Acid stress has been implicated as one of a number of possible factors in reducing the number of adult spawners. The Planning Board intends to bring in a planner and grant writer to write a community block grant into which NRWC issues will be integrated. Land for Maine's Future will try to purchase the Noyes property for the Town. If funded, the 24-month grant will begin next spring. It is a plan to initiate a process of public notification and involvement in addressing watershed issues, i.e., a grant to write a plan on how we are going to approach solving watershed problems.
Major emphasis is given to public outreach.
Phase I. These are outlined in the Phase I Final Report. See Report for details. We must now wait for the arrival of the new biologist to be hired by the DEP to coordinate training of volunteers. We need to have volunteers put up posters in advance, send out a mailing to NRWC members, provide press coverage, plan for the cookout, and coordinate with the Cherryfield transfer station. The ice dam area was suggested as the cookout site.