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Lakeville and East Freetown Massachusetts
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| Preparation was critical and responsible for much of the success of this procedure. Good weather helped, and generous people demonstrated their committment to Long Pond and the environment. | |
 Weatherproof Signs set with bouys around treated area |
 Volunteers organize into boats |
 Bob created working system to hold rolled mats |
 Rollers mounted at back of his pontoon boat |
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Barrier mats getting loaded into boat |
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 Mat is unrolled |
 Getting mat lined up correctly requires lots of coordination |
 Long T bar pole pushes mat to bottom |
 Special weighted PVC pipe with T on end secures mat |
 T bars are dropped onto mat at 10 ft intervals |
 Boat location kept stable with long poles with flat base |
 End of mat is marked with red bouy |
 End of 100 ft mat is lowered |
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Getting the Sign attached
to buoy and floating in the correct space was
quite a challenge
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Sunday's Scheduled Installation
Cancelled due to Cold and Windy Weather
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 Many committed volunteers showed up anyway |
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We could not have done this without all of the volunteers' support. Thanks to all those who helped with their boats, efforts, equipment and work on obtaining the mini grant enabling this project to SAVE LONG POND. Learn more click here for Front page article of Standard Times May 8 |
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Long Pond Volunteers Install Benthic Barriers May 7, 2007
Training Session on April 25, 2007 was helpful in getting us prepared
Training Session on April 25, 2007 was helpful in getting us prepared