Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

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What’s Happening with OPC’s Mutt Mitt Program?

August 20, 2012 By Orleans Pond Coalition

It continues to be one of the most popular and effective programs we run! For the past few years, over 30,000 biodegradable Mutt Mitts have been dispensed annually from 50 locations around town including beaches (off season), walking trails, landings, bike paths and other areas frequented by residents and vistors with their dogs. 40+ volunteers stock and maintain these dispensers throughout the year.

Dog waste is a serious threat to our waters in two ways: it is high in nutrients contributing to degraded water quality in our ponds and embayments and it is LOADED with bacteria which, when washed into water bodies during rain storms or high tides causes the closure of beaches and shellfish beds. So please remember to encourage Fido to urinate on green vegetated areas (that will help uptake nitrogen) and please always clean up his feces whether on a road, sidewalk, trail or even in the woods. And please dispose of the mitts in the trash! A big thank you goes out to all who have supported the Mutt Mitt Programs, and very special thanks goes out to Agway of

Orleans, Friends of Crystal Lake, Mill Pond Preservation Association and the Animal Hospital of Orleans.

If you come across an empty dispenser or have an area where you would like to see a dispenser installed, please contact orleanspondcoalition.org.

Judith Bruce

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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

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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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