Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

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Event Headquarters Celebrate Our Waters 2022

September 2, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

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Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Rock Harbor, Orleans (9) At event headquarters you will find weekend schedules, helpful people happy to answer your questions, and information about Orleans Pond Coalition, the all-volunteer nonprofit organization that organizes and sponsors Celebrate Our Waters each year. Come learn more about our mission and our other important activities. Presented by the Orleans Pond Coalition. … [Read more...]

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En Plein Air Painting and Artist Reception.

September 1, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

Saturday 4:00 to 6:00 at Addison Art Gallery (4, 11, and 25) Paul Batch painting on the Addison Art Gallery lawn Their wet paintings will be brought to the Addison Art Gallery for an exhibition and reception from 4 to 6 pm. Watch award-winning painters as they create work inspired by the shores of Orleans. En plein air, French for “open air,” describes paintings created outdoors. French Impressionists, including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, advocated en plein air painting. Charles Webster Hawthorne, who started the art … [Read more...]

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A Turtle’s Journey with Susan Baur

August 28, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

Family Fun Tent at Rock Harbor 10-30 (11) Make a daily journal for a turtle.  Learn to identify and draw our local pond turtles. Susan Baur, author and illustrator of the turtle sisters books, will show her fans how to draw a convincing snapping turtle, painted turtle, and stinkpot turtle. There’s nothing like drawing to teach you how to really look at turtles! See Susan Baur's website The Turtle Sisters of Cape Cod Pond … [Read more...]

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Bakers Pond Hike

August 24, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

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Photo by Tunny Lee Saturday 9:00-10:30 at Bakers Pond Conservation Area, 80 Bakers Pond Road (18) Join OPC and members of Friends of Bakers Pond on this 2+ mile hike through conservation land owned by the towns of Orleans and Brewster and the Brewster Conservation Trust. Meet at the town of Orleans' conservation area at 80 Bakers Pond Rd, bordering this beautiful, 32 acre kettle pond. We'll explore Orleans' 1,250 feet of pond shoreline, then make our way to the Brewster side of the pond, including "Huckleberry Hill", the highest point in … [Read more...]

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River and Little Pleasant Bay Kayak Tour *

August 14, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

Sunday 12:30-4:00 at Meeting House Landing (24) Come join our trip with Johnathan Palino of Cape Kayaking in East Orleans for a paddle into Little Pleasant Bay. Our excursion will start on Meeting House Pond and then take us into Little Pleasant Bay.  Reserve a kayak or bring your own. Limited number of kayaks available. Children must be in double with supervising adult. PFDs provided with reserved kayaks. The event will be free, however, gratuities are welcome. *Reservations required for kayaks. Please email opc@capekayaking.com  with subject … [Read more...]

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Get to Know Orleans through its Historical Markers (self-guided)

August 7, 2018 By Orleans Pond Coalition

Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. starting at Rock Harbor Fun Tent (9) Pick up a pamphlet showing Historical Sites of Interest in Orleans at our Celebrate Our Waters Event Headquarters, Rock Harbor Fun Tent, or download the app at CHOCENTERS.ORG. Choose among three walking tour options. "Orleans’ Historian Bonnie Snow's Walking Trails: Main Street," “East Orleans," or her map of “Historical Sites of Interest in Orleans."  Learn about the founding of Orleans and its proud lifesaving, commercial, and battle history. Check out Academy Place, Depot … [Read more...]

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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

OrleansPondCoalition@gmail.com

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