More Flame Chub Collections

Through a series of online exchanges this past week I was given a copy of the TVA's collection records of flame chubs in Alabama. The TVA has an active group of biologists on staff who do good work. As part of their IBI (Index of Biotic Integrity) survey work they've encountered flame chubs in north 'bama going back to the 1990s. Their list has 42 records, of 37 (I think) unique sites. Some of their sites are ones I've already visited. Two of their sites I have to check out soon are two creeks just south of Russellville, AL, in Franklin County. This is to the west of anyplace I've already sampled. They also have some interesting data for Morgan and Jackson counties, to the south and east, respectively, of Huntsville. I also still have to go to Anniston, AL, to check if a disjunct population of flame chubs still exists there in a creek. Between them this mean two whole-day trips to sample creeks.

Tomorrow we go to Hurricane Creek for our last regularly-scheduled telescope shiner collection. That will complete the season with monthly collections from February to September.