The area was filled in with excavated soil last summer but not stabilized causing the steep, unvegetated banks to erode into a nearby tributary of the Narraguagus River. The Town seeded and mulched the site but more assistance was needed. The fire station which had been restored this past summer by the Town of Cherryfield had begun to erode in one location. The watershed volunteers installed a short section of silt fence supported by staked hay bales, another row of staked hay bales for a primary containment of sediment runoff and ares of exposed soil were mulched with hay. Nonpoint source pollution is our nation's greatest water quality threat.
Prevention is simple and usually inexpensive.
To learn more about what you can do in your community, contact your local watershed council. To become a part of the team, contact Charlie at 546-4405.