Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Working on Jefferson Salamander site
Two creekers looking for little critters in our salamander cattle tanks.
On this day the creekers got a little down and dirty. We weeded out around the tanks, shoveled a new mulch pathway so future creekers and park naturalists can find the tanks with ease. We also repalce old and damaged catch tanks and built up a dirt wall around the sewage pits.
~Fish Shocking~
Derek and Emily waiting to put fish in buckets. We would should the water and the fish would float to top, because they have air bladders. When the creekers caught fish we transfered them into buckets to be sorted and counted.
QV Creekers netting fish under the woodland bridge. We caught over 300 fish in that site alone!!
Eric our "fish shocker" with the QV Creekers.
Laura holding one of the brown trout we caught. It's a very good sign having brown trout. They have to live in very strict living conditions and are a good sign of high water quality. Having caught 2 in the same creek just proves how healthy the creek is.
| Little Sewickley Creek at Dam | |
| Brown Trout | 400 mm |
| Brown Trout | 330 mm |
| Kind | Amount |
| White Sucker | 34 |
| Fall Fish | 2 |
| Northern Hog | 2 |
| Creek Chub | 72 |
| Green Sunfish | 1 |
| Bluegill | 1 |
| Sculpin | 66 |
| Banded Darter | 4 |
| Blunt Nose | 4 |
| Black Nose Darter | 46 |
| Emerald Shiner | 60 |
| Rainbow Darter | 7 |
| Fantail | 2 |
| Long Nose Dase | 4 |
| Central Stone Roller | 25 |
| Total # Individuals | 330 |
| Total Species | 16 |
Breaking the ice!
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