Fish photo

Several brown trout on spawning redds in Spring Creek. Thanks to the student chapter of the American Fisheries Society for providing the photo.

Another excuse to get outside

Spawning trout are among the surprising things I've found in Laramie since moving here three months ago. I spent part of my afternoon wrapping up the spawning survey the student chapter of the American Fisheries Society has been conducting on Spring Creek.

It's an unassuming creek, located behind houses and across the street from an elementary school, but it has good spawning habitat used by 16" trout. Not bad for the little stream on my way to campus. My labmate should have some photos, which I'll try to post here soon.