If you take a river boat trip up the Reach or walk along public lands bordering the river, such as the Wahluke Wildlife area, you might see a variety of wildlife. Mule deer, coyotes, and beaver are familiar sights. But elk, muskrat, raccoon, skunk, weasels, and bobcats also are known to inhabit the area. Recently, scientists discovered many new species of insects along the Reach, including six species of bees, six of flies, four of leafhoppers, one wasp, and one beetle. Resident fish include smallmouth bass, common carp, mountain whitefish, mountain sucker, sandroller, paiyte sculpin, and reticulate sculpin.
Science is constructed of facts as a house is of stones.
But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. Learn about the Hanford Reach. Take a boat tour up the Reach with friends or with a local tour boat company, or walk along the river north of Ringold at the Wahluke Wildlife Area or Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge. Keep a journal of the plants and animals you observe on the Reach - include information on where you observed them, what the weather was like, the time of day, what time of year. Include a photograph or draw a picture of the plants and animals.