To cultivate the resilience of our coastal pond ecosystems through science, collaboration, and education.
About Us
Established in 1998, Great Pond Foundation leads in estuary science and restoration, using data generated by our programs for informed pond management. Our team builds strong partnerships with neighbors; fostering learning and expertise; and sharing tools and techniques. The coastal ponds of Martha’s Vineyard are globally rare, ecologically fragile, treasures whose preservation and restoration are fundamental to the Island’s long-term sustainability. The Island depends on clean and healthy coastal waters to feed families and support the local economy. These living waters define both the spirit and the character of our community.
Last week we had the opportunity to meet with students from the Charter School to talk about how we measure abiotic🧂🌡️🌊 water quality parameters when we monitor the ponds💧. Students explored our most used field 🛶and lab 🥼 equipment and collected their own data📊! Thank you @mv_public_charter_school for joining us and sharing your curiosity and enthusiasm‼️
#science #learning #greatpondfoundation #students #waterquality #charter #school #explore #equipement #secchi #fish #fun #outside #sunny #vandornsampler #ysi #lab
THAT’S A WRAP✅!
Our last sampling run on Edgartown Great Pond 💧marks the end of another great field season. Stay tuned for off-season updates and winter ❄️ logger deployments!
#greatpondfoundation #fieldseason #end #winter #ponds #edgartowngreatpond #science #monitoring #loggers #fall #leaves #red #winter #deployments #boat #water #peaceful #pond #team
Nutrient day always brings smiles😁!
This week the team sampled 📍Edgartown Great Pond and 📍Chilmark Pond for our regular water quality monitoring and our once a month nutrient samples💧. This run marked our last nutrient run for the field season, it’s a bittersweet feeling. We bring the nutrient samples over the @mblwoodshole for filtering and processing to find out the NITROGEN & PHOSPHORUS concentrations in the ponds.
✴️Nutrient data results get back to us later in the off-season, we will keep you updated 😉
Cheers to the last nutrient day of the 2025 field season👏!
#greatpondfoundation #edgartowngreatpond #chilmarkpond #nutrients #feild #boat #row #science #lab #water #happy #smile #fun #outdoors #team
‼️THIS WEEK ON THE PONDS‼️
Another science packed week for the GPF team 💪We sampled 5️⃣ ponds….
➡️Edgartown Great Pond
➡️Chilmark Pond
➡️Crackatuxet
➡️Tisbury Great Pond
➡️Watcha Pond
⭐️We also did some much needed logger maintenance 🧼on the Chilmark Pond bottom feeders and elevation 📈logger.
✴️Next week we will be diving into nutrient sampling, let’s hope for a day of good weather 🤞
#waterquality #sampling #sunny #pond #water #kayak #sky #data #filtering #processing #nitrogen #phosphorus #boat #September #fall #fieldseason #loggers #elevation #conductivity #DO #nutrients #weather #busy #coastalponds#greatponds #greatpondfoundation #science #team #work
Summer ☀️flew by! Here is a breakdown of our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ summer field season, including stats from MAY (5/14) to SEPTEMBER (9/22).
⭐️Don’t worry 😉 our science team is still out sampling on the ponds 💧 weekly! The field season will end in late October.
#summer #fieldseason #stats #ponds #waterquality #samples #recap #2025 #fall #october #busy #nutrients #marthasvineyard #map #greatpondfoundation
Fall Newsletter 🍂🍁🌰: EGP Summer Summary🌊, Plant Sampling 🌱 and 2024 Pond Reports✍️Summer field season recap, learn more about plant sampling and dive into our 2024 reports! Link in bio☝️
#fall #ponds #plants #reports #nitrogen #data #stats #newsletter #fieldseason #recap #marthasvineyard #greatpondfoundation
Last week our team installed a digital rain 🌧️ gauge near Jobs Neck Cove on Edgartown Great Pond. This is our second rain gauge on the Island. Our first, joined with @chilmarkpondfoundation was installed in 2023 along the eastern shoreline of Chilmark Pond.
➡️These digital rain ☔️ gauges record rain accumulation per hour⏳in 1/100th inch intervals. This provides us with precipitation accumulation, rate of accumulation, and a timeline of precipitation events.
👉This data will help us better understand the impact of rain 💧and groundwater influx patterns in the Edgartown Great Pond ecosystem.
⭐️Thank you to the landowner who allowed us to install this device on their property!
#data #logger #raingauge #device #rain #accumulation #edgatowngreatpond #groundwater #feild #sunny #install #outside #fall #september #thankyou
