Saturated soil ties Pennsylvania’s star-nosed mole records together. Cool ravines at Ricketts Glen, boggy pockets in Allegheny National Forest, and floodplain wetlands in Delaware Water Gap suit a mole that tunnels through mud and can forage in water.
Records span the year, rising most in October with smaller spring and midsummer increases. Wet soil or disturbed banks can expose signs, so the pattern describes discovery conditions rather than population levels.
