August 27, 1999
This was our first class trip to the pond after the island had been restored by the City of Pullman.
This is the first
picture we took at the pond. You can see the
new Sunnyside Pond island! It is in the big
pond at the island. There is also a
little pond nearby. You can see the
willow tree on the right end of the island. You can see the
red osier dogwood on the left end of the
island. page
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This is another
picture of the new island! page
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Our class is
looking at the new island. page
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Female mallard
ducks were swimming near the island. page
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There is gravel
at the edge of the big pond. This helps save
the shore from being eroded. They are also
going to put big rocks around the edge of the new island so
its shore won't erode. page
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The ducks were
swimming in the big pond. There were about
40 mallard ducks and they were all females. It was exciting
to see so many ducks. It made us
smile!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!! page
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There is a
waterfall at the edge of the big pond. We had fun
watching the water go down the rocks. page
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This is the pool
of water above the waterfall. Water is pumped
from the little pond to this pool. When the pool
fills with water, the water spills over the
waterfall. When the nib pond
gets full of water, the water goes over a spillway into the
stream and back to the little pond. Then it is pumped
back up to the pool above the waterfall. This is the pond
water cycle. page
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This is the place
where the water spills over the rocks from the
pool, down the
waterfall, and into the big
pond. page
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This is the
spillway where the water from the big pond falls into a
stream that connects to the little pond. page
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This is the
stream that connects the big pond to the little
pond. page
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This is a close
up picture of the stream. You can see water
tumbling over the rocks. page
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This is where the
stream goes into the little pond. The water is
clean and clear. page
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There are clumps
of grass growing in the shallow water of the little
pond. page
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In this picture
there is a turtle swimming under water in the small
pond. We saw the turtle
put its head above the water to get air. Then it went back
under water. page
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We saw a water
strider on top of the small pond. We have never
seen water striders at the pond before! Maybe this water
strider likes the cleaner pond. page
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We saw this sign
at the big pond. We are going to
design signs for the pond that ask people not to put their
pet goldfish or pet turtles in the ponds. This will help
keep the ponds from getting over populated with goldfish and
turtles. page
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There was a city
truck at the pond. It dumped dirt
where the grass needed to be fixed. The grass needed
to be fixed because when they rebuilt the island, they had
big equipment that damaged the grass by the big
pond. page
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A person from the
city was spreading the dirt. Then we will help
the city plant new grass seed. page
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The city trimmed
the willow tree on the island and the willow trees around
the shore of the pond. page
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The class saw a
nest up in the willow tree. We could hear
lots of blackbirds singing in the trees. page
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It was great to
see the new island. It was great to
see the clean water. It was great to
see so many ducks. We think the
ducks have returned because the water is clean and because
they like the new island! THE
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