#EdgartownGreatPond is open and draining. The cut looks great and people are coming to check it out. If you have photos and videos this week, please tag @greatpondfoundation or email us at info@greatpondfoundation.org. We will be out monitoring the water quality this week and hope to see the tidal flushes increasing salinity and water 💧clarity, decreasing nitrogen and cyanobacteria. A cut can shift the ecosystem and return a pond to a healthier balance. Thanks 🙏 Rob Morrison and the Town of #Edgartown for this summer cut. #grateful #summer #marthasvineyard #vineyard #summercut #july #beach #ocean #water #tide #AtlanticOcean #southbeach #southshore

Edgartown Great Pond will be cut to the #Atlantic #Ocean tomorrow, Saturday, July 20th, 2024. The full moon 🌝 is Sunday. Fingers crossed 🤞 for an excellent cut and flush. #greatpondfoundation #edgartowngreatpond #marthasvineyard #boat #water #july #summer #workday

🌊EGP Cut, Save the Date, MV CYANO Presentation! - EGP cut announced, Pond Sustainability Series, and MV CYANO Presentation Video Online! Curious about where the NITROGEN is coming from in our ponds? Save the date: Friday August 23rd @10:30 am for an exciting Zoom presentation by Dr. Javier Lloret. #greatpondfoundation #nitrogen #marthasvineyard #DDLPSS #PondSustainability #speakerseries #zoom #science #groundwater

Thanks 🙏 Island community for celebrating the ponds 🐟🐚🦪with us today on #Senegekontacket. It is incredible to see all the excitement and knowledge from all ages. We saw a puffer fish 🐡, a sea robin, pipe fish, lady and blue 🦀 crabs, #Atlantic silversides, mumichugs, hermit crabs, ctenophores, and so many more examples of the life in our ponds. Thanks to the MV Community Foundation for funding this #seine net. @marthasvineyardcf See you next year! #greatpondfoundation #grateful #marthasvineyard #oakbluffs #edgartown #net #fish #crabs #biodiversity #seinenet #beach #beachseine #community #summer #july

Please join us SUNDAY 🌞 for a beach seine event on Sengeknotaket Pond. (Rain date because Sat looks like ☔️⛈️) This annual family-friendly activity is one of our favorite days of the year. Seeing the life in our ponds is one of the best ways to to fall in love 🥰 with them and inspire a lifelong connection. This event is co-hosted by Friends of Sengekontacket, Great Pond Foundation, and Island Spirit Kayak. Our thanks the MV Community Foundation @marthasvineyardcf for funding the seine net. #greatpondfoundation #Senge #sengekontacketpond #marthavineyard #mv #familyfun #july #summer #sunday #seine #beachseine

Pond Update 🌊& Upcoming Events 🎫🦀 The Edgartown Board of Health has issued an cyanobacteria WATCH for many regions of Edgartown Great Pond. The question on everyone's mind seems to be when is the next cut? Join GPF for a beach seine (big net lots of creatures) event Saturday, July 13th in OB. Read our latest newsletter or visit our website for full details. #greatpondfoundation #edgartowngreatpond #edgartown #marthasvineyard #oakbluffs #edgartown #seine #beach #mvcyano

Meet Carly, GPF’s Field Crew Leader. Carly joined our team this spring and will be leading our field crew through the fall. Carly, we are grateful for your 🧠 and 💪 and for gracious competence at the helm of the boat or leading the lab 🧪. #greatpondfoundation #marthasvineyard #summer #july #fieldcrew #team #gpf #kayak #boat #laboratory #fieldwork #outside #secchi #secchidisk

Summer is in full swing and there is no better place to be than the pond. Please remember to be on the lookout 👀 for green globs and scums, as they could potentially be toxic cyanobacteria 🦠. Please avoid the green stuff and keep pets away 🦮🐶🐴🐄🐈‍⬛. To check out the status of your favorite pond, please visit the MV CYANO page, link in bio 👆🏽. To report a bloom, please email mvcyano@greatpondfoundation.org or contact your local board of health. #mvcyano #greatpondfoundation #summer #july #marthasvineyard #mv #edgartown #tisbury #vineyardhaven #oakbluffs #chilmark #aquinnah #greatpond #cyanobacteria