Purple Loosesrtife has become prevalent in Sand Lake and Kiddies Pond. In 2018 & 2019 manual control has greatly reduced the infestation in Kiddies. Sand Lake still has a serious infestation and an isolated patch has recently been discovered on the western shore of John Joseph's Pond. Our goal is to keep this aggresive invasive plant from infesting the Great Sand Lakes. This is a definite possibility.
For the first time since we purchased here in 1994, we’ve become aware of a theft of a watercraft from one of our beaches. It’s a sad, but not totally unexpected situation. Most of us leave our Sunfish, kayaks, canoes, etc. unlocked and like minnows that school up in large numbers, the threat to any one of them is very small. However, that does not mean that all are safe from being picked off from time to time.
I’ve just added three new documents to the Downloads section of the GSLA website relating to Pond Health. They are a bit technical but you may find them handy.
At the annual meeting this year, Joe LaRose asked a question to Amy Usowski, the Town’s Conservation Agent and our speaker for the meeting, “What is the difference between a lake and a pond?”
At the Annual Meeting last Saturday (6/28/15), Amy Usowski made an excellent presentation and mentioned a couple of documents that outline the regulations for those that live near the ponds and wetlands.
Who says it never snows on Cape Cod? Must be the tourists and snow birds that miss the fun months of January and February. Before we retired here, we knew it snowed because we’d come down every other weekend and found we had to shovel our way in on occasions. Seeing the result days later is nothing like being here when it happens.
In mid-March a pile of dirt appeared at the end of the pipe at the lower (east end) catch basin at Association Beach, across from Rupnow’s. There had been foxes in that pipe a few years ago and it looked like a repeat.
Over the winter, when the water was so low that you could walk the shoreline without getting wet, a number of residents noted piles of shells and lots of holes under bushes along the shore.
Over the winter, when the water was so low that you could walk the shoreline without getting wet, a number of residents noted piles of shells and lots of holes under bushes along the shore.
A few weeks ago we sent everyone a letter with the parking pass for Clearwater beach and forms for registering watercraft. Since that letter went out it has been raining quite a bit and the pond has risen significantly. Clearwater beach has lost over 10′ of beach horizontally and it won’t have to rise too much more before Kiddies and John Joseph ponds become one with Bucks.
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