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March/April 2006
March/April 2006
Issue Date:
March 1, 2006
  • INTEGRATING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. VanSchaik discusses how wildlife management can interact with other types of property management.
  • TURTLES. Keith Stelter examines a few common features about turtles associated with the pond.
  • SCUM, SLIME, MOSS, PUTRID GLOBS OF USELESS LIFE. Mike Mitchell presents the first of a two part article about freshwater algae, its good points, its behavior, the general types, and in Part II (May-Jun06) , its management.
  • LARGEMOUTH BASS ANGLING AND CATCHABILITY. D.Willis & B.Cody look into how angler catches can monitor your LMB, and what affects angling has on their catchability.
  • HOLY HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT. S. Wyman Jr explains how fencing out cattle dramatically improved the local deer herd.
  • BEHEMOTH BLUEGILLS IN SMALL PONDS. In Part I, Cody, Condello and Baird provide the necessary details of how to accurately sex bluegills as the first step to produce trophies in small waters.
  • RICHMOND HILL TAKES THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP. Lusk describes the initial stocking of fish in this 120 acre lake.
  • RENOVATING PONDS. Otto talks about ways of renovating ponds during drought conditions and provides two examples.
  • MUSKIE! TIGER THE TERRIBLE. Cornwell talks about what it takes to produce tiger muskie and how they can fit into managing a balanced fishery.
  • HOW MUCH OF A BASS POPULATION CAN ANGLERS CATCH? Ralph Manns looks at the impact that anglers can have on a pond by harvesting bass.
  • WISHFULL THINKING OR ENVIRONMENT? Dr Willis recalls some good memories from his fishing vacation on a natural glacial lake in South Dakota.
  • WELL WORTH CONSIDERING. Lusk provides plans and describes the benefits of a dry hydrant for fire protection.
  • KEEPING RECORDS. Lusk shows us how record keeping for angler harvests can be valuable for improving a fishery. This is a good companion article to Mann's article above about harvesting bass.
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