Are you wondering if your lake is a candidate for aeration?  If the treasured pond is three to five years old with a healthy, mature fish population, the answer is— ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you want to enhance the beauty of your pond with a fountain, but feel you should place a priority on aeration?  If average pond depths meet minimum requirements, you ...

Have you observed trees growing on the dam of your pond?  If so, nip them in the bud immediately!  If not removed, they will develop large root systems that can ...

Searching for ideas to beautify your dock and enhance landscaping along the shoreline of your lake home?  Consider water lilies or a floating island.  Lilies are available in spectacular colors.  ...

During spring and summer months, ponds develop a thermocline.  The thermocline occurs at varying depths where there is a rapid change in temperatures between the surface and bottom zones.  As ...

If left unmanaged, lily pads can spread rapidly and limit use of your pond.  They reproduce by horizontal tubers that run through pond mud, usually in water less than three ...

We don’t recommend stocking fish from a neighbor’s pond or other outside sources.  Randomly adding fish to a pond can cause an imbalance among forage or game fish.  ...