Subject: Re: Nutria in WA (was Montlake mammals
Date: Jun 3 15:28:31 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu


>Nutria records for Washington:
>
>West Side:
>
>Wahkiakum Co. (prob the J.B. Hanson refuge)
>SW Pacific County
>Thurston County, west of Olympia
>King County, 2 Township/Ranges, one probably from Lake Washington, one
> from directly east
>Grays Harbor County, along the Chehalis R.
>Clark County, near Vancouver
>
>Based on museum records and reliable sightings, they are along the
>Columbia River and tributaries from the mouth to the Vancouver area and
>up the Cowlitz River; along the Chehalis River and in the wetlands of
>Thurston Co; and along the east side of the Puget Sound from Skagit to
>King Co.

Kelly, am I missing something? The only records you cite from north of
Olympia are two from King Co., then you go on to say "Skagit to King Co."

The J. B. Hanson refuge is where I saw a fair number of them just a year or
so ago.

Oops, sorry, here we go talking about mammals on tweeters again.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416