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Of Ditches and Fantastic Fishes
Over the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of visiting some less-than-favorable habitat. The first was a sort of pond under crackling power lines, the second a straightjacketed creek in the middle of a farmer’s field. Both times I was not alone; I was with scientists interested in fish, in particular, some of the most fascinating fish in Washington state. The pond is home to Olympic mudminnows and the creek to western river lampreys.
“My kayak is almost bigger than the pond,” said Lauren Kuehne, a freshwater ecologist with a deep passion for Olympic mudminnows. She had just paddled out…
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