Urban Water-Quality Management: Wildlife in the Home Pond Garden

Urban ponds and the kinds or wild life they attract, and how to balance them or rid undesired wild life. To deter undesirable wildlife: Increase the lawn/open area and keep the grass mowed short.; Decrease plant diversity – monoculture.; Eliminate brush, leaf, and debris piles.; Eliminate open water.; Build the pond with steep sides; Do not provide feeders or other food sources.; Increase human and dog activity.