portage 1673 Louis Joliet & Father Jacques Marquette 8 miles: Chicago vs Cleveland, Milwaukee
MS watershed separated from Great Lakes (-> Des Plaines) by locks (also at North Shore Channel)
pothole Slough? swamp, secondary channel
wetland Tiger Salamander needs permanent pool? Playa=ephemeral, dry lake "beach".
Otter Creek reduce runoff & flooding, recharge aquifer, filter pollution
MUCK lo O high organic. Beaver dam->swamp. Volo rain-fed; fen alkaline.
vernal Spotted Salamander 3-4 months to adult: Eastern species, not found in Great Plains Vernal Pools of McHenry County: salamanders and fairy shrimp
bog Tollund Man 4th C BC Denmark. Kearney near Sand Hills to its NW Sandhill cranes on the Platte River, Kearney, Nebraska
ducks Merganser serrated bill; Wood duck=perching duck but Anatidae(dabbler) Cormorant endangered.
Eared Grebe breed plumage gold feathers; wet crown(west US, Eurasia)Pied-billed, Horned in IL.
BBC-Life/5_Birds QH501.L544 34:30 Clark's/Western grebe crop (Oregon) Clark's grebes dance on water
insects PAPER CLIP tension
Lake_Chicago Coulee from melting ice. Outlet=Sag Valley (Palos) Cal-Sag Channel 1911: Calumet River - Sanitary & Ship Canal.
(Saganashkee Slough, Sagawau Canyon) Elevation 579 ft (176 m) The Chicago River Reversal
river Miss * Mo Rivers meet St. Louis. Dams change dry-wet cycle, less sediment in Missouri River -> pallid sturgeon endangered Illinois RiverWatch Network: a citizen scientist program to monitor Illinois streams
mayfly BBC-LifeInTheUndergrowth/1.2_TakingToTheAir/#42:50 The Giant Mayfly: adults live 1/2 hour
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