www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/invasive-plants-in-massachusetts/common-reed-phragmites

www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/reptiles-amphibians/frogs

www.dnr.state.mn.us/minnaqua/speciesprofile/yellowperch.html

www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/plants/carnivorous-plants

https://lakes.grace.edu/native-non-native-invasive-species/

www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=12725

www.mass.gov/doc/lake-quillwort/download

https://owlcation.com/stem/the-common-blue-damselfly

https://loudounwildlife.org/2005/07/widow-skimmer-dragonfly/

www.mass.gov/guides/guide-to-helping-massachusetts-turtles#-non-listed-turtles-

www.mass.gov/doc/alewife/download

https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=685

www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/reptiles-amphibians

www.nps.gov/articles/000/nature-watch-flying-jewels-living-flashes-of-light.htm

www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/insects-arachnids/odonates

https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/belted-kingfisher

https://midmichigannatureandscience.blogspot.com/2013/12/native-species-profile-yellow-water-lily.html

https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/earth-matters/where-are-the-frogs-in-winter/

Additional Manuals and Guides

The Massachusetts Lake and Pond Guide:  www.mass.gov/doc/lakes-ponds-guide-0/download

Surveying a Lake Watershed and Preparing an Action Plan:  www.mass.gov/doc/surveying-a-lake-watershed-and-preparing-an-action-plan-pdf/download

Give Your Lake the Blues!:  www.mass.gov/guides/give-your-lake-the-blues-protecting-your-lake-from-nonpoint-source-pollution

The Massachusetts Buffer Manual:  www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/wv/bufin2.pdf

More than Just a Yard: Ecological Landscaping Tools for Massachusetts Homeowners:  www.mass.gov/doc/more-than-just-a-yard-ecological-landscaping-tools-1/download

A Field Guide to the Animals of Vernal Pools:   www.vernalpool.org/field-guide#:~:text=The%20Field%20Guide%20to%20the,in%20relation%20to%20vernal%20poolswww.mass.gov/guides/masswildlife-publications;   Low-res pdf of booklet:  https://cms1files.revize.com/ware/Field%20Guide.pdf

These two publications:

Critters of Massachusetts (DFW)

Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts

are available for a modest purchase charge at:

www.mass.gov/files/documents/2017/01/qe/order-form-for-dfw-publications.pdf

Alewife: https://cambridgedaymediafiles.s3.amazonaws.com/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/08162215/040922i-Robert-Aguilar-alewives-4.jpg

Yellow Perch: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/65c3f44f93dc929503781a29/66855e5ad4ce24ac654be26b_Yellow-Perch.jpeg

Banded Killifish:  https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/deep/fishing/freshwater/freshwater_fishes/killifishes/38abandedkillifish7cmcompressed.jpg?rev=e082f8f7a85e4928a1da0476298e022b&sc_lang=en&hash=B4AF4DDC3948BC4849C56786DDA6C6CD

Green frog: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b853e0_527748a79b914fa6b9d79649b191f711~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_568,h_412,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/b853e0_527748a79b914fa6b9d79649b191f711~mv2.png

Fowlers Toad and tadpoles: https://srelherp.uga.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2024/01/buffow210.jpg

https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000h.VwBkTcOjc/s/1200/I0000h.VwBkTcOjc.jpg

Painted turtle: https://www.massaudubon.org/var/site/storage/images/media/images/painted-turtles-c-richard-alvarnaz/1509310-1-eng-US/painted-turtles-c-richard-alvarnaz.png

Widow skimmer and nymph:

https://www.massaudubon.org/var/site/storage/images/media/departments/marketing/explore/widow-skimmer-c-ron-verville-750/483543-1-eng-US/widow-skimmer-c-ron-verville-750.jpg

https://bugguide.net/images/cache/XL9/Z5L/XL9Z5LWZKLYH4HAHXHDHMHTHLLGZ7LYH5LBZ9H1ZPHJH8LHRUHZRUH1ZEHVZGLNZ2HBZ7LHR8LAZ5LJHMHDHXHVH.jpg

Common blue damselfly: www.massaudubon.org/var/site/storage/images/media/departments/marketing/explore/bluet-odonate-750/483523-2-eng-US/bluet-odonate-750.jpg

Freshwater mussel: www.mass.gov/info-details/learn-about-freshwater-mussels

Thread-leaved sundew: https://www.massaudubon.org/nature-wildlife/plants/carnivorous-plants

Quillwort: https://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/taxon-images-1000s1000/Isoetaceae/isoetes-lacustris-ha-dcameron-b.jpg

Fragrant water lily: www.florafinder.org/LargePhotos/D7/Nymphaea_odorata-1778FC4017.jpg

Yellow Water Lily: https://midmichigannatureandscience.blogspot.com/2013/12/native-species-profile-yellow-water-lily.html

Phragmites: https://www.massaudubon.org/var/site/storage/images/_aliases/large/9/3/0/4/1614039-1-eng-US/0f2a79962a67-5487068-SMPT.jpg

Belted Kingfisher: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/belted-kingfisher

Snapping Turtle: https://portal.ct.gov/deep/wildlife/fact-sheets/common-snapping-turtle

Duck Pond Photo: Sharon Kreamer