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Stormwater runoff and Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, MA

Stormwater Effects on Lake Quannapowitt

3/6/2024

In Wakefield, a lot of rain and snow (or “stormwater”) flows directly, untreated, into our town’s bodies of water. Any water that cannot be absorbed where it falls flows into the town’s drainage systems, which travels to our streams and wetlands, such as Lake Quannapowitt, Mill River, Saugus River, Mystic River, Reedy Meadow, Crystal Lake and many others. And if...

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Owl snared in fishing line. Photo courtesy of Carin Macnamara / Advanced Imaging ©2024

Great Horned Owl Entangled: How You Can Help Wildlife at Lake Quannapowitt

1/11/2024

You may have heard about the Great Horned Owl at Lake Quannapowitt earlier this month. Here’s more info on how to enjoy “Owl Season” at Lake Q and how to keep wildlife safe. “January is owl season in Massachusetts,” according to Mass Audubon in a recent WBUR interview, with many of the birds courting and nesting this time of year....

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Laurel Perkins, Gertrude Spaulding Award Winner

2023 Gertrude Spaulding Award: Laurel Perkins

11/30/2023

Congratulations to this year’s Gertrude Spaulding award winner, Laurel Perkins, who has been a member of FOLQ’s Col. Connelly Park Committee. In particular, Laurel’s incredibly hard work on the program to install memorial bricks around the Connelly Park Flagpole has made a lasting impression on our Lake and our organization. Thank you, Laurel! Learn more about the Bricks by the...

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Annual Business Meeting June 1, 2022

11/14/2022

On Wednesday June 1, 2022, the Friends of Lake Quannapowitt Board of Directors welcomed members, guests and local and state politicians to their . It was held at Bear Hill Golf Club in Stoneham MA. and marked their first annual meeting in two years with in-person attendees. President Margaret Coppe welcomed all to a delightful cocktail hour and dinner before...

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FOLQ’s Lake Development Position

3/29/2021

Dear Friends and Supporters, On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, Cabot, Cabot and Forbes filed a site plan and application for a mixed-use residential development at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway (the old American Mutual building) with the Zoning Board of Appeals. Included in that filing is a letter stating that amendments will soon be added that incorporate important elements for lake protection,...

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FOLQ’s Lake Development Position Explained

2/23/2021

Dear Friends and Supporters, The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt, faced with a proposed large residential development at 200 Quannapowitt Parkway (old American Mutual building,) have engaged the public recently with a citizen petition, town wide signs and an initiative to sponsor zoning changes preventing or limiting the size of residential development intended for the November 2020 Town Meeting. We were...

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