| Pre-1800 |
Native Americans utilize resources of
landscape |
| ~1830 |
Beaver trapping increases in St. Joe region |
| ~1860 |
Elk population in St. Joe region at very
low levels |
| ~1890 |
Homesteading establishes pack trail from
St. Joe City through Mica Meadows to Marble Creek |
| 1900 |
Prospectors placer mine for gold on lower
portion of Mica Creek |
| 1901 |
Logging begins, citizens clearing debris
from Mica Creek |
| 1910 |
Fires burn areas surrounding Mica Creek |
| 1916 |
Flume construction begins & sawmill brought
into upper drainage |
| 1916 |
Narrow-gauge railroad installed in upper
drainage |
| ~1930 |
Grazing records indicate small numbers of
sheep and cattle on Mica |
| 1933 |
Rain-on-snow event causes flooding, damages
flume beyond repair |
| 1933 |
First aerial photo reference |
| 1946 |
Remainders of railroad and equipment
removed, logging continues |
| 1956 |
Second aerial photo reference |
| 1963 |
Averett Thesis expresses concern that low
summer water flows will affect trout |
| 1968 |
Logging of mature timber continues |
| 1979 |
Third aerial photo reference |
| 1981 |
Potlatch Corporation logs areas of middle
and lower drainage |
| ~1981 |
Elk herd and available forage declining in
St. Joe Region |
| 1988 |
Rain-on-snow event releases sediment at
mouth of Mica Creek |
| 1990 |
Potlatch initiates Mica Creek Cumulative
Watershed Effects Study |
| 1995 |
Rain-on-snow event releases sediment into
St. Joe, less into Mica |
| 1997 |
White Thesis finds good water quality, low
diversity in fish communities on Mica |
| 1998 |
Final aerial photo reference |
| 1999 |
Mosier thesis suggests water quality can be
preserved during road construction |
