Bangor Wal-Mart to Present Check for Lake Protection
Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu
ORONO– A representative of the Bangor Wal-Mart store will present a $500 check for lakeshore protection efforts to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 8. Tara Goodrich of the Maine Conservation Corps, a volunteer leader in lakeshore restoration, will receive the check in a short ceremony at the Bangor Wal-Mart.
The money will be used to purchase materials and supplies for a vegetation planting project at the Lucerne Beach Club on Phillips Lake.
The project is part of Cooperative Extension’s Watershed Stewards Program. Volunteers receive training in water quality protection techniques and carry out a project to reduce erosion and other types of pollution.
More information about Watershed Stewards is available from Laura Wilson, assistant scientist with Extension, 581-2971.