You first.....Post your creek and field finds here
They're all over the place down at Lake Monroe.When I was a kid, I found a trove of geodes in a creekbed in Yellowwood while (after) hunting squirrels. Been meaning to get back down there.
Man, that brings back memories. My family had a travel trailer at a campground up by Elwood back in the 80s, and our spot was RIGHT on the banks of Pipe Creek. The sandbars were littered with mussel shells and I'd find mussels all the time. Now you barely see any shells.Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.
I had done a growth/reproduction study of freshwater mussels for DNR back in the mid 90s, with a partner. I found a freshly dead Fan Shell and a freshly dead Rabbit's Foot in the Tippecanoe. If I remember, the Fan Shell was Federally endangered at the time and the Rabbit's Foot was State endangered. Both are in the State Museum. Pretty sure that was my last paid Biology gig.Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.
Then what do you do with the shells after you eat the mussels?Mostly what I look for (and find) are benthic macroinvertebrates and freshwater mussels. Mostly for work. Indiana rules say if you accidentally pick up a freshwater mussel (many are endangered), you have to put it back exactly where it came from, in the exact same orientation. And don't ever get caught with any shells.