Manchaug Pond Foundation Safe Boating

FREE Vessel Safety Check ~ Safe Boating!

BOATERS VESSEL SAFETY CHECK OFFERED AT MANCHAUG POND Manchaug Pond Foundation and a Green Bay Sail & Power Squadron volunteer help boaters stay safe. MANCHAUG POND, SUTTON/DOUGLAS:  JUNE 8, 2019 – With boating season under way,  the Manchaug Pond Foundation is sponsoring a free Vessel Safety Check (VSC) for all interested boaters at the state boat ramp on Manchaug Pond, Saturday, June 8th between 9:00 AM and Noon, Torrey Road in Sutton.  This is a no-cost, no-risk, courtesy inspection offered to all interested boaters of all ages.  All types of vessels are eligible from paddleboards and pedal boats, to sail, kayaks and canoes, to personal watercraft and power boats. Qualified Vessel Examiner Jim Arpin of the Greenwich Bay Sail & Power Squadron will help you make your vessel safe and legal. Did you know that a kayak, canoe, or pedal boat needs a whistle or horn? Or that any boat with a motor must be registered with the numbers displayed on the hull? Do you have life jackets for all on board? Jim will walk you through the rules and regulations for your vessel, point out both the required and recommended items to have aboard, such as fire extinguishers, life jackets, distress …

Manchaug Pond Foundation Water Quality

Today: Great day for a clean-up!

Sunshine, blue skies with white clouds, a strong breeze, and temperatures in the 50’s, are the conditions here in the Manchaug watershed today!  In celebration of the arrival of spring and to protect our water resources, you are invited to join […]

Storm Preparedness

Manchaug Pond Foundation participates in town workshop Posted February 21, 2019 “If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.” Mark Twain The weather is always a topic of conversation, especially in New England! Looking just at 2018, eight states including Massachusetts realized historic rainfall setting records for the wettest 11 months since 1895* and, if that wasn’t enough, Manchaug Pond also saw a tornado touch down on the Waters Road conservation property tearing across the lake and up Lackey Road bringing down trees, dragging anchored boats, and cracking walls. The unpredictably of the weather – with trends of warming in the early decades of the 1900’s flipping to lows in the 1940’s through the 70’s significant enough to cause scientists to warn of a pending ice age to today’s talk of renewed warming patterns – calls for a new initiative, municipal preparedness. Earlier this month the Town of Sutton did just that, looking beyond the forecasts and climate buzzwords to a preparedness workshop – and Manchaug Pond Foundation was there! Two members of our Board of Directors joined other community leaders for the two-day session with Sutton Department Heads and various commission members …

Manchaug Pond Foundation Events

Cleanup Rescheduled to Sunday

With a fall Nor’easter hitting the area today bringing heavy rain and strong winds, the fall cleanup event has been rescheduled to Sunday, October 28th from 9:00 a.m. to noon […]