After school went to remote learning after March 13th, 2020, we are happy to be back to in-person learning at St. George School!

On Monday, September 21, 2020, the remnants of Hurricane Teddy tracked toward Nova Scotia and gave mid-coast Maine a forecast of wind, waves and coastal flooding in low-lying areas.  Unfortunately, because we’ve observed other storm tides, super moon and king tides bring tidal water right into the marsh, we knew we could expect saltwater intrusion into the marsh .  Fortunately, we were able to observe and capture video of the tidal event at our marsh, firsthand.

Later, on Friday, we found dead and dying minnows. We wonder what species they are and even though they may tolerate brackish waters normally found in Ripley Creek, why did quite a few of them die? Was it the 10.0 PPT salinity we measured at that time – both in Ripley Creek and in the marsh in the location of the outlet itself and also behind the parking lot area?