Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Water Water Everywhere

The South Amherst beavers are nothing if not industrious

The Conservation Commission will hear two requests this evening, one from the DPW to breach a beaver dam to increase water flow on Plum Brook, and another from the Conservation Department to replace an  outflow structure at Markert's Pond with the goal -- according to Assistant Town Manager Dave Ziomek -- "to restore the pond to historic levels" i.e. larger.

 
Markert's Pond South Amherst 

Broken outflow structure allows too much water to escape



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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 9, 2016 at 3:54 PM

    But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

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  2. Larry KelleyMarch 9, 2016 at 4:06 PM

    Now that would be a miracle.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 9, 2016 at 5:36 PM

    This is where some CPA or whatever it's called money should be spent.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 9, 2016 at 8:06 PM

    And ye drink of the water and Lord giveth thou the sulfur belch ups.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 11, 2016 at 4:10 PM

    It is amazing to see the difference in the landscape in some areas. Here's imagery from 1999, before beavers built a huge 200' long dam: Hop Brook, April, 1999

    Here's that same area, just five years later: Hop Brook, April, 2004

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  6. Larry KelleyMarch 11, 2016 at 4:17 PM

    This summer I'll run back over and grab a few shots to compare and see if the DPW dam busting did any good.

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