The members of the Farmington community who helped restore Walton Pond and save its wildlife will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration at 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at 50 Winding Trails Drive.
Walton Pond is an eight-acre body of water that was long filled with mud and sediment, losing 40 percent of its original water holding capacity. The water quality jeopardize the aquatic life, including the fresh water mussel bed.
Throughout the summer of 2010, campers and volunteers collected and relocated 17,519 animals from Walton Pond to other water bodies on the property.
This cleared the way for an October 2010 construction to remove 30,000 cubic feet of mud, replace two dams and build three educational boardwalks to connect Walton Pond with Trout Pond.
The Oct. 22 celebration includes cutting a 400-foot-long ribbon held around the pond by the many volunteers and campers who worked on the project. The event is free, but registration is requested by calling Scott Brown at 860-677-8458. Visit www.windingtrails.org.
