2013 Spring DPA - Dudley Pond Health Update

2013 Spring DPA Update to Dudley Pond Association from the Surface Water Quality Committee

Dudley Pond – earth day every day

every night

2012 38,191 Plants Pulled All-Time Record

Good news first - our bounty!

Some photos of the plants and creatures your team has spotted since the season began.

The REAL Wile E. Coyote ->

Spring is Turtle Time

NOT the

Diver’s Friend

Diver’s Friend

Preview: (video for mature audiences only)

4 Years in a Nutshell – pretty good

But we are in trouble this year.

HONK! Spring’s Here!

2013 Battle plan:

• We have started to pull already

• Long term strategy: Minimize herbicide use – but use when needed to avoid a bigger problem later.

• We left plants last year - Ted, Allison, and I have surveyed and think we will have to use some herbicide this year.

• We must get ConCom OK, and get bids. SWQC & DPA funding should be sufficient to hand pull and spot treat.

• I show the map – after we smell the flowers.

Plant ID Quiz #1: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #2: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #3: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #4: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #5: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #6: What is it & Where is it?

Plant ID Quiz #7: What is it & Where is it?

OOPS! Evil in algal disguise…

We all know these bad actors…

Spot Treatment Areas

The view’s better above the waterline

Barbara Belote’s Garden

Thanks!

Stick around for the short subjects

Pileated Woodpecker Attack Sounds!

Swan Fight!

Swan Sunning & Swan Nesting

Being a Diver

Trist Preview –for general audiences

Voyeur Fish – caution suggested

Teenage Turtles Titillating Tryst Mature Audiences Only

Wayland Surface Water Quality Committee