Lakes & Ponds Unlimited

LAKE MANAGEMENT - removing lake weeds, muck and algae

2011-09-12T07:18:00.000-05:00

LAKE MANAGEMENT - removing lake weeds, muck and algae

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Rave Water Trampoline Dealer Aqua Tower Rave Inflatable Toys

2011-09-12T07:10:00.001-05:00

PULL LAKE WEEDS with our Aquatic Weed Harvester

2011-09-12T07:10:00.000-05:00

IRRIGATION WATER PUMP fountain for lakes and ponds

2011-09-12T07:08:00.000-05:00

LAKE MANAGEMENT - removing lake weeds, muck and algae

2011-09-12T07:06:00.001-05:00

LAKE MANAGEMENT - removing lake weeds, muck and algae
LAKE MANAGEMENT - removing lake weeds, muck and algae

Lake Aeration and Pond Airation To Manage Aquatic Plants and Weeds

2011-07-02T18:57:00.000-05:00

Lake Aeration and Pond Airation To Manage Aquatic Plants and Weeds

http://www.LakeWeedersDigest.com

Lake Aeration and Pond Airation To Manage Aquatic Plants and Weeds

http://www.LakeWeedersDigest.com

Lake Aeration and Pond Airation To Manage Aquatic Plants and Weeds

Floating Fountain for Pond Aeration lake airation

2011-07-02T18:10:00.000-05:00

Floating Fountain for Pond Aeration lake airation

http://www.FloatingFountainOptions.com

Floating Fountain for Pond Aeration lake airation

http://www.FloatingFountainOptions.com

Wisconsin Lake Weeds and The Wisconsin List of Lakes

2011-07-02T18:05:00.000-05:00

Wisconsin Lake Weeds and The Wisconsin List of Lakes
http://www.wisconsinlakeweeds.com/
Wisconsin Lake Weeds and The Wisconsin List of Lakes
http://www.wisconsinlakeweeds.com/

Lake Weed Control and Milfoil Hydrilla Pond Weed aquatic weed cutter & g...

2011-07-02T17:52:00.001-05:00

Lake Weed Control and Milfoil Hydrilla Pond Weed aquatic weed cutter
Lake Weeders Digest

http://www.lakeweedersdigest.com

Lake Weed Control and Milfoil Hydrilla Pond Weed aquatic weed cutter

http://www.lakeweedersdigest.comLake Weeders Digest

New York Lake Weeds Solutions

2011-07-02T17:48:00.000-05:00

This is the site for New York Lake Weeds
http://www.newyorklakeweeds.com/
We will be adding more and more as time goes by
so check it out today but be certain to check back - often - especially if you have lake weeds in New York
http://www.newyorklakeweeds.com/

water weed solution - WEEDROLLER - for LAKE WEED BEACH CLEANING

2011-07-02T17:45:00.000-05:00

water weed solution - WEEDROLLER - for LAKE WEED BEACH CLEANING

Michigan Lake Weeds and List of Michigan Lakes

2011-07-02T17:26:00.000-05:00

Michigan Lake Weeds and List of Michigan Lakes
If you would like a list of many of the Michigan Lakes and also a resource of Michigan lake weeds
Just click here:
http://www.michiganlakeweeds.com/

Pond Weed Rake for removing Aquatic Vegetation http://www.LakeRake.com

2011-07-02T17:24:00.000-05:00

Pond Weed Rake for removing Aquatic Vegetation http://www.LakeRake.com

Florida Lake Weed Information and Solutions

2011-07-02T17:20:00.000-05:00

Florida Lake Weed Information and Solutions
http://www.floridalakeweeds.com/
Yes Floridians - there are real answers to your lake and pond weed problems.
Alls ya gotta do is visit this link!
http://www.floridalakeweeds.com/
Florida Lake Weed Information and Solutions

Big POND RAKE for Pond MANAGEMENT Equipment

2011-07-02T17:14:00.000-05:00

Big POND RAKE for Pond MANAGEMENT Equipment

Removing Lake Algae and Pond Algae

2011-07-02T13:57:00.000-05:00

POND ALGAE removal and LAKE ALGAE harvesting

LAKE MANAGEMENT solutions

The WATER MOVER for lakes and ponds

2011-07-02T13:53:00.000-05:00

AQUA THRUSTER lake muck removal equipment

AQUA THRUSTER lake muck removal equipment tools

How to remove tools from the bottom of a lake The Tool Snatcher

2011-07-02T13:51:00.000-05:00

How to remove tools from the bottom of a lake The Tool Snatcher

Rave Water Trampoline Dealers Aqua Tower Rave Inflatable Toys

2011-07-02T13:49:00.000-05:00

RAVE WATER TRAMPOLINE dealer 763-551-1441 world wide shipping

Weeders Digest Newsletter Discounts Coupons and Reviews

2011-06-26T22:01:00.000-05:00

Weeders Digest Newsletter Discounts Coupons and Reviews

INSTANT LAKE WEED SOLUTION for your beach area

2011-06-25T13:22:00.001-05:00

<br>INSTANT LAKE WEED SOLUTION for your beach area
 
<br>INSTANT LAKE WEED SOLUTION for your beach area <br>

how to do AWAY WITH GEESE

2011-04-16T12:29:00.003-05:00

Do Away With Geese

Goose Control Beacon - Do Away With Geese
Goose Control Beacon
Your Price: $349.00

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Solar Goose Deterrent - Water or Land Unit
1. Disrupts geese sleep patterns causing them to move to another pond.
2. The product floats in the water and works at night , 7 days a week
3. Solar powered - no changing batteries or running electricty to the site
4. Maintenance free
5. Environmentally Safe and Effective Geese Control
6. Barely noticeable to the human eye
7. Solves Geese Problems quickly

Need More Information? Just LISTEN to a recent Radio Interview regarding this product:

The system is a new and innovative way to rid your property of nuisance geese without the use of harsh chemicals, dogs, reflectors, noise making devices or other concoctions. AwayWithGeese is self-contained, automatic and guaranteed to get rid of geese or your money back.

Background on Geese
The scientific name for Canada Geese is Branta canadensis. The birds often migrate in the fall, but isolated populations may reside year round. Nesting begins in March and April, in the riparian zone near a waterbody.

One goose can consume up to four pounds of grass per day, producing about three pounds of fecal matter per day. This can contribute to excessive amounts of nutrient loading because their feces contain 76% carbon, 4.4% nitrogen, and 1.3% phosphorus. These nutrients can cause harmful algal blooms in lakes from runoff. To make matters worse Cryptosporidium parvum, a protozoan linked to the feces of animals has caused over 400,000 sicknesses and a recorded six deaths (Worsnop, 1994).

