Quddus Snyder: Saving the Saco

Everyone agrees that the Saco River is important. I’ll take it one step further. It’s the single most vital life-giving artery flowing through the body of this community. This is a golden opportunity to unite behind a common cause: preserving this natural treasure so that our children will be blessed to enjoy it as we have.

It is one of the great curiosities that well-intentioned individuals end up collectively shooting themselves and each other in the foot. There are no real villains in this story, only good people whose cumulative actions threaten the public good. No single person has set out to threaten our greatest treasure, but the aggregate effect of many small actions has brought us to this critical point.