Dam owner Brookfield Renewable Partners said in a statement that the company is disappointed by such claims from groups that want dams removed in lower Kennebec River communities.
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Conservation groups set to sue major hydro plant owner over Kennebec dam operations
Four groups say Brookfield Renewable is killing salmon in violation of the Endangered Species Act, intensifying the battle over fish access to the Kennebec and Sandy rivers.
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Final Walton’s Mill Dam meeting Wednesday
FARMINGTON — The last of three public hearings hosted by the Farmington Conservation Commission on the proposal to remove the Walton’s Mill Dam will be held 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the Farmington Community Center. This meeting will focus on the experiences of other dam removal projects in Maine and what impacts the removal of […]
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Meetings scheduled prior to Walton’s Mill Dam vote
FARMINGTON – The Farmington Conservation Commission will host a public information series providing background information on fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and community issues related to Temple Stream and the Walton’s Mill Dam. The Commission has decided to host 3 sessions to provide information residents of Farmington can use for their vote in the upcoming ballot […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Pact aims to boost Atlantic salmon numbers
Not a lot of Atlantic salmon have danced off the end of my Sage 9-weight fly rod over the years, but just enough to make me a believer. There is no other angling experience quite like it. Not even the 64- pound Alaskan King salmon that a guide netted for me on the Kenai River […]
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Conservationists: Imperiled Atlantic salmon decline worsens
BANGOR (AP) — Fewer of North America’s Atlantic salmon are making it back to rivers to spawn, which bodes poorly for the future of the imperiled fish, an international conservation group says. Atlantic salmon were once abundant in the rivers of New England and Atlantic Canada, but they are now endangered or have disappeared in […]
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Woodstock students hatch, release Atlantic salmon
Philip Catanese, left, University of Maine 4-H Camp & Learning Center at Bryant Pond, helps a Woodstock Elementary School student test the water temperature, pH level and dissolved oxygen in the Androscoggin River. The student and her classmates released Atlantic salmon into the Androscoggin River on May 17. In February the school received around 200 […]
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Walton’s Mill Dam study aims to provide passage to Atlantic salmon
FARMINGTON — The Atlantic Salmon Federation is about to begin a comprehensive, six-month study of ways to provide fish passage at the Walton’s Mill Dam on Temple Stream. Atlantic salmon are a critically endangered species and the Walton’s Mill Dam prevents adult salmon from accessing a large amount of spawning and rearing habitat. “Temple Stream […]
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Atlantic salmon causes concerns for Farmington dam/drainage project
FARMINGTON — Selectmen on Tuesday discussed the future of Walton’s Mill Dam and a drain pipe project that affects endangered Atlantic salmon. The dam, which dates back to 1820, poses an obstacle to upstream migration of salmon, Town Manager Richard Davis said. The town has been approached about a potential grant-funded feasibility study regarding the […]
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Two salmon negotiate Brunswick fishway in 2015
BRUNSWICK — The Androscoggin River used to host one of the most prolific runs of Atlantic salmon on the East Coast. A 1673 account from a commercial fishing operation in Brunswick reported fishermen pulled out 40 barrels of salmon in three weeks, according to the nonprofit group Maine Rivers. The only reason the anglers stopped was […]