State denies initial request of Bucksport-area owner to give up dams
What happens if the forfeit requests are accepted has never been tested.
Checking in on Maine’s dams: Here’s what you need to know
Changes in ownership and oversight complicate the futures of four dams, while another is poised for removal.
Dover-Foxcroft rejects removal, votes to maintain town dam
The town now has to hastily develop engineering plans to restore the dam and meet federal standards, an $8 million cost
Brookfield: the dam king of Maine
The corporate giant generates nearly 90 percent of the state’s hydropower.
Environmentalists advocate for removal of four Kennebec River dams
Advocates claim that federal proposals to improve fish passage were insufficient and only removal would save at-risk species like Atlantic salmon.
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