Students assist NRWC with stabilization On Friday, November 3rd, students from the law enforcement class at Narraguagus High School worked 2 hours stabilizing this site in East Cherryfield behind a greenhouse. This involved installation of 100 feet of silt fence and spreading 42 bales of mulch hay on the exposed soils. Unvegetated soils, with no erosion controls loosen with impacts with 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.