Park Management Archives - Buckingham Pond Conservancy

Fire Safety on Park Grounds

Oct 9, 2025 | Advocacy & Education, Park Management

All are welcome to attend our annual meeting. We’ll be discussing the pond, the environment, and fundraising iniativies.

Native Planting & Shoreline Stabilization Project 2025, Phase 2

Jul 15, 2025 | Events, Park Management, Projects

Shoreline planting day is Wednesday July 9, starting at 9AM and continuing to around 1PM. Please come and help out for as long as you can. The More Trees crew will be there to direct our work and advise us on how to maintain our new plantings. See you there!

2025 Planting Volunteers Needed 7/9, 9AM

Jul 3, 2025 | Events, Park Management, Projects

Shoreline planting day is Wednesday July 9, starting at 9AM and continuing to around 1PM. Please come and help out for as long as you can. The More Trees crew will be there to direct our work and advise us on how to maintain our new plantings. See you there!

2024 Native Planting Day – Save the Date

Apr 12, 2024 | Events, Park Management, Pond & Park Ecology, Projects

Save the date! Join us on May 5, 2024 for the Buckingham Pond Conservancy Native Planting Day, and help plant native species.

2024 Spring Cleanup – Save the Date

Mar 22, 2024 | Events, Park Management, Projects

Save the date! Come out and help keep Buckingham Pond beautiful. Projects include trash and invasive plant removals and general upkeep.

2023 Spring Cleanup – Save the Date 5/7

Apr 15, 2023 | Events, Park Management

2022 Spring Cleanup – Save the Date 5/15

May 5, 2022 | Events, Park Management, Pond & Park Ecology

Shoreline Improvements Phase 1 Completed!

Oct 18, 2017 | Events, Park Management

We are pleased to report that the Water Department has completed the Phase 1 shoreline stabilization work this year. This work will improve water quality at the pond by adding native species that filter water as it goes in to the pond, and reducing erosion. The...

Don’t Be Surprised by Low Water Levels

Aug 30, 2017 | Park Management, Pond & Park Ecology

Don't be surprised if you notice low water levels in the pond. This is actually good news! The water department is doing some shore-line stabilization and needed to lower the water level by about 6". This is a temporary change ...water levels will soon return to...

Erosion Work Happening at the Pond

Aug 24, 2017 | Park Management, Pond & Park Ecology

Have you been wondering what's been going on at the pond? We're happy to report that the City of Albany is addressing the long-standing erosion problem at the Euclid entrance on the south (New Scotland) side. This area has been washing out during each large storm,...

2017 Spring Cleanup – Thank You!

May 2, 2017 | Events, Park Management

Thanks so much to our volunteers on April 30 including Councilman Joe Igoe! A few hearty souls came out in the drizzle, picked up trash and cleaned out the debris that had collected at the east end of the pond!