Access digital copies of guides and regulations publications from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.
Issue link: http://digital.outdoornebraska.gov/i/605475
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .second edition • Nebraska Pond Management • 5 CHAPTER 5: POND MAINTENANCE - RESOLVING COMMON POND PROBLEMS . . 58 Water Clarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Muddiness Due to Soil Erosion. . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Reporting Excessive Runoff Problems . . . . 59 Muddiness Due to Wind and Animal Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Muddiness Due to Soil Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Chemical Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Organic Matter Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Aquatic Vegetation Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Aquatic Vegetation Identification . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Controlling Aquatic Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Physical or Mechanical Removal. . . . . . . . . 63 Chemical Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Biological Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Pond Liners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Water Level Manipulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Dredging and Deepening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Fish Kills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Fish Kills Due to Suffocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Summerkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Winterkill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Seasonal Turnover Kill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Preventing Fish Kills Due to Suffocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Fish Kills Due to Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Fish Kills Due to Diseases and Parasites . . . . . 70