Two New Ponds
11/08/08
A week
after installing the new Boardwalk, we have two
ponds. On is still dry and the other is
already wet. Art Kitchen, with the US Fish
and Wildlife Service, is working with us on a
grant that he wrote for us. He had a contractor
come out last week and they cleared and scraped
the area east of the viewing tower. This
area hopefully will fill in with water with the
spring rains and snow melt. Last year there
was a beautiful pond there complete with wood
ducks. However, a six inch tile that we
discovered emptied it as the south prairie dried
up in late June.
Another part of the grant was to push in the berm by the north wetland that had been dug as part of the tile work, perhaps 75 years ago. While working in this area they went a bit further and pushed over all the buckthorn and we ended up with a beautiful wet pond. As these areas fill and we find where the water is going to collect and run, we will install boardwalk sections in this area.
Please come out as you can to assist with the work and keep telling your friends about participating financially as we will have lots of chains to buy and keep sharp as well as gas to buy for the chain saws.
View photos of the pond work.
Another part of the grant was to push in the berm by the north wetland that had been dug as part of the tile work, perhaps 75 years ago. While working in this area they went a bit further and pushed over all the buckthorn and we ended up with a beautiful wet pond. As these areas fill and we find where the water is going to collect and run, we will install boardwalk sections in this area.
Please come out as you can to assist with the work and keep telling your friends about participating financially as we will have lots of chains to buy and keep sharp as well as gas to buy for the chain saws.
View photos of the pond work.