2019 OPET Annual Meeting
Bats: Miraculous Mammals of the Night Did you know that one bat can eat up to 3,000 insects a night – including mosquitoes and crop pests? Come learn about [...]
2018 Newsletter
2018 Newsletter How to Create a Butterfly Friendly Garden: Attracting Butterflies & Bees with Beautiful & Easy-to-Grow Plants - OPET Annual Meeting Thursday August 2nd, 7pm Falmouth’s Plan to [...]
2018 OPET Annual Meeting
“How to Create a Butterfly Friendly Garden: Attracting Butterflies & Bees with Beautiful & Easy-to-Grow Plants” is the featured talk by MaryKay Fox at the Oyster Pond Environmental Trust [...]
OPET Water Sampling Data 2004 – 2017
OPET Data 2017 -2004 2017 Data June 2017 | July 2017 | Aug 2017 2014 & 2015 & 2016 Data Aug 2014 | Nov 2014 | May 2015 | [...]
2017 Newsletter
2017 Newsletter Chasing Ancient Hurricanes in Oyster Pond and Beyond Presented by Dr. Jeffery Donnelly, Senior Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution- OPET Annual Meeting Thursday July 27th Doing all [...]
2017 OPET Annual Meeting
Is a Changing Climate Impacting the Intensity and Frequency of Hurricanes? Find out at the Oyster Pond Environmental Trust (OPET) Annual Meeting on Thursday, July 27th at 7pm. Dr. [...]
750 Cubic Yards Dredged from the Lagoon!
Many thanks go out again to Chuck Martinsen, Deputy Director of the Town of Falmouth Marine and Environmental Services!! He coordinated the huge effort to have the Lagoon dredged [...]
Oyster Pond’s Algal Bloom contained Toxin Producing Algae
OPET’s worries about the health risks of last summer’s algal bloom were confirmed by a student’s research project. Kristy Sullivan, an undergraduate at Kristy Sullivan's Powerpoint presentation [...]
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT!
The water quality of the pond is improving! The nearly 2 inches of rain in mid-September and the opening up of Trunk River helped flush out much of the [...]
CAUTION ENTERING THE WATER
The massive blue-green algal bloom impacting Oyster Pond is not going away despite our initial efforts working with the Town to increase the outflow of Trunk River. The bloom [...]