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ii.Brook Trout Habitat


The analysis indicated that 14.5 percent of the total Narragansett Bay watershed area potentially provides suitable habitat for brook trout. Brook trout habitat areas within the HUC10 watersheds (Figure 2) range from 0 percent in the Ten Mile River and Upper Taunton River to 29.3 percent in the Pawtuxet River (Table 3).
Table 3. Predicted or potential brook trout habitat within HUC10 watersheds in the Narragansett Bay watershed. Sorted by highest to lowest percentage of brook trout habitat.

Watershed Name

HUC10

Brook Trout Habitat within

Watershed



Percent

Square miles

Pawtuxet River

0109000406

29.3

175.7

Lower Blackstone River

0109000302

27.0

188.0

Middle Taunton River

0109000402

21.3

99.2

Upper Blackstone River

0109000301

12.4

65.8

Narragansett Bay

0109000409

10.6

66.4

Woonasquatucket River-Moshassuck River

0109000405

6.2

11.9

Lower Taunton River-Frontal Mount Hope Bay

0109000408

5.9

24.1

Threemile River

0109000403

3.2

7.0

Palmer River

0109000407

1.4

2.5

Upper Taunton River

0109000401

0.0

0.0

Ten Mile River

0109000404

0.0

0.0



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