Album of Lake Mills Boat Launch Field Trip

On the first official field expedition (1-2 April 2008) of the Elwha River Biological Survey, Laurel Ramseyer and I collected just south of the boat launch on Lake Mills reservoir and at two other sites, besides sampling pitfall traps from previous trips. This page is dedicated to the Lake Mills site, where the alder-maple riparian forest was still leafless and sunny, with 23 species of early spring spiders taken. Weather on April 2nd was just about perfect. Photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford.
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NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington, 1990 aerial photo alder stand in forest, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Our site marked with red cross (USGS, 1990) Sunny glade in early spring forest   © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sifting moss, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington early spring canopy of red alder Alnus rubra, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Rod sifting moss      © Laurel Ramseyer Alder canopy          © Rod Crawford
foliage of western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum at shore, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage   © Rod Crawford Maples on root platform over lake     © Rod Crawford
fresh scat of black bear, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington pitfall trap with bark cover, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Fresh bear scat     © Laurel Ramseyer Pitfall trap emplaced in forest       © Rod Crawford
neobisiid pseudoscorpion from rotten wood, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington rotten wood spider habitat, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Pale pseudoscorpion from wood    © L. Ramseyer Dead wood habitat          © Rod Crawford
moss on bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington forested shore, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington
Moss on maple trees     © Laurel Ramseyer Fern understory; sun on the lake    © Rod Crawford
small brooklet, NW corner of Lake Mills, Clallam County, Washington Lake Mills from NW corner, Clallam County, Washington
Brooklet, south edge of our site   © L. Ramseyer Looking south up Lake Mills        © Laurel Ramseyer


This page last updated 4 February, 2009