January/February 2007
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  • MIDWINTER CRUNCH. VanSchaik discusses benefits of winter feeding of waterfowl, upland game, songbirds, deer, predators.
  • CAN YOU REALLY RAISE FISH IN A MINI-POND? Lusk discusses some uses for small ponds.
  • DUCKS, DOGS, AND HOT WATER. Otto takes us through the process of what is needed to build ponds for waterfowl. Advice is enhanced by suggestions of Don Wilhelm US Fish and Wildlife biologist.
  • AM I CRAZY? SMALL PREDATORS FOR FORAGE. Dr. Willis describes a situation where a properly managed population of cannibalistic smallmouth bass is thriving.
  • SNAILS. Keith Stelter presents some preliminary information about pond snails. Covered are basic biology, life stages, body parts, and their predators.
  • STREAM BOSS? A STREAM IS A STREAM, OR IS IT? Mike Mitchell begins a series of articles about stream management. Discussed are: goals, stainable standing crops, longitudinal profile, riparian zone, floodplain, stream banks, wetted channel, flow regime, and river continuum concept.
  • THE FOOD CHAIN... IN ORDER. Bob Lusk discusses the basic concepts of a dynamic food chain for bass in the north and south by examining the upper part first and amount of bass a pond can support. He explains the apparent contradiction of the consumer food conversion ration of 10:1 and why the food pyramid is not an actual representation of the food in a pond at a particular moment. Included are discussions of carrying capacity, standing crop and how LMB populations are produced in ponds.
  • FINDING THAT CONSTANT LEVEL. Mark Cornwell. Mark describes the conditions of a NY reservoir that undergoes water fluxuations of 50 feet a day. He describes how an adjacent littoral pond can be helpful to improve production.
  • SILT: A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT. Ralph Manns completes the story of silt removal in an urban pond. Provided are numerous good suggestions for silt removal projects.
  • A HATCHERY POND INSIDE A POND – BLOCKING NETS. Erich west describes blocking nets, their benefits and how he used them to increase the size of fingerling bass to improve survival after release.
  • FISH IN A BARREL. Steve "Theo Gallus" describes his set-up for a homemade, small, semi-closed, fish raising system in his basement. His experiences of growing 36 bluegills in this 100 gallon system are detailed. Steve gives ideas of other fish to raise.
  • RUSSELL RETIRES FROM NRCS. Mike Otto summarizes the professional career of Danny Russell a long time employee of NRCS in north central Texas.
  • YOU MEET THE NICEST PEOPLE ON THE POND BOSS FORUM! Dr. Willis reflects on a meeting with Ed Etel a pond owner and NRCS employee from Lusk, Wyoming. The Etel property is profiled.
  • ECONOMIC WOOD DUCK BOX MOUNTS – BAFFLE THE BOX BURGLARS. Richard Peterson gives details of tricks and how to avoid obstacles for setting up nesting boxes for wood ducks. He describes how to best monitor the boxes for duck use.
  • TO BUILD OR NOT TO BUILD... ADDING TO THE WEEKEND HOUSE. Sherman Wyman describes the process of building an addition to an old farmhouse at his lake.
  • IT'S ALL GOOD... In news shorts, Lusk briefly reviews passing of Jim Glennon, electrofished bass of Johnny Tanner from GA, the Blackburn water front property in WA, and the Thompson horse ranch in north TX.
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January/February 2007