"Nedra" wrote in message
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Speaking of paperwork ... whilst dreaming dreams of being
a geolgist ... I was working for Dept of Army - paperwork?? OMG

Nedra

My wife is the environmental coordinator for the Kentucky Bureau of Military
Affairs, so I can understand about the paperwork. She complains about it all
the time.

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"George" wrote in message
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"Nedra" wrote in message
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Well.. George, so your a geologist! Exactly what I have wanted
to be all my life. Your post was music to my ears ...

Well, it is certainly not for everyone. I have enjoyed it. It has
allowed me
to see things and go places a lot of people don't get to experience. But
the
work can be rather tedious at times. And the paperwork sucks. But then,
what
paperwork doesn't?

Nedra
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"George" wrote in message
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"steve evans" wrote in message
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Our pond is right at the edge of a 50 acre wetland. There is no
stream
inlet or outlet. When we had the pond dug the excavator said it was
spring fed and you see two areas at the bottom that remained clear
for
years. The pond filled in a couple days and the level varies very
little, even in the dry summer months. We bought the bluegills and
bass
from a fish hatchery and put in no bullheads. And didn't see any for
20
years or more.


Do you live in a karst area (cave country)? You said you have marl at
the
bottom. Is it solid, fractured, or does it have crevaces and/or
possibly
a cave
passage at the bottom? The reason why I asked is that if the opening
is
large
enough, or has enlarged over the last year, your fish may now be
swimming
somewhere else, or else found themselves lost in an underground bedrock
channel,
and couldn't find their way back. In that case, they probably starved.
I
know
this sounds goofy, but I am a geologist and live in Kentucky where we
have
lots
of caves and cave springs. It is not unusual for ponds in certain
areas
of the
state to suddenly loose all of the fish. I actually saw a sinkhole
open
up in
the bottom of a pond once, and drain the entire pond, fish and all, in
about 10
minutes. That obviously didn't happen to you, but if there is a
submerged
passage (the spring water has to be coming from somewhere, possibly the
marsh),
it won't drain the pond, but actually feed water to it, as you've said
that it
does. If there are openings in the bottom large enough for fish to
enter,
they
generally will.