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Speaker: Mike Mounce, IDNR Fish Biologist

Topics will include:

• Fish Management
• Aquatic Plant Control
• Fish Species Identification
• Stocking Recommendations
• Pond Construction
• Pond Maintenance

Bring your questions and a chair! Refreshments will be provided. To RSVP for this FREE event or if you have questions, please call the Coles County SWCD at (217) 345-3901 ext 3 or email info@colescountyswcd.org

Directions from Charleston: Take 4th Street South out of town. It’ll become Lincoln Highway Road. After approximately 8 miles, turn left onto County Road 100N (watch for the sign). Follow this road around the turn, and then take the first left onto County Road 80N (watch for the sign). The pond is all the way at the end of the lane.

Directions from Mattoon: Take Rt 16 East out of town. Turn right onto the Lerna Road (at the stoplight). Continue on this road through all of the curves until you get to the Y with Lincoln Highway Road (up to this point, you’ll have followed the signs for all of the Lincoln Historic Sites). Take the left fork of the Y, and then the first right onto road 100N (watch for the sign). Follow this road around the turn, and then take the first left onto County Road 80N (watch for the sign). The pond is all the way at the end of the lane.

As a cooperator of NRCS, SWCD must provide reasonable accommodation to USDA customers with disabilities, where appropriate. Individuals requiring reasonable accommodations for any NRCS or SWCD programs or services should contact Carzella Pritchett, Illinois NRCS’ Disability Emphasis Program Manager at (217) 353-6651 directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodations will be made on a case-by-case basis. USDA-NRCS/SWCD are an equal opportunity employer and provider.