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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. [...]
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) Annual Meeting. Gabrielle Sakolsky, Assistant Superintendent and Entomologist of the Barnstable County Cape Cod Mosquito Control, will talk about the [...]
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 wetlands that are full of water in the spring and dry out over the summer at a talk titled “Vernal [...]