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Question: I have a question about vegetation in ponds. I live in a golfing community that has several ponds in which I fish daily for bass. The largest of these ponds has cattails growing at an ...
Question: What can you tell me about cattails? Are they good or bad? I have some in my pond. Answer: In this case, cattails can be both “good” or “bad” – depending on your point of view. Some people ...
Q Cattails are taking over my pond. Is there a safe, chemical way to kill these things? A Herbicides are an option but only those labeled for control of weeds in wetlands, such as Rodeo. Applied now, ...
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San Rafael pond project targets mosquito breeding

An overabundance of a wetland plant is wreaking havoc at a freshwater marsh pond in northern San Rafael. The dense vegetation in the 20-acre pond managed by the Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District ...