In rural Kansas, the farm pond is a central part of family life. Aside from providing a water source for range cattle and other livestock, some ponds provide recreation for family members, including ...

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Native aquatic plants improve the health of your pond’s ecosystem and promote biodiversity in your yard. This article will familiarize you with some native plants that thrive in an installed setting: ...

If you have a pond in your garden you’ll want to maintain it and protect it over winter. If you have fish and plants in it, you’ll have to take some action to protect them during cold spells. Here’s ...

Hood Pond is a treasure, straddling the Ipswich-Topsfield line within the Willowdale State Forest. But Hood Pond will be gone soon — unless those who love it join in the fight to save it. Invasive ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is surveying the state’s lakes, ponds, and rivers this summer as part of an annual monitoring program to identify invasive aquatic species.

Indian water lotuses, also known as sacred lotuses, are in Flint Pond, just south of Route 20 in Shrewsbury. They look like lily pads, but much bigger because they can grow several feet wide. The ones ...

The other week, someone here in town brought by a big plastic bag with all sorts of plant matter inside. The plants had all come from a small pond behind his home, here in Columbia, and this fellow ...

This time of year, Lake Waushakum is picturesque. The trees along the 82-acre lake display vibrant autumn colors. The water glistens as the sun slowly sets behind the dozens of homes surrounding the ...