Click on image to enlarge (32K).

This photo shows Cedar Creek, Horse Linto Creek's largest tributary. Note the mature, riparian conifers, which provide bank stability and shade. Cedar Creek maintains optimal growth conditions for salmonids throughout summer because of its cool water temperatures. Photo provided courtesy of the Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest.


  Click on image to enlarge (48K).

This water fall is in the upper reaches of Horse Linto Creek just below the Trinity Alps Wilderness. Resident rainbow trout can be found above barriers to anadromous fish in Horse Linto Creek. Photo provided courtesy of the Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest.


  Click on image to enlarge (51K).

This photo shows a pool in lower Horse Linto Creek partially formed by a streamside landslide. Photo provided courtesy of the Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest.


  Click on image to enlarge (96K).

Spawning fall Chinook salmon clean gravels in the center of the Horse Linto Creek channel. Photo courtesy of the Lower Trinity Ranger District, Six Rivers National Forest.


  Click on image to enlarge (75K).

This photo of the mouth of Horse Linto Creek above the Hoopa Indian Reservation was taken during high flows on January 17, 1974. This was a very large regional storm event. Note the large deposit of sediment just up stream of the mouth of Horse Linto Creek. Photo courtesy of Russ Smith, U.S. BOR.


  Click on image to enlarge (91K).

This photo shows the mouth of Horse Linto Creek during the fall of 1997. Note the height of gravel terraces which indicate the height of transport in the January 1997 event. Note also that silty terraces shown in the January 1974 photo (Picture #5) now are vegetated with hardwoods. Photo by Pat Higgins.


  Click on image to enlarge (72K).

Study Reach "A" of Horse Linto Creek shown in a November 1980 photograph prior to habitat restoration project implementation. Bedrock upcrop has caused local scour at this site naturally creating pool habitat. Photo courtesy Six Rivers National Forest.