by John Holyoke Bangor Daily News column In the coming weeks and months, you’re likely to hear a lot more about a small fish that has become very controversial in parts of Down East Maine. Merely mention the word “alewife” in some places — Grand Lake Stream, chief among those — and you’re likely to Read More
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Alewives vs. Culvert Bremen, Maine
< Poorly sited and under-sized culverts cause problems for fish and other aquatic creatures all around the state of Maine. Culverts are common in Maine and are used to channel streams under roads at thousands of places throughout the state where roads cross streams. As many as 90% of these prevent fish from moving upstream, Read More
Baldacci May Propose Opening St. Croix to Alewives
Maine Public Radio news storyGovernor John Baldacci says he has sent a proposal that would allow alewives to travel up the St. Croix River to the Passamaquoddy tribe for their consideration before he responds to the International Joint Commission that is urging he restore the access of the fish to their traditional spawning grounds. Earlier this Read More
Groups Call For Action To Open St. Croix River To Alewives
50 U.S. and Canadian Groups Petition International Body News Release McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada—Fifty organizations from the United States and Canada have called upon the International Joint Commission (IJC) to require that the St. Croix river be opened up for passage of alewives (river herring). The lead groups in this effort are the Atlantic Salmon Read More
Maine Must Let Alewives Swim Free in St. Croix River
by Clinton B. Townsend Bangor Daily News op-ed This is the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Boundary Waters Treaty by the United States and Canada. The treaty established the International Joint Commission to address international river issues. The St. Croix River forms the boundary between New Brunswick in Canada and Maine in the Read More
Millions of Fish Return to Maine River
The Kennebec River has been surging with life this spring as millions of alewives (river herring) travel inland from the sea to reach spawning habitat that was inaccessible before two key dams were removed in 1999 and 2008. Osprey and Bald Eagles have been well fed, and the entire river ecosystem has benefited, as a Read More
Battle of Fort Halifax Drawing to a Close?
Kennebec Journal editorial The end may finally be in sight for the long-running conflicts over the Fort Halifax Dam on the Sebasticook in Winslow. The dam is an integral part of the state and federal government’s plan to restore native, migratory fish such as alewives, shad, sturgeon and atlantic salmon to the upper reaches of Read More
Company Seeks Approval to Buy Fort Halifax Dam
Deal Would Keep Dam, Build Fish Passage By Craig Crosby, Staff Writer Kennebec Journal news story WINSLOW — A Boston company is primed to purchase Fort Halifax Dam with the intention of saving it from destruction. Essex Hydro Associates has reached a deal in principle to purchase the dam from FPL Energy, said Barry Flynn, vice Read More
Return of the Kennebec
More than a decade ago local, state, and federal officials, including then–U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, joined staff, board, and members of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and hundreds of other Mainers on the banks of the Kennebec River to witness a landmark occasion: removal of the Edwards Dam in Augusta. Read More
