Arrowsic Conservation Commission
How High Is that Tide?
The Arrowsic Conservation Commission has installed several four-by-four wooden posts along roadsides where there is a history of flooding (with more planned). These posts serve as platforms for photographing high water events (e.g. astronomical tides or following major storms), and help ensure photos are taken from the same height, angle and place each time. The data collected will help the town better understand how often certain roads flood, how high the water rises along the road, its impact on shoreline vegetation and what flood events will mean for safe passage in the future. If you are interested in learning more, or would like to 'adopt' a post to help us document flooding events, email . You can also find a description of the project in the March 2020 issue of The Arrow and view the data we are collecting by visiting: https://www.anecdata.org/projects/view/789.
Commission Purposes and Duties
The Town of Arrowsic Conservation Commission shall:
- Promote, protect and/or enhance the natural resources located in the Town as provided in Title 30, Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, Section 3851, as amended from time to time;
- Identify, protect and/or enhance all real estate interests owned by the Town in fee simple or otherwise;
- Conduct research into local land areas to accomplish the purposes set forth in the foregoing two paragraphs; and
- Perform other duties as may be allowed by state law.
Members
Phine Ewing, chair; Jenna Howard; Clarke Cooper; Karen Robbins; Carla Weeks; Jesse McMahon; Priscilla Tucker.
Our email:
Current Initiatives
- Town water access development
- Climate Resilience
- Tide Monitoring Project
- Sewall Pond water quality monitoring
- Sewall Pond Alewife monitoring
- Drought assessment
- Browntail moth response