Monitoring Casco Bay Connections: a freshwater perspective Karen Wilson Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy University of Southern Maine

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Monitoring Casco Bay Connections: a freshwater perspective Karen Wilson Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy University of Southern Maine

Aug 14, 2014 Presumpscot River plume after a 6 inch rainfall (Source: Portland Press Herald, Photographer John Patriquin) Freshwater-marine linkages

Alewife on their spawning run, Mill Brook, Photo: T. Willis.

Gulls feeding at Mill Brook (Source: PRLT)

Monitoring Presumpscot River water quality [Presumpscot River Watch, VRMP, CBEP, DEP, CCSWCD, PWD, USM, EPA, SAPPI] Presumpscot River fish [IFW] Highland Lake [VLMP] Cumberland Mills Dam fish counts [SAPPI] Highland Lake/Mill Brook alewife spawning run [DMR, USM, CBEP, PRLT, GMRI]

Highland Lake alewife spawning run Valuable: one of only non- harvested, counted runs Largest accessible lake habitat in Presumpscot watershed Source: MeDMR Former Smelt Hill Dam Highland Lake Mill Brook Dam Presumpscot Stroudwater

Alewife life history Ocean adults 3-5 years at sea eggs young of year juveniles (natal) spawning adults Freshwater Spring Fall

restoration timeline 1987 – DMR constructed fishway at Highland Lake outlet dam, stocked lake with alewives for many years 1990 – Fishway constructed at Smelt Hill Dam 2000 – Renewed efforts to stock Highland & improve passage 2002 – Smelt Hill Dam removed 2004 to 2006 – Multi-partner collaboration to improve passage into Highland Lake Channel restoration Fishway improvements at upper and lower ends Entrance guidance weir installed Baffle replacement, additions, and reconfigurations New trashrack at fishway exit 2011 – DOT replaced two culverts on Mill Brook Source: C. Enterline, MeDMR

Alewife stocking & return history 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60, Spawning Adults Year Stocked AdultsWild Returns

Presumpscot River Watch (PRW) Mission: preserve and improve health of the Presumpscot River watershed by scientific monitoring of water quality and sharing data to increase awareness of river conditions (1989) Monitors: dissolved oxygen, temperature and E. coli bacteria in Presumpscot River & tributaries Methods: May - Aug sampling early every other weekend at 22+ sites by volunteers Contact: Fred Dillon,

Other information Work on Presumpscot and Casco Bay tributaries by Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District (watershed plans, etc) Sebago Lake watershed lakes [PWD, LEA, MFS, CCSWCD, Oxford CSWCD, DEP lakes]

Other information (intermittent) USM Water Quality class: January - April 2015