A View Into Aquatic Habitats

A mural on the concrete fish shelter wall was funded in 2021 by individual donors and completed in the summer of 2022. Project leadership was provided by the MK Nature Center staff.

This mural was designed and painted by local artist, Mr. Jay Rasgorshek and his assistant, Eva Streicher. The scenes depicted in the mural highlight the benefits of downed trees and rocks in streams and ponds – i.e., they provide a place to hide from predators, a safe space for laying eggs, and a place with reduced current to rest.

This project makes an important educational point about how creatures in our streams survive, and it completes the series of educational and artistic murals along the MK Nature Center’s stream walk.