Musk Turtles. Musk turtles, also known as stinkpots, seem to prefer deep, still water in lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams with muddy bottoms and an abundance of plant life. On their head, they have two light stripes that flow from the nose, through the eyes and to the neck. Barbells are present on the throat and chin.
(GPS Coordinates 39.392730,-119.714006) The Truckee Meadows is a north-south trending basin covering approximately 94 square miles in western Nevada. It is bounded on the west by the Carson Range, on the east by the Virginia Range, on the south by the Steamboat hills, and by Peavine Peak to the north.
The Cartecay River Watershed is 136 square miles of forested land among the Blue Ridge Mountains. The run of the Cartecay alternately drops over narrow rapids up to 100 yards long and then pools for placid stretches of scenic stream. Recreation on the river includes 3 miles of scenic calm below Holt Bridge Road, followed by 7 miles of intermittent white water on a narrow streambed under forest canopy.