Fishes of Little Wall Lake, Iowa Prior to Dredging

Authors

Kenneth D. Carlander, Iowa State CollegeFollow
George Sprugel Jr., Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Little Wall Lake, in Hamilton County (R 24W, T 86N, Sec. 9, 10, 15 and 16), is a shallow prairie lake of approximately 273 acres (Iowa State Conservation Commission, 1952, p. 158). The lake has been dry a number of times since the white man came. It is reported to have been dry in 1892, 1904-05, and 1936-41. In 1953 the Iowa State Conservation Commission dredged about 65 acres thereby providing an area of deeper water for recreational purposes. The present paper summarizes the observations which have been made on the fish populations of the lake from the time it filled up after the drought of the late 1930's until the dredging.

Publication Date

1955

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

62

Issue

1

First Page

555

Last Page

566

Copyright

©1955 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Carlander, Kenneth D. and Sprugel, George Jr. (1955) "Fishes of Little Wall Lake, Iowa Prior to Dredging," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 62(1), 555-566.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol62/iss1/70