Pond Calendar for 2022

Regular meetings of the Richmond Pond Association have usually (but not always) been 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, 2021 & at least part the 2020 seasons were held via the Zoom online platform. Links to the RPA Zoom meetings were posted below and were communicated to RPA website subscribers by email as related plans were solidified. The annual RPA-sponsored all-town 2020 picnic at Camp Russell was canceled. Our 2021 annual meeting was held in-person at The Camp by Bousquet (now Camp Arrow Wood). The 2022 annual meeting & picnic will be at Camp Arrow Wood on August 23.  

Meeting dates for 2022 will be Tuesdays as follows:  4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, and 8/23 (the annual meeting, in-person, at Camp Arrow Wood), 9/20, and 10/25.  All except the annual meeting will be held at 7:00 pm, initially by Zoom, but may shift to in-person at Richmond Town Hall in the fall as evolving COVID regulations may allow.

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

4/26   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

5/24    RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom

Memorial Day weekend - Richmond Town Beach daytime vehicle access opens; no lifeguards.

Father's Day - Richmond Town Beach opens to the public, at least 11 am to 5 pm, daily, without lifeguards (none have applied, despite multiple outreach efforts). 

June - Likely no aquatic herbicide treatment of invasive weeds this year, based on amended Natural Heritage herbicide treatment requirements.  Therefore, there is no anticipated one-day closing of the pond to swimming, boating & fishing.

June 20 - RPA-contracted scuba divers from Aquatic Roots, Inc. begin hand-harvesting weeds in canal, 10 am to 4 pm daily. Boaters must stay clear of diver-down markers.

6/28   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom. 

July 8 - Chili & Chowder Fest - Camp Russell, 6 pm to 10 pm.  $25 admission, 21+ adults only.  Sponsored by Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires, fund raiser for Camp Russell.

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

8/23 - RPA Annual Meeting & All-Town PIcnic - Camp Arrow Wood - 4:30 to 7:30 pm - Guided boat tours of the Pond & swimming with lifeguards); free picnic & remarks by RPA officers.

​9/20   RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom or Richmond Town Hall

10/25  RPA Meeting (7:00 pm) - by Zoom or Richmond Town Hall

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 the RPA is notified.