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GPF Annual Report 2023/2024
Water Gives…What If We Give Back By Emily Reddington (an excerpt from 2023-2024 Annual Report) Water Gives Imagine a fall day, with its golden light, where you paddle across the shimmering waters of a great pond to the barrier beach, a narrow division between pond and ocean. Imagine the salt air, the warm breeze, and […]
Studying MV Groundwater
STUDYING MV GROUNDWATER According to USGS (US Geological Survey) Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the water table. Contrary to popular belief, groundwater does not form underground rivers. It fills the pores and fractures in underground materials such as […]
Gratitude List 2024
The quiet beauty of fall on Martha’s Vineyard inspires a profound sense of gratitude. The living waters of our Island feed the community mind, body, and spirit. We want to thank you, our Island community, who helps to cultivate the resilience of our coastal pond ecosystems. On behalf of the Great Pond Foundation Board of […]
SUMMER BAG PROGRAM
We are so excited to share that, for the entire month of September, Great Pond Foundation has been selected by store leadership to benefit from Stop & Shop’s Community Bag Program, which makes it easy for shoppers to contribute to their local community! Whenever a $2.50 reusable Community Bag is purchased at the Stop & […]
SUMMER CUT SUCCESS!
The Edgartown Great Pond summer cut can be declared a success! EGP was cut open to the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday July 20, 2024 and remained open until July 31, 2024 . We reached the 9-11 days of tidal flush and both water chemistry and biology are showing improvement! Regular exchanges of water between the […]
2023 MV CYANO DATA
2023 ANNUAL MV CYANO PRESENTATION MV CYANO is a collaborative initiative among Island Boards of Health and scientists from Great Pond Foundation to monitor cyanobacteria on Martha’s Vineyard. Watch the MV CYANO presentation from 06/05/2024 of 2023 season data. Special thanks to grants given by the Edey Foundation in support of MV CYANO program and […]
SUMMER CUT UPDATE
SUMMER CUT PLANNED! The question on everyone’s mind seems to be whether or not there will be a summer cut of Edgartown Great Pond. Edgartown Shellfish Constable, Rob Morrison, confirmed today, that EGP will be cut to the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, July 20th! EGP is 3.71 feet above mean sea level as of Wednesday. […]
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 […]
EGP CUT & CYANO UPDATE
TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT? Edgartown Great Pond is currently quite high at 3.57 feet above LMSL. GPF is in regular communication with the Town of Edgartown’s Shellfish Constable, Rob Morrison, specifically with elevation and water quality data. We know there is the will to cut the Pond, but so far, no date has […]
GREAT PONDS: FINDING A BETTER BALANCE
Special Screening of Circuit Films Episode 2: GREAT PONDS: FINDING A BETTER BALANCE at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury July 10th @ 5:30pm July 17th @ 7pm July 24th @ 7:30pm In this second episode of Circuit Films’ Great Ponds docuseries, Martha’s Vineyard’s coastal ponds continue to be adversely affected by the rising sea-level […]