Freshwater DataStream

Station 01G100 Description

The Nooksack watershed contains the 3 (North, Middle, and South) forks of the Nooksack River, which drain approximately 1,250 square miles of land. The Middle Fork gage is located at the bridge crossing, on the right bank of the Middle Fork at river mile 9.5 off of Forest Road 38. The Nooksack Indian Tribe will assist the City of Bellingham in managing diversions for maintenance of habitat and fish passage above the Middle Fork diversion dam. This gage will support that effort. The Middle Fork Nooksack River supports populations of coho, steelhead, chinook, chum, char, pink and sockeye salmon as well as cutthroat and rainbow trout.