![]() The pond doesn’t have any natural inlets to replenish water, so the Park District uses a spout at the edge of the pond to refill it with city water when it gets too shallow. A quarter of the pond will be dredged to a depth of 8 feet, while other parts will be kept shallow or at varying depths to maintain the area’s biodiversity. Work will include dredging the sedimentation and putting in plants that will filter nutrients, Widener said. April 20 to answer neighbors’ and supporters’ questions about the project. The group is hosting a virtual public meeting 6-7 p.m. Throughout the pond’s restoration, neighbors can expect to see fences installed along the waterway, according to the conservancy. (Credit: Jake Wittich/Block Club Chicago) Cardinals are among the hundreds of bird species that call the North Pond home. “The pond’s days are numbered” without the changes, Widener said. Additionally, the runoff of sedimentation brings nutrients into the water that exacerbate problems with excessive algae and evaporation. ![]() Cannon Drive, is a human-made structure that’s become home to more than 250 migratory bird species and about a dozen threatened or endangered species since it was built in the mid-1880s, said Doug Widener, executive director of the Lincoln Park Conservancy.īut the pond has been drying up from excess erosion, and the waterway is only 2 feet deep at its lowest points, Widener previously told Block Club. The Lincoln Park Conservancy, which supports the Park District by raising money for ecological projects outside its budget, announced Thursday it had raised the $7.3 million needed for the pond’s restoration. ![]() Restoration of the nearly 150-year-old North Pond in Lincoln Park, which has been drying up for years, will begin this month as workers prepare to dredge it and reduce its reliance on pumped-in city water. ![]()
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