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News

• May 14 2009 Hydro-raking update
• March 22 2009 fee reduction for hydro-raking
• March 11, 2009: Hydro-raking shore improvement program at Morses Pond March 11 meeting notes, the hydro-raking sign up form, and the March 11 presentation
• May 16, 2007: Townsman: Special election question pass with ease
• May 3, 2007: Townsman: Let's keep Wellesley's crown jewel sparkling and the picture of the water chestnut harvesters
• April 1, 2007: Boston Globe: Vote OK's plan to cover retiree fund (March 2007 town meeting results including cleanup of Morses Pond)
• November 2, 2006: Townonline: Water and health: Do you really know what's on tap?
• August 17, 2006: Boston Globe: Lake weeds spur chemical reaction
• August 8, 2006: Boston Globe: How to rescue a weed-choked pond
• June 11, 2006: Boston Globe article: Take hike pushed for pond
• March 23, 2006: Wellesley Townsman article: Morse's Pond: a neglected jewel
• March 16, 2006: Wellesley Townsman article: Pond projects will sink or swim at TM
• November, 2005: The Comprehensive Plan for the Management of Morses Pond was completed (186 pages in a 13 Meg PDF file).
• June 30, 2005: Wellesley Townsman article NRC says no to controversial herbicide
• June 26, 2005: Boston Globe article Panel Rejects Herbicide on Morses Pond
• June 23, 2005: Wellesley Townsman article How clean is it?
• June 9, 2005: Boston Globe article Users Want Murky Pond Cleaned - Now.
• June 9, 2005: Wellesley Townsman article "Curing the Pond: Is an herbicide really the best solution?"
• June 6, 2005: Boston globe article "Debate on Pond Herbicide".
• April 28, 2005: New FOMP officers elected. See the FOMP Annual meeting notice/agenda and the meeting minutes
• April 6, 2005: A meeting with Ken Wagner gave an overview of the progress to date on Morses Pond management.

• January 2005: For the past three years an unofficial group of Wellesley officials and residents known as the Morses Pond Collaborative has met regularly "to advance those management programs that improve and maintain the health of Morses Pond and its environs to serve the public interest." Members included representatives from the Natural Resources Commission (NRC), Department of Public Works (DPW), the Recreation Department, and the Friends of Morses Pond (FOMP). The end result of this unprecedented cooperative effort among Town departments and citizens in support of Morses Pond was approval by the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) and Town Meeting in Spring 2004 of $150,000 for the design of a long term management plan for Morses Pond.

  That project was awarded to the environmental firm ENSR led by Dr. Ken Wagner, a Certified Lake Manager. The design project is being supervised from the Wellesley side by the NRC, Recreation, and the DPW with representatives from FOMP. To establish priorities and goals, one public meeting was held with a wide range of stakeholders and was followed by a public forum. More public participation meetings will be held before a recommended management program can be proposed during the Spring of 2005. This program is eagerly awaited as it will be the basis for seeking necessary permits and funding for the development of the engineering and implementation plans that will be put out to bid to carry out various parts of the program. (From the Wellesley Conservation web-site.)

• March 22, 2004: Town of Wellesley, Reports to the Annual Town Meeting (funding for Morses Pond Study)
• June 14, 2002: EPA Completes Cleanup at Morses Pond Culvert in Wellesley (cached copy)