Ian Pond

Ian is a keen kayaker on flat and whitewater and has explored many of the local rivers and lakes by boat. An exploratory trip down the Ellerbe from Red Mill Road introduced him to the trash islands including a huge one at the trestle. With that memory, when Ian was approached my fellow Northgate Park resident Mike Shiflett to help with Big Sweep it was an easy leap for Ian to lead a clean up on the Ellerbe – the hook was cast!

Ian’s passion for the Ellerbe is the physical creek and it’s cleanliness but he is willingly involved in land based clean ups too and is on the Land Stewardship Committee.

Ian is President of Northgate Park Neighborhood Association and has lived in the neighborhood with his wife Carol since 2008, Carol being a native of Northgate Park.