Information Provided by Marc Skehan and Therese Thompson, PhD
Mount Ida College, Newton, MA

Environmentally Safe, Low Maintenance
The success of the product is based around a simple concept. At night, geese sleep in or near water areas where they feel secure from their predators (dogs, fox and coyotes). Placing an AwayWithGeese unit into the secure areas simulates the eye reflection of these predators and disrupts the geese's ability to sleep. The geese no longer consider the area "safe" and will simply move to another suitable area within a few days.

Geese are also lazy. They tend to stay close to their secure areas during daylight hours in order to minimize the distance they travel each day. AwayWithGeese is powerful enough to coax the geese into finding a different nighttime home far enough away to discourage daily commutes back to your lawn.

The unit automatically operates at night and produces an amber 360 degree beam of light directed at goose eye-level, then recharges itself during the day.

The light is unobtrusive to people. In fact, when seen at night, it provides a sense of satisfaction to human observers as it continues its vigil to encourage the geese to move on – along with their mess.

AwayWithGeese is available in land, water, sports field and rooftop configurations to help you get rid of geese depending on the type of habitat your property offers.

All models feature:
1. Solar powered - no changing batteries or running electricity to the site
2. Maintenance free
3. Environmentally Safe and Effective Goose Control
4. Barely noticeable the human eye
5. Solves Geese Problems quickly
6. Covers 3.5 Acres
7. Light emits in all directions at once

We Can Assist You With Placement

Frequently we assist customers with finding the most effective placement for your AwayWithGeese unit. Using Google Earth, we take a snapshot of your pond, measure it and recommend the most effective placement.

We offer this service at no charge. To initiate a study of your location. Make sure to ask for a placement study and provide your pond's location (perhaps the address of the house closest to your pond) including the full address including the zip code.

In most cases we can turn this around in a day.

Placement Study

"We had nearly 200 geese destroying our property. AwayWithGeese eliminated the problem."

Ralph Napier
Crestview Lands

"Your device has actually increased the quality of life on our lake. We can now enjoy our shoreline for the first time. Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

Sharon Blair
Indiana

"It is absolutely amazing!
We do not have any geese on one lake anymore and just a few stragglers on our other lake because someone keeps feeding them… but what a difference…"

Karen L. Mills
Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ

"I purchased a land-based unit in August 2007 and was extremely impressed with its effectiveness in ridding our lake property of geese. In fact, my skeptical neighbors eventually credited the unit with ridding our entire shoreline of the perennial nuisances!"

Mary Breger
West Bend, WI

"I would like to commend you on the awaywithgeese product -- it is simply amazing! We now have our yard back! What amazed us the most is how quickly we saw a difference. We've had the unit in the ground for less than a week. What a wonderful product this is!

Thanks again for creating something this easy that really works!"

Harriet Geiger
Upper Saddle River, NJ

"We have a three acre pond that was covered with geese every fall, at dusk. They made a racket and a mess. We decided to give the "Away with Geese" light a try. Why not? It has a 90 day money back guarantee. We put the light in the center of the pond and within 3 nights, the geese were gone. We are very happy with the light. It is safe and environmentally friendly. Best of all, it really does work!"

Kathy Dearborne
Bedminster, PA

"I ordered my first Away with Geese last year. I was truly amazed how a newly dug 1 acre pond on my farm was transformed into an apparent goose farm seemingly overnight. I was desperate. Within 2 weeks of placing your unit in the center of my pond, the geese were gone.......and haven't yet come back. Revenge is sweet. It worked so well that I am ordering another one for a 2nd pond at my home in NYC . Your new design is great and your product works fantastic. Now all I need to do is convince my local golf course to get a few of these so I can come home with clean shoes."

Bob Verde
Staten Island, NY

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Water-based Unit

The Water Unit has been designed to rid ponds and lakes of unwanted geese. The unit floats in the water and is tethered to a weight or anchor that you supply. Geese normally return to the water at night to sleep because it is safe from predators. The unit's flashing light alters the geese's sleep patterns which causes them to move to another pond.

1. The product floats in the water and works at night, 7 days a week
2. Effective goose deterrent works by altering sleep patterns causing them to move to another pond.
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Land-based Unit

The Land Unit is designed to rid lawns, fields and gardens of unwanted geese. The unit is staked into the ground and covers an area that is in line of sight up to 3.5 acres. Geese that congregate on lawns in the early morning or night will find a new place to rest in short order.

1. Eliminates night and early AM congregating by disturbing the geese just enough to encourage them to move to another location
2. Stakes securely into the ground and may be placed anywhere in your lawn

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Sports Unit

The Sports Unit has been designed for safe and effective use on sports fields, shorelines, parking areas, playgrounds, or any other land area where damaging goose encroachment needs to be controlled. The unit is configured to avert damage and theft while holding an unwavering vigil over your property. Installation is simple and quick. Results are unmatched.

1. Stakes securely into the ground
2. Specially designed to prevent theft

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Dock/Roof Unit With Bracket

The Industrial Roof Unit has been designed for safe and effective use on large, flat roofs where geese tend to congregate seeking safety from predators . The mess created by geese damages air conditioning units and clog drainage systems, leading to expensive roof-top repairs.

1. Securely attaches to a pedestal such as a concrete block
2. Nothing intrusive to the roof such as screws or bolts
Away with geese

We guarantee that you will be satisfied

with the results from using our product
or you can return it for a full refund.

We do require that you try the product for at least 90 days
and that you return it before 180 days after purchase.

There are a couple of reasons for this trial period.

1. Geese will not forsake their goslings.
The AwayWithGeese unit works best when placed before you have eggs or baby geese present, or just after the goslings take flight (about 90 days after birth).

2. Positioning of the unit is important.
We will help you determine the optimum placement of your unit. Every pond and lake is different. We can help you eliminate blind spots and advise about certain areas such as those with steep banks, docks and trees.

Using the product with our assistance for 90 days should take care of your problem geese. If it doesn't, simply return it for a full refund within 91 to 180 days from date of purchase.

All AwayWithGeese products carry a

Two Year Warranty!

We will replace any part - including the light assembly - that may go bad
for up to two years after the initial purchase provided that the product was
used as directed and not physically damaged or vandalized.

Fill out a comment form from this website and we will contact you with
instructions on how to send your old unit back and get replacement parts.

