This is a guest post by Betsey Rice.
As was explained in the Natural Areas presentation in Sept. of 2025, and George Alexander’s recent blog about past efforts to address the health of Spear Pond and its future, a plan was submitted to the KCC budget process and funds made available for the first stage, which is to replace the debris guard and overflow pipe, and to remediate erosion on the back side of the dam.
The work will require temporarily lowering the pond water level before digging out a section of the dam to replace the overflow pipe and to repair the erosion. Once the dam is repaired, rainfall will gradually refill the pond to its present level.
Because of the work required, heavy equipment will be brought onto the dam, which will also involve cutting some carefully selected trees. Work is scheduled to start after Thanksgiving and be completed before the year’s end.
Many thanks to KCC, the Administration, and Casey Groff for supporting this important work.
