Upper Watershed News Today

AUBURN — The annual Androscoggin Watershed Conference is set for 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Auburn Senior Community Center on Pettengill Park Road. Melanie Loyzim, commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, will give the keynote address. Sessions include “Threats to Our Lakes, Including Lake Auburn,” “Flow Regime of the Androscoggin River, […]

The threat of climate change leading to more droughts or heavier rains in the region will also affect the water quality.

Ralph Vigils farm in Pecos, New Mexico depends on the Pecos River as it has for 13 years, the same river that runs across almost the entire eastern side of the state, crossing its southern border with Texas in the southeast corner.  What happens in the headwaters of the Pecos where Vigil grows vegetables like lettuce and tomatoes has a direct impact, he said, on the rest of the river – even hundreds of miles south cities like Roswell or Carlsbad.  "Our watersheds are extremely important to...

Charles River Tributary in Boston Gets D- for Water Quality in New Report Card The Charles River Report Card evaluates if the water quality of the river meets Massachusetts standards for swimming and boating By Patrick Donnelly • Updated on December 21, 2020 at 9:43 pm NBC Universal, Inc. While most of the Charles Rivers water is in good shape, a tributary that runs through Boston and Brookline has water thats far less satisfactory, according to the latest water quality gra...

A woman kayaks in the Charles River. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The Charles River’s annual water quality report card from the Environmental Protection Agency looks pretty good: four A’s, one B and — one D-. But wait, mom! There’s an explanation! For the first time, the EPA graded each section of the Charles separately, and also included two tributaries: the Stop River and the Muddy River. It was the Muddy River, running through Boston and Brookline, that got the D- for high levels of toxic alga...