Each River Map contains four components, your River Champion, its DNA barcode, the date and location of sampling, and the species your class uncovered.
Your River Champion
The Salmon School's team was a bit overly adventurous, and went looking for the Loch Ness Monster as our river champion. You can see our illustration below!
The DNA Barcode
You will see your River Champion peeking out from beneath its DNA Barcode — a colorful picture representing a pattern of DNA unique to that animal. Unfortunately, we don't have a DNA barcode for Nessie, so here we're using the barcode for humans instead.
List of Your Local Species
Running down the side of your River Map is a list of Latin names — the species your class uncovered. Thanks to your hard work collecting eDNA, we can better understand the health and biodiversity of your local river — and learn how to better protect it in the future!
Your Activity Date and Location
At the top of your River Map, you will find the date and location that your class collected eDNA samples. For our sample, we're using the River Flumen (the Latin word for River), and the date that The Salmon School was started.
Your River Map
Once all those pieces are added together, you get your unique River Map!
To learn more about your local species, be sure to check out their pages on the Encyclopedia of Life! Our sample here includes the species we uncovered with our very first eDNA collection.
Ascaphus truei – Coastal tailed frog
Coregonus clupeaformis – Lake whitefish
Cottus cognatus – Slimy sculpin
Dicamptodon tenebrosus – Coastal giant salamander
Oncorhynchus clarkii – Cutthroat trout
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha – Pink salmon
Oncorhynchus kisutch – Coho salmon
Oncorhynchus mykiss – Rainbow trout
Oncorhynchus nerka – Sockeye salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha – Chinook salmon
Prosopium williamsoni – Mountain whitefish
Rhinichthys cataractae – Longnose dace
Salvelinus alpinus – Arctic char
Salvelinus malma – Dolly Varden trout
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