Dave
David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
Langston, OK 73050; email: dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
telephone: (405) 466-6025; fax: 405) 466-3307
home page http://www.lunet.edu/mcneely/index.htm
"Where are we going?" "I don't know, are we there yet?"
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Dattilo <bendattilo-in-alc.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 8, 2006 10:46 am
Subject: NANFA-L-- Introduction--clean streams in Eastern Kentucky?
> Hi:
>
> I am new to the list and have been "lurking" for a week or so and
> thought I might introduce myself and venture a question. By way of
> introduction, I am a professor of Geology (a paleontologist) just
> moved to Alice Lloyd College in eastern Kentucky. Keeping native
> fish was a childhood hobby and, having moved from Utah where it is
> illegal to take ANYthing alive from the water, I can finally pick
> the hobby back up. While I am ok-in-keeping fish, I am more of a
> novice-in-fish catching and watching. Professionally, I am not an
> ichthyologist in any way, though I am contemplating describing a
> fossil (Miocene) fundulid from the Nevada Test Site (I am thinking
> a good name would be Fundulus radioferens?--BTW are any of you
> potential coauthors with skill-in-fundulid skeletal anatomy?).
>
> I have spent a few days scouting around the area, which is
> situated between Hazard, Whitesburg, and Pikevill Kentucky. I
> Found a few rainbow darters, Northern Hogsuckers, creek chubs, and
> a single minnow species that I am having trouble identifying. In
> general the streams are bad smelling (essence du septic tank) and
> contain rather more muddy sediment than I would expect (probably
> from coal mines). besides exhaustive field scouting, does anyone
> have any suggestions for locating clean streams within a few hours
> (on a kentucky fishing lisence) where high fish diversity could be
> expected and where a person would not fear to snorkel?
>
> --Ben Dattilo
> Alice Lloyd College
> 100 Purpose Road
> Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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