Our neighbor estuarine reserve in New Hampshire, the Great Bay Reserve, is part of a troubled system that was featured in a New Hampshire Public Radio series last week. NHPR's Amy Quinton took an in-depth look at Great Bay and put together some great stories that can be heard or read on the NHPR site.
Danger seeps from your garden.
Fertilizer causes tomatoes to ripen larger and plants to grow taller. But applying more than your plants need can have a devastating effect.
The rain washes your excess fertilizer, either manure or chemical, down the road and into the nearest water source. There, it mixes with water traveling from other gardens, farms, and power plants to create a stream of nitrogen and phosphorus. The stream pours directly into the marsh.
Healthy Maine Beaches was the topic of a Coastal Training Program workshop on Monday. The Wells NERR partnered with the Maine Healthy Beaches Program to offer this day-long workshop. Thirty-five participants gathered to develop proactive regional approaches to pollution control in the coastal watersheds draining to southern Maine’s premier tourist destinations.
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