Jay Mays searching for hellbenders

In profile, a partially submerged snorkeler looks into the water underneath a fallen tree.
Photo By/Credit

Gary Peeples/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
08/22/2017
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Jay Mays, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service snorkels in search of eastern hellbenders in the South Toe River, Yancey County, North Carolina.
Facility
Asheville Ecological Services Field Office
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
Subject tags
Amphibians
Rivers and streams
Wildlife restoration