Transcript for the Piece Audio version of Soil Scientists Overlook Keg Party

Here’s an interesting article that you can read on the Bangor Daily News Blog. It says that Sargent Mountain Pond, on the top of Sargent Mountain, was the first lake to appear in Maine after the last ice age. Sargent Mountain is the second-tallest peak in Arcadia National Park and would have been one of the first areas of Maine to become ice-free. In studying the lake scientists have gathered evidence about vegetation, soil, climate and water chemistry, working up from the oldest layer of sediment to the current lake bottom. Perhaps even more interesting than the article itself was this comment posted below it by a reader that says, “I’m glad they didn’t find evidence of a keg party we had there 30 years ago.”