Away With Geese is the most effective, humane, and environmentally friendly way to eliminate your geese problems. Available for land or water, each unit is solar powered and emits an amber colored light , disrupting the sleeping pattern of geese, ultimately encouraging them to move to a new location. A single unit will effectively protect an area of 4 acres. It protects the property continuously with little to no maintenance. There is simply no other method available that measures up in effectiveness, safety, cost, or reliability.

4 Acre Coverage

The Away With Geese product has an effective range of at least 75 yards in any direction. One unit will service a pond that is up to 4 acres in size (about 450 x 450 feet) provided that all areas of the pond are within line-of-sight of the Away With Geese light.

Watch for Blind Spots

Some ponds may have inlets or bays where Geese can hide in the edges of the pond. In order to have the light reach these areas, special care must be taken when placing the Away With Geese unit so that hidden areas of the pond are within line-of-sight.

Use Multiple Units for Large Ponds or Difficult Areas

Some pond shapes may require two or more units in order
TESTIMONIALS

Many of our customers see results in just a few days. Geese will move to another area. In this case, another unit was needed because the "other" area needed the geese removed as well.

Hi Jason!

After a few days with your unit on the lawn of my waterfront property I had no more geese. So now I am ordering one to float on the marsh to take care of the geese further out. I spoke to the groundskeeper at our yacht club and he is interested in ordering them as well!!!! Thanks so much for your successful product!!!

Anne Long
Centerport, NY

We strive to provide excellent customer service! In this case, mother nature played a role in making one of our lights malfunction. The result: All is well again.

Tom, in reference to below, when I went to check the unit, a leaf of all things had fallen right on it and was covering the top solar receiver. I took it off and now it is working fine.The box with replacement light came this morning and I am sending it back via fedex to you without even opening it. Sorry for wasting your time and appreciate the stellar customer service.

Steve
New Rochelle, NY

AwayWithGeese should be part of your new landscaping plans. Altering the areas around ponds and lakes in order to make them more attractive for humans may also make them more attractive to geese as well!

Greetings Tom,

Have had little problems with geese in the past until we opened up a pond to show the water feature! Seems members and geese liked the change, we had removed trees and brush along the pond the winter of 2009 and a group of geese moved in the spring! Thru my Par Aid distributor I ordered four AwayWithGeese lights installed them according to instructions the evening I received them and geese were not around the next day! Thru the season the geese would come around once in a while during the day but never stayed!

Bruce Ruppert
Minot Country Club
Burlington, ND

After spending thousands on various products designed to remove geese from the prestigious Canadian Golf & Country Club, the superintendent learned that most of those products were short-lived -- the geese would eventually return. Even the prized border collie (Meg) grew tired of chasing geese away from the putting greens. This year, AwayWithGeese changed all of that! Now the course is 99% free of geese year round.

Good morning Tom,

Just wanted to send you a message regarding the Away with Geese product. For the last fifteen years I’ve tried numerous products and methods to deter geese from congregating to the golf course. Some products are effective for a short period of time, but eventually the geese return. I also had a border collie named Meg for seven years, but they ultimately got used to her as well. After installing five Away with Geese units in my ponds in April 2010, I have to admit I was skeptical at first. But as the summer went on I was truly amazed at the results. I can truly say that we had a 99% decrease in the amount of droppings on the greens. Now this is only after one season, but I’m confident that the outcome will be the same.

Thank you for time.

John Lamoureux
Golf Course Superintendent
Canadian Golf & Country Club

AwayWithGeese not only eliminates geese and their mess from your property, but it also reduces the number of sandals this Pennsylvania customer goes through in a year! Going from 200 geese to zero in a week is an extraordinary accomplishment using any means, wouldn't you agree?

Hello Tom,

We purchased your product several weeks ago and sure enough, it has worked as advertised. We have struggled with Brantas Canadensis for ten years on our two acre lake and never could rid ourselves of the 50-200 individuals that claimed our yard as home. After installing the water based unit, we saw the geese numbers decline to zero in just a week. You sell a great product that I wish I was aware of years ago. Thank you for keeping the bottoms of my sandals a whole lot cleaner.

THANKS!!

Gordon Hammond
Newtown Square, PA

Beautiful lake-front property is meant to be enjoyed with a cold drink in your hand, the sun at you back, a cool breeze on your face and your tail in a favorite deck chair. You should not have to spend time collecting wheel-barrow loads of goose droppings. AwayWithGeese gave back the relaxing lifestyle that Jennifer had originally sought from her paradise getaway!

I believe this product to be a wonderful investment for any area that has geese problems. We were trying to have an enjoyable and relaxing time at our lake, but each time we spent the day cleaning up after the geese. We would end up with almost a wheelbarrow full at times. So much for relaxing! At first when we ran across your website and seen the testimonials, we were thinking "This is to good to be true". But with all the labor and sprays wasted, we figured it was worth a try. I am so grateful that we did, it has worked out tremendously! We barely see any evidence of geese being around our property. Our neighbor was so impressed that they also invested in the light. Now other lake residents have seen our good fortune and requested your information. So, thank you very much for a wonderful miracle product and for giving us our lovely relaxing Dering Lake back!

Jennifer Johnston
Relaxing in Maine

We can't read a goose's mind to know exactly why AwayWithGeese is so effective at persuading them to move on. In Betty's case, full light coverage of the geese's sleeping area did the trick. Were the geese annoyed or fearful of the light? We don't know, but you can ask the geese yourself -- they're on the other side of Betty's lake away from her beach!

Hello Tom,

AwayWithGeese is working fine. I only had one problem. I mounted the light at water's edge. During the night geese were getting onto the back deck of my ski boat because the light is not visible from from there. However, I find if I BACK my boat into its slip, the deck is then lit and all is fine.

Three of my adjoining neighbors also bought your light and it is working very well--I think the geese have fled to the other side of the lake--

I am SOOO happy not to have to clean crap off my dock before I can get into my boat!

THANKS!!

Betty Rouse

Every spring, year after year, residents of this beautiful Grand Rapids community had to contend with noisy, messy geese. This year, the residents took action and installed an AwayWithGeese unit at the location we recommended. The result: No More Geese.

AwayWithGeese Placement Recommendations are free.

"I wanted to share with you how pleased we are with our Geese Away Light. It has worked wonders! No more geese! What a great spring we have had without the goose droppings and all of the noise that the geese make.

Thanks so much for all of the help and your expertise. So much appreciated! We have all shared about "our magic" light with others.

Much appreciated!"
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Linda Jirous
Homeowner
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Frustration with unwanted geese led to lots of fireworks (and flare gun incidents) surrounding a small, once peaceful lake in Indiana. We are delighted that we played a small part in restoring tranquility to the region!

