Musk Turtles. Musk turtles, also known as stinkpots, seem to prefer deep, still water in lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams with muddy bottoms and an abundance of plant life. On their head, they have two light stripes that flow from the nose, through the eyes and to the neck. Barbells are present on the throat and chin.
(GPS Coordinates 39.392730,-119.714006) The Truckee Meadows is a north-south trending basin covering approximately 94 square miles in western Nevada. It is bounded on the west by the Carson Range, on the east by the Virginia Range, on the south by the Steamboat hills, and by Peavine Peak to the north.
The largest ranches in North America are about one-tenth that size. The largest contiguous ranch in the United States is Wagoner Ranch in Texas with 535,000 acres which is equivalent to 2165 sq kilometres. The largest in Canada was the Alexis Creek Ranch in British Columbia with 350,000 acres, approximately 1416 sq kilometres.