...just a bump
Thanks for all the feedback and ideas for candidates on our upcoming poll Why do you have a pond? It seems to be simmering down, but we'll let it ride a couple more days to collect any other possible ideas. I'm gonna repeat the current list (no change from the list on the 2nd pg of this thread)
-
Quality private fishery
To enhance land value
Ornamental landscaping
Provide affordable and convenient water frontage real estate
To attract wildlife for hunting
To attract wildlife for viewing and/or preservation
Fish hatchery
Swimming hole
To study aquaculture
To study all of nature and/or biology
To water livestock
To irrigate crops
To provide powered water sports (ie; skiing, jetski)
To provide non-powered water sports (ie; canoeing, rowing)
To provide escape, peace, and relaxation (therapeutic or otherwise)
Reduce local insect population (fish eat bugs)
Erosion control
To create and enjoy the sounds of moving water (ie; waterfall)
A family or personal challenge of actually building it
A family or personal challenge to maintain a complex ecosystem
To provide safe, fresh fish as food
Water source for fire fighting
A fun place to gather with family and friends
Create a legacy to pass on to generations to follow
A place for physical exercise
Create a place to pay homage to the Higher Authority
To transcend generation gaps
A hobby that justifies substantial personal and monetary investment
To provide soil for use elsewhere
Recharge the groundwater
Provide water based utilities to a home
-
I must repeat my appreciation for everybody's participation in creating this list for the vote. Please don't feel "dis'd" if your own specific reason is not a candidate. I need to keep this list of candidates as brief as possible for ease of perusal and selection; your reason should fit somewhere under one of the larger categories. If not, the option of OTHER will be available.
-
ps; Rocky-T; thank you for the input, but I'm gonna ask you to consider Provide water based utilities to a home or OTHER. Gates; good input, but same response. Your #1 is a good one, but I think it is too "all encompassing" and is more of a master category of all the ideas already listed. BTW, good to hear from you!
-
pss; if you are one of our many valued lurkers, chime in; this one if for you. Otherwise, we'll look for you at the voting booth in a few days.