 | The first view of the dam in the morning |
 | Heavy equipment was used to create a temporary dam to prevent the water that was pumped out of the spillway from returning back upstream |
 | Moving one of the pumps |
 | The pumps working to remove the water from the spillway |
 | Ryan Wagner (Left) and Kara Blomgren (center, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Before the water level was sufficiently lowered to look for mudpuppies, we caught a few other animals (shown in the next two pictures below) |
 | Pumpkinseed Sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) |
 | Queen Snake (Regina semptemvittata) |
 | Water levels getting lower |
 | Close view of the dam from the spillway |
 | First mudpuppy of the day |
 | Dead muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) we found in the spillway |
 | Many sunfish were trapped in the spillway |
 | Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) |
 | Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) caught in the spillway |
 | Saugeye |
 | Mudpuppies waiting to be processed |
 | A close view of a waiting mudpuppy |
 | Ryan processing mudpuppies |
 | Blake Mathys holding a mudpuppy (I had slipped and fallen in the mud, as can be seen in this picture) |
 | Releasing water to refill the spillway |