Stream and stream edgeWhere cool, shallow water runs.Oxygenated water bubbles over and around rocks moving silt to quiet areas down stream. Sandy or gravelly bottoms form where currents move swiftly. Flowing water dissolves minerals and other nutrients from surface runoff. |
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Featured animals |
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| Common name | Scientific name |
| Brook trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
| Brown trout | Salmo trutta |
| White sucker | Catostomus commersoni |
| Greater red horse | Moxostma valenciennesi |
| Mottled sculpin | Cottus bairdi |
| Rockbass | Amibloplities rupestris |
| Smallmouth bass | Micropterus dolomieui |
| Blanding's turtle | Emydoidea blandingi |
| Green-winged teal | Anas crecca |
| Cooper's hawk | Accipter cooperii |
| Green heron | Butorides striatus |
| Tree swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Yellow warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Northern waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Mink | Mustela vison |
| River otter | Lutra canadensis |
| Racoon | Procyon lotor |
