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Dry Well Creek
Dry Well Creek is a stream in Harney County, Oregon, United States in the Harney Basin of Eastern Oregon. Its mouth is at an elevation of . It is among streams in the drainage basin of Malheur Lake, a Great Basin water body with no outlet. Dry Well Creek is an intermittent fish-bearing stream that flows into Emigrant Creek, a tributary of the Silvies River. The creek is part of a watershed restoration project. Resident aquatic species in the project area include Great Basin redband trout, Malheur mottled sculpin, speckled and longnose dace, redside shiners, bridgelip suckers, Columbia spotted frogs, crayfish and western pearlshell mussels. See also *List of rivers of Oregon This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, a ... References Rivers of Harney County, Oregon Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency include the Chief's Office, National Forest System, State and Private Forestry, Business Operations, and Research and Development. The agency manages about 25% of federal lands and is the only major national land management agency not part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which manages the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management. History The concept of national forests was born from Theodore Roosevelt's conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club, due to concerns regarding Yellowstone National Park beginning as early as 1875. In 1876, Congress formed the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the quality and conditions of forests in the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Oregon
This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, as well as sloughs and channels. A list of rivers of the Americas and a list of Pacific Ocean coast rivers of the Americas are also available, as is a list of Oregon lakes. __TOC__ Alphabetical listing *Abiqua Creek * Agency Creek (South Yamhill River) *Alsea River * Amazon Creek * Ana River *Applegate River * Ash Creek *Ashland Creek *Balch Creek * Bear Creek *Big Butte Creek *Big Marsh Creek * Big River * Birch Creek * Blue River *Breitenbush River *Bridge Creek (John Day River) * Buck Hollow River * Bull Run River * Bully Creek * Burnt River * Butte Creek *Calapooia River * Catherine Creek *Chetco River *Chewaucan River *Clackamas River *Clatskanie River * Clear Fork * Clearwater River *Coast Fork Willamette River *Collawash River * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaritifera
''Margaritifera'' is a genus of freshwater mussels, Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Margaritifera Schumacher, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571966 on 2021-06-22 Species Species within the genus ''Margaritifera'' include: * ''Margaritifera auricularia'' or ''Pseudunio auricularia'' * ''Margaritifera falcata'' (Augustus Addison Gould, Gould, 1850) * ''Margaritifera hembeli'' (Conrad, 1838) * ''Margaritifera margaritifera'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) — Freshwater pearl mussel (includes ''Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis'' Phillips, 1928) * ''Margaritifera marrianae'' R. I. Johnson, 1983 The following fossil species are known from the mid-Cretaceous of Mongolia, being formerly classified in the genus ''Unio (bivalve), Unio'': * †''Margaritifera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mudbugs, baybugs or yabbies. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some species are found in brooks and streams, where fresh water is running, while others thrive in swamps, ditches, and paddy fields. Most crayfish cannot tolerate polluted water, although some species, such as ''Procambarus clarkii'', are hardier. Crayfish feed on animals and plants, either living or decomposing, and detritus. The term "crayfish" is applied to saltwater species in some countries. Terminology The name "crayfish" comes from the Old French word ' (Modern French '). The word has been modified to "crayfish" by association with "fish" (folk etymology). The largely American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Spotted Frog
The Columbia spotted frog (''Rana luteiventris'') is a North American species of frog. It is green to brown in color with spots on the dorsal surface. The belly and upper lip are white in color. Individuals can be distinguished from other ''Rana'' species by their shorter back legs, narrow snout, and upturned eyes. Since they spend most of their time in the water, they also have more webbing in their hind feet than similar species. Although not threatened, this animal has been studied as a model species for the effects of habitat fragmentation. Description The Columbia spotted frog is a medium-sized frog reaching lengths of up to 3.5 in (90 mm). Its color ranges from a dark, olive green to light brown with irregularly shaped black spots on its back and legs (rendering its name). Its skin texture, like the rest of the genus, varies from a rough to a smooth texture, with small folds of skin along the back. This frog exhibits a unique feature regarding its color. A light-col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catostomus
