Mill Pond

2012

February 9, 2012

Fine Points of Stream Restoration Talk

Prudy Burt
Mill Brook
Mill Pond

Over 50 people turned out to hear Michael Hopper, president of the Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition, talk about the successes and lessons learned from stream restoration efforts at Red Brook in Wareham, and the Quashnet River in Falmouth, and how those could be considered in the discussion about our own Mill Pond/Mill Brook. The program was taped by MVTV and will air daily for the next three weeks. Additionally, a DVD of Michael’s presentation is in circulation at the West Tisbury Library.

It is important to correct a few points:

February 2, 2012
Michael Hopper

Islanders Express Passionate Opinions on Mill Pond’s Future

Mark Alan Lovewell
Mill Brook
Mill Pond

Opinions on the future of Mill Pond and the future of Mill Brook were more varied than the options at a Saturday afternoon forum held at the West Tisbury Library. The townspeople and others who packed the meeting room kept coming back to a central point: The pond and the brook that feeds it are among the town’s most valued resources and worthy of concern and some kind of action.

Without any action, experts say the pond will continue to choke as more and more sediment and organic materials continue to arrive and fill it.

2010

November 11, 2010

Mulling Over Options for Mill Pond

Chuck Hodgkinson
Mill Pond

W hat should we do about Mill Pond?

The discussion presented last Saturday by Beth Lambert, the river restoration program coordinator for the commonwealth’s Division of Ecological Restoration offered a new perspective and other possibilities for us to consider. I want to thank Prudy Burt and the West Tisbury Library staff for hosting this talk. After listening, there appear to be more options available to the town that are worthy of discussion.

November 11, 2010

Dam Questions Flow at Talk About Mill Pond Restoration

Phyllis Meras
Mill Pond

More than 50 people crowded into the reading room at the West Tisbury Public Library on Saturday to hear Beth Lambert, river restoration program coordinator for the state Division of Ecological Restoration, discuss the state’s policy of dam destruction as a way of restoring natural stream ecology.

November 4, 2010

Beauty Should Not Cast the Last Vote When Impounding Nature

Prudy Burt
Mill Pond

The town of West Tisbury has begun a discussion about what, if anything, should be done to maintain the Mill Pond, a man-made impoundment of the Mill Brook in the center of West Tisbury. So far, the discussion has focused mainly on dredging the pond again; the pond was last dredged in 1970.

2009

October 15, 2009
asters

Dredging Debate Splits Mill Pond Planners, Town

Jim Hickey
Dredging
Mill Pond

To dredge or not to dredge? That is the question currently being bandied about in West Tisbury.

A specially-appointed research committee has split over whether to dredge Mill Pond, the historic man-made pond that graces the entrance to town on the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road adjacent to the police station. Two of the committee members, Bob Woodruff and Craig Saunders, believe that dredging is necessary to prevent the pond from drying up and disappearing forever.

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