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.
Truckee's Climate. Truckee, California is located at an elevation of 5,800 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is in northeastern California, located thirty miles west of Reno, Nevada. California's capital city, Sacramento, is one hundred miles to the west on Interstateâ80. With its high elevation setting, this city of 15,000 residents has a fourâseason climate.