Letter
2023
Maine Compass: The rebirth of the Kennebec
You can’t see any fish, flying as we were 900 feet above the river. But we knew they were there, moving upstream to spawn. Flying over the Kennebec River was a fascinating experience and I was grateful for the opportunity to look at the watershed from above, to see and think about the efforts that […]
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