Recently a watershed was brought up on this forum spurred from a magazine cover. I�ve explored it a bit but it�s vastness makes familiarity a difficult and time-consuming task. The past two days I got a chance to visit it again; duck hunting on the edges of the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello.
I read once that this creek is the largest spring creek aquifer in the country (it was something like that anyway). Pull out a map and take a look at this watershed it�s a staggering chunk of Washington. I encourage anyone who enjoys riparian environments to get out and explore this watershed. I don�t encourage folks to broadcast particulars concerning the �gems � they find but that has been hashed. However, I can�t help but encourage folks to get out in it and learn what they can about what makes it such a treasure. The natural geology and the manipulation and utilization by humans are incredibly complex and inspiring. I enjoy meeting people out there who are learning from it as I am, sharing the resource with them is a delight and there are always plenty of questions concerning what each of us has learned. People who are there because someone told them they could catch a large fish in a certain spot bring little to the table and move me to caution in my sharing. Seep: to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings. This is what has happened to me out there in the steppe of central Washington. Knowledge and awareness has seeped into my consciousness and filled me with wonder and even more questions. Even now surrounded by the glacial drama of Puget Sound my mind is still drawn back to the contradictions and oxymorons of a desert creek where time is beyond comprehension and water sometimes flows uphill. Have fun Paul
