Stormwater that isn’t absorbed where it falls flows into the town’s drainage systems, which travels to our streams and wetlands, such as Lake Quannapowitt. Learn more about this process and what you can do on your own property to help mitigate ecosystem damage from stormwater runoff.
The Friends of Lake Quannapowitt invite all community members to join us at our Annual Meeting and Presentation on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024. Enjoy drinks and dinner, participate in a brief business meeting, and hear from Friends of Horn Pond in Woburn about their impressive efforts to reduce wildlife injuries and death caused by fishing line entanglements!
Read the latest newsletter from Friends of Lake Quannapowitt to learn about the work we’re doing and how you can get involved.
FOLQ purchased and donated a new boat to the Town of Wakefield to use for goose control efforts. The Friends purchased the first boat for this undertaking more than 20 years ago. FOLQ continues to work collaboratively with the Town to promote public awareness and provide long-term protection and enhancement of Lake Quannapowitt and its surrounding public lands.
Initiated in 2006, Bricks by the Lake is a program that raises funds for improvements in lakeside parklands while also enabling personal memorials on engraved bricks located. This wonderful program allows the public to purchase an engraved brick to be installed around the flagpole at Col. Connelly Park.
FOLQ Membership is what drives the organization. Your membership provides financial support for our organization, keeps you informed of our activities, invites you to our annual events, and helps secures its future. And individual donations from private individuals, civic groups, corporations, and foundations are vitally important to helping to renew, care, and advocate for the Lake and its surrounding valuable public green spaces.