Flood, Environmental Impact on radix Population

[guidofatherof5]

I have great concerns for my wild radix population.
There was a massive night crawler kill in all the yards effected by the most recent rain. Thousands of worms were killed in my yard alone.
I hope there will be a quick recovery and my wild population won't be too severely hurt by this bad weather.
At this time of the year there are many newborns in the area.
I hope they were able to seek shelter during this time.

[Mommy2many]

I hope they were smart enough to go to higher ground as well. Fingers crossed.

[katach]

My fingers are crossed as well.

[RedSidedSPR]

Ditto. Didnt even think of that.

[infernalis]

Nature has her ways...

[Mommy2many]

Steve, have you checked the attic?:)
You may have a whole new radix popluation above your head!

[Stefan-A]

Nature has her ways...
...of ending every life.

[brain]

How often does your area flood like this.

I have family down stream in KC MO and each year the Mighty Mo tests the banks.

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/images/springfloodoutlook_2011.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

The kids spotted a radix in the backyard yesterday. Good news.;)
This morning I started gathering up the firewood that had floated all over the backyard and discovered healthy night crawlers under a few.
Those few were up on the ground that didn't flood but in any event it was nice seeing them.

[BUSHSNAKE]

like Wayne said "nature has its ways" she dont need our help

[ConcinusMan]

I have great concerns for my wild radix population.
There was a massive night crawler kill in all the yards effected by the most recent rain. Thousands of worms were killed in my yard alone.
I hope there will be a quick recovery and my wild population won't be too severely hurt by this bad weather.
At this time of the year there are many newborns in the area.
I hope they were able to seek shelter during this time.

I wouldn't worry too much. The population around there is quite high and I'm sure it's survived through worse in the past. They could probably withstand a kill off of about 75% of them due to natural disasters like this, and still rebound within a couple of years. Sucks but that's nature for you. Let's hope the water recedes enough by the time winter rolls around, to allow them to move back into dens which are probably flooded right now.

I've seen Salmon Creek watershed flood really bad two years in a row, forcing all the snakes out of their dens in late winter/early spring. I've seen snake populations plummet. Just a few years later, there are plenty of snakes. They bounce back pretty quickly. I think something like this is quite natural and they will survive. It's the environmental impact that man makes, that is the real threat. Something like this flood really isn't such a big deal.