Nice clarity, but here come the green dots…
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Rapid lily pad regrowth and over 6 feet of visibility. Testing underway.
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Over five tons of decaying lily pads and algal mats were removed from Fresh Pond last week.
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Still a bit green around the edges… but we are monitoring.
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Closures this week, and caution next week, but with hope for clearer sailing ahead!
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Early summer conditions have been challenging. Harvest/cleanup is scheduled for the week ahead. Monitoring will continue.
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Dr. Ken Wagner collected samples for lab analysis this week to check for potentially harmful cyanobacteria and other naturally occuring organisms. He advises continued harvesting and removal of the algal mats and lily pad leaves and stems as planned.
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Floating algal mats, green color, and limited visibility.
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While the open water is beautiful, avoid areas with floating algae mats and keep pets away.
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A real professional!
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Divers from LIDA (the Long Island Dive Association) perparing to splash down in Fresh Pond!
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As summer fades and autumn approaches, Fresh Pond has never seemed finer, but stick to clear open water. As expected, a few algae mats have been observed regrowing in lily pad enclosed areas.
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As a sublime Shelter Island Saturday draws to a close, clear waters everywhere.
Time to consider adding Fresh Pond to your Shelter Island snapper derby, barbeque competition, and school theater visits.
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The pond is beautiful, but with unseasonably cool weather and mixing, cyanobacteria from the deep waters can persist despite the cleanup.
We await the fall and spring when pilot phase implementation of the long term, deep-water filtration solution will begin.
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Many areas are both clear and free of floating dots this morning, but keep eyes open.
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Continued clarity… but keep your eyes open for patches of cyanobacteria!
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Warm air and smooth sailing in the calm after the winds.
We’ll keep monitoring but we see good recreational conditions in these last weeks of summer. We look forward to starting work in the deeper waters that can make a long-lasting change not only in Fresh Pond but in the creeks and bays.
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A week after the harvest, with regrowth hitting its stride, we are now seeing crystal clear waters and no blue-green dots.
Current conditions are as good as old-timers remember them from decades ago.
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