Tinmouth Pond is a wonderful place with a unique location and character all it’s own.The pond is a clean healthy body of water which contains a wide variety of aquatic native plant species some which are quite rare and endangered as well as a healthy fish population including Large Mouth Bass and Pike. In the summer of 1998, the invasive plant Eurasian Milfoil was discovered and deemed a threat to our wonderful native plants and possibly to the pond as a whole. That year the Tinmouth Pond Milfoil Project AKA TPMP was formed as a grass roots effort to ensure the health of the well loved Chipman Lake AKA Tinmouth Pond.
Eurasian water milfoil was first managed with hand pulling by scuba divers with surface support people followed by the cutting-edge control method using Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting (DASH) pursuant to a permit issued in 2002. Each year, divers work for several weeks to pull milfoil from the lake and foster valued native plant growth. The resulting vegetation is composted.
Funding for this upwards of $25,000.00 per year work comes from various sources, including grants from the Town of Tinmouth and the State of Vermont. Local fundraising comes in the form of our annual Pig Roast, hosted around the 4th of July and open to all, and our annual raffle. These funds are supplemented by homeowner donations as well as yearly membership in the TPMP.
We cannot protect this beautiful and precious resource without your support. Thank you for your interest in our project!
The TPMP Board
Purchases to all TPMP events can be made here online, or by mailing checks to TPMP, PO Box 462, Wallingford, VT 05773.