Claim: The great pond Lake Buel, located in Berkshire County in Massachusetts, is home to several species of fishes, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, and zooplankton.
Evidence: Lake Buel is a 196-acre (0.79 km) great pond in Berkshire County, Massachusetts just south of Route 57 and east of Great Barrington. The following charts include species found in wetland, grazed wet meadow, forested wetland and aquatic environments in and around Lake Buel. Fishes Black crappie,
bluegill,
brook trout,
brown bullhead,
brown trout,
chain pickerel,
largemouth bass,
pumpkinseed,
rainbow trout,
rock bass,
white perch,
yellow perch,
white sucker,
minnows,
northern pike (introduced in 1979 ),
bridle shiner,
common shiner,
fallfish,
golden shiner, and
tiger muskies (introduced in 1997). Reptiles Common snapping turtle, wood turtle, spotted turtle, and painted turtle. Amphibians Common mudpuppy, dusky salamander, eastern newt, spring peeper, green frog, bullfrog, and northern leopard frog. Mammal American beaver and muskrat. American mink have not been observed at the lake, but likely use the perimeter and wetlands. Zooplankton Daphnia sp.,
Bosmina sp.,
Diaptomus sp.,
Lyngbya sp., and
Oscillatoria sp.