Digital Library Search
![Panther Creek, an image of the stream that was affected by Blackbird Mine r00bbm09.jpg Panther Creek, an image of the stream that was affected by Blackbird Mine](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_r00bbm09.jpg?itok=c-WB-xbg)
Description
Panther Creek, an image of the stream that was affected by Blackbird Mine.The creek had very good habitat but for the mine discharge. By 1960steelhead trout and chinook salmon were extirpated from the river due to thecontaminants released at Blackbird Mine. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries, NW region, Nick Iadanza)