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Data Tells Encouraging Story for EGP
Edgartown Great Pond Health Improves: Edgartown Great Pond is a unique and remarkable natural gem that has captured the hearts of those who sail, fish, and explore its waters. A decade after the release of the Massachusetts Estuary Project (MEP) Report on Edgartown Great Pond, water quality data indicate an improvement in the health of […]
A View of Frozen Edgartown Great Pond
Video and images of a frozen Edgartown Great Pond: Enjoy this beautiful view of a frozen EGP thanks to Island photographer and Edgartown resident, Fergus Henderson. Thanks to Anne Mazar for these stunning images of the Pond in winter.
STEM Camp 2017
STEM Camp 2017 – Build a SeaPerch ROV: Last minute adjustments before field deployment in EGP
EGP 2017 – A Year of Images
2017 – A Year in Images From snowy days with Nor’easters blowing through, to sultry summer nights, and magical fall beach days, 2017 was full of beauty on Edgartown Great Pond. Thank you for supporting the work of Great Pond Foundation to preserve and protect this natural resource that is near and dear to all […]
Fall Cut 2017
EGP is Open! Mid-day yesterday, Paul Bagnall and his crew completed the cut of Edgartown Great Pond to the Atlantic Ocean. As of the late afternoon, the water was flowing well, but had only dropped a bit. Let’s hope for a full Pond flush to refresh our the waters going into the winter season. As […]
Tunicate Collecting
Tunicate Collecting Katama & Cape Pogue Great Pond Foundation (GPF) spent yesterday collecting tunicate (sea squirt) samples for the second stage of our Tunicate DNA Project. Last winter we worked with Kristin Gribble at the MBL to develop a protocol to genetically identify tunicate samples that we collected from Edgartown Great Pond. Check out […]
Dead Whale
Dead Whale to be removed from EGP! Thanks to all of our neighbors for the reports of the whale carcass that washed up on the barrier beach west of the Edgartown Great Pond cut. The ealierst reports we received were that it washed up on the beach as of Sunday. It has since been washed […]
GPF Annual Report – 2016
Explore our work in the 2016 Annual Report! We are proud to bring you Great Pond Foundation’s Annual Report – 2016. Please explore our work and check in on the health of Edgartown Great Pond within its pages. ~ Meet our 2017 field team! ~ Discover the results of our Tunicate DNA Project ~ Learn […]
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 […]
Spring Cut
A Strong Cut to Start the Season: After an extremely productive and effective dredging season, the headwater of the Pond and a well-timed cut made for a potent opening. This beautiful video by island photographer David Welch captures the precarious work of the cutting the Pond and the force of the rushing water. Note the […]