Watershed Meeting Last Night.
#1 Guest_Slasher_*
Posted 04 April 2007 - 11:25 AM
So is anyone else a member of something like this? Any suggestions for a watershed association that has just completed its first year?
#2 Guest_viridari_*
Posted 04 April 2007 - 11:34 AM
The pond in question has been in a steady state of decline for some time. I don't anticipate the situation improving as long as the same stubborn people continue to run things to the exclusion of other opinions on how to get things fixed.
#3 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 04 April 2007 - 03:55 PM
These folks at Greystone Lake in north Raleigh seem to have a bit more ecological understanding than some; might be helpful in enlightening your pond assoc, esp re not mowing the edge.
http://www.greystone...perspective.htm
Of course ponds in our area are totally unnatural anyway, and very few of our native Piedmont stream fish can survive long term in a pond. Stocking game fish in residential ponds is OK by me if it gets kids interested in fish at all. I still get get a kick watching bluegills and green sunnies follow me along the edge of a pond. Pickerel, bluespots, and darters just wont do that.
Tar River Land Conservancy is a young org worthy of your volunteer time: www.tarriver.org
The last strong-hold for Carolina madtom and several other rare fish & inverts, much like the Eno.
Gerald
I got in on a pond association but couldn't get past the folks who thought chemicals were the answer to everything, stocking exotics was OK, and "baitfish" are unimportant.
The pond in question has been in a steady state of decline for some time. I don't anticipate the situation improving as long as the same stubborn people continue to run things to the exclusion of other opinions on how to get things fixed.
#4 Guest_viridari_*
Posted 04 April 2007 - 05:00 PM
The pond assoc. in question is back in PA, a state which I've hopefully left behind for the last time (not because I dislike PA but because I love NC!)
Have you had any experience with http://www.neuseriverkeepers.org/ ? If you'd rather PM me about that, that's fine, too. Since that's practically right in my back yard, I was thinking of getting more involved with those guys.
#5 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 05 April 2007 - 10:00 AM
Gerald,
The pond assoc. in question is back in PA, a state which I've hopefully left behind for the last time (not because I dislike PA but because I love NC!)
Have you had any experience with http://www.neuseriverkeepers.org/ ? If you'd rather PM me about that, that's fine, too. Since that's practically right in my back yard, I was thinking of getting more involved with those guys.
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