From the Mashpee Enterprise · November 7, 2025 · By Lauren Surbey
Mashpee’s assistant conservation agent briefed the town’s Freshwater Ponds Committee on October 28 about partial restorations of fish passage across town, during a severe drought that left ponds and ladders low. The Johns Pond ladder, at the head of the Quashnet River that feeds Waquoit Bay, was described as completely dry; after about two years of federal assessment, the plan calls for dredging, shoring up banks, adding shade and vegetation, and tackling sediment, with a permit filing this winter and completion targeted for 2027.
Other work includes a fish-passage device at Santuit Pond rather than a full ladder rebuild, a planned culvert replacement and headwaters-to-Route 28 restoration on the Mashpee River, and a grant-funded Mill Pond project with the Wampanoag Tribe and the Waquoit Bay reserve. Herring returns are an indicator of how well these river systems are recovering.
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