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Pond Management

Even the best built and maintained ponds can develop issues over time.  Below are some expert resources to help you find solutions to problems with your pond.

Publications to Search, Print or Bookmark:
Producing Fish and Wildlife in Kansas Ponds includes information on stocking, fish management, pond problems (such as muddy water, aquatic vegetation, sealing leaky ponds, fish kills), and more.

​Aquatic Plants and Their Control helps identify nuisance plants and gives options for controlling them.

Web site:
Blue-Green Algae Information shows examples and has a link to KDHE information.


Contacts:
The local wildlife biologist for Shawnee County Kansas can be reached at 785-273-6740.
The fisheries biologist for the Clinton Lake area can be reached at 785-832-8413.

Other pond-related pages:
  • Picture Gallery​
  • Pond Dams Built Right - Drawings And Text Version
  • Pond Dams Built Right - Pictorial Version
  • Maintaining A Pond
  • Sealing A Leaky Pond
  • Replacing or Adding a Pond Pipe
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