May/June 2007
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  • PLANNING FOR SONGBIRDS. VanSchaik promotes the value of songbirds, how to attract them with appropriate forms of habitat. Discussed are the four basic life style groups, habitat groups, specific habitat features and importance of beneficial landscapes.
  • EROSION: ON THE FRONT SLOPE AND SHORELINE. Otto provides experiences with prevention and fixing eroded shoreline areas.
  • STORIES FROM THE POND BOSS CONFERENCE AND EXPO: THE SILENT AUCTION. Willis describes the motivation and success of the silent auction for the Jesse W. West Research Endowment at South Dakota State Univ.
  • MATTERS OF FERTILITY. Lusk gives us a short course on pond fertilizing including basic reasons why, when to fertilize, when NOT to fertilize, northern fertilization and testing clarity.
  • STREAM HABITAT RESTORATION AND THEREOMS TO PONDER. Mitchell creates another great article about creating sustainable stream habitat for producing bigger fish. Discussed are channel & flow relationships, width to depth ratios, identifying channel features, identifying unstable channel and water shed areas, braided channels, grade controls, revetments, thalweg, creating in the reach proper channel dimension, pattern, and profile, plus a note about budget.
  • BUCKET BIOLOGY: WHY GRANDPA WAS WRONG. Cornwell discusses the negative impacts of introducing a new species to an existing fish community. Topics include alewife in Otsego Lake, brook trout demise by bass, sunfish & minnows in Adirondacks, and cautions for stocking your own pond.
  • CATCH & RELEASE OR SELECIVE HARVEST. Dr Anderson explains proportional sized distribution (PSD), stock, quality and preferred fish sizes, checking the progress of your fish populations by using PSD, the benefits of using relative weight (Wr), plotting PSD on a graph, growth efficiency, selective harvest benefits, and how to use PSD and catch & release for your management objectives.
  • POND BOSS CONFERENCE. Lusk highlights the first Pond Boss conference held in Arlington TX. Numerous photos accompany the article.
  • CAGED FISH ON A SMALL SCALE. PART DEUX. Cody covers fish cage placement, selecting species, proper sizes, how many to stock, and feeding of fish in a cage.
  • CUSTOMIZED BLUEGILL HONEY HOLE. Dave Sefton describes how he build a 0.5 acre pond in Illinois especially designed for raising bluegills; discusses: pond slopes, ledges, bottom contours, bottom trench, structure, spawning beds, and shoreline riprap .
  • LET ME COUNT THE WAYS. Lusk provides some basic numbers for determining surface acres, volume, gallons per acre inch and foot, filling with well water,
  • CAUSES OF WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT IMPACT WATER QUALITY. Angela Hopko explains and describes the water quality features of light & temperature, nutrients, oxygen and the role of plants and organic sediment in pond ecosystems. She gives lots of information how each of these things will affect the water quality.
  • POND OF MY DREAMS. Shawn Svob tells the second part of rebuilding a unique shaped five acre lake of his dreams. Discussed are raising the dam vs clean out, choosing a contractor, goals of tie 3 basins together, add depth, and enhance structure & topography.
  • NEWS SHORTS. 1. Purina Mills New Aquamax tor Largemouths, 2. Sweeny's new Feeder for bass & stripers. 3. Glazener ties flies at PB conference.
  • PLAN YOUR WORK . . . .WORK YOUR PLAN. Lusk gives a couple tips for managing the mini-pond – plants, trimming and rocks.
  • DUCK LAKE. Wyman describes the planning of a 14 acre lake with a water fowl marsh
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May/June 2007