitat for spawning.
The clean water and cover made the stream a perfect habitat for spawning.
The 2014 loss of spawning was due to the use of the creek as a drainage ditch for the Cochrane Lakes Draw Down Project that occurred that year. The final spawning was documented as being 2018. No spawning since.
The clean water and cover made the stream a perfect habitat for spawning.
The clean water and cover made the stream a perfect habitat for spawning.
The clean water and cover made the stream a perfect habitat for spawning.
Consistant spring ground water that is warm in the winter and cold in the summer, perfect for young trout to start their lives in. Since erosion has started the loss of habitat has led to the death of the Ranch House, for trout.
Storm Drain Run-off
Discharge into Ranch House Spring Creek
Discharge into Ranch House Spring Creek
Discharge into Ranch House Spring Creek
This volume of water alone, is enough to permenantly damage the existing stream banks on Ranch House Creek.
The channel was deep and narrow
Discharge into Ranch House Spring Creek
Discharge into Ranch House Spring Creek
The stream channel on Ranch House Spring Creek was narrow and just right in width, for a trout stream and spawning habitat.
Map of where the existing storm drain is located and where it should have been!
The 2016 Spawning Survey - Ranch House
This was the best spawning results that I documented for the brief time that I knew Ranch House Spring Creek. I was just starting to fall in love with the stream, and then it was slowly taken away from us all.
"Sometimes you don't know what you have loss, until it is gone."