I looked at the magazine cover too and got the impression that they weren't fishing Crab Creek, but a different one.... and probably not a tributary to Crab Creek either.
Bill W > ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Seeping > > 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 >
