Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

Dedicated to the health of Orleans waterways for over 20 years.

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  • About
    • Overview
    • Mission/Vision
    • Board of Directors
    • Meet the New 2025 OPC Directors
  • Our Waters
    • Orleans’ Watersheds
    • Freshwater Ponds
      • Baker’s Pond
      • Boland Pond
      • Cedar Pond
      • Crystal Lake
      • Deep Pond
      • Gould Pond
      • Icehouse Pond
      • Kettle Pond
      • Meadow Bog Pond
      • Pilgrim Lake
      • Reuben’s Pond
      • Sarah’s Pond
      • Shoal Pond
      • Twinings Pond
      • Uncle Harvey’s Pond
      • Uncle Israel’s
      • Uncle Seth’s
    • Estuaries
      • Cape Cod Bay
      • Nauset
      • Pleasant Bay
      • Lonnie’s (aka Kescayogansett) Pond
    • Drinking Water in Orleans
    • Wastewater Challenges
    • Cape Cod Land Owner Resources
    • The Orleans Blue Pages — A Guide to Protecting Cape Cod Waters
  • Programs
    • Overview
    • Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program
    • The H2Orleans Pond Pledge
    • OPC’s Compost Spreader Loan Program
    • Oxygenation Demonstration Project
    • 2024 Earth Day Clean-Up: Thank you and Pictures
    • The Orleans Blue Pages
    • Fertilizer
    • Mutt Mitts
    • Oysters
    • Water Sampling
    • Member Photo Submissions
  • Celebrate Our Waters
    • 2025 Celebrate Our Waters: Save the Dates
    • 2025 Celebrate Our Waters – Earth Day Event in Pictures
    • 2025 Celebrate Our Waters – Summer Edition in Pictures
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
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    • Join/Renew
    • Contact Us
    • Submit Photos
  • News
    • 2025 May Town Election
    • 📌 Bulletin
    • Ponderings  
    • Water, Water, Everywhere
    • Ask the Osprey
    • Hugel Terracing report and pictures
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Technical Resources

Brewster Ponds Coalition

Dedicated to preserving and nurturing the natural beauty, healthy habitats, and recreational opportunities of Brewster’s Ponds, and to safeguard them for current and future generations.

Cape Cod Commission

Leads, supports, and enforces the development of regional plans, policies, regulations, and infrastructure to guide and manage growth, and by supporting the 15 Cape Code towns with professional and cost-effective planning and technical support services.

  • See “Section 208 Areawide Water Quality Management Plan Update”

Center for Coastal Studies

Conduct scientific research with emphasis on marine mammals of the western North Atlantic and on the coastal and marine habitats and resources of the Gulf of Maine; promotes stewardship of coastal and marine ecosystems; conduct s educational activities and provides educational resources that encourage the responsible use and conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems; and collaborates with other institutions and individuals whenever possible to advance the Center’s mission.

Orleans Water Quality Advisory Panel

Pleasant Bay Alliance

The Pleasant Bay Alliance is formed by the Towns of Orleans, Chatham, Harwich and Brewster to coordinate the resource management plan for the Pleasant Bay ACEC and watershed. The Alliance’s projects, programs and studies promote healthy natural resources and safe public access throughout Pleasant Bay. The state has recognized the Alliance as “an example of how other ACECs and communities across the Commonwealth can cooperatively plan for and protect sensitive natural resources.” 

Alliance programs encompass technical research, policy analysis, and public outreach to preserve natural coastal processes, reduce watershed nutrient loading, promote safe navigation, and sustain the health of fisheries, wetlands and water quality.

UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)

A nationally and internationally recognized research institution located in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Town of Orleans

  • Conservation Comission
  • Marine and Freshwater Task Force
  • Water Quality Advisory Panel

About Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans Pond Coalition, Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans. Our work includes offering educational programs to encourage mindful land use practices, sponsoring water quality research, working with community, regional and state organizations to formulate constructive policies to protect our … Learn More

Our Mission

Orleans Pond Coalition is dedicated to the protection and health of our shared watersheds, estuaries, ponds and lakes.

Orleans   Pond   Coalition
PO Box 2485
Orleans, MA 02653

info@orleanspondcoalition.org

OPC is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans, MA.

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