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28-07-2003, 06:22 PM

(ann in houston) wrote:

I do plan to go around with my eyes open for ponds and new pond
construction in my neighbors' yards, but that won't be enough to find
homes for all of them. I know of two neighbors with huge ponds that
are very deep, but they have geese. Do geese eat fish? They have
teeth! Also, I know geese and ducks foul a pond's water pretty badly.

Canada Geese eat grass. The nice suburban office parks with nice mown
grass, and retention ponds look like heaven to them.

Much to the dismay of people trying to walk on sidewalks in the area.

There is a law around here that large building complexes must have
'retention ponds' for runoff to avoid contributing to our local
flooding problem. Many places have turned these into water features
with spray fountains and all. If they don't run off to ditches, would
these large installations be good candidates? I wouldn't just dump
them in. I would go and ask the management. Would the fish starve?

Those ponds must by design drain off to natural rivers, so as to be part
of the flood design, so it is unlikely that they (the local DNR) would
want non-native fish.

Yes, you must ask the owner before considering anything on their
property.