Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
TIM ROWE, left, and Isaial Aili, right, both A.D. Johnston High School students, look at aquatic invertebrates, while U.S. Forest Service Wildlife Biologist Brian Bogaczyk, center, talks to students about what they might find in the vernal pond.
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Earlier in May, Dave Rowe's biology classes at A.D. Johnston High School made their annual trek to some vernal ponds in the Ottawa National Forest, near Copper Peak.
This year's outing was guided by Rowe, USFS Wildlife biologist Brian Bogaczyk and USFS Conservation Education Coordinator Joe Ponci.
"You never know what you are going to find when you are out in the field and each year seems to present some interesting finds," Rowe said
This year, a red back salamander that was regenerating a previously broken tail was found.
According to Bogaczyk, "Regeneration is a trait of...
