Maine High School Students Work to Combat Environmental Issue

Maine High School Students Work to Combat Environmental Issue 

84 students from 14 high schools across the state are spending part of their summer doing some cutting-edge scientific research.

“For the past couple days we have been learning about stormwater as a pervasive environmental issue,” said Takquan Parks, a senior at Bangor High School.

The UMaine Stormwater Management Research Team–or SMART–is a federally-funded collaboration between the university and local high schools.

They spent Wednesday taking water samples from the Stillwater River.

“And we’re analyzing whether it’s healthy to drink, whether it’s healthy for fish to live in,” said Parks…see more.