"Our goose population was holding steady at approximately 100. Homeowners around our lake had resorted to fireworks, flare guns and nylon lines strung a foot above the ground between stakes to discourage the geese. Needless to say all of the methods were disturbing, dangerous and unsuccessful.

Then we installed two of your floating Away With Geese devices in our small lake on August 1, 2009. Within two weeks following the installation of your devices our geese were gone and we have not been bothered by them again. Your product proved to be everything you claimed.

I appreciate your attention to my questions and the fine manner in which your firm conducts business."

Walter C. Moore, Board Member
Stonybrook Residents Association
Kokomo, Indiana
Bill seems to have become a hero for ridding his community's lake of dirty geese! Of course we won't tell anyone that had the AwayWithGeese units not performed as we say, we would have refunded his money. No risk, great gains.

"Just wanted to send a few words to thank you for your advice as well as the Equipment you suggested to successfully rid ourselves of Canadian Geese. All the homeowners that surround our lake have marveled at the success we have had in deflecting our very dirty visitors to other areas and lakes. We have referred others to you and they have had similar success.

We cannot thank you enough!"

Bill Shearer
Canton, Ohio

After adjusting the placement of her AwayWithGeese unit, Catherine's geese suddenly became her neighbor's geese, much to the chagrin of her neighbor!

"We spoke a couple weeks ago after I emailed you about continued geese after the unit had been in about 4 weeks. Your suggestion was to move the unit, which i did last week. My yard has no new geese droppings visible since then. However, my lake neighbor called me (Lake people, as you probably know, are quirkey in their own way) and said that he had 41 geese and I had none! Then he proceeded to confiscate my light! I am ordering another one to give to him so I can have mine back and we both can be "geese-free". My neighbor and I are still laughing over what he did!"

Sincerely,
Catherine Gyscek
Cramerton, NC
Pt. Pleasant Beach is now living up to its name! No more goose droppings!

"It is absolutely amazing!

We do not have any geese on one lake anymore and just a few stragglers on our other lake because someone keeps feeding them… but what a difference…"

Sincerely,
Karen L. Mills
Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ

Your neighbors may scoff at first, but when the geese do indeed leave the area, your friends just might leave gifts at your doorstep...

"I purchased a land-based unit in August 2007 and was extremely impressed with its effectiveness in ridding our lake property of geese. In fact, my skeptical neighbors eventually credited the unit with ridding our entire shoreline of the perennial nuisances!"

Sincerely,
Mary Breger
West Bend, WI

Picking up after 40 geese was not in Harriet's job description, but everything she tried to rid her beautiful lawn of geese failed year after year. She had no choice but to clean her lawn by hand. AwayWithGeese set her free from this awful chore in just 3 days...

"It was a pleasure speaking with you last Friday. Again, I would like to commend you on the awaywithgeese product -- it is simply amazing! We have lived in northern NJ with our beautiful property that abuts a large pond being COVERED with goose droppings, year after year. As I mentioned, we'd tried a few things, but nothing has worked like your product. We tried "shiny tape" that only worked for a few days and then not at all. We send our dogs out to chase the geese back into the pond, but can only do that when we happen to be downstairs in the room that overlooks the yard and see them there. Most of the time we are in our home office on the other side of the house, so by the time the dogs chase them, the yard is already covered with droppings (again!). I spent a few hours last week walking my 2-acre property and picked up 8 bags of droppings - ugh!

We now have our yard back! What amazed us the most is how quickly we saw a difference. After putting the unit into the ground, the very next day we saw only a small handful of geese during the day compared to upwards of 40 the day before! Since then the number has continued to diminish and over the last two days, no geese at all. We've had the unit in the ground for less than a week. What a wonderful product this is!
Thanks again for creating something this easy that really works!"

Sincerely,
Harriet Geiger
Upper Saddle River, NJ

It started with just two beautiful geese in a picturesque setting. How wonderfully natural! But when the population grew from two, to nine, to thirty two, things began to get ugly. Or at least until AwayWithGeese was able to gently encourage the messy birds to make their home elsewhere...

"We have a one acre community pond surrounded by homes in Millersville, Maryland. A very nice setting. Several years ago a pair of geese nested in the spring. Those two quickly became nine that season and the mess began. This continued every year. Last year I counted 32 geese in our pond, many fighting for the right to establish a nest. They were noisy all day and often at night. They were also making our backyard unusable from all their droppings. We tried some sprays but the geese returned after the first rain. We decided to try your product and to my surprise all of the geese left within two days. There are occasional visits -- about once a month -- but none stay. Thanks for creating such an awesome product. I recommend this for anyone who is experiencing geese problems. Simply put, it just works."

Sincerely,
Tom Hakos
Millersville, MD

With up to 200 geese living on a 3 acre pond, the owners were dealing with quite a mess. But no longer! After trying AwayWIthGeese (which comes with a 90 day money back guarantee), all the geese disappeared in just three days.

"We have a three acre pond that was covered with geese every fall, at dusk. They made a racket and a mess. We decided to give the "Away with Geese" light a try. Why not? It has a 90 day money back guarantee. We put the light in the center of the pond and within 3 nights, the geese were gone. We are very happy with the light. It is safe and environmentally friendly. Best of all, it really does work!"

Kathy Dearborne
Bedminster, PA

A brand new farm pond was over-taken by geese until the owner received help from AwayWithGeese. His golf shoes are our next challenge...
"I ordered my first Away with Geese last year. I was truly amazed how a newly dug 1 acre pond on my farm was transformed into an apparent goose farm seemingly overnight. I was desperate. Within 2 weeks of placing your unit in the center of my pond, the geese were gone.......and haven't yet come back. Revenge is sweet. It worked so well that I am ordering another one for a 2nd pond at my home in NYC . Your new design is great and your product works fantastic. Now all I need to do is convince my local golf course to get a few of these so I can come home with clean shoes."

Bob Verde
Staten Island, NY

Geese overran Northern Kentucky University's new park-like pond setting until they redirected the geese elsewhere...

"The University spent over a million dollars to make our 2 ponds a focal point for the campus, but the project was not complete until AwayWithGeese.com took care of our geese problem."
Paul Frazier
Superintendent, Grounds & Transportation
Northern Kentucky University

Linda D'Agostino joined with her neighbors and eliminated geese from their community pond and backyards...

