The Forgotten Fish: Lamprey Creek (Willamette Valley) Pacific Lamprey Travel Bug
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Released:
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Saturday, May 21, 2016
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Origin:
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Oregon, United States
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I’m a Pacific Lamprey travel bug. In honor of World Fish Migration Day 2016, my mission is to raise awareness about the United States' first-ever officially-named Lamprey Creek, and about one of the oldest fish species on the planet. Pacific lamprey are migratory fish, so help me migrate! My mission is to start at Lamprey Creek in Corvallis, Oregon, swim up the Marys River and through tthe Willamette River Basin as far as I can get by being placed in caches along or within five miles of the Columbia River, Willamette River, the Mary's River, and of corse Lamprey Creek!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, tribes and tribal organizations, and others like the Marys River Watershed Council are working together to raise awareness about and help restore my species and our habitat. I want to visit Oregon State Parks in the Willamette Valley that have official geocaches, and Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery (there's no cache here, so just take a visit, take your picture with me, and find a nearby cache to put me in!). And I have to migrate over Willamette Falls in Oregon City, so make sure I stop by there! Did you know it's one of the only places in the Pacific Northwest where Native American tribes can still harvest lamprey?
Can you find caches near places that might be good habitat for lamprey?
Please Note: As with National Wildlife Refuges, it is illegal to leave permanent caches at National Parks and Monuments and other public lands. However, virtual caches are finding their niche on public lands and activities such as the lamprey travel bug are welcome to visit. We encourage participants to log their visit, take a picture of the lamprey travel bug, and upload it to Geocaching.com's website. The lamprey travel bug can then be left in a nearby cache. Always check with site staff locally about specific regulations.
Mission Accomplished??? If you've found me near the mouth of the Columbia River by the Pacific Ocean...I made it downriver like migrating juvenile lamprey. Now, like an adult returning to spawn upriver, can I get back??? Help me migrate UPSTREAM back to Lamprey Creek in Corvallis, Oregon. Let's see how many up- and downriver migrations I can make!
Learn More About Pacific Lamprey:
Why This Bug Was Made:
This travel bug is truly unique; there are 12 others located in caches across the range of Pacific Lamprey, but each one is hand-carved by Service Visitor Information Specialist Matt How. The inspiration for this travel bug and the 'Forgotten Fish' geocaching project is a desire by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees to not only educate and inspire you and other members of the public to help conserve Pacific Lamprey, but to connect with nature, too. By toting along a species from geocache to geocache or waypoint that doesn't have the charisma star power of say, a Bald eagle or a Pacific salmon, you're helping spread the word about one of the world's oldest and (we think) most interesting fish. We also want to share our passion for our trust species and habitats--they belong to all of us! So take this travel bug, help it along its mission, help us keep tabs on it, and most of all, be safe and have fun. Happy geocaching!
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