Squibnocket Pond District Advisory Committee News

Posted on: March 29, 2022 - 10:29am
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  • The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is engaged in a multi-year project of assessing the health of up-island ponds, with the goal of securing state funding for mitigation efforts to improve the health of the ponds. The collective effort is known as the Up-Island Watershed Management Plan Committee. The Squibnocket Pond District Advisory Committee participates in the Squibnocket Pond Working Group.
  • In 2020, two island conservation organizations – Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation and the MV Land Bank -- purchased property on the western end of Squibnocket Pond and are in the process of creating the Squibnocket Pond Reservation. Their goal is to open it to the public in late 2022. For updates, see https://sheriffsmeadow.org/news-updates/squibnocket-pond-reservation/  

For the SPR management plan under review by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, see https://www.mvtimes.com/mvt/uploads/2021/11/squibnocket-mgt-plan-11-22-2021.pdf?x75555  This management plan also gives a comprehensive list of flora and fauna that inhabit the pond area.

  • The Squibnocket Pond 5-year Management plan is coming soon.