BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 30, 2024
The town of Penobscot’s shellfish committee has teamed up with a Massachusetts nonprofit and a New Hampshire drone operator to solve the case of Northern Bay’s disappearing mud. Manomet Conservation Sciences, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that studies coastal ecosystems, contracted a New Hampshire-based drone operator to map the 1,000 acres of mudflats on Penobscot’s Northern Bay on Aug. 22. The drone’s multiple morning flights across the bay at the low tide will hopefully yield detailed maps that can provide insights into what is happening to the mud, researchers say.