Celebrating a big moment for the Penobscot River

The removal of the 1,000-foot-long Great Works Dam in Maine is the result of a collaborative effort by a coalition of conservation groups, hydropower producers and state and federal agencies to tear down two out-dated, inefficient dams on the Penobscot River and restore sea-run fish runs.

LINK (via:The Bangor Daily News)

Next year the Veazie Dam, which is larger and closer to the ocean, is scheduled to be removed. Once both dams are gone, Atlantic salmon and other sea-run fish will have access to 1,000 miles of ancestral river habitat.