Improvements being made to Kiwanis Park pond
DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Town of Dover-Foxcroft and Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club are partnering to make improvements to the Kiwanis Park pond.
The pond was constructed in 2001 and 2003 in downtown Dover-Foxcroft, located behind the Piscataquis Area Community Center, and has provided opportunities for many youth events, including annual Hooked on Fishing days.
POND WORK — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Town of Dover-Foxcroft and Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club are partnering to make improvements to the Kiwanis Park pond. These include removing some of the sediments that have built up over the past 20 years to make the pond much shallower than when originally constructed.
The pond is very dry this year due to the drought conditions. This affords the collaborators an opportunity to make much needed improvements including removing some of the sediments that have built up over the past 20 years to make the pond much shallower than when originally constructed. Also some of the rip-rap that was protecting the grassy shoreline areas has slipped into the pond, resulting in erosion.
The public works crew from the town will use an excavator and timber mats to remove areas of sediment, an estimated 350-400 yards will be removed. The material will be transported to the town’s gravel pit located off Route 7 where it will drain and dry. Individual rocks that have slipped into the pond will be brought back up to the shoreline as rip-rap for shoreline protection. Silt fencing will be placed in the project area to reduce any siltation in the outlet. At the time of this application, there was little to no water flowing from the pond.
WATER LEVELS — The eastern side of the Kiwanis Park pond in Dover-Foxcroft has little water compared to the western side. With drought conditions in place, site work is able to be done.
