Thirteen community volunteers joined forces with the Boothbay Region Water District, Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Knox Lincoln County Soil and Water Conservation District to canvas Knickerbocker Lake and Adams Pond watersheds for erosion sites on Saturday, June 7. In addition to watershed residents, volunteers also represented the Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay Region YMCA and the West Harbor Pond Watershed Association.

After a short training session at the water district office, volunteers and water district staff, under the direction of DEP and the Soil and Water Conservation District, fanned out across the watershed to look for erosion sites that may be contributing soil and phosphorus to the public water supply. By the end of the day, crews had surveyed most of the developed watershed and a few trouble spots were identified.

In the next few weeks, the water district will visit the remaining sites within the watershed. Once the survey is completed, we will share the information with land owners and work to develop reasonable solutions to trouble spots. By summer’s end, we expect to complete a watershed survey report that will be available to the public.

The water district is grateful to the following community volunteers that made the survey possible: Leigh Reinecke, Svend Jorgensen, Ron Reinhart, Alan Barker, Lois Jean Berry, Rose Mooney, Nancy Adams, Leslie Volpe, Elder Stallings, Rita Arnold, Gary Arnold, and Elder Daniels.

Any questions regarding this project, should be directed to Sue Mello, Boothbay Region Water District, at 207-633-4723, ext. 111.