"We live in a beautiful neighborhood of 20 homes that surround a large pond. Last year, our pond was over-taken by 30 geese. The mess was terrible! We couldn’t use our back yards or even let our pets out. Our front yards, driveways and sidewalks were covered with goose droppings which we had to hose-off each day. The geese were a nightmare!

After seeing your web site, I got a few of my neighbors to pitch-in to buy an AwayWithGeese device. A few days after we put it in the pond, we had no geese! Occasionally we’ll see some visiting geese, but they always leave by the next day. It works just like your company claims it does. We could not be happier! Thank you!"

Hal Parr, CGCS at Traditions Golf Course in Burlington, KY, eliminated the goose problem overnight on one of the club’s lakes...

"Year after year our lakes are a haven for geese. Since we installed our first AwayWithGeese unit on one of our lakes, the geese have left that lake area. As a result, we have ordered more units to place on our other lakes. We continue to be amazed and pleased with the result."

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Lake community chases away their geese in Park Ridge, IL

The AwayWithGeese lights are working quite well around our lake. We do get a few geese visiting through the summer during the day. But they do not stay overnight and usually don't stay all day long. We are very pleased with the results from using your lights.

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Park Lake Association
Park Ridge, IL

Frequently Asked Questions
Is the light that Away With Geese emits annoying to people too?
The answer to this is a simple ‘no’. The light emits about as much light as a 100-watt bulb. This is hardly noticeable to people at any time, especially during the day. However, it is extremely unnerving to geese, as the geese are very critical about their nesting areas and choose to not reside by a consistent annoyance. Otherwise, the device is hardly noticeable to people at all; the base and housing are simple, black, and blend in very well in the natural environment.
Will the Away With Geese product work year-round?
The product will provide continuous service year-round. The materials that we use in the construction of the product will hold up well against ice and snow, so you can keep the product outside in your pond or in your yard year round. The light automatically recharges itself in sunlight and will keep its charge for up to 6 days without sunlight.

What if I have geese at my pond that have recently had goslings? Will the mother and goslings be deterred?
Mother geese will not forsake their goslings under any circumstances. However, after thirteen to fourteen weeks the goslings are weaned of their mother and capable of flight. At this point, Away With Geese will deter both the mother and the developed goslings.

Do I need to bring my Away With Geese in for the winter season?
No. You may keep the product in the pond even when it freezes over. Away With Geese can be removed, however, in northern regions as geese in these areas migrate to the south. Away With Geese should be returned to the water in the early spring to continue protecting the water.

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Three acres are well covered with one light. When you have a par five at 580 yards with a pond/lake running all along one side you will need two lights. The first one should be placed ¼ of the way and the second at the ¾ mark of the water. This will give some over lapping but total coverage.
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How Do I Identify Eurasian Milfoil? What is it?

2010-05-12T21:19:00.000-05:00

How Do I Identify Eurasian Milfoil? What is it?
By lake weeders digest
Eurasian Water Milfoil is a lovely-looking aquatic plant with feathery underwater foliage and above-surface flowers. Slender Milfoil stems beneath the water’s surface are whorled with feathery, thread-like leaves. The milfoil flowers that are produced above the water’s surface are tiny, located in the floral bract axils, and may be four-petaled or without petals. The fruits that this milfoil produces are four-jointed and resemble nuts.
There is a type of non-native milfoil in the United States and Canada today that first began arriving in North America as early as the 1890s and was definitely taking hold by the 1940s. One of the main reasons this non-native milfoil got imported was via its commercial use in aquariums because it is so nice-looking. It’s important to understand that such non-North American milfoil exists because, without benefit of seeing its unique flowers and fruits, it is virtually indistinguishable from native milfoil, even to the well-trained eye, although the non-native milfoil can sometimes be distinguished by the additional fact that it has from nine to 21 pairs of leaflets per leaf, while that native to North America has from seven to 11 pairs of leaflets.
Today, this non-native milfoil, which is sometimes referred to as “spiked milfoil”, is found in many lakes, streams, rivers, and ponds throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and even in the more southerly states of Virginia and Tennessee. It is also found throughout Canada with probably the heaviest concentrations in central British Columbia.
The great problems caused by this spiked milfoil is that, as an adaptation to the fact that its seeds germinate poorly under natural conditions, it mainly propagates vegetatively via fragmentation, so that it can be dispersed throughout long distances. After fruiting in the Summer and producing fragmented shoots, the milfoil is easily dispersed downstream by water currents, boaters, motors, bilges, bait buckets, trailers, and live wells, or bait buckets. As long as it is kept moist it will stay alive for weeks. It is a highly opportunistic species that is very well adapted to rapid growth in cold early Spring water bodies in Northern climes.
After establishing itself, milfoil will reproduce via shoot fragments and stolons, which are runners creeping along a water body’s bed. These stolons as well as the plant’s lower stems roots persist through the Winter months while storing up the carbohydrates that help the plant to take control of the water column early in the Spring, photosynthesize, and divide, Spiked milfoil them forms a dense leaf canopy, shading out the native aquatic plants, and often resulting in the milfoil creating its own monotypic stands. These stands allow for only a single habitat, thus threatening the integrity of the native aquatic environments. These threats include the fact that dense stands of spiked milfoil disrupt predator-prey relationships as the larger fish are prevented from navigating the waters and the fact that with less diversity of nutrient-rich native flora species there is less food available for waterfowl.
In time, there can also be algal blooms that “pollute” the waters, and recreational uses of the waters by humans are also disrupted by the thick monotypic stands of the spiked milfoil. Steps need to be and in many areas are being taken to reduce or eliminate spiked milfoil from North American fresh waters.

This article is written By Bruce Wahlstrom © copyright 2010 All rights reserved

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RESEARCHERS TRACK LAKE CLARITY FROM SPACE

2006-04-01T00:34:00.000-06:00

MADISON Wisconsin ? Assisted by hundreds of volunteers around the state, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their cooperators have developed a method of assessing the water quality of Wisconsin?s lakes from space.

Using images captured 438 miles above the earth, they have completed the first satellite-based inventory of the clarity of the largest 8,000 lakes in the state. The inventory is available to the public in map form on the Web, where it is possible to zoom in for a close look at your favorite lake or group of lakes.

"We are pleased to help usher in the Year of Water in Wisconsin with a new tool to aid in monitoring lake water quality statewide," says Thomas Lillesand, who led the effort as director of UW-Madison?s Environmental Remote Sensing Center.

"Our research aims to integrate satellite data into the state?s day-to-day lake management programs. This won?t eliminate the need for conventional water quality monitoring, but it will greatly increase the benefits of ground-based sampling."

