Carp Lake River
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The Carp Lake River is a river in Emmet County, Michigan
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The Carp Lake River is one of only five locations in the world where the critically endangered Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
(Brychius hungerfordi) has been found. The area of the river near the Oliver Road crossing revealed 4 adult specimens in 1997 study and 1 adult in 1999, but erosion at the road seems to have harmed the habitat and no specimens were found in the last survey conducted in 2003..
Emmet County, Michigan
Emmet County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 31,437. The county seat is Petoskey.The county was formed April 1, 1840, from Mackinac County. It was first named Tonedagana County and renamed Emmet County on March 8, 1843...
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The Carp Lake River is one of only five locations in the world where the critically endangered Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
Hungerford's crawling water beetle
Hungerford's crawling water beetle is a critically endangered member of the Haliplidae family of water beetles. The US Fish and Wildlife Service Draft Recovery Plan for the species published August 2004 estimates roughly 1000 individuals are present in the wild...
(Brychius hungerfordi) has been found. The area of the river near the Oliver Road crossing revealed 4 adult specimens in 1997 study and 1 adult in 1999, but erosion at the road seems to have harmed the habitat and no specimens were found in the last survey conducted in 2003..