Pond Management Publications and Resources

Pond Management Publications

• Management of Fish Ponds in Pennsylvania
• Pond Management and Aquatic Plant Control
• Pond Design and Construction (NRCS, 96 pages)
• Pond Facts #1 - Pond Assessment and Inspection
• Pond Facts #3 - Fixing a Leaking Pond
• Pond Facts #4 - Measuring Pond Area and Volume
• Pond Facts #5 - Water Quality Concerns for Ponds
• Pond Facts #6 - Pond Ecology
• Pond Facts #7 - Pond Agencies and Permits in Pennsylvania
• Pond Facts - Controlling Aquatic Plants and Algae in Ponds
• Pond Facts - Commonly Used Aquatic Herbicides
• Pond Facts #8 - Using Barley Straw to Control Algae
• More Barley Straw Information (From Iowa State University)
• Pond Facts #9 - Commercial Aquatic Herbicide Applicators in Pennsylvania
• Approved Grass Carp Hatcheries in Pennsylvania (PFBC)
• Grass Carp Plant Preferences
• Pond Facts #10 - Using Grass Carp to Control Aquatic Plants
• Pond Facts #11 - Fish for Pennsylvania Ponds
• Pond Facts #12 - Pond Fisheries Management
• Pond Facts #14 - Pond Management Resources on the Web
• Aquatic Plant Fact Sheet Series Pennsylvania
• Pond Facts #15 - Filamentous Algae
• Pond Facts #16 - Duckweed and Watermeal
• Pond Facts #17 - Curly-Leaf Pondweed
• Pond Facts #18 - Elodea (Common Waterweed)
• Pond Facts #19 - Eurasian Water Milfoil
• Pond Facts #20 - Naiad
• Aquaculture Fact Sheet
• State Permit to Apply an Aquatic Herbicide
• Controlling Birds at Aquaculture Facilities
• Farm Pond Safety
• Drawdown Permit (PFBC permit)
• Backyard Ponds
• Pond Liming (Virginia Extension Web Site)
• Dam Permits in Pennsylvania (DEP Fact Sheet)

Pond Management Links

• Ohio State Cooperative Extension
• Purdue Cooperative Extension Ponds and Water Quality Site
• Texas Cooperative Extension Aquaplant Site
• Cornell Pond Management
• Washington State Aquatic Plant Management
• Washington State - Aquatic Plant ID
• Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
• Applied Biochemists - Aquatic Herbicides
• Purdue University Aquatic Herbicide Presentation
• Lake Doctors Aquatic Management Services
• Missouri State Fish and Ponds Site
• North American Lake Management Society
• University of Florida's Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture - Aquaculture
• Trapping Snapping Turtles
• Liming Acidified Lakes and Ponds