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Salmon recovery pleases conservation group
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Efforts to boost the numbers of wild Atlantic salmon in eastern P.E.I. are showing signs of success. Staff of the Souris and area wildlife federation have just finished a three-week survey of all rivers in the area. They say they're finding record numbers of Atlantic salmon nests, also called redds, by fisheries scientists.
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Friends of fish helping get new ideas, waterways flowing (video)
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Maine is a water rich state, with thousands of miles of rivers and streams cutting through our fields and forests. There are also thousands of miles of public and private roads and trails that dissect the state, but in the past when it came to building crossings over those waterways the thought often was about how to get water from one side of the road to another, not about the fish trying to cross under the roads.
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Letters to the editor: Yarmouth Harbor life dependent on removing silt
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Eugenie Francine’s Nov. 29 op-ed piece on removal of two Royal River dams (“Maine Voices: Royal River’s journey to future should begin with removal of lower dam”) makes the case for a free-flowing river eloquently, but dismisses the concerns of the advocates for the impoundment above the upper dam and for the harbor.
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Maine Voices: Royal River's journey to future should begin with removal of lower dam
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The regional land trust wants the dam gone while the community decides the upper dam’s fate.
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Maine's Aquaculture Industry Bouncing Back
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About a decade after state's salmon-farming industry tanked, the aquaculture industry is continuing to rebound and has become more diverse than it was when it consisted solely of Atlantic Salmon.
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Penobscot project leader wins conservation award
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The Atlantic Salmon Federation announced that Laura Rose Day of Hallowell, Maine is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious Lee Wulff Atlantic Salmon Conservation Award.
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Maine's Penobscot River finally runs free after huge restoration project (video)
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For the first time in 200 years, the Penobscot River in northeastern Maine is running free.
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Penobscot River Restoration Reaching Final Stages with Veazie Dam Removal
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Friday marked the first time in 180 years when water from the Penobscot River flowed through a section where the Coffer Dam used to be, behind the now removed Veazie Dam. Volunteers worked on the shores to help save stranded, dewatered mussels.
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Veazie home owners unhappy with dam removal (video)
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It's been 3 months since the removal process started on the Veazie Dam. Since then water levels up stream of the Penobscot River have dropped dramatically.
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Downeast Lakes Land Trust touts new culvert design aimed at restoring trout habitats (video)
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Officials with Downeast Lakes Land Trust said earlier this week that a new project it completed with several partners and support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has the potential to be a model for cost-effective restoration of aquatic habitats.
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