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2010-1004 First Creek

First Creek

A number of thick saplings with their crowns above the frame. Himalayan blackberry (Rubus ursinus) canes are growing around their bases and a small conifer is in the left of the frame.
A girl in a blue and white jacket, jeans, and rubber boots stands up to her ankles in a creek. Across from her on the bank is another girl in a leather jacket, jeans, and rubber boots, holding a white stick in her left hand and a small yellow Rite-In-The-Rain notebook in her right hand. Near the top left of the frame is a large culvert.

Site #1004

A girl standing on the banks of a creek, holding a thin white rope attached to a small clear tube with a blue lid just below the water. The water in this area of the creek is fairly smooth with just a few ripples, but at the top of the frame it can be seen that there is some slightly rougher-looking water flowing over some rocks.
A large culvert is centered, with a smooth pool of water spreading out in front of it. As the water gets to the bottom of the frame, rocks can be seen making ripples in the flow.

Baiting at First Creek March 31, 2010

Environmental Microbiology class (TESC 378) from UW Tacoma

a girl squatting down among common ivy (Hedera helix) at the edge of a stream, pulling a small rope attached to a bait bag out of the water. A large (but not big enough to walk on) fallen log with moss in patches and no bark goes from bottom left to middle right of the frame.
A girl in a blue and white coat stands in the water where a wooden stake has been installed. She is tying the rope of a bait bag to the stake as another girl watches.

Results

a circle graph showing that the primary species recovered from First Creek was Phytophthora gonapodiyes. Pythium undulatum was the second highest number of results, with Phytophthora pseudosyringae and Phytophthora syringae present in lower numbers.

Links

First Creek Watershed blog

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