The statewide effort is part of a multifaceted research project funded by NASA called the Satellite Lake Observatory Initiative. The UW-Madison Center for Limnology, Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Inc., and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have all cooperated to provide "ground truth" water quality data necessary to calibrate the satellite images.

As part of the DNR?s Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitoring Program, volunteers across Wisconsin routinely measure the clarity of their local lakes with simple tools called secchi discs, which look like oversized CDs with a bold black-and-white pattern on top. A metal secchi disc is lowered on a tether into the water until it is just deep enough to disappear from sight. At that point the user records the depth. The clarity of water often is expressed in terms of secchi depths.

To aid in the satellite inventory, Self-Help volunteers took secchi readings on lakes for the past three years while the Landsat satellite passed overhead, gathering its own electronic images of these and other lakes. Back at UW-Madison, researchers correlated the conventional water-clarity data with the corresponding Landsat data. Lillesand says in this way, secchi readings from fewer than 400 lakes made it possible to estimate the clarity of all other lakes in the satellite?s images without sampling each of them by hand.

Landsat uses picture elements, or pixels, that are 98 feet square at ground level. It takes approximately 160 million of these pixels to cover the entire state. Because of its relatively narrow field of view, Landsat captures images of any given geographic area only once every 16 days.

Lillesand says a new imaging system aboard the Terra and Aqua satellites, called MODIS, has a much wider field of view and can provide coverage nearly every day. Although MODIS data are "coarser," revealing far less detail than Landsat?s, their broad coverage area and frequency permit scientists to monitor the clarity of large water bodies like Lake Winnebago and Green Bay daily except when clouds obscure them.

The new statewide water clarity map and daily MODIS images of Wisconsin are both viewable on the Web at www.ersc.wisc.edu.

The UW-Madison researchers also are working with their counterparts at the University of Minnesota and Michigan State University to develop a three-state regional picture of lake water clarity.

"Demonstrating that lake clarity can be estimated over very large areas via satellite data at this level of detail is just the beginning of our research," says Lillesand. "We want to be able to answer such questions as how lake clarity has changed over time, where lake management activities might be most useful, and which lakes will be most subject to change in the future due to such factors as changes in land use and climate."

To see the images: http://www.lakesat.org/lakes_from_space_graphics.php

Shoreline Maint Begins in the fall

2005-11-25T08:50:00.000-06:00

Love them, don't leaf them
Help lakes by keeping fall foliage out of gutters
By Bill Novak
October 13, 2005

This time of year, Madison lakes have a message for trees: "Don't Leaf Me!"

Leaves and grass clippings, while as natural as nature can get, unfortunately contribute to the "green" problem in Madison's big lakes by floating down storm sewers and decomposing in the water, adding tons of nutrients to the murky soup that is already scumming up the waters.

Local environmental groups are urging homeowners to give some leaf relief to the lakes this fall in the second annual "Love Your Lakes, Don't Leaf Them" campaign.

Sixteen billboards went up this week around Madison, urging residents to keep leaves and clippings out of the gutter so they don't wash into sewers and eventually into streams and lakes.

"Many people don't understand how leaves contribute to the pollution of our lakes," said Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk. "I'm happy to see this effort to help raise awareness that whatever is in the street ends up in our lakes and streams, including leaves."

Yard signs and brochures promoting the leafless lakes are also being distributed throughout the city and county.

"Our mantra is, 'In Dane, only the rain goes down the drain,' " said Marcia Hartwig, storm water education coordinator for the Madison Area Municipal Storm Water Partnership. "We encourage folks to keep leaves and grass clippings out of lakes and streams by keeping them out of the street gutters and ditches."

The campaign is a joint effort of the Friends of Lake Wingra, Friends of Monona Bay, Friends of Starkweather Creek, Madison Advertising Federation, city of Madison and the Storm Water Partnership.

Not all leaves can be kept out of the lakes, but the campaign has some suggestions to keep as many leaves out of the flow as possible:

? Compost leaves for a nutrient-rich fertilizer for your gardens, or till them directly into the garden.

? Chop leaves into small particles with a lawnmower so they decompose directly into the lawn.

? Rake leaves into piles at the edge of the street but not into the street or ditch. Sweep or rake leaves out of the street, gutter or ditch so they don't wash down into the storm drain. When piled on the terrace (that area between the curb and sidewalk), leaves should be wet down so they don't blow around, or cover the pile with a tarp, or bag them into lawn cleanup bags.

"Improving leaf management to keep leaves from yards out of the street is a small but simple action that residents can take to help improve the health of Starkweather Creek, Lake Monona and all the other lakes and streams in Madison," said Laura Hewitt, Friends of Starkweather Creek member.

E-mail: bnovak@madison.com

Why You Need A Lake or Pond Management Plan

2005-04-22T09:45:00.000-05:00

Water? Lakes? Fishing? Swimming? Canoeing? Cabins?. These words bring to mind the fundamental Minnesota experience. We take the abundance and diversity of our lakes, rivers and wetlands for granted- and with good reason: Minnesota has more than 15,000 lakes that are 10 acres or larger. More than 5,000, covering more than three million acres, are actively managed for their fisheries. Many others are uesed for boating, water skiing, hunting and swimming, and just plain appreciated for their beauty.

We are blessed with these lakes but these LAKES CANNOT MANAGE THEMSELVES!

In order to maintain these beneficial uses, lakes need help. With the ever increasing use and growing populations residing near and along waterways, lakes can suffer from small and large cumulative impacts and cannot manage themselves. We affect our lake by our actions with in the lake, along its shore lands and well up into the lakes watershed or drainage basin. Even distant acres can be connected to the lake by the downstream flow of water which, in turn, carry pollutants, sediments and nutrients overtime. We wall are a part of the problem, but we all can d do something no matter how apparently insignificantly such as raking and removing the weeds, leaves and debris from the lake bottom near our shoreline, removing grass clippings from our driveway and reducing the amount of salt we use on our driveways and surrounding streetways.

Ultimately, our lakes require systematically and purposeful management with long term management that overtime will improve the lake balance.

