Special Reports from OPC and APCC on two major Fresh Water programs in Orleans Your Voice is Needed to Help Secure Funds to Improve Water Quality on Cape Cod! You may have seen Legislation in the news this month outlining approval of a new bill called the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) providing Barnstable County with $41.3 million in grant federal funds. “Cape Cod has a tremendous opportunity to utilize (these) American Rescue Plan Act funds to make progress in key areas for our region, including protecting our water, … [Read more...]
Ponderings Fall 2021
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📌2021 Celebrate Our Waters – It’s Time to Book Your Water Adventure!
It’s Time toPLAN YOUR CELEBRATE OUR WATERS ADVENTURE! Our website schedule is now on-line. Many of our activities do not require a reservation. Visit our Celebrate our Waters schedule and plan to attend any number of interesting and fun activities including the Family Fun Tent at Rock Harbor, bird walks, a sandsculpting contest, a walk around the pristine and beautiful Bakers Pond, a bicycle tour of many of the beautiful waterscapes of Orleans, a tour of OPC’s oxygenation demonstration project or tour fascinating approaches to stormwater … [Read more...]
Scavenger Hunt
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Rock Harbor Fun Tent (9) It’s a challenge for your family and friends!!! Begin at the Family Tent at Rock Harbor where you can get your “hunt” bag and list of 10 small easy to carry items which can be found around the beaches, bike trail and Orleans Town Park by Snow Library. All you need to do to win a prize is to complete the “hunt” by filling your bag will 1 each of the 10 items in the fastest time. There will be a sign-up sheet at the family tent. Good Luck!!!! … [Read more...]
Terra Firma Water Walk
Sunday 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. at 155 Monument Road (12) Stormwater runoff mitigation can be beautiful! Join Regenerative Agroecologist, Peter Jensen and his wife, Holistic Nutritionist and Horticulturalist, Lynn Van Norman, for a dynamic and engaging “Aquifer Protection through ecosystem strengthening and resilience walk”. This will be a pleasant walk through Road and Driveway Runoff Raingardens, Downspout Keyhole Gardens, Tuscan WaterWalks, Hillside Lithic Swales and Hugel Terraces on their hillside 1790s home overlooking Pilgrim Lake. Every … [Read more...]
Addison Art Gallery Demonstrations, Reception & Exhibition
Saturday 4:00 to 6:00 at Addison Art Gallery (1) Addison Gallery is pleased to participate in Celebrate Our Waters weekend on Saturday by welcoming the public to admire works of art inspired by the unique Cape Cod atmosphere created by sea and light, at the gallery at 43 South Orleans Road. The reception will feature an exhibition work completed that morning along with plein air and studio works by master artists. Visitors can also observe works in progress and enjoy a casual reception on the front lawn, weather permitting. … [Read more...]
Walk & Tour of Sarah’s Pond Oxygenation Demo
Saturday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. along Quanset Road (16) Join OPC project coordinators Eric Spengler and Judith Bruce for a walk to and tour of OPC’s Oxygenation Demonstration Project at Sarah’s Pond. See the equipment and hear about phase II of this project and the effect on the Pond. Easy paced walk but steep driveway for access to pond and equipment. Meet on left hand side of Quanset Road just past Davis Road. Please turn around and park on Davis Road side of Quanset. We will walk into the woods at the Meadow Bog trail extension, … [Read more...]
Sipson Island Kayak & Walk*
Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Sipson Island is now open to the public after being in private hands for 300 years! We’ll enjoy a tour of the island hosted by the Sipson Island Trust after a paddle through Pleasant Bay with Guide and kayaks provided by SUPfari Adventures. This tour is offered free of charge; we request a gratuity for our SUPfari Guide and please consider a donation to the Trust in support of their work to “undevelop” and restore the island, via sipsonislandtrust.org. This trip is for experienced kayakers … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE: Monday April 26, 2021
Side Stream Saturation comes to Orleans By: Eric Spengler, VP Orleans Pond Coalition The Orleans Pond Coalition announced this past week that it has successfully installed new equipment into Sarah’s Pond as part of its Oxygenation Demonstration Project. ‘The new equipment we are exploring is based on technology called side stream saturation (SSS). We’re excited about its potential,’ said past president Judith Bruce. ‘It’s so different from our earlier work. We’re now calling this phase II of our Oxygenation Project.’ OPC’s … [Read more...]
📌2021 Earth Day Bulletin
It's Earth Day 2021 - OPC Call for Volunteers Join OPC as we step up to help our waters Call for Volunteers: Estuary Samplers, summer 2021 (dates tbd): Join Orleans volunteers to sample our estuaries - Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod Bay, Town Cove and Nauset Estuary – for our 22nd year of sampling and monitoring Orleans marine water quality. Pleasant Bay is all set but volunteers are needed (especially with boats) for Town Cove and Nauset Estuaries and a team of 1 or 2 to sample Rock Harbor by wading in. 5 early mornings July thru early … [Read more...]
Water, Water, Everywhere: An Orleans treasure: 109 Portanimicut
By Karen Back One might think that someone having grown up in a home literally surrounded by water – Cedar Swamp, Paw Wah Pondand Little Pleasant Bay – might become blasé about the wonder of the experience. Not so for 84-year-old, RachiaHeyelman, who has a life lease on 109 Portanimicut Road and has made a personal and financial commitment to keepingthis bay fronted parcel undeveloped, by its transfer of ownership to the Orleans Conservation Trust (OCT.)From her, one is exposed to a wealth of knowledge about this specific site in South … [Read more...]
📌Replay of the 2020 OPC Annual Meeting from November 8th
For those who were unable to be with us on November 8th for the 17th Annual Orleans Pond Coalition Meeting, we recorded the event. If you wish to see the meeting and the featured presentation by Dr. Kenneth Wagner just click the link below. Dr. Wagner reported on OPC’s Sarah’s Pond nanobubble demonstration project, and he gave us all a primer on cyanobacteria. Recording of OPC Annual Meeting … [Read more...]
OPC President’s Presentation
Orleans Pond Coalition President’s Report - without videoDownload Orleans Pond Coalition President’s Report - without videoDownload Orleans Pond Coalition President’s Report - complete - compressedDownload … [Read more...]
📌2020 OPC Annual Meeting (via Zoom) – 5:00 PM November 8th
YOU ARE INVITED TO:THE 17th Annual Meeting of the Orleans Pond CoalitionNovember 8, 2020 at 5:00 PM Register Today via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tYvnhOd-SGmN9a57_aQr1w After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Featured Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Wagner, PhD., Water Resource Services, Inc. Dr. Wagner holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Cornell University, with his Ph.D. earned in Natural Resource Management in 1985. He has over 40 … [Read more...]
📌2020 OPC Annual Membership Renewal and Appeal
As summer draws to a close, we hope you had wonderful times enjoying our waters. We all felt joy and relief to be out of our houses walking the beaches, swimming in the cool waters, and being out in boats, kayaks and paddleboards. For many of us, our waters are central to our quality of life. This has been a strange and challenging year, but also a year to take the time to think about what is important in our lives--what brings joy to our hearts and peace to our souls. This was a year to celebrate approval at Town Meeting of the … [Read more...]