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• Creature Feature
• Map Room
• Creek Tours
• Weather data.
• Publications
• Michigan NFI

• Plants/Microorganisms
• Invertebrates
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds/Mammals

What 
You 
Will 
Find 

• Creature Feature - collection of natural history articles on plants and animals living within the watershed.
• Map Room - a collection of maps of the watershed. Some GIS data available.
• Augusta Creek Tours - clickable detailed maps of the Creek where it passes through the W.K. Kellogg Forest.
• Weather data - links to local and regional weather stations and theUSGS web site which contains streamflow data.
• Publications related to the Augusta Creek watershed.
• Michigan Natural Features Inventory - species within the watershed with special concern or threatened status. Photos available.
• Plants/Microorganisms - species lists for the Augusta Creek area are available for vascular plants, as well as, fungi and protozoa on the Kellogg Biological Station LTER web site.
• Invertebrates - taxonomic lists of invertebrates found within the watershed.
  • Class Insecta
  • Class Crustacea
  • Phyla Mollusca
  • Phyla Annelida.
• Fish - taxonomic list of species found within the watershed.
• Amphibians - taxonomic list of species found within the watershed, photos available.
• Reptiles - taxonomic list of species found within the watershed, photos available.
• Birds and Mammals - some species found within the watershed.

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Within the Augusta Creek watershed there are several species listed in the Michigan Natural Features Inventory with special concern or threatened status. If you happen upon any of these plants or animals, please treat them with respect!

• Spotted turtle - Clemmys guttata (photo)
• Massasauga rattle snake - Sistrurus catenatus (photo)
• Blanchard's cricket frog - Acris crepitans blanchardi (photo)
• Pugnose shiner - Notropis anogenus
• White lady-slipper

• Michigan Natural Features Inventory
  Survey Forms to report sigthings.