Event
Save the Date: Nitrogen!
Save the Date: Nitrogen! Please join Great Pond Foundation and Chilmark Pond Foundation for a joint presentation of the Dave and Doris Luening Pond Sustainability Series. Dr. Javier Lloret of the Marine Biological Laboratory will present the latest data on groundwater NITROGEN around Chilmark Pond and Edgartown Great Pond. Don’t miss this Zoom presentation, the […]
BEACH BeFrienders
Befriend an Edgartown Beach Join the Vineyard Conservation Society’s BEACH BeFrienders and Great Pond Foundation Saturday, March 30th from 2-6pm This team will be cleaning Edgartown shores at :
MV CYANO 2022
You’re invited! Join GPF scientists, Island health agents, and pond community members to discuss cyanobacteria blooms and monitoring in 2022…plus plans for 2023. In 2022 coastal ponds showed more algal growth than 2021 and this followed the trend region-wide. Cyanobacteria blooms are also know as cyanoHABs, as they are one type of Harmful Algal Blooms. […]
Beach Seine
~Beach Seine Science Days~ Summer 2024 Join us for a beach seine @ State Beach Little Bridge POSTPONED TO SUNDAY, JULY 14th! Saturday, July 13, 10:00 – 11:30 am (Rain date Sunday, July 14th) We’ll catch fish, crabs, and many other pond creatures! Great Pond Foundation is continuing our commitment to education by hosting Beach […]
Nitrogen Sources
Curious about the sources of nitrogen pollution in our Great Ponds? This is the first installment of the Island Ponds Community Workshop, held on December 2nd, 2021, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Javier Lloret giving a presentation entitled: Using Stable Isotopes to Identify Sources & Effects of Nitrogen Pollution in Great Pond. Our ponds are struggling! […]
2020 Zoom Speaker Series: Cocktails and Conversations
Join us for an online speaker series, presented by the Great Pond Foundation Advisory Council. You supply the cocktails; we supply the conversation! Nitrogen: Too Much of a Good Thing Transforming Nitrogen in Your Own Backyard: Green Practices for Greenscapes
STEM Camp 2020
REGISTRATION OPEN – Underwater Robot STEM Camp 2020 Monday August 3rd – Friday August 7th, 2020 GPF is hosting its 4th ROV Summer STEM Camp from August 3rd – August 7th 2020 at the Edgartown School. Do you know any students who want to learn about careers in engineering and marine science? This class is […]
Pond Preservation & Algal Blooms
Pond Preservation in a Changing Climate: Both this summer and last, Edgartown Great Pond has exceeded 85 degrees Fahrenheit, the upper limit of temperature range for healthy ponds. Excess heat puts stress on the delicate balance of the Pond’s ecosystem. Most native animals and plants are adapted to cooler temperatures. Their biological cycles can be […]
Summer Science Speaker Series
Local Waters, Living Waters: GPF is hosting a summer science speaker series in 2019 featuring experts in the field of estuary science. Need a refresher on the difference between micro algae and macro algae? Do you want to learn how to interpret water quality data? Curious about native and invasive species? Want to learn what […]
Summer STEM Camp – Build an ROV
Build an ROV with WHOI engineer Megan Carroll! Great Pond Foundation is pleased to be offering a STEM class in robotics this summer at the Edgartown School, July 10th to July 14th 2017 from 1 pm (promptly) to 4:30 pm in their science lab. Students will spend the first four days building the SeaPerch ROV […]