Kayaking in the Basin

[tis]

Originally Posted by allmostthere

The Alton Bay color and contamination is from the state run fish hatchery in new Durham. They dump everything into the merrymeeting River that goes directly to Alton Bay. If a private company was releasing this much waste - in this case, fish poop - they would have been shut down and fined into oblivion decades ago.

Interesting. I never heard that.

[camp guy]

So, government-sponsored fish poop gets special treatment, and the rest of us get nothing (except dirty water) - doesn't sound fair.