Bare Hill Pond Panel Recommends Drawdown Over Chemical Treatment

HARVARD — Harvard's Bare Hill Pond Watershed Management Committee is recommending a water level drawdown, not chemical treatment, to control pond weeds this season, according to a report from The Harvard Press.

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"Drawdown, not chemicals, for Bare Hill Pond," reads a headline from The Harvard Press on the Bare Hill Pond Watershed Management Committee's weed management strategy. Per the Press, slides and video from the committee's Aug. 10 Zoom meeting, posted to its town web page, show the panel favoring a water drawdown over herbicide application to manage the pond's weed growth (read it at https://harvardpress.com/2026/08/drawdown-not-chemicals-for-bare-hill-pond/).

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