He needed volunteer assistance to complete the project. Here, volunteers, including State Representative Eddie DuGay, installed silt fencing at the bottom of the slope to prevent silt from entering a tributary of the Narraguagus River. Unvegetated soils, with no erosion controls, loosen with the impact of raindrops. Once the sediments are loosened, they travel downhill to a tributary of the Narraguagus River. 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.