Pond Calendar for 2021

Regular meetings of the Richmond Pond Association are usually (but not always) on the 4th Tuesday of the month, usually at Richmond Town Hall. Meetings are usually scheduled April through October, and additionally only as needed.  Special Note - Because of measures implemented to reduce the spread of Coronavirus, RPA meetings for the 2020 season and those scheduled for early in the 2021 season were or will be held via the Zoom online platform. Links to the RPA Zoom meetings were and will be posted below and will be communicated to RPA website subscribers by email as related plans are solidified. The annual RPA-sponsored all-town 2020 picnic at Camp Russell was canceled, though our annual meeting was held by Zoom on July 28 at 7:00 pm; see minutes on Minutes page.

Meeting dates for 2021 will be 4th Tuesdays as follow:  4/27, 5/25, 6/22, 7/27 (picnic?), 8/24, 9/28, 10/26.  We expect that initially our meetings will be by Zoom at 7:00 pm.  If at some point, we can safely transition to meeting at Town Hall, the dates will be the same, but those meetings may shift to 5:30 pm.  Our hope is that the 7/27 date in 2021 can return to a picnic format in late afternoon, either at The Camp by Bousquet or Camp Russell.

4/1      Target date to complete pond's refill to normal level, after winter draw-down

4/27   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

5/25    RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

Memorial Day weekend - Richmond Town Beach daytime vehicle access opens; timing to be determined; no lifeguards

Father's Day -  Richmond Town Beach opens to the public, 11 am to 5 pm,  Tuesday through Sunday, hopefully with lifeguards. Signage will outline social distancing & face mask use requirements.  Also open Monday but without lifeguards.

6/8 -  Aquatic herbicide treatment of invasive weeds - Pond will be closed to swimming, boating & fishing for one day only.

6/22   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

7/27   RPA Annual Meeting in picnic format, likely 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at The Camp by Bousquet  
 

August TBA -  Second weed treatment - Pond will be closed to swimming, boating & fishing one day only

8/24   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

​9/28   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

10/26  RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom  

11/1      Winter lake level draw-down begins - to be reduced 1" or 2" per day until drawn down by 2 feet.  (Refill to occur in early spring, so pond is back to normal level by April 1st.)

NOTES: Dates of pond weed treatments and events held at Richmond Pond and open to the public will be added to this calendar as they are scheduled and RPA is notified.