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Vegetation – Friend or Foe?

Chara often is called muskgrass or skunkweed because of its foul, almost garlic-like odor.  Many different species occupy lakes and ponds worldwide.  It often colonizes new bodies of water before o ...

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Tips To Save Small Ponds

Pond owners in drought-stricken areas are attempting to save small ponds by adding well water.  If you have that opportunity, allow the water to run over rocks or similar objects ...

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Bass Prefer Big Meals

Largemouth bass can eat another bass 50 percent of their body length.  Imagine a 20-inch bass eating another 10-inches long.  Those feeding habits develop at an early age.  When stocking fingerlings ...

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Lake Improvement Projects

Are you planning lake improvement projects that will require lowering water levels?  Such work is begun no later than December or January to ensure completion by the spring rainy season.  ...

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