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 [...]
2016 OPET Annual Meeting
“From A to Zika, Mosquito Control on Cape Cod - What you need to Know” is the title of the featured talk at the Oyster Pond Environmental Trust’s (OPET) [...]
2015 OPET Annual Meeting
Fairy shrimp, wood frogs and spotted salamanders seem like mythical creatures, but these are some of the real animals that depend on vernal pools. Come learn about these ephemeral [...]
Hurricane Sandy and Oyster Pond
We are extremely fortunate that Sandy delivered only a glancing blow to Falmouth and Oyster Pond. Top wind gusts reached about 63 mph. The storm surge was more dramatic. [...]