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After a five-year sampling cycle was completed, the pond booklet was revised. However, by the time all the public ponds had been sampled, much of the information had become dated. With this latest edition of the pond booklet, publication is online for the first time, and the information gained from each pond surveyed during a calendar year will be revised at the end of that year. This enables information that’s more timely and of greater use to anglers.
Maps
One of the most important aspects of the pond booklet has been the contour maps. Most were originally obtained in the mid-1970s, and later when some of the more recently-acquired ponds were added to the booklet.
Pond maps have not been updated since that time, and undoubtedly, the rapid pace of development in Delaware in recent years has resulted in the need to make changes to the maps.
Plans are underway to remap all the ponds in booklet by 2009, and revised maps will be posted as they become available. In the interim, the original map of each pond has been included with this publication. These maps, while not providing exact depth measurements, will indicate shallows and open water areas that are useful to anglers. |
