Stewards of the White Oak River Basin Current Events

#12 We could canoe under this log. At high water it will be an obstruction
#11 First snake of the season. Never saw this color before. Maybe a bleached out hibernating black snake getting his first sunning.
# 10 Two Canadian Geese on the Big Beaver Dam Lake.
# 9 Beaver Lodge on the big lake.
# 8 The lake is clogged with this weed. One cannot paddle through it. Thick yellow algae too.
# 7 Jim Morris below a beaver dam. There were three before the Big Lake.
# 6 Violets are blooming.
# 5 More violets.
# 4 More violets.
# 3 A yellow wild flower.

We were disappointed in the big lake being clogged with that weed with oval shaped leaves and dense growth. The main creek stream remains open.

On the way back down Dale Weston opened the creek by cutting through logs and vines so you can paddle upstream to the big beaver dam lake if you want to. It is three dams upstream. Someone is trapping the beavers.

Did not include all of the above pictures in this blog. Elmer