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Purgatory Chasm, Sutton zip code is 01590 National and state parks have an opportunity to win $100,000 from the Coca-Cola Foundation. Douglas State Forest-zip code 01516 Visit this site (or click the post title) to cast your vote for your favorite park! http://www.livepositively.com/#/americasparks Everyone needs to participate, pass the work, and must vote often if a local park is to win! Purgatory Chasm? or Douglas State Forest? Who will the winner be?
It is amazing how much this slow and steady rainfall the past few days can add up in your boat! Don’t forget to bail during and at the end of the rainstorms! You might have a bilge pump system or some other fancy bailer you bought at the marina but if you don’t here’s directions from “how to do things.com” on how to make the easiest and cheapest boat bailer! A 2009 rain event where a 5 gallon bucket did the trick! “The easiest boat bailer to make consists of a one gallon plastic jug, cut in half along a horizontal line below the handle. One gallon milk jugs are the most common plastic bottles used to make a boat bailer, but other types of plastic bottles will work just as well. Discard the lower half of the jug and use the upper half with the handle and spout. It is a good idea to use this end of the jug because the handle makes it easy to bail water out of a sinking boat rapidly and is a good point to tie one end of a string to and the other end to the boat. This will ensure that …
Saturday, the YMCA Camp Blanchard Dining Hall on the shores of Manchaug Pond was once again the location of this year’s annual meeting of the members. Reports and updates from the president, treasurer, secretary and committee chairmans were given on topics ranging from water quality and the stormwater grant to boating safety and invasive species to the events held and planned for the fall. The Manchaug Pond Foundation, 501c3 public charity, was introduced with all its benefits in addressing current needs and future issues. Also an election year, our Nominating Committee Chairman and 2nd Vice President presented a slate of officers and directors/area representatives approved by the membership for the 2010-12 term. And our speaker, Representative Jennifer Callahan, is no stranger to Manchaug Pond…. Her door has been open to us, and she has solidly stood with us advocating, demanding the preservation of Manchaug Pond – She was there in Boston March 09′ as we attended a meeting with state agencies and officials looking at the issues of the lake’s waterlevel; on the Manchaug dam April 15 at MassDEP’s site evaluation; at the Sutton Town Hall July 7, 09′ at the Mass. Environmental Protection Act (MEPA) Public Hearing. She …
Thanks to the Facebook photographer who sent in this sunset photo from earlier in the week.
Attention all members! Just a reminder that the Manchaug Pond Association will hold its 43rd Annual Meeting this Saturday, August 21, 2010 at the YMCA Camp Blanchard facility on Manchaug Road, Sutton. We’ll begin at 10:30, visit with lake neighbors and friends over a coffee or ice tea (punch for the children), purchase your flares for the Labor Day lighting of the shoreling event, pick up a registration form for our next fundraising event – The Dam Race, check out the new MPA logo hats (2 color!) and t-shirts (safety orange, black, dusk blue, azalea to name a few!) and view the 319 stormwater grant exhibit will on display with all the handouts to help you around your landscape. The business meeting will begin with reports and updates (it has been a busy year!) from the committees, board of directors, and president and end with the election of officers and directors for the 2010-2012 term. (If you are interested in serving – give us a call or email.) This year’s speaker is Representative Jennifer Callahan of Sutton. Dr. Callahan is a strong defender of Manchaug Pond working on the state level the past few years with the MPA, Rep Kujawski, and …
Each of us has our own view of Manchaug Pond; a portrait of the lake framed by a camper window, the porch of a summer camp, the large picture window of a year-round home, or even more simply from the vessel we launch at the state boat ramp. the view out the back window of our camper… Advocating for this natural resource is the mission of the Manchaug Pond Association. Founded in 1967, we collectively work “to promote the welfare and correct use of Manchaug Pond and the contiguous area.” To deepen our efforts, the MPA formed a 501c3 last October- the Manchaug Pond Foundation. If you want to do more than look at pretty pictures of the lake while sitting back in your lakeside lawn chair, stand with the members of the MPA by joining today! For you convenience a PayPal button has been put on this site. For $35. you can become a friend of Manchaug Pond – receive all mailings and meeting notices as well as our new quarterly newsletter SPLASH – or make a donation of any size to help us in our work. Volunteer now – I look forward to hearing from you!This photo was …
As the water evaporates, exposing the wall in the channel, a pair of herons drop in to survey the area.
Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the other side to lay her eggs.
For more information on this waterbird and resident visitor to Manchaug Pond, click the title of this post. Thank you to the photographer and MPA member who sent these in for all to enjoy!
Just in – video from Holbrook’s Campground on Manchaug Pond, Sutton of the Pan Mass Challenge! Campers come out in numbers on this cool clear morning to cheer the cyclists on!! … and those cyclist keep on coming!! Check the link for the route from Sturbridge to Provincetown! http://www.pmc.org/ride.asp?topic=Ride/routes Special thanks to the owner of The Old Holbrook Place Campground for the just in photo and video!
Tomorrow morning starting around 7:30AM Manchaug Pond will have some very energetic lake admirers bicycling from Sturbridge to Bourne then to Provincetown on Sunday to raise money for the Jimmy Fund. There are several possible two and one day routes but I think ours is the most scenic! If you are an early bird, join me by boat at the north shore of the lake to cheer them on.
