Coastal Stream Team

The Coastal Stream Team scheduled summer water quality monitoring and volunteer work coordinated with the Board of Health. The team will conduct the first of three eDNA fish collections at three Sawmill Brook locations for analysis by GMGI in Gloucester, while the Town-hired shellfish survey team

Manchester Coastal Stream Team launches fish DNA monitoring project. Carl Soderland secured a grant from the Mass. Council of Trout Unlimited to collect environmental DNA data from three Sawmill Brook sites beginning in May, with Geof Day identifying the exact locations. Team member Chris Comb

Manchester Coastal Stream Team plans year-round eDNA fish monitoring across Sawmill Brook tributaries. Chair Jessica Lamothe's team reviewed data from November showing an absence of brook trout in upper Sawmill Brook and Cat Brook, attributed to a depleted water table. Carl Soderland of Northeast

Coastal Stream Team weighs water quality, plans expanded fish surveys. Chair Jessica Lamothe briefed Town Administrator Tony Barletta on the team's efforts to address long-term bacterial contamination in Kettle Cove salt marsh. Northeast Trout Unlimited is planning a grant application for an