Idaho Biologist Michael Lucid

Michael Lucid, the Idaho biologist has scaled mountains and crawled through forest duff to track the Panhandle's lesser known wildlife. After a five year study, he has a wealth of information about gastropods, amphibians and forest carnivores. He's also solved a 100-year-old mystery related to a missing snail species and discovered a new variety of slug.

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Fri., Sept. 23, 2016

Michael Lucid, wildlife diversity biologist with ID Department of Fish and Game caught this frog in a small lake north of Priest Lake on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. He is heading up a multi-species baseline initiative study, figuring out how common or rare some little known species are in the Idaho Panhandle.

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Michael Lucid, wildlife diversity biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, caught this frog in a small lake north of Priest Lake on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. He recently finished a report that catalogs the species found in the Idaho Panhandle.

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Idaho Department of Fish and Game technician Molly Wiebush found this jumping slug while searching through tree bark north of Priest Lake on Wednesday, September 4, 2013. She helped with a multi-species baseline initiative study, figuring out how common or rare some little known species are in the Idaho Panhandle.

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This spotted frog was caught in a small lake north of Priest Lake on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 by Idaho Department of Fish and Game technician Andy Gygli.

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