Western MA
Beckett MA Dam Removal (June 2007)
Southeastern MA
Red Brook Dike Removal (Sept 2006)
Summer 2008: Red Brook Habitat Restoration Continues With Dam Removal
Phase Two Underway for Overall Restoration of Coldwater Stream – Home to One of the Last Native Sea-Run Brook Trout Populations in Massachusetts >>More
Also view these pages and pictures on Mass Riverways and our page showing before and after dam removal >> More
Maine
Fall 2008: Dam Removal on Penobscot River
One Step Closer to Reality
Trout Unlimited and its Penobscot River Restoration Trust
partners announced that the $25 million needed to
purchase three dams on the Penobscot River has been
raised, bringing restoration of the Penobscot River one step
closer to reality. Through one of the most innovative river
restoration projects in the nation, access to nearly 1,000
miles of river and stream habitat will be improved for
Atlantic salmon. The project is considered the last best
chance for wild Atlantic salmon recovery in the country.
The Penobscot River drains roughly 9,000 square miles in
Maine, or about one-third of the state. Maine is home to the
last remaining wild Atlantic salmon in the nation, and the
Penobscot holds the state’s largest population of Atlantic
salmon, with annual salmon runs estimated at 50,000-
70,000 prior to 1830. This year, over 2,000 salmon have
returned to the Penobscot (this is more than 90% of the
total population that returned to Maine’s rivers this
year). The Penobscot River is the engine of Atlantic
salmon production in New England and the best opportunity
to prevent their disappearance in the United States.
On September 3, 2008, the U .S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule to extend the
endangered listing of the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population
Segment of Atlantic salmon to include three additional
rivers in Maine -- the Kennebec, Androscoggin, and
Penobscot.
The proposed rule emphasized the impacts of dams with inadequate fish passage in these rivers. TU staff
and the Maine Council will review the proposal and
comment prior to the December deadline. >> Read about the Penobscot River Trust
The MA / RI Council of Trout Unlimited is among the many supporters of this unprecedented collaboration.
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