On May 13, 2012, friends of Penobscot Bay Ron Huber, Rob Levangie and Bob Huber carried out a core-sampling investigation of the intertidal mudflats of Stockton Harbor.

ROUTE. The team started coresampling and digging near the low water mark, well out from the shore, and worked their way landward toward an eroding slump in the waste rich bluff upon which GAC Chemical perches above the beach and flats. They took 15 core samples, and five digs with a clam fork.

CLAM FORK RESULTS Results: Large cluster of mature dead clams (still with hinges) found near low tide line. Large piece of tarpaper also found buried inthe mud near the low tide line; presumably blown into the flat from the roof of the now vanished large quonset shaped building formerly above the flat.

CORE SAMPLING RESULTS. Mud was tainted near shore, less to no alum taint was visible in the mud more than 20 yards out from shore, in the line of coring from the low tide line 100 yards offshore. Soft mud did not "core" well. Gray clays and sandy mud samples cored better.

RECOMMENDATIONS. Intensify core sampling close to shore; explore outer flats for additional tar paper wastes (tar paper a few inches below mud surface prevents clams and other organisms from settling). Collect dead clam shells for examination.

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