{"id":8168,"date":"2025-08-04T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/?page_id=8168"},"modified":"2025-12-30T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:48:43","slug":"carding-mill-pond-water-chestnut-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservationcommission\/carding-mill-pond-water-chestnut-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Carding Mill Pond Water Chestnut Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Located on Dutton Road, Carding Mill Pond. Carding Mill Pond is a 41.4-acre man-made impoundment, with a 3.88-acre watershed. The average depth of Carding Mill Pond is between 2.3 and 3.9 feet, with a maximum depth of about 6 feet. The soft sediment thickness is on average about 3.5 feet with a maximum of 8.5 feet. Water chestnut once covered approximately 20 acres of the pond.<\/p>\n

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2020: Treatment Year 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2020<\/strong>, Caring Mill Pond had small, scattered patches of water chestnut, with a few larger areas in the northern part of the pond. The pond was treated three times; in June, July, and August. The treatments were effective, leaving only a few isolated patches, which were hand-pulled during the final inspection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hop Brook Ponds 2020 Survey Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hop Brook Ponds 2020 Year End Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n