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Pond Nets

22 nets total, in ten sets of one to three and a half nets

The Pond Nets take advantage of edges and wet areas associated with the construction at Powdermill of a variety of small marshy ponds, beginning in the early 1960s (Crisp Pond was the first of these, is the largest--about 0.5 hectares--and has the most open water).  The majority of nets in this set are within or in close proximity to wetlands of various kinds.  As a result, dominant shrubs include willows, alders, and silky dogwood, but a variety of invasive upland species also are frequent in this area, including honeysuckle and multiflora rose.  In addition, Pond Nets 13 & 14 and 15-18 extend to the very edge of extensive mature deciduous forest.

	A view of Crisp Pond
	Pond Net 1 This net is directly across  from the Banding Lab and extends to the  bank of Crisp Pond.
	Pond Nets 2 & 3 These nets are set on the dike of Alder Pond.
	Another view of  Pond Nets 2 & 3
	Pond Net 4 Set on the bank between Crisp (at the bottom of the photo) and Alder ponds, this net is open to both sides.
	Another view of Pond Net 4 Looking toward Alder Pond. Pond Net 4 is in a good position  for catching waterbirds, and, consequently, this is the only  net location where we sometimes use a 61mm mesh net.
	Pond Nets 5 & 6
	Pond Net 7  Extends to the southern edge  of Alder Pond.
	Pond Nets 8, 9, & 10 Edge of Plover Pool and an alder-dominated riparian thicket.
	Pond Nets 11 & 12  Set across the bank between  Plover Pool, on the left, and Heron Pond, on the right.
	Pond Nets 13 & 14 Managed forest edge habitat dominated by shrubs like alder and willow, at the far end of Net 14, and grape, multiflora rose, and silky dogwood; invading trees are mostly black locust and ash.
	Pond Nets 15, 16, 17, & 18 Like the previous net set,  this net lane is situated within  an extensively managed  upland forest edge habitat. Net 18, the far net, is  a half-length, i.e., 6-m net.
	Pond Nets 19, 20, 21, & 22 This net lane traverses a willow-dominated  wet shrub-scrub habitat that requires little or  no active management to remove  taller trees and shrubs.  Net 19, the near net, is a  another half-length net.

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