This is a photo I took on March 31st, 2014 of the banks of the Raquette River in Colton, NY.
Habitat Description: The Raquette River is 146 miles long and originates from Raquette Lake. This photo is at a very unique part of the Raquette River because just past the rocks in the photo is a very deep and fast moving water. The forefront of the picture consists of a very long shallow shelf of extremely slow moving water.
Natural History: The history of the Raquette River is very interesting because it’s ecosystem is very vast due to is great length. This is only simply one formation that exists in the river. There are parts of the river that consist of dense rapids, extremely wide and deep pools, and very narrow shallow water, to name a few. During the time of this picture, the river does not have many prevalent fish species that inhabit it, but in the coming months the river will be home to a number of prevalent fish species including: Northern Pike (Esox Lucius), Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), Walleye (Sander vitreus), Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta).

I found this photo very interesting because I was able to capture the uniqueness of this section in the river, especially the very shallow rocky part just in front of me. This section of the river also reminds me of the final scene of the movie “A River Runs Through It.” The title is a homage to the final scene of this movie, where the main character ends the film with his very famous dialogue about the similarities between life and fishing.