The Dredge Report

A recent look at Nashawannuck Pond in Easthamtpon showed that the dredging project going on there is well under way...



Water levels used to go to just under this raised platform.



There's now a broad mucky beach surrounding the perimeter.



As the water recedes, all kinds of gunk and goop and yeckh is emerging, and on that particularly hot humid day, giving off an odor you might expect.



It's not really a foul, garbagy odor or anything, but let's just say you can definitely smell the mussels.



A brighter, cheerier object - namely a Phoenix Bear, had recently emerged as the waterline dropped. But it was rudely yanked out and spirited away by the authorities...

While I was there a couple of fishermen were casting into the newly created shallows for whatever sunfish remain, while a couple of others looked on.





The pond is being dredged in order to remove decades of built up sediment and weed growth that has been choking the shallow pond. The deepening of the water will make it harder for the oxygen obsorbing plantlife to grow, as will the removal of the fertilizer/nitrogen soaked sediment.

The removed dirt will be stored somewhere and used as fill by the town.



There's talk of restoring the old man-made pond to it's former glory as a town centerpiece; with a new boat ramp, a re-landscaping of the edges with a new walkway and gardens, and maybe even a restored town beach...



Wouldn't that be ideal...