tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post7493013056624279730..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Can A Neighborhood Pond Survive?Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-7898024863515078852016-12-19T07:59:18.986-05:002016-12-19T07:59:18.986-05:00You all realize this is 4th dealine they have come...You all realize this is 4th dealine they have come up with? The pond should have been sestored years ago. This pond used to be half the size of puffers pond you fools!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-88240790098525472732016-12-16T14:17:47.431-05:002016-12-16T14:17:47.431-05:00I hope the town does bring back the Markert pond. ...I hope the town does bring back the Markert pond. It was named after a family which brought so much to the town of Amherst in so many ways. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676033225002067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-45057427312966514462016-12-15T18:52:48.443-05:002016-12-15T18:52:48.443-05:00It's really sad that they purposely lowered th...It's really sad that they purposely lowered the water level even more than it had been. Years of neglect led to serious decline in wildlife in and out of the water. Draining it further, and leaving it like that for winter, just plain kills off more. Not much can survive in a few inches of water. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63137882645484276052016-12-14T20:52:01.551-05:002016-12-14T20:52:01.551-05:00Things change. Climate changes. You change. Pon...Things change. Climate changes. You change. Ponds change. Minds change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52786016850429688452016-12-13T06:42:26.872-05:002016-12-13T06:42:26.872-05:00I'm sure Orchard Valley was built (originally ...I'm sure Orchard Valley was built (originally as K-V development) in the early/mid-1960s, not the early 70s.Tom Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08763818256131443456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-12405447983824497222016-12-12T14:16:07.475-05:002016-12-12T14:16:07.475-05:00Drain the swamp!!!!Drain the swamp!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-50982305801763034792016-12-12T13:33:57.800-05:002016-12-12T13:33:57.800-05:00All Ponds MatterAll Ponds MatterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-29624662778664710662016-12-12T13:17:45.513-05:002016-12-12T13:17:45.513-05:00In addition, shallow ponds rapidly evolve into swa...In addition, shallow ponds rapidly evolve into swamps if they aren't dredged.Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-52502752289497421132016-12-12T12:58:57.338-05:002016-12-12T12:58:57.338-05:00It also looks pretty overgrown with vegetation. T...It also looks pretty overgrown with vegetation. Too bad that all our watercourses are meeting this fate and disappearing from view. Used to be you could see across meadows to ponds and streams but not so much anymore. In our busy society few have time or skills to clear land, even if the wetlands laws allowed them to do it. For all the talk about open space there's less every year as it gives way to scrub and forest. And so our society sinks back into the antediluvian mists...Scrooge McDucknoreply@blogger.com