BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 16, 2021
The Newport Select Board will choose one of the two environmental firms it interviewed to pursue grant writing and secure funding for a watershed study on Sebasticook Lake in January. Members heard from Jennifer Jespersen, the owner of Mount Vernon-based Ecological Instincts, at their meeting via Zoom on Wednesday evening, on how her team would approach the project. FB Environmental Association presented to the board on Dec. 1. Sebasticook Lake has endured excessive phosphorus pollution over the decades, which began in the 1950s due to agricultural and irrigation practices, mills depositing waste into the lake and other reasons.