TIMES RECORD • September 4, 2024
In the aftermath of the recent chemical spill at Brunswick Landing, the Mere Brook Steering Committee met to review current and near-future work on the brook. The spill took place in the Mere Brook watershed’s eastern sector. This is already toxic ground that will now be even more heavily studied over as this spill works its way into the area’s waters. What I ask for also is redoubled attention to Mere Brook’s western branch. Our offerings, whether pesticides, fertilizers or driveway runoff, have deeply compromised the brook’s ability to clean itself and support basic macroinvertabrate life. But we are working to change that, to bring life back to its waters as complement to its still vital population of a prize Maine fish, the brook trout. ~ Sandy Stott