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Every spring and fall, the Geauga Soil
and Water Conservation District holds its Tree and Fish sales. The
proceeds from the sales benefit our environmental education
programs which are offered to all residents of Geauga County.
Tree
Sale: April 18 & 19, 2008
The
annual Tree Sale is held in the Spring and offers a wide variety
of tree seedlings, ground covers, bird nesting boxes and
feeders.
We offer these items at a lower cost than most commercial
nurseries and greenhouses. Tree sale orders are picked
up at the Heritage Village building on the Geauga County
Fairgrounds. Click
here to download the 2008 tree sale order form.
Fish
Sale: April 10,
2008
The bi-annual Fish Sales
are held in both Spring and Fall, and offer a wide variety of fish
including Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Sunfish,
Minnows, and White Amurs. When stocking your pond with fish, you
should know both the surface area and the volume of water that
your pond holds. Fish sale orders are picked up on the
mid-way at the Geauga County Fairgrounds. Click
here to download the 2008 fish sale order form.
Calculating Pond Size
 | Determining Surface Acreage of Rectangular Ponds |
The surface acreage equals the
length in feet, times the width in feet, divided by 43,560. You
can usually regard an irregular shaped pond as a rectangle or
square and compute the area from straight boundary lines, which
are about equal to your actual shoreline.
 | If Your Pond is Circular |
Measure the total distance in feet
around the outer edge of your pond. Multiply this number by
itself, and then divide by 547,390. Your answer will equal the
surface area of your pond.
Recommended Stocking Rates per
acre, of fingerling-size fish for new or renovated ponds:
| Bass |
Bluegill
or Sunfish |
Catfish |
Minnows |
| 100 |
400-500 |
100 |
500-1000 |
Stocking White Amur -
White Amur are primarily used for controlling vegetation such as
Milfoil, Marsh Grass, Pondweed, and Naiad.
Stocking Suggestions:
| %
of Vegetative Cover |
#
of Amur per Acre |
| 0-20% |
2 Amur |
| 20-30% |
10 Amur |
| 40-60% |
15 Amur |
| Over 60% |
20 Amur |
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