Stream Monitoring

 

This is one of the streams I monitor. This steam is called Us Kab Wan Ka which is an Ojibwa word for artichoke river. The river has Jerusalem artichokes which is some kind of sunflower with an edible tuber. The stream is 19.7 miles long and drains into the Cloquet river. That sand bar on the left wasn't visible two weeks ago because the water was much higher. The river is Grand Lake Township.

This is my view from a bridge on the Cloquet River. The Cloquet river is 104 miles long and the major tributary to the Saint Louis River. On the left is a grassy island that is almost connected to the shore at the top. The farmer who owns the land is able to get his ATV vehicle to the grassy island and run up and down the length of it sometimes. I think it would be fun to kayak around here when the water is slow and when the water is warmer. Right now the water temperature is 45 which is cold enough to seep through the plastic of my kayak. This water is always very clear. I have been able to look down and see fish swimming by.