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Check Out Our Spring Events Calendar

We’ve got a busy spring and summer in store! From invasive plant removals, litter cleanups, festivals, watershed education, fishing, and more, we hope you’ll get involved.

See our full events calendar here.

FOLQ's Spring 2026 Newsletter

FOLQ has published our fall newsletter. Click the link below to read about one of our amazing water quality volunteers, our upcoming Dinner & Educational Presentation (5/21!), spring events like Learn to Fish, our new TSF scholarship, Galvin Middle schoolers cleaning up the lake, and more!

Read the Spring 2026 newsletter.

Video of the Town's Lake Q Water Quality Work

At the FOLQ Annual Dinner and Meeting, Town Engineer bill Renault gave a presentation on the Town’s recent and upcoming initiatives to improve the water quality within the Lake.

View the video of the water quality presentation here.

 

Volunteer with FOLQ

FOLQ volunteers

FOLQ is a 100% volunteer organization and is always looking for new people who would be interested in supporting clean up, conservation, and beautification efforts around the lake. Consider some of the ways you might lend a hand at Lake Quannapowitt! Most of our volunteer options are family-friendly.

Learn more here.

Meet FOLQ Water Quality Volunteer David Miller

David Miller is an FOLQ associate board member and member of the Water Quality Committee. Learn about his efforts in our water quality testing program, which monitors nutrient levels (nitrogen and phosphorus), cyanobacteria and toxins, water clarity, and other critical indicators.

Read the full article here.

Become a Member or Donate

FOLQ Membership is what drives the organization. Your membership provides financial support for our organization, keeps you informed of our activities, invites you to our annual events, and helps secures its future. And individual donations from private individuals, civic groups, corporations, and foundations are vitally important to helping to renew, care, and advocate for the Lake and its surrounding valuable public green spaces.

Become a member or donate.

Friends of Lake Quannapowitt
mail@folq.org
(781) 486-3795

P.O. Box 517, Wakefield MA 01880

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    • Annual Breakfast 🥞
    • Annual Meeting & Dinner 🍽️
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    • Doggie Bags for a Cleaner Lake
    • Fishing Line Recycling
    • Goose Control
    • Lake Cleanups
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    • Watershed Field Trips
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