The report has been criticized by groups that worry the dams will result in the collapse of endangered Atlantic salmon and ...

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Staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is recommending proposals to increase fish passage at four dams in Waterville, Fairfield and Skowhegan, which a coalition of environmental groups ...

Emergency management officials and weather forecasters were keeping an eye on the rivers in western and central Maine as a storm system brought rain and warm temperatures to the region Monday, raising ...

“Failure to remove mainstem dams on the lower Kennebec River will undermine salmon ... allowing fish to skirt the dam through a manmade stream, and upgrade a grated structure that prevents ...

Also in June 2021, Brookfield submitted a final species protection plan for the 6.915-megawatt Lockwood dam, the 15.433-megawatt Hydro-Kennebec dam and the 15.98-megawatt Weston dam for Atlantic ...