How Healthy Are Our Watersheds?
Ways to Protect Our Watersheds
Stream Buffers
-Riparian Buffer & Rain Garden
-Buffer Handbook
-Sources of native plants
Upper Thornton River Watershed Study
RappFLOW is a member of the Orion Grassroots Network
Pond Management Web Links
The following are URL’s that we used as references in our Pond Management workshop.
Managing Wildlife Damage: Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis)
Author: Lisa French, Undergraduate, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences and Jim Parkhurst, Associate Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist; Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-203, Posted November 2001
Control Methods For Aquatic Plants in Ponds and Lakes
Authors: L. A. Helfrich, R.J. Neves, G. Libey, and T. Newcomb, Extension Specialists, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-251, posted March 2000
Fish Kills: Their Causes and Prevention
Authors: L. A. Helfrich, Extension Specialist and Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech; and Stephen A. Smith, Associate Professor, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-252, posted September 2000
Stocking Sportfish in Virginia Ponds: Methods and Commercial Supply Sources
Author: L.A. Helfrich, Extension Fisheries Specialist; and B.R. Murphy, Professor of Fisheries Management, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-009, Posted March 2001
Clearing Muddy Pond Waters
Authors: L. A. Helfrich and T. Newcomb, Extension Specialists, Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 420-250, posted February 2000
Barley Straw for Algae Control
Author: Carole A. Lembi, Professor of Botany, Purdue University
Publication Number APM-1-W, posted August of 2002