Are you spending the weekend in 🏊🏄‍♂️ or on 🚣⛵️the water 🌊? Check out the MV CYANO maps to check the status of your favorite pond. Thanks 🙏 to the Island Boards of Health for keeping us safe as we immerse ourselves in nature. See you on the ponds! #greatpondfoundation #mvcyano #cyanobacteria

Meet Aynsley! 👋 We’re excited to welcome Aynsley to the team as our summer intern! 🌱 She’s already been jumping into work, helping collect water 💧 quality samples, survey eelgrass 🌿, and help in the lab 🧪. Aynsley brings enthusiasm ✨, curiosity 🧠, and a passion for protecting our ponds 🌊. We’re lucky 🍀 to have her on board this summer! 🚣

Tonight at **6:30 PM**, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission will decide the fate of the Katama Meadows project. This decision will have lasting impacts on Edgartown Great Pond, a place that is meaningful to so many of us. It’s a living ecosystem, a classroom, and a community treasure. Protecting the health of the pond today helps ensure future generations can experience and appreciate it, too. If you’re able, please join the meeting in person or on Zoom. Even showing up to listen makes a difference. To understand the nuance of the situation please read “Decision Time” a piece by Jeremy Houser link in bio👆 Zoom link to the meeting is also in our bio 👆 Hope to see you tonight 💙

Join us and @slough_farm_mv educators for Tween STEAM: Science through Art, a fun hands-on series for ages 11-15. Explore environmental science while creating art inspired by what you learn. Sign up for sessions on slough farm calendar 🔗 in bio

🧊 Calling All Styrofoam Coolers! 🧊 Do you have a styrofoam cooler you no longer need? We’d love to give it a second life! We use styrofoam coolers to ship cyanobacteria samples for toxin analysis, helping us monitor the coastal ponds! ♻️Give your styrofoam cooler a second life: 📍 Drop them off at 21 Mechanic Street, Vineyard Haven OR 📧 Contact us at mvcyano@greatpondfoundation.org if you would like us to pick it up! Thanks for your help! 💙🌊

🦀🐟 What’s swimming beneath the surface of Sengekontacket Pond? Join us in collaboration with @friendsofsengekontacket & @islandspiritkayak for a hands-on seine net adventure and discover the amazing creatures living right in our backyard! We’ll pull the net, explore what we catch, and get up close with fish, crabs, and more‼️ Be sure to check out other summer events and seine net events 🔗 in bio 📅 Saturday, July 11 ⏰ 10 - 11:30 AM 📍 Sengekontacket Pond, Little Bridge, Oak Bluffs Perfect for curious kids, families, and anyone who loves the water. Come ready to explore, learn, and meet other pond lovers 🌊 Tag a friend and save the date! 🐠 we hope to see you there! This event is in support from Mass Cultural Council & MV Community Foundation‼️

Bald Eagle 🦅 spotted on Edgartown Great Pond this weekend. Thanks to AJ Janower for sharing this majestic sight. It never gets old seeing all the life on, in, and around the ponds. What animals and plants 🌱have you spotted this season?

Read our most recent newsletter🗞️! Join our family fun summer☀️ events, catch up on CRX & WCH pond health, & dive into our 2025 Annual Report and learn about the EGP plant🌱 study! 🔗in bio