By Nok-Noi Ricker, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story OLD TOWN, Maine — Removal of the Great Works Dam in Bradley and the Veazie Dam, part of the Penobscot River Restoration Project, had an added benefit for those who like whitewater, according to organizers of the upcoming Penobscot River Whitewater Nationals Regatta. “It’s got Read More
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With Opening of St. Croix River, Alewives’ Numbers ‘Biggest in Nearly 20 Years’
The number of fish that have entered the river to spawn has more than tripled from last year. By Colin Woodard, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story CHAMCOOK, New Brunswick — Alewives, the herring-like fish that traditionally spawned in Maine’s lakes and rivers, have had a banner spawning run in the St. Croix River, Read More
Crazy Cartoon Sends Climate Warning Better than Dry Data
A Rockland couple uses humor and parody to focus attention on a serious subject – global warming’s threat to Maine’s lobster industry. By Tom Bell, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story ROCKLAND — A new four-minute cartoon is winning praise for the way it uses humor to convey the latest science about the impact Read More
Politics, Preservation, and Salmon Fishing
An annual rite of the Penobscot River sporting world brought a Maine angler and the year’s first Atlantic salmon to the president’s doorstep. By Catherine Schmitt Boston Globe news story ON MAY 25, 1992, Claude and Rosemae Westfall drove their Buick south on Maine’s I-95. Claude was dressed sharply if atypically in a green suit Read More
Alewife Dinner Hopes to Whet Appetite for the Fish
A sold-out dinner in Benton aims to change attitudes about a fish that’s ‘not just lobster bait.’ By Peter McGuire, Morning Sentinel Morning Sentinel news story BENTON — The menu included locally smoked whole alewife and two varieties of alewife chowder and lobster, along with traditional sides such as corn, potatoes and rolls. It was Read More
Digging for Dollars: Proposed New Mining Rules Clear Committee
by Adrienne DiPiazza WABI-TV news story When many people think of mining in the state of Maine they remember environmental disasters of the past, before regulations were put in place. The initiative to bring mining back to Maine has not come without strong opposition from many lawmakers and environmental groups.. Thursday the Environmental and Natural Read More
Maine Lawmakers Reject Bill to Bar Alewives from Upper St. Croix River
Guides and sporting camp owners in the Grand Lake Stream area want to block alewives, for fear that the sea-run fish will harm the important smallmouth bass fishery. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA –– A legislative committee voted unanimously Wednesday to reject a bill that would have once again Read More
Latest Dispute Over Alewives in St. Croix River May Lead to Independent Review
The LePage administration is proposing a working group to examine the scientific arguments over the fish. By Kevin Miller, Staff Writer Portland Press Herald news story AUGUSTA — The LePage administration wants to create a working group to examine the scientific arguments over alewives in the St. Croix River as a way to defuse the Read More
Grand Lake Stream Guides Seek to Restrict Alewives from Upper St. Croix
By Johanna S. Billings, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — The decades-old debate over the introduction of alewives in the St. Croix River watershed is heating up again. Sport fishing guides and camp owners from the area are seeking to cut off alewife access to the upper St. Croix Read More
