With this beautiful spring May day with temperatures in the high 80’s, remember that the water temperature here on Manchaug Pond the last water sampling was in the high 40’s and low 50’s! And did you know life jackets are required […]
Stand up for Manchaug Pond! Clean-up This Morning
Stand up for Manchaug Pond as a steward and advocate! Today get down and dirty […]
New Clean Water Toolkit Launched
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) offers a Massachusetts Clean Water Tool Kit […]
EARTH DAY! Put the Manchaug Pond Cleanup on your calendar ~ April 28th.
MANCHAUG POND WATERSHED ~Sutton/Douglas/Oxford: In a celebration of the arrival of spring weather and Earth Day […]
Further Update: Industrial Solar Proposed on Residential Lake Hillside & Recreational Marijuana
This aerial photo by a Sutton pilot offers a unique bird’s eye view from Manchaug Pond of the proposed location […]
UPDATE: Industrial Solar Operation Proposed on Manchaug Pond Hillside
The public hearing presentations and question and answer sessions have passed with the next step approaching […]
Solar Operation Proposed on Manchaug Pond Watershed
A private land owner is planning a large scale solar farm for the hill north of Manchaug Pond within the watershed. If allowed […]
Annual Aquatic Plant/Weed Watchers Survey
Our trained “Weed-Watcher” volunteers will be on the water conducting the annual Aquatic Plant Survey […]
Cleanup of Manchaug Pond Watershed
Posted October 27, 2017 Let’s do it! – A clean up event for a great cause and in beautiful weather and during autumn foliage season. Join the Manchaug Pond Foundation Board of Directors, members, and friends tomorrow morning, Saturday, October 28, 2017 in a fall clean-up event of the Manchaug Pond watershed. We’ll be out in force picking up the lake’s coves and shoreline, watershed roadsides, and public access boat ramp of litter and potential threats to water quality. Meet anytime from 9 AM to 12:00 Noon at the State Boat Ramp on Torrey Road in Sutton to team up with others, get gloves and garbage bags, and grab some refreshment and conversation. In cooperation with the Town of Sutton Highway Department and in continued support of a completed Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) S. 319 Non-point Source Pollution Grant, educational information on residential Low Impact Development (LID) techniques such as landscaping with buffer zones and rain gardens to limit runoff of fertilizer nutrients and pet and livestock wastes will be offered to participants as made possible by the water quality grant. As all live in a watershed, additional resources for educators, students, lake visitors and residents are …
Annual draw-down of lake begins
After a beautiful summer with continually optimal water-levels contributing to […]
Reserve your race day t-shirt. Today!
Run, Walk, Cheer’em on! Today is the last day to reserve your THE DAM Race t-shirt and get your name bold, black, and forever on the back! (read more…)
DO IT – The Dam Race 2017!
Walk, Run, or Cheer’em on at Manchaug Pond’s The DAM Race 5K Run & 3K Health Walk on Saturday morning, October 14th. Reserve your race day t-shirt and get your name on the back as a sponsor […]