Upper East Verde River

     
The Upper East Verde River is a spring-fed, wild rainbow trout, catch and release stream. Plunge pools, undercut banks, boulders and wood debris provide cover in much of this stream, but some sections were scoured down to sheer bedrock resulting in barriers to trout passage and production.

Our members helped with the funding of the stream improvement and provided labor on a large barren bedrock section of the river, along with AZGFD, USFS, Natural Channel Design, Inc. OPTU, ZGTU and the Mogollon Sporting Association to create four deep pools in a stretch of the creek that was only a few inches deep.

The four log chevrons increased the depth of the stream section to almost two feet and also provided immediate cover for trout. These pools provide habitat for aquatic insect life as well as allow access to rock ledges and large boulders in the stream section as stream depth increased.

There are more sections of the Upper East Verde that we hope to improve with similar projects in the future. ​