Off the Record: The why behind water feature management

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Off the Record: The why behind water feature management

Mike Kenna, Ph. D. Several years ago, Jim Skorulski, then a USGA Green Section agronomist, wrote a great article on pond management. He noted that healthy ponds are functional, harmonizing with the landscape, while degraded ones suffer from deteriorated banks, algae blooms and invasive weeds. The following summarizes some of Skorulski’s management strategies that require understanding pond ecology, design impacts and specific control measures fo…