''Catostomus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Catostomidae, commonly known as suckers. Most members of the genus are native to North America, but '' C. catostomus'' is also found in Russia. Fish from different species of the genus are known to readily hybridize with each other. Characteristics The members of this genus have nearly cylindrical bodies. They have large, horizontal mouths, and their lips are very much papillose. They have complete lateral lines. They have from 54 to 124 scales, seven to 17 dorsal rays, usually seven anal rays, and 20 to 44 thin, unbranched rakers on their first gill arches. Their gas bladders have two chambers. The young of many of the species in the genus have three dark grey blotches along their sides. Species Currently, 28 recognized species are in this genus: * ''Catostomus ardens'' D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1881 (Utah sucker) * ''Catostomus bernardini'' Girard, 1856 (Yaqui sucker) * ''Catostomus bondi'' G. R. Smith, J. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redside Shiner
The redside shiner (''Richardsonius balteatus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the western United States and Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References * Richardsonius Cyprinid fish of North America Fish of Canada Fish of the United States Fish described in 1836 Taxa named by John Richardson (naturalist) {{Leuciscinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longnose Dace
The longnose dace (''Rhinichthys cataractae'') is a freshwater minnow native to North America. ''Rhinicthys'' means snout fish (reference to the long snout) and ''cataractae'' means of the cataract (first taken from Niagara Falls). Longnose dace are small, typically less than 100 mm and characterized by their fleshy snout that protrudes past the mouth. They are well adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among stones. Longnose dace eat algae and aquatic insects and are important forage minnows for larger predatory fish. Description Longnose dace can be mistaken for suckers because of their subterminal "sucker-like" mouth. However, longnose dace (like all members of the family cyprinidae) lack small fleshy projections, called papillae, on their mouths. Juveniles have a black lateral line that extends from the beginning of the eye to the caudal fin that fades as the fish matures. The lateral line in juveniles is not present in all populations. In adults, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speckled Dace
The speckled dace (''Rhinichthys osculus''), also known as the spotted dace and the carpita pinta, is a member of the minnow family. It is found in temperate freshwater in North America, from Sonora, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. Canada is the northern limit of the speckled dace's distribution, and there it is found only in isolated parts of the Kettle and Granby Rivers. It is possible that, along with the Salish sucker (''Catostomus'' sp.), the speckled dace was one of the first fish to recolonize the rivers of British Columbia following the Ice Age. It is believed that spawning in Canada occurs once a year during the summer in fish older than two years. During breeding, many males often accompany a single female who broadcasts adhesive eggs over the gravelly stream bed. Each female produces between 200 and 500 eggs. Speckled dace are omnivorous, feeding upon filamentous algae and other plant material, bottom-dwelling aquatic insects and zooplankton. The speckled dace is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malheur Mottled Sculpin
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Malheur may refer to: * Malheur County, Oregon * Malheur Lake * Malheur River * Malheur Butte * Malheur National Wildlife Refuge * Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge * Malheur Reservation * Malheur National Forest * Malheur Memorial Hospital Heliport * Malheur Bell * Malheur Brewery Malheur Brewery (Brouwerij Malheur) is a brewery in Buggenhout, Belgium, formerly named De Landtsheer. It is known for its Malheur brew. Description The Malheur is a unique pale ale that is as close to a champagne as a beer can get. The yeast use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Basin Redband Trout
The Great Basin redband trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss newberrii'') is one of three redband trout subspecies of the rainbow trout in the western United States. The Great Basin redband trout is native to drainages in south central Oregon east of the Cascade range, extreme north east California and extreme north west Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N .... They occur in seven isolated drainages—the Upper Klamath Lake basin, Fort Rock basin, Harney-Malheur basin, Catlow basin, Warner Lakes basin, Goose Lake basin, and the Chewaucan basin. References Further reading * Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-399). Passed October 30, 2000. ''(While not an officially designated threatened or endangered species, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
