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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 we can to Prevent another Algal Bloom A Message from John E. Dowling — OPET President Great Things are Happening [...]
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. Jeffrey Donnelly of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will present a talk titled “Chasing Ancient Hurricanes in Oyster Pond and [...]
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 in the first week of February. Not only was the blockage in the Lagoon stopping the inflow of salt water [...]
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 Wheaton College, studied the algal bloom as her project in the Semester in Environmental Science program at the Marine Biological [...]
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 algal bloom. The cooler and shorter days are also helping. The pond is losing its pea-green color. Photo by [...]
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 is caused by a combination of excess nutrients (phosphorus and nitrogen), sunlight, low-water or low-flow conditions and warm temperatures. Dr. [...]