Views of the main marsh at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, ID -- 2 October 2000.

Photos by Leanne Hanson, USGS - Denver, CO

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The Marsh Buggy - front view (10-02-00) Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho

The Marsh Buggy - side view (10-02-00) Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho

The Marsh Buggy side view with a Dodge 1-ton dual-tire truck for size comparison, the Marsh Buggy is approximately 12 feet wide, 20 feet long and 10 feet tall. Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

Marsh Buggy tracks made during August, 2000 in marsh habitat of cattail (Typha angustifolia), and bulrush (Schoenoplectus spp.). Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

Marsh Buggy Tracks from a drawn down aquatic bed, with marsh of cattail (Typha angustifolia), and bulrush (Schoenoplectus spp.) in the background. Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

Closer look at tracks from a drawn down aquatic bed to marsh vegetation of Carex species, cattail (Typha angustifolia), and bulrush (Schoenoplectus spp.). Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View from an aquatic bed, drawn down late in the year, with marsh vegetation in the background. Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View straight down onto an aquatic plant bed of Mare's Tail (Hippurus vulgaris) stranded in drawdown Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View straight down into a moist meadow habitat, a steep slope separates the marsh from the aquatic bed Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View straight down into vegetation, probably windrowed bulrush (Schoenoplectus spp.). Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View straight down into the marsh. It appears to be mostly spikerush (Eleocharis palustris) with some forbs. Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

View straight down into bulrush (Schoenoplectus spp.) with some robust Carex species and cattail (Typha angustifolia). Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

Looking into a moist meadow of exotic species, the Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea). Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

Looking north up a water diversion ditch into a moist grassland with a riparian zone of rushes or sedges in the southern portion of Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Wayan, Idaho (10-02-00)

EagleScan Airplane (Cessna 206) and LIDAR equipment (inset) used for Grays Lake overflight and data collection on 10-03-00

Author: Leanne Hanson, USDI - Geological Survey

E-mail: leanne_hanson@usgs.gov

Homepage: http://swan.msu.montana.edu/wetlands

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