Beauty at its Best: Merrymeeting Bay

Merrymeeting Bay is the 9000-acre confluence of six rivers. Large areas of the Bay consist of fresh water mud flats and sand bars, upon which wild rice and pickerel weed flourish.

Merrymeeting Bay is home to several endangered and protected species of wildlife; short nosed and Atlantic sturgeon, bald eagles, ospreys; and many species of anadromous fish, such as shad, smelt, striped bass, river herring, and salmon. The Bay and its tributaries are favored breeding grounds for Canada geese, herons and other wading birds, and for many species of ducks.

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