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Indiana State Parks: A Guide to Hoosier Parks, Reservoirs and Recreation Areas for Campers, Hikers, Anglers, Boaters, Hunters, Nature Lovers, Skiers and Family Vacationers. United States: Glovebox Guidebooks of America, 1995.
The surface of beaver ponds is typically at or near bank-full, so even small increases in stream flows cause the pond to overflow its banks. Thus, high stream flows spread water and nutrients beyond the stream banks to wide riparian zones when beaver dams are present. Finally, beaver ponds may serve as critical firebreaks in fire-prone areas. [59]
The following is a list of fish and wildlife areas in the state of Indiana. [1] Name County Atterbury FWA: Johnson: ... Goose Pond FWA: Daviess: Hillenbrand FWA ...
The Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area occupies a reclaimed area. Much of it was, in former times, the Paul Thompson wetland cattle ranch; parts of the area were surface-mined for coal. Since 2005, the parcel has been under the jurisdiction of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, with 7,200 acres enrolled in the Wetland Reserve Program. [3]
Beaver create wetlands which remove sediment and pathogens and increase trout and salmon abundance as their ponds make ideal fish-rearing habitat. Research in the western United States, found that extensive loss of beaver ponds resulted in an 89% reduction in coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) smolt summer production and an almost equally ...
(Photo credit: Plainfield Fire Territory/Facebook) Two people were rescued from a precarious situation after their pickup truck skidded off an icy road and plunged into a retention pond in Indiana ...
Beaver create wetlands which remove sediment and pathogens and increase trout and salmon abundance as their ponds make ideal fish-rearing habitat. Research in the western United States, found that extensive loss of beaver ponds resulted in an 89% reduction in coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) smolt summer production and an almost equally ...
The name "Beaver Lake" was first recorded by U.S. surveyors in 1834, who deemed it and the surrounding area "of little value." Due to the Swamp Land Act of 1850, Indiana received 1,265,000 acres of wetlands, but only about 9,000 acres near Beaver Lake, consisting mostly of its surrounding marshland. [2]