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Des Moines keeps its extra water in this reservoir.
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Des Moines keeps extra fish in here also.
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Rafts and rafts of white water lilies grow in the reservoir.
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Remind you of that famous tree in Carmel? No cables holding this guy
together.
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What pond would be complete without a decorative piece of driftwood?
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Or maybe two pieces?
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underwater forests. It needs rinsed -- a lot.
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Rinsed, it looks pretty good. Maybe an extra (muddy) side job here?
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Baby arrowheads (left) trying to
get a start here. This is the stage to capture them in.
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You'll find native prairie (plumb full of Canadian thistles) in the watershed
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... as well as wetlands resembling our original Iowa.
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Our state flower (poison ivy) grows along all the trails and vines on up the
trees.
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