SOLitude Lake Management’s latest edition of our quarterly educational newsletter is now available online to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge. Learn about effective methods for goose control, how to battle Phragmites, and ways to create excitement through recreational fishing. Meet our new Fisheries Biologist, Jeremy Haley, and learn how you […]

Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Spring 2013 Issue. Learn how to protect your pets from danger, in and around ponds, and tips for mosquito control in the months ahead! Meet our new Fisheries Biologist Aaron Cushing, and read notes from our 2012 Volunteer of the Year, Shannon Junior. See what our experts are saying […]

SOLitude Lake Management produces a quarterly educational newsletter to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge and industry news.Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Winter 2013 Issue. Learn about the importance of fish cover and why you should run your aerator in the winter, and meet our most recent staff addition. […]

By Shannon Junior, Aquatic Ecologist Common Loon nonbreeding plumage Most of us pay close attention to our ponds and lakes during the summer months. Whether we are fishing, boating, or simply walking the dog along the shoreline, it is usually during the warm part of the year that we spend time appreciating our aquatic resources. […]

SOLitude Lake Management produces a quarterly educational newsletter to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge and industry news. Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Fall 2012 Issue. In our fall issue, learn about the importance of winterizing your pond, avoiding a fish kill, and meet our most recent staff addition. Read […]

Written by Gavin Ferris, Ecologist Recently, while surveying some ponds and canals that feed into a tidal inland bay, I noticed some small slender creatures swimming about. They were no more than three inches long, and swam with whip-like bodies that wiggled about as fast as anything I’ve ever seen. They were young eels, probably […]

SOLitude Lake Management produces a quarterly educational newsletter to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge and industry news. Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Summer 2012 Issue. In our summer issue, learn about the importance of having your neighborhood’s stormwater facilities inspected annually, our most recent staff addition, eels, lampreys, and […]

By Industry Expert Gavin Ferris, Ecologist I spent a lot of my childhood near a lake, and there was always a bag or two of stale bread on hand ready to be fed to the mallard ducks that swam expectantly past our dock.  Who hasn’t experienced the pure joy of feeding ducks?  Unfortunately, it turns […]

SOLitude Lake Management produces a quarterly educational newsletter to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge and industry news. Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Spring 2012 Issue. Learn about mosquito control, integrated pest management, our latest hires, and installing a rain garden in our latest issue of Aquatics in Brief. And, […]

SOLitude Lake Management produces a quarterly educational newsletter to provide you with ongoing lake, pond and fisheries management knowledge and industry news. Click to read: Aquatics in Brief – Winter 2012 Issue. In our winter issue, learn about frogs, pond algae management, the NPDES, buffer zones, electrofishing, object permanence, and more in this issue of Aquatics […]