I read an article a while back that land owners who have water dug outs that want to save wildlife should invest in digging the dugouts deeper because deeper cooler water is not the ideal breeding ground for midges
Do you have a link for that article? I'd be interested in reading it.
By and large, IMHO most of the dugouts in western ND are a piss-poor water source during anything but a wetter than normal year. Water quality becomes a real issue due to evaporative concentration. I'm guessing that most of those dugouts are cost prohibitive in being redesigned or relocated to a site where they would be able to substantially lower water temp by increased depth.
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