The Friends of the Scarborough Marsh (FOSM) has completed an eight month water quality study of Mill Brook, a tributary of the Nonesuch River. The project, focusing on a 1.7 mile stretch of the creek running from Sawyer Road, under US Rte 1 to the Eastern Trail, aimed to identify constraints the town faces in improving water quality to levels that would permit reopening clam flats for harvest. Overall, water quality was good, with one major exception: coliform bacteria rated as poor at all four sampling sites during every month except January, 2012. 

Fish Utilization of Restored, Created, and Reference Salt-marsh Habitat in the Gulf of Maine (Michelle Dionne, Wells Reserve, 1999)

Important Bird Areas of Maine: An Analysis of Avian Diversity and Abundance. (2008. Compiled by Gallo, Hodgman, Camuso).

Methylmercury Availability in New England Estuaries as Indicated by Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Biodiversity Research Institute, 2004-2007)

Contaminant Study of Maine Bird Eggs (Biodiversity Research Institute, 2007)
Includes findings for Scarborough Marsh.

Assessing Habitat Selection by Foraging Egrets in Salt marshes (Carol Lynn Trocki and Peter W.C. Paton, The Society of Wetland Scientists) 

Protecting Maine's Wetlands: Linking Maine's Past with Its Future (2007, Lois Winter, Stewart Fefer, USWFS, National Wetlands Newsletter)

Important Bird Areas of Maine: An Analysis of Avian Diversity and Abundance. (2008. Compiled by Gallo, Hodgman, Camuso).

Scientists Puzzled over Decline of New England Salt Marshes   (MPBN, 9/26/06)
Settlement money will help fund Scarborough Marsh's restoration   (PPH, 9/27/06)
Editorial: It turns out it was wrong to mess with Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 11/9/04)
Eastern Trail planners ready to cross Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 2/26/03)
Friends of Scarborough Marsh to raise awareness about pesticides and runoff pollution (PPH, 7/24/03)
Sand clogging Scarborough River mouth (PPH, 1/10/02)
Strategic plan for protecting Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 2/22/02)
Sprawl and invasive plants threaten Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 6/16/02)
Friends of Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 6/17/02)
Scarborough Estuarine Ecosystem Curriculum Project (PPH, 8/19/02)
Quick work keeps oil spill from spreading to Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 8/7/02)
Coalition of groups is working to restore Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 12/10/01)
Scarborough pollution study results to be presented  (PPH, 6/23/01)
Scarborough voters will be asked to approve $1.5 million in bonds to help pay for land preservation  (PPH, 9/19/00)
Scarborough Marsh: Maine's Fragile Gem (PPH/MST)

 Biodiversity Research Institute's Study of Mercury and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows (Methylmercury Availability in New England Estuaries as Indicated by Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow) 2004-2007 

We don't have a copy of this report ourselves. Please contact Biodiversity Research Institute at www.briloon.org for more information.