January/February 2009
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  • AQUATIC FURBEARERS... NUSIANCE OR NECESSITY? VanSchaik presents good information about the habits and natural history of beavers, nutria and muskrats then discusses the roles played by weasel, mink and otter as theire predators. Control of all is discussed.
  • FALLEN THROUGH THE ICE? WHAT TO DO? Mark, Scott, and Randy Cornwell provide god advice for saving your life when breaking through ice over deep water.
  • ECONOMIC TURMOIL AND YOUR POND. Willis and Lusk provide ideas and possible options if one has to cut back on pond management duties due to lack of finances.
  • RIVER URCHINS AND STREAM CROSSINGS. Mitchell tells about some of his designs and the proper placement of bridges and culverts. The impact upon mussel populations is discussed.
  • YOUR POND UNDER ICE: TROUBLESHOOTING POND PROBLEMS IN WINTER. Cornwell takes his students in winter to water test a new pond for water quality problems and discusses the class results: oxygen, hydrogen sulfide, hardness, alkalinity, pH, ammonia, and ice cover.
  • SMALL PONDS WITH A BIG PURPOSE. HOW SMALL IS TOO SMALL. Kevin Yokum explains how even small ponds can make good fisheries. He includes discussions of trophies, utilizing local resources, and managing water for smallmouth bass, pike, musky, catfish, trout, and big bass.
  • THE FOOTPRINTS OF GREG LAFITTE. In Part 1 Otto give details about the design plans and construction of a lake for Greg Lafitte.
  • CLIP A FIN. Bob McFarland tells how to fin clip fish to mark them for future reference or sorting.
  • PREPARING YOUR TROPHY FISHERY FOR ANOTHER GROWING SEASON. Dave Beasley provides numerous suggestions for developing, enhancing and maintaining a trophy fishery. Discussed are defining goals, feeder maintenance, harvest, budget, permits, general tasks, population adjustments, best sampling times, RW data, scale samples, equipment checks, spring tasks.
  • FISH WORM FARMING. Ken Grymala tells you step by step how to set up and maintain a small scale backyard worm farm that also processes your kitchen food scarps.
  • INNOVATIVE USE OF POND ICE TO "BRIDGE THE GAP". Richard Peterson describes how he built a foot bridge across his pond.
  • HURRICANE IKE'D MY POND. Gerald Burleigh tells about how his two ponds responded to being hit by a hurricane.
  • BOB'S BIOLOGICAL BLOG. Pond Boss editor presents interesting things that has recently crossed his path, plus some update news worthy information.
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