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Meeting 7 – April 18, 2024. Agenda included three program ideas for pond groups to undertake; update on the Freshwater Initiative; APCC pond program update; announcements – launch of monthly Ponds Network eNewsletter and summer in person meeting TBD. Meeting recording (Vimeo).
Meeting 6 – August 1, 2023 at OneCape Summit. Agenda included Remote Sensing Overview – Nicole Bartlett, NOAA. Attendees broke into discussion groups: Group 1 – Organizing an Association and Communicating Challenges and Solutions; Group 2 – Monitoring Your Pond and Thinking Bigger: Applying Priorities at a Larger Scale. Recording (YouTube)
Meeting 5. June 5, 2023 – Cape Cod Regional Pond Monitoring Program -Julie Hambrook Berkman, Project Director – Pond and Cyanobacteria Monitoring Programs, Association to Preserve Cape Cod; Gathering Information and Better Understanding Your Pond -Kathleen Mason, Water Resources Analyst, Cape Cod Commission; and Discussion of Pond and Lake Friendly Signage Programs -Tim Pasakarnis, Water Resources Analyst, Cape Cod Commission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpRa0VtScpk
Meeting 4. On February 27, 2023 meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=524kVRSFyho All about communications, outreach and engagement.
Communications and Outreach in the Lake Champlain Basin
-Ryan Mitchell, Communications and Publications Coordinator, Lake Champlain Basin Program & Information Officer, NEIWPCC
Communications, Outreach, and Engagement Efforts on Cape Cod
Educational Workshop Models: Developed by Avalon, AmeriCorps Cape Cod Service Member, hosted by Cape Cod Commission and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension
Three pond group representatives shared their efforts:
- Deep Pond Preservation Project – Mary Grauerholz
- Friends of Peters Pond – Chris Dennis
- Save Mashpee-Wakeby Pond Alliance – Susan Dangel
Meeting 3. Cape Cod Ponds Network, Meeting 3, 11/07/2022 – YouTube On November 7, 2022, the Pond Network met virtually. Commission staff reviewed the Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative, and highlighted relevant tasks, including the stakeholder engagement process. We heard from pond groups about their summer events, and topics for 2023 were discussed.
Meeting 2. On August 2, 2022, the second network meeting was held in person at the 2022 OneCape Summit.
Attendees were asked to submit a most recent project their pond group has undertaken. Here is the compilation of those projects!
Monitoring
One-day sampling event July 10th of 34 ponds
Vegetation inventory in and around the lake
Cyanobacteria monitoring program with APCC; Developed rack card of best practices and mailed to pondfront residents
Solarbees circulator to control phosphorus
Developing a fact sheet for rentals/airbnb’s of “Do’s and Don’t’s”
“Spec” East Sandwich stormwater runoff
Cyanobacteria sampling with APCC; Gathering Secchi disk data for Tara Nye Lewis, Cape Cod Commission. Will be holding education meeting on “How to Love Your Pond” with APCC staff presenting.
Planning second annual “Make a Splash” event where swimmers swim a 3mile course from tip of Mashpee Pond to the other side of Wakeby. Kayakers accompany swimmers, culminating with a community picnic at the end.
Developed a pond management plan for remediation of eutrophication
“Celebrate Our Waters” – an annual event. A weekend of multiple events all free and water-related held in September.
Celebrate and update 10-year Wellfleet Pond Management Plan; Forming a Wellfleet Pond Coalition; Monitoring for cyanobacteria with APCC.
Monitoring for cyanobacteria with APCC
Meeting 1. In June 2022, the first meeting (YouTube) of the CCPN was convened by APCC and the Cape Cod Commission. At this kick off meeting, objectives of the network were discussed. Here are some objectives:
- Provide a regional forum for discussion and updates around pond issues and related topics
- Inform the stakeholder process for the Cape Cod Commission’s Freshwater Initiative
- Advance pond improvement strategies identified through the Freshwater Initiative
- Serve as a clearinghouse for ideas shared among groups
- Promote public policies for freshwater protection
- Explore funding opportunities
Following the meeting, a survey was sent out to attendees to obtain more information from pond groups to assess regional needs.