We encourage you to get as much expert advice as possible and choose reputable partners. We can provide a list of several excellent firms in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Water Clarity Determines Property Value

2005-03-18T08:19:00.000-06:00

Bemidji State University study reveals water clarity is most important factor in determining lakeshore property values

By VINCE MEYER Outdoors Editor Among the many factors affecting lakeshore property values, water clarity is the most important, according to a study by two Bemidji State University professors. Prof. Patrick Welle and Prof. Charles Parson examined 1,205 properties sold between 1996 and 2001 on 37 lakes in six regions in northern Minnesota: Aitkin, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, Walker, Park Rapids and Bemidji. They found water clarity was the most significant factor in determining the purchase price in every region. The professors revealed their findings Thursday at the Brainerd office of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
"Now realtors can talk of location, location, location and clarity, clarity, clarity," Welle said. The study, funded by a $100,000 grant from the Legislative Commission for Minnesota Resources, was modeled after a similar study in Maine in 1996-2000. That study, conducted on 36 lakes in seven regions, found that improving water clarity significantly increases lakeshore property values. A drop in water clarity had a corresponding negative effect. Find the complete report at the Weeders Digest.com or simply click here:. Read The Full Report!

GO WILD!

2005-03-03T08:43:00.000-06:00

Interested in restoring your shore? Here are a few tips on getting started:

? If you're not sure how to start or don't have much of a budget, just stop mowing along the shoreline and see what comes up, said Carrol Henderson, nongame wildlife program supervisor for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Plants that grow naturally on your shore won't need fertilizer to thrive and you might have some pleasant surprises. One Brainerd-area lakeshore owner discovered wild orchids, Henderson said.

If your shore is covered with dense sod, you're less likely to see interesting plants appear, said Carolyn Dindorf, a Twin Cities limnologist (lake expert) with Fortin Consulting and co-author, with Henderson, of "Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality."But up north sometimes you get good stuff, like sedges."

? How much shoreline should be left natural? The DNR recommends that about three-quarters of your lake frontage, ideally, should have a buffer zone, about 25 feet deep, of native plants, with about one-quarter left open or lawn-covered for easy lake access.

? Tell your neighbors what you're doing and why, so that they'll understand when your new landscape is in its early stages and won't just think you're letting things go.

? Consult "Restore Your Shore," a CD-ROM guide produced by the DNR. It includes tips for getting started, plus a searchable database of more than 400 plants native to Minnesota, including what plants to avoid and how to control them. "Restore Your Shore" is available for $29.95 at Minnesota's Bookstore, 660 Olive St., St. Paul, 651-297-3000. ALSO AVAILABLE @ Lakes & Ponds Unlimited by scrolling down the right side of the page.

Kim Palmer, Star Tribune
August 18, 2004 LBOX0818

Curlyleaf Pondweed: Another Exotic Aquatic Plant in Minnesota

2005-02-23T06:55:00.000-06:00

Source: MN Lakes
Eurasian watermilfoil made quite a splash in 1988 when it showed up for the first time in Minnesota in Lake Minnetonka. But another exotic plant invader in Minnesota beats milfoil by a mile-curlyleaf pondweed. It has been in Minnesota since the early 1900s, and it is documented to be present in over 500 lakes today. It does not cause problems in every lake it inhabits, but it can be a nuisance in lakes where it does well.

It has an alternative lifestyle
Curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) has several life cycle attributes that make it unique. Curlyleaf acts like a winter annual, although it is supposed to be a perennial. Nearly all other aquatic plants are perennials. Curlyleaf 's winter and spring growth spurt is one of its keys to success because there is very little competition from native plants at this time of the year.

Curlyleaf turions

In a typical year, curlyleaf pondweed sprouts from seed-like growths, called turions, in September through October. It will grow for a month or two until ice cover. Then growth slows down; the plant is just rest-ing. As soon as the ice goes off, curlyleaf growth explodes, and it can reach the lake's surface by mid-May. Typically, it's the first plant to make it to the lake surface and is the early summer nuisance on many lakes. After growing up, curlyleaf starts producing turions. Then, in late May or early June, a flower stalk grows above the water line signaling the end of its spring growth. After that point, the whole crop dies back and is often gone by mid-June. The turions lie on the lake bottom and the cycle starts again in September, when the turions sprout.

Why control is important
Curlyleaf pondweed has two ways to make conditions unpleasant in a lake. First, it can grow very dense, and when it reaches the surface, it creates a block of vegetation that is difficult for fish to swim through and boats to motor through. Stem densities have been recorded at up to 2,000 stems per square yard, making it a denser growing plant than Eurasian watermilfoil and nearly all other native plants.

The second unpleasant aspect of curlyleaf is the timing of its die-off. Native aquatic plants live through the growing season and die back in late summer and early fall when temperatures are cooler and the days are shorter. Nutrients from fall plants dying back go into bacterial growth rather than algae growth. However, curlyleaf has the peculiar distinction of dying back in early summer at the same time the algae population is growing rapidly and can readily take up the nutrients coming from the decomposing plants. Thus, the curlyleaf decomposition contributes to algae blooms.

If curlyleaf growth can be reduced, native plants should do better with less competition from curlyleaf, and recreational and ecological aspects of lake use will be enhanced.

There's hope: curlyleaf experiences from other lakes
Because of curlyleaf 's unique life cycle, harvesting and cutting approaches have to be implemented in late spring or early summer to get long-term curlyleaf control. Likewise, if herbicides are used, they have to be used early enough to kill the plant before turions are produced. Sometimes label restrictions prohibit early season herbicide use because water temperatures are too cold. Currently, herbicides have not been very effective, but this is an area of research.

About the author: Steve McComas, owner of Blue Water Science in St. Paul (651-690-9602), is an aquatic scientist, specializing in lake and watershed management. He is author of the book, Lake Smarts:The First Lake Maintenance Handbook, a do-it-yourself guide to solving lake problems that was developed in cooperation with the U.S. EPA's Clean Lakes Program. The 228-page book is available for $21.95 (includes shipping) from the Terrene Institute, 202-833-8317.

How curlyleaf pondweed control can reduce algae growth:

Work done by Blue Water Science, St. Paul, has found that there is 5.5 pounds of phosphorus in the plant tissue per acre of curlyleaf pondweed. The nearly 300 acres of curlyleaf pondweed in Bald Eagle Lake represent over 1,600 pounds of phosphorus that is released into Bald Eagle Lake when the curlyleaf plant dies back in mid-summer.

Sustainable Lakes Workbook now available

2005-02-20T10:36:00.000-06:00

The Sustainable Lakes Workbook contains a detailed description of a model process for lake management planning developed from the experiences of five pilot lakes in Minnesota. It was a two year project of the Minnesota Lakes Association in conjunction with the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

The 150-page workbook includes instructions on conducting a lakeshore property owners survey, color watershed maps, pilot lake management plans, a Data Assessment Manual, and a series of articles on land-use impacts to water quality. It is also available in hard copy for $25 (including shipping) from the MLA office at lakes@mnlakes.org or call 800-515-5253. It is also available in pdf format.

For questions about the report, contact George Orning, Sustainable Lakes Project Director at (612) 625-0081 or ornin002@tc.umn.edu, or Paula West, MLA Excutive Director, at pwest@mnlakes.org or 218-824-5565.

The workbook is posted in PDF format which requires Adobe Reader to read. The software is easy to install and use.

UW Publishes "Life on the Edge" for Lakeshore Living

2005-02-15T21:38:00.000-06:00

Life on the Edge . . .
Owning Waterfront Property
Published by the University of Wisconsin Extension, Life on the Edge... Owning Waterfront Property is a refreshingly practical and easily understood publication about what local homeowners can do to protect and enhance their lakes. The 22 chapters give an overview of various topics such as living with wildlife, shore savers, or plant control. At the end of each chapter you will find references for further reading.
You may order and pay over the phone with your Credit Card.
Call (715) 346-2116

Invasive Lake Weeds Schedule A Comeback!

2005-02-14T08:31:00.000-06:00

With an overabundance of nutrients and sediments entering lakes, weed growth continues to mature at an incredible pace. Invasive species, zebra mussels and a host of other factors negatively impact our local and national lakes waters.

Chemical dumping has been considered the norm for treatment and control but we must also consider the impact of chemicals on our natural resource. Alternative methods of localized control do exist for the benefit of the lakeshore owner or the lake manager.

Now a new website has been lunched providing education, forums and non-chemical methods for controlling weeds in you beach area.
visit: http://www.WeedersDigest.com

Shoreland Education Workshops Offered Statewide

2005-01-13T23:37:00.000-06:00

University of Minnesota Extension Service Shoreland Education Program

Sixteen shoreland education workshops are being offered statewide. Presented by the University of Minnesota Extension Service Shoreland Education Program, the series includes workshops focusing on shoreline revegetation and maintenance, aquatic and wetland plant identification, basics on shoreland management, and curly leaf pondweed control. The curly leaf pondweed workshops are co-sponsored by the Minnesota Lakes Association and the Initiative Foundation.For more details, including workshop dates and locations, registration forms and fees, and online registration options, visit: www.extension.umn.edu/water/shore/workshops.htmIn the three-day Shoreline Revegetation workshops, you will learn how natural shorelines can reduce runoff and erosion, filter nutrients, improve wildlife habitat, and protect your privacy and property values. In addition, you will learn design techniques, plan a revegetation project, and participate in a hands-on planting project. The one-day Shoreland Revegetation workshop is a basic introduction. There will be two workshops focused on Maintenance for Shoreland Revegetation projects â€“ at these workshops you will learn how to ensure that your investment survives and thrives.The Wetland and Aquatic Plant Identification workshops will help you understand the value of shoreland plants, identify common native and exotic plants, and acquire skills to use in lake mapping and developing lake management plans.Two Shoreland Volunteer workshops will train interested lake and river leaders and property owners in basic aquatic ecology, limnology, watershed concepts, aquatic plant management, shoreline management, and communication tips.Curly leaf pondweed workshops will describe the unique life history of curly leaf pondweed and the challenges involved in attempting to control this invasive exotic plant. You'll learn about options for management and the permitting process, and have a chance to talk with other shoreland owners about their experiences with curly leaf.These workshops will be valuable for property owners, lake association leaders, Master Gardeners, nursery professionals, naturalists, educators, local units of government, and elected officials. The Extension Shoreland Education Program is supported by the University of Minnesota Extension Service, Water Resources Center, and Minnesota Sea Grant Program.

N.H. Plans Attack on Milfoil in Lake

2004-12-13T23:41:00.000-06:00

N.H. plans attack on milfoil in lake
BARNSTEAD, N.H. (AP) -- Officials have organized an aggressive plan of attack to rid a New Hampshire lake of the invasive weed milfoil.A similar plan has been tried to eradicate hydrilla at Pickerel Pond in Limerick, Maine; in New Hampshire, officials will use a herbicide and then pull remaining milfoil weeds by hand at Lower Suncook Lake in Barnstead.If the plan works, it could become a model for dealing with milfoil. The weed already has invaded 56 of the state's 900 lakes and ponds since it first hit New Hampshire more than 40 years ago.In Maine, the state has stepped up enforcement to protect the state's lakes and ponds from milfoil. The invasive plant has been found in several lakes and ponds, but the state has avoided an infestation.

Certified Lake Manager Program Offered By NASML

2004-11-13T23:43:00.000-06:00

Certified Lake Manager Program Offered By NASML
The North American Lake Management Society has established a Certified Lake Manager (CLM)/ Certified Lake Professional (CLP) program to identify individuals who have exceptional training and experience in lake management, thereby establishing themselves as valuable participants in the mission of NALMS.A lake manager/ professional is a person who is directly involved in the comprehensive management of a pond, lake, reservoir or other bodies of water and its watershed and makes decisions which affect the quality and uses of the body of water. This person will be primarily responsible for implementing appropriate measures and/or for making recommendations to the governing management body.A CLM/ CLP is an individual who has satisfied the NALMS requirements intended to properly prepare that person to perform the above duties with maximum competence. CLMs/ CLPs establish themselves as both knowledgeable and experienced professionals by meeting the requirements.For additional information on the CLM/ CLP program and the opportunities it holds for you, contact:Ken Wagner- ChairE-mail: kwagner@ensr.com-or-Dennis Bokemeier- Co-Chairbokemeier@hotmail.com

Backyard Ponds Create Tranquil Setting For Homeowner

2004-10-13T23:44:00.000-05:00

Backyard ponds create tranquil setting for homeowners
By MICHELLE BYOM/Lee NewspapersHomeowners searching for peace and a glimpse of nature might look right outside their windows. Backyard ponds, decorated with waterfalls, rocks, plants and brightly colored fish are gaining popularity in the Coulee Region. "A lot of people are staying home more," said Jason Olson, owner of From the Ground Up, a landscaping and pond design and installation business in Mindoro, Wis. "People are creating their own paradise right in their backyards."Olson and other professional landscaping companies offering pond kits and installation service often sell and install the Aquascape Designs Ecosystem; a model that he said requires a minimal amount of homeowner maintenance.
The pond is formed with a tub-like liner that comes in customized shapes and sizes. The liner is placed into the ground. A skimmer box draws the water in, catches debris and then the water is pumped back out, flowing through a filter. Gravel and rocks cover the pond floor. Lava rock, Olson said, is used because it encourages the growth of bacteria. Bacteria are needed to clean out impurities in the pond system. Read More!