Welcome to Acton's Stream Team


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| FP4, Fort Pond Brook
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- Upstream Border: River St. dam, near Piper Road
- Downstream Border: River St. @ Merriam Lane
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Team: John and Nastasha Horvath
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Wildlife: Muscle Shells
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Segment FP4 starts at a dam as two outflow sections, one on the River St. side and one on the railroad side. The River St. side section flows through a parking lot of a paving company, where there appears to be runoff of fresh asphalt, oil, and a possible road salt pile. The two sections rejoin after about 300 feet. Trucks and equipment are stored on an island between the sections.
Most of the remaining segment flows quickly through predominately red maple forested banks. After the stream passes under the road, there are large sandy
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Buffer/Yard Waste/Runoff concerns: Brush piled along streambank, FP4
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sediment areas with moderate patches of multiflora.
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