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State Specialist
Bryan Swistock

308 Forest Res. Bldg.
Penn State University
brs@psu.edu
814-863-0194

Melanie Barkley
Bedford County
meh7@psu.edu
814-623-4800

Jim Clark
McKean County
jac20@psu.edu
814-887-5613

Tom McCarty
Cumberland County
trm3@psu.edu
717-240-6500


Pond Home Study Course

  Welcome to the Penn State Cooperative Extension Pond Home Study Course! This course is designed for pond owners with ponds larger than one quarter acre in size. Lesson materials are available any time. Simply click on the topic title under each lesson and you will go directly to the material to read. You may read the material on screen or print it out for future reference.
The next course is scheduled to begin on April 9, 2008 and will be limited to 50 participants. Click here for more information about the course. To sign up for the course, complete the registration form and mail to the Penn State Cooperative Extension Office in McKean County. Registration deadline is April 2, 2008.
 
To help you better understand the lesson materials, the Pond Definitions fact sheet will explain some of the terms used in the various fact sheets listed below.
 
Some publications are in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to read and print the publications. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available free of charge from Adobe's website. Click on the icon on the left to get Adobe Acrobate reader.

Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Pond

Lesson 2: Pond Maintenance

 

Lesson 3: Aquatic Plants and Algae

 

Lesson 4: Fisheries

 

Lesson 5: Attracting and Managing Wildlife

 

Lesson 6: Pond Management Studies

 

This publication is available in alternative media on request.

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