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Posted 18 April 2007 - 12:17 PM

I was thinking of going down for a visit and collecting trip. So much for that.


Gerald could attest to this more than I could but while the Neuse itself is in bad shape, collection opportunities abound in its tributaries.

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Posted 19 April 2007 - 11:39 AM

Yup, the Neuse still has some very pretty & high ichthyo-diversity tribs, despite the main-stem's problems (it's #8 on American Rivers' top 10 most endangered rivers list). The Eno R, Flat R, Little R, another Little R (NC has LOTS of "Lttle Rivers"), Moccasin Creek, Marks Creek, etc. Even Crabtree Cr that drains most of Raleigh still has good pops of roanoke & chainback darters, pinewoods & swallowtail shiners, rosyside dace, bluehead chub, speckled killie, etc if you find the good spots.

The next river north of Neuse - Tar River - is (so far) much less impacted, but urban growth is accelerating there too.
Tar & Neuse together have several species derived from Ohio-basin ancestors that apparently invaded the Atlantic slope via stream capture thru the Roanoke basin: pinewoods shiner, mimic shiner, Carolina madtom, least brook lamprey, mtn redbelly dace, blacktip jumprock, bull chub, Roanoke rockbass, Roanoke darter, johnny darter, Neuse waterdog, Tar spiny mussel, probably some others.




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