Additional Resources
For more information about Santuit Pond’s restoration and Mashpee’s initiatives, management plans, and outreach opportunities, please visit the resources provided below.
Watershed-Based Plan – 2022
Learn about the goals, strategies, and projects to evaluate Santuit Pond’s water quality issues and watershed pollutant sources.
Reports, Factsheets, and Presentations
- Expanded Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for Santuit Pond Water Quality Monitoring Program (addendum to 2022 QAPP) – 2026
- Nutrient Inactivation Treatment FAQ – 2026
- Santuit Pond Focused Feasibility Study of potential management actions to improve water quality – 2022
- Santuit Pond Sediment Inactivation Dosing Report – 2022
- Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for Santuit Pond Baseline Monitoring and Sediment Coring Program – 2022
- Town of Mashpee Stormwater Management Plan – rev 2022
- Santuit Pond Sediment Testing Report – 2021
Santuit Pond Highlight Video
Watch a 2025 interview with Jason Steiding, Natural Resources Director for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, detailing the project history and ongoing efforts to restore water quality in Santuit Pond.
(Coming Soon)
SNEP Symposium Presentation and Video
Listen to Jason Steiding, a Natural Resources Director for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe discuss Santuit Pond restoration at the 2021 Southeast New England Program Symposium. Learn key facts about the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and their role in Town partnerships, as well as the connection between land use, watershed, and water quality.
Presentations and Public Engagement Materials Archive
The Mashpee Department of Natural Resources is engaging the community at public outreach events and meetings to discuss and help residents better understand ongoing water quality improvement efforts at Santuit Pond. Learn about upcoming opportunities here, and access information and materials from previous events below.
- 4/18/2026 Honor the Earth Fair (Mashpee, MA) project poster: Santuit Pond Nutrient Reduction Project Poster
- 4/9/2026 NEIWPCC Nonpoint Source Conference (Plymouth, MA) presentation slides: Watershed Planning, Partnerships, and Public Education to Address Non-Point Source in a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Ancestral Pond
- 11/2024 NALMS Symposium (Lake Tahoe, CA) presentation slides: Watershed Planning, Partnerships, and Public Education to Address Excessive Nutrients in a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Ancestral Pond
- 4/3/2023 Mashpee Select Board Meeting Presentation slides: Results of Focused Feasibility Study, Baseline Monitoring, and Nutrient Inactivation Dosing Study
- 5/18/2022 SNEP Symposium (virtual) presentation recording: Partnerships and Planning to Address Water Quality in a Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Ancestral Pond