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50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation September 25, 2022

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Scott White remembers what the Androscoggin River once was. He remembers the thick, light brown foam that floated by his childhood home perched on the riverbank in Livermore Falls. He remembers summer days spent casting lines on a river all but bereft of fish, catching nothing more than river chubs on a good day. He remembers the raw sewage that flowed directly into the water. Now, looking back to the Androscoggin River of his childhood in the... + full article



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