Subject: Re: Dipper in Downtown Bellingham
Date: Nov 21 17:03:32 1998
From: Kelly Mcallister - mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov




On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Nancy Gross wrote:

> Maybe we don't often see Dippers near sea level here and elsewhere down
> the coast because our low level streams tend to be more degraded.

I watched two Dippers at the Dosewallips River estuary on Thursday,
November 19th, right at sea level. Nice, clear, rocky-bottomed
river. I suspect you'll find them on many estuaries where there
is a moderate to high gradient all the way down to the estuary.

Kelly McAllister