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After six years of effort, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay secured a conservation easement on the 31-acre Dresden Falls archaeology site, protecting Maine’s top prehistoric site and rare spongy arrowhead habitat.
New tests by Friends of Merrymeeting Bay found 19 PFAS in watersheds, with highest levels near Brunswick Naval Air Station, one at 922 ppt — far